I pobjednica maleckog božićnog darivanja je....

I pobjednica mog maleckog božićnog darivanja je....


Čestitke!! <:-P Pošalji mi svoju adresu na mail da ti što prije pošaljem paketić!

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Malecko božićno darivanje (zatvoreno)

Božić stiže tako brzo! I naravno, opet ću u panici trčati po poklone, bor, lampice, sastojke za kolače... Nikako da se naučim :-SS . Anyhow, ovo je mali giveaway samo za cure iz Hrvatske. Do sad sam uvijek imala international darivanja pa se nadam da nitko neće zamjeriti. A budući da su samo 4 dana do Božića, mora biti i brz. Jedini uvjet je da ste pratitelj, sljedbenik, kako vam drago. Prijavite se što prije, najkasnije do sutra 21.12. u 23:59 i ostavite komentar na ovaj post sa svojim podacima:
GFC nick, e-mail adresa (najbolje u obliku tipa mail[at]gmail[dot]com ili sličnom) i ime vašeg najdražeg božićnog laka :) ili layering kombinacije lakova. I da, darak je Barielle Elle's Spell, i puno je ljepši nego na ovoj groznoj fotki :D. Sretno!

This is a little giveaway for Croatia only. Sorry international girls, there will be international ones again too...

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New York Summer Hot purple

Opet sam malo pretjerala s fotkama ali jedva sam se uspjela prisilit da obrišem koju. Ne mogu si pomoć - obožavam ljubičastu boju a još kad je u kombinaciji s jelly finišem, jednostavno poblesavim :D. Iako sam već nekoliko puta kupovala na Transdesignu, New York lakići me nisu nikad posebno zaintrigirali sve do nedavne narudžbe kad sam u potrazi za swatchevima ovog neobičnog branda našla ovaj. :x Hot purple je sočni, staklasti indigo jelly koji me podsjeća na sok od borovnice. Kao i većini jellyja, trebalo je nekoliko slojeva (tri) da se izjednači boja i donekle prekrije linija nokta ali kad je boja ovako divna to mi uopće nije problem. Formula je za jelly dosta dobra, nije prevodenast da poplavi zanoktice ili da se slijeva niz četkicu a niti pregust (što mi je kod laka još gore), sušenje isto OK, uz sloj brzosušećeg nadlaka. Kod jelly lakova je zanimljivo što, zbog toga što su dosta prozirni, dosta mijenjaju boju ovisno o količini svjetla koja prodire kroz njih - od skoro neonske ljubičaste na suncu do tamnoplave pod neonskim svjetlom. Otuda i varijacije u nijansi na mojim fotkama. Na trećoj, četvrtoj i petoj fotki sam ga slikala malo preblizu svjetlu i preeksponirala pa se vidi linija nokta, ali uživo nije vidljiva. Odličan mi je i za layering, tj. bolje rečeno - overlaying preko šljokica i flakieja - jučer sam na njega lupila sloj Gosh Rainbow flakieja pa još jedan sloj Hot purple i izgleda genijalno (fotke drugom prilikom, zbog nastalog tipweara)! Mislim da ću naručivati bar još koju bočicu - jednu za backup i jednu za frankening ;). New York Summer lakići na TD su 1,59 $ plus shipping.
I overdid it with the swatches again but I couldn't help it - I looove purple, and when you add the jelly formula to the mix, I go crazy :D! I have bought from Transdesign several times but I never really noticed New York polishes until a recent order when, browsing for swatches, I found this one :x. Hot purple is a juicy squishy and unbelievably glossy indigo jelly (reminds me of blueberry juice). Like most jellies, it needs at least 3 coats to even it out and cover the nail line but when the polish is so beautiful, I don't mind that at all. The formula is pretty good for a jelly, not to watery to flood your cuticles or drip down the brush nor too thick (which I hate the most), drying time is fine too, with some quick-drying tc. The interesting thing with the jellies is that because of the sheerness they change color a lot depending of the amount of light that shines through - from almost neon purple in the sun to dark blue under fluorescent light. I photographed it too close to the lamp in pics 3., 4. and 5. so it appears to show VNL but it isn't visible in real life. This is fabulous for layering and even better for "overlaying" as I call it (sometimes refered to as a "sandwich" mani) - I slapped a coat of Gosh Rainbow flakies over it yesterday and another layer of Hot purple and it looks amazing (I'll swatch it some other time, too much tipwear). I think I'll be getting a backup of this one and an extra bottle for frankening ;). You can find New York Summer polishes at TD for 1,59 $ plus shipping.

A evo kako izgleda nakon prvog sloja...
How it looks after one coat...

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Orly Rock-it (picture heavy)

Ovu sunčanu, toplu izbornu nedjelju iskoristila sam za kavicu na otvorenom, vožnju biciklom ali i fotkanje mog novog ljubimca - Orly Rock-it. Zapravo, toliko sam bila uzbuđena i željna da ulovim mrvicu sunca da sam zaboravila uključit makro kod pola fotki :D (ako se pitate zašto su mnoge fotke mutnjikave). Anyhow, Orly Rock-it je dio nove Orly Mineral FX kolekcije i formulom me dosta podsjeća na prošlogodišnju  Cosmic FX kolekciju. Rock-it je vatreno-ciklamasto-ljubičast i glass-fleck glitter koji me podsjeća na tekući metal :x. Duochrome efekt je prisutan ali nikad ne djeluje tako da lak pod nekim svjetlom ima drugu boju, nema onog klasičnog prelijevanja ali ponekad istovremeno na njemu vidim ljubičastu, narančastu i ciklamu a moram priznati da mi je to i draže od duochromea koji se danju prelijevaju a navečer konstantno izgledaju brončano ili zlatno. Na ovim fotkama su dva sloja i sloj INM Out the door. Lakić se nanosi kao putar, skoro pa u jednom sloju. Damn... sad želim i Rococo a-go-go B-)...
I spent this warm and sunny Sunday lazing in the sun drinking coffee in a nearby cafe, driving my bike and photographing my new pet - Orly Rock-it. In fact, I was so excited by the appearance of sun after several gloomy weeks that I forgot to switch on the macro on my camera :D (if you are wondering why so many blurry pictures). Anyhow, Orly Rock-it was released as a part of Orly's new Mineral FX collection. The formula is quite similar to the last years Cosmic FX collection. Rock-it is a fiery-magenta-purplish glass fleck glitter that reminds me of liquid metal :x. The duochrome is present, but never strong enough to change the color completely under certain lights or angles. It isn't a classic duochrome but sometimes I see purple, orange and magenta reflecting all at once and I admit I like that much better than the typical duochromes that flash both colors during daytime but look constantly bronze or gold in the evening. There are two coats and a coat of INM Out the door in these pics. It applies like butter, almost in one coat. Damn, now I want Rococo a-go-go too... B-) ...

 

 

Pod umjetnim svjetlom...
Under artificial light...

 

 

 

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piCture pOlish giveaway winner

I pobjednica piCture pOlish giveawaya je...

And the piCture pOlish giveaway winner is...

Čestitam, gina!!! :D Pošalji mi svoju adresu na mail i proslijedit ću ga curama s piCture pOlisha. One će te kontaktirati i poslati ti tri piCture pOlish lakića po tvom izboru.

Congrats, gina!!! :D Please, send me your address and I'll forward it to the girls from piCture pOlish. They will contact you and send you the three piCture pOlish polishes of your choice.

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Giveaway reminder and Orly On the list

Samo da vas na brzinu podsjetim da se još danas možete prijaviti na moj piCture pOlish giveaway! I da ubacim jedan brzinski swatch. Ne znam u kojoj je kolekciji izašao Orly on the list, mislim da nije božićni, a i zašto postoji samo u mini verziji. On the list je bordo-ciklamasti jelly pun rozih šljokica, kao tamnija i crvenija verzija Zoye Roxy. Ne sjećam se kako se nanosi ali mislim da bi ga zapamtila da je iskustvo nanošenja bilo prestrašno, tako da pretpostavljam da je vjerojatno OK :D. Uživo je naravno puno ljepši (moj fotić (kao i ja) baš ne voli umjetno svjetlo). Za točniji swatch, bacite oko na ovaj post na nailjuice.blogspot.com.

Just a quick reminder - you have until midnight to enter my piCture pOlish giveaway! And to throw in a quick swatch. I don't know if Orly On the list was part of any collection or why there's only a mini version. On the list is a dark red to dark magenta jelly full of pink glitter, like a darker and more red version of Zoya Roxy. I don't really remember what the application is like but I suppose I would remember if it was a nightmare so I suppose it was fine :D. It's much more beautiful in person (my camera is not to fond of artificial light (just like me). If you'd like to see a more accurate swatch, check out the one by nailjuice.

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piCture pOlish giveaway

Se sjećate piCture pOlish blogfesta od prije par mjeseci? Ukratko, 25.7. cijela je blogosfera bila krcata swatchevima piCture pOlish lakića. Ja sam imala čast pofotkati Shamrock i, unatoč svom swatchu :"> , cure s piCture pOlisha dale su mi šansu da organiziram giveaway na svom malom blogiću. Hvala, cure! >:D< Možete osvojiti tri piCture pOlish lakića po svom izboru (ovi na fotki su moji osobni "lemminzi"). Dobitnica/ik će lakiće dobiti direktno iz Australije (napomena: Ozotic lakovi nisu dio giveawaya). Pravila su jednostavna: trebate biti pratitelj bloga i ukucati svoj GFC nick i e-mail adresu u formular (ako imate volje i želje, možete postati giveaway na svom blogu, sidebaru i slično ali ništa od toga nije obavezno). A da meni zbrajanje vaših prijava bude zabavnije, dodala sam i jedno dodatno pitanjce. :D Giveaway traje do 30.11. u 23:59. Sretno!

Remember the piCture pOlish blogfest from a few months ago? On 27th of July the entire blogosphere was filled with piCture pOlish swatches. I had the opportunity to swatch the shade Shamrock, and, despite my swatch :">, the girls from piCture pOlish allowed me to host a piCture pOlish giveaway on my little blog. Thanks again, girls! >:D< You can win three piCture pOlish polishes of your choice (the ones in the pic are my personal lemmings). The winner will receive the polishes directly from Australia (a note: Ozotic polishes are not part of the giveaway). The rules are simple: you have to be a public follower of this blog and enter your GFC name and e-mail address in the form (if you'd like, you can post about the giveaway on your own blog or sidebar but it's all completely optional). And to make sorting of your entries more fun for me, I added an extra question :D. The giveaway ends November 30th at 23:59. Good luck, everyone!

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Layering: China Glaze Nova over CND Silver chrome

Čini se da je jedini način da napravim koji dobar swatch da počnem nosit fotić na posao i tamo fotkat kad grane mrