Aug 3, 2011

Perfect Nails for Summer

Stvarno mi je vec dosta ovog manjka suncanih dana, pa sam pokusala da “prizovem” sunce pravim letnjim noktima. Kao podlogu, koristila sam Evri 65, lak koji se navodno proizvodi u Bugarskoj, sudeci po deklaraciji. Nemam pojma odakle mi :). Nisam nesto zadovoljna ovim lakom, dosta se tesko maze zbog vodenaste formule, ali sam uspela da dostignem punu pokrivenost posle 4 sloja.
Preko njega, sam nacrtala vodoravne i horizontalne linije, neonsko zutim lakom Golden Rose Nail Art #115.

I am really sick of this lack of sunny days, so I tried to “summon” the Sun with perfect Summer nails. As base, I used Evri 65, polish that is made in Bulgaria, according to declaration. I don’t even know where I bought it and when :). I’m not satisfied with it, it’s hard to apply because of watery formula, but I manage to achieve full opaque after 4 layers.
Over it, I draw vertical and horizontal lines, with neon yellow polish Golden Rose Nail Art #115.

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Ima li sunca kod vas? Sta mislite, jesu li savrseni za leto?

Is there Sun in your country? What do you think, is this perfect for Summer?

Aug 2, 2011

Purple with red shimmer

Danas, jos jedan Golden Rose - 312. Imam ga vec duze vreme, ali jednostavno nije stizao na red za swatch. Nekako, uvek kad sam ga uzela u ruke bilo je pod losim osvetljenjem, i nije mi se cinio nista poseban. Ali verujte mi, prelep je kad se gleda pod odredjenim uglom. Boja je ljubicasta, ali neka cudna nijansa. Ono sto je predivno – u sebi ima crvenog shimmera koji sija kao lud. Retko koji Golden Rose lakovi imaju tu osobinu da su isti u bocici kao i na noktu. Ovaj je jedan od tih. Posle samo 2 sloja, dobila sam punu prekrivenost ovih mojih ogromnih noktiju. Onima koji imaju krace nokte, verovatno bi bio dovoljan jedan sloj. Pogledajte ovu lepotu : 

Today, another Golden Rose –312. I have it for a while, but it just wasn’t it’s turn for swatching. Somehow, always that I took it in my hands, it was under the bad light and it wasn’t seems special. But trust me, it is gorgeous when you look at him under specific angles. Color is purple, but with strange shade. What is amazing with this polish is that it has red shimmer that shines like crazy. You can rarely find Golden Rose polishes that have feature that they are same in the bottle like they are on nails. This one is one of them. After only 2 layers, I got full opaque even on my long nails. For those of you who have shorter nails, you will probably need just one. Check out this beauty : 

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Slikala sam i sa blicem i bez njega, kako posto se pod razlicitom kolicinom svetlosti vidi razlicita kolicina tog crvenkastog shimmera.
Cisto da ne bude sam, napravila sam french ljubicastim mat lakom iz Avona – Violetta, a na prstenjaku sam nacrtala tackice istim lakom.

I took a pictures with flash and without it, just because it depends of lightening how much of those red shimmer you will see.
I didn’t wanted to leave it alone, so I made a french manicure with purple Avon Mat – Violetta, and on a ring finger I draw dots with the same polish.

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Stvarno mi se svidja mat french. A vama? 

I really like this matt french. Do you?

Aug 1, 2011

Golden Rose Chameleon Effect 20 – Swatch & Review

Priznajem da sam se malo smirila prilikom kupovina lakova. Ako vas interesuje kako to da uspete – jednostavno je. Ne idite nigde gde postoje da se kupe lakove, makar to bio i supermarket. Narocito sam smanjila kupovinu Golden Rose lakova zato sto ih imam previse, a ni ne znam koje sve boje imam. Jedine koje sam obecala sebi da cu kupiti ako naletim na njih su Chameleon Effect, Holo i Graffiti. Od Holo i Graffiti i dalje ni traga ali sam naisla na ove Chameleon Effect, nazalost samo izmedju dve boje sam imala da biram, zlatne i zelene. Verovatno pretpostavljate – uzela sam oba.
Za danas sam vam odlucila pokazati ovaj zlatni, broj 20 – vise mi se svidela boja. E sad, ne znam sta vi mislite o kameleon lakovima, ali moja ocekivanja su bila da ce on na svetlosti da se presijava u drugu boju. Kod ovog laka ja to nisam primetila. Cetkica mu je super, ali je sav vodenast sto je otezalo aplikaciju i zahtevalo 4 sloja posle kojih jos uvek nisam dobila punu prekrivenost (vide se vrhovi noktiju i dalje). Sve u svemu, ja ne vidim ni K od kameleon u ovom laku. Cak sam pokusala i da stavim ruke na plavu podlogu ocekujuci da ce mozda dobiti plavicasti sjaj, ali nista ni od toga. Po meni, ovo je kao i svaki drugi zuto – zlatni lak.
 
I calm down a little bit with a polish shopping. If you are interested in how to succeed in that – it’s simple. Avoid places that sells them, even some supermarkets. I primary try to shop less Golden Rose polishes, because I have too many of them and I don’t even know which colors I have. Only GRs that I promised myself that I will bye when I see them are from Holo, Graffiti and Chameleon Effect. I still can’t find Holo’s and Graffiti but I have found Chameleon Effect, unfortunately there was only two color – gold and green. You can guess – I bought both of them.
For today I decided to show you gold one, number 20 – I liked the color a lot. Now, I don’t know what do you think of chameleon polishes, but my expectations were that they will change color on the different light. I didn’t noticed it. Brush is pretty good, but it’s kind of watery and that makes the application hard. I had to apply 4 layers and even after that I couldn’t achieve total opaque (you can still see tips). Anyway, I don’t see even C of Chameleon in this polish. I even try to put my hands on blue pad thinking that it will get bluish, but nothing from that. At my opinion, this is like every other yellow-gold polish.
 
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Na kraju sam dodala i par cirkona i sarica akrilnom bojom. Kako vam se svidja ovaj lak? Jeste li probale neke “Kameleon” lakove?

At the end, I added few rhinestones and lines with acrylic color. Do you like this polish? Did you tried any “Chameleon” polishes?

Jul 31, 2011

Crackle French & Nail Art

U toku spremanja za put, nabrzaka sam namazala nokte. Za podlogu, uzela sam pink Isabelle Dupont 415 (mogli ste videti swatch i recenziju ovde), a onda sam naletela na moj stari i jedini Crackle lak – Tina (moze biti i Sina, nerazumljivo je napisano). Mozda se secate koliko sam bila uzbudjena kad sam ga pre par meseci kupila, a zatim se razocarala kad sam shvatila da se skida sa noktiju vodom. Tako da ne mozete ni ruke da operete :). Tada nisam imala SV, tako da sam odlucila da mu dam jos jednu sansu – ali u malo drugacijem izdanju. 

While I was packing today for a road, I did a quick mani. For base coat, I used pink Isabelle Dupont 415 (you could see review and swatch here), and then I found my one and only crackle polish – Tina (maybe it’s Sina, font is strange). Maybe you remember my excitement when I bought it few months ago, and then I disappointed when I realize that it comes off with water. So you can’t even wash hands :). Then I didn’t have SV, so I decided to give my crackle another chance – but with a different look.

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Kao sto vidite probala sam french i nail art. Za french, ovaj lak je sasvim ok, i cak smatram da veoma lepo izgleda. Opet, za nail art vam ne bih preporucila crackle lakove. Vecina njih se jako brzo susi, tako da nemate vremena da koristite drugu cetkicu, da crtate polako i razmisljate o tome.
Sto se tice mog crackle laka, SV mu je malo pomogao ali ne dovoljno. Priznajem da se nije skinuo tokom pranja ruku, ali jeste posle par sati. Sledeci put probacu 2+ sloja SV pa ako se i onda skine, ne znam sta cu.
Inace, sutra idem za Madjarsku, na par dana na odmor. Ne brinite, spremila sam vam nesto za citanje i dok nisam tu, a na komentare cu odgovoriti cim budem mogla.

As you can see, I tried french and nail art. For french mani, this polish is totally ok, I even think that it looks very nice. Although, for nail art I don’t recommend it. Most of the crackle polishes is fast drying, so you don’t have time to use a different brushes, to draw slowly and to think about it.
About my crackle polish, SV helped it but not enough. I admit that it didn’t come off during the hand washing, but it did after just a few hours. Next time, I will try to use 2+ layers of SV and if it comes off then, I don’t know what will I do.
By the way, tomorrow I’m going to Hungary for a few days on Vacation. Don’t worry, I prepared for you something to read while I’m not here, and I will answer on your comments as soon as I’m back.

Jul 29, 2011

Swatches & Reviews : Classics 162 & Mini Aura 55

Danas nije moj dan za lakiranje. Sve je pocelo jos popodne kada sam smislila da isprobam neki zeleni Classics 162 lak koji sam kupila pre par godina. Ne znam ni da li sam ga ikada ranije koristila. Mali je, od samo 5ml, i proizvodi ga Erkul Cosmestics u Turskoj. Posto je to proizvodjac i Golden Rose-a, nisam sigurna da li je ovo bila neka linija GR-a, ili kao posebna marka. Da predjemo na sam lak. Smaragdno zelena boja sa srebrnim shimmerom u sebi me je na prvi pogled ocarala. Formula nije bas najbolja tako da mu je trebalo 3 debela sloja da bi postigao skoro pa punu pokrivenost, ali ova boja to i zasluzuje. Planirala sam da idem i cetvrti, ali posto me je mrzelo da cekam da se osusi, premazala sam SV preko treceg sloja, i…. uvidela da ga je potpuno skupio. Sva sreca da sam ga tako skupljenog uslikala, posto dok sam mazala cetvrti, sve sam upropastila. Vise srece drugi put :). Ono sto mi je posebno interesantno kod ovog laka – susi se na mat. Pogledajte i same :)

Today isn’t my polishing day. It all started in the afternoon when I decided to try out a green Classics 162 polish that I bought few years ago. I don’t know did I ever used it before. It’s small, just a 5ml, and manufacturer is Erkul Cosmetics in Turkey. Since it’s the same manufacturer as is for Golden Rose, I’m not sure was this some line of Golden Rose, or was is different brand. Let’s go to polish itself. Emerald green color with silver shimmer enchanted me on the first look. Formula isn’t the best, so it took 3 think layers to achieve almost full opaque, but this color deserve it. I planned to do the 4th one too, but I couldn’t wait for it to dry, so I applied SV after the 3rd layer, and… SV totally shrink it. Luckily I pictured it then, because when I was applying 4th one, I totally ruined it. More luck next time :). What I find to be the most interesting with this polish – it dries matte. Check it out :).

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Druga runda. Posle par sati bila sam slobodna za jos jedan pokusaj. Ovog puta Aura 55 u mini pakovanju, koju mi je decko kupio zajedno sa onom prethodnom. Iako su mnoge od vas imale sasvim pozitivne komentare, moji su i dalje negativni. Ono sto sam mislila tad, isto je i sada. Kratka cetkica ne moze da pokrije moje duge noktice, vreme susenja je predugo (a SV se nisam usudila staviti zbog iskustva od popodne), trebala su 4 debela sloja… Pogledala sam malo swatcheve drugih Aura mini lakova (od ovog nisam nasla), i onda sam shvatila da svi koji hvale formulu ovog laka imaju kratke nokte. Konacan zakljucak : Aura Mini je pogodna ako su vam nokti do 1.5 puta duzine od cetkice :D. U suprotnom, zaobidjite. (Ispravite me ako mi je zakljucak pogresan).
Da ne zaboravim da pomenem jedinu stvar koja mi se stvarno svidja kod ovog laka. Tamno plava boja sa srebrnim shimmerom. Dva za redom :).

Round 2. After a few hours I was free for another attempt. This time, Aura 55 in a mini package, which my boyfriend bought me together with the previous Aura that I swatched. While many of you had very positive comments, mine are still negative. What I thought then, as it is now. Short brush couldn’t cover my long nails, drying time is too long (and I didn’t dare to use SV because of the afternoon experience), I needed 4 think layers ... I searched a little bit for swatches of other mini Aura polishes (I didn’t found of this), and then I realized that all those who sad that the formula is good, they all have short nails. Final conclusion: Aura Mini is ideal if your nails are up to 1.5 times of the length of brush :D.  Otherwise, don’t buy it. (Correct me if my conclusion in wrong)
I almost forgot to mention the only thing that I really like about this polish. Dark blue color with silver shimmer. Two in a row :).

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A onda sam opet sve pokvarila. Probala sam pecatima da nacrtam masnice, i skliznuo mi je pecat na prst. Toliko o lakiranju danas. Losa sudbina (2) : Ja (0).
Sutra je novi dan :).

And then I ruined everything again. I tried to stamp some bows, but stamper slipped on my finger. So much for the polishing today. Bad fate (2) : I (0).
Tomorrow is a new day :).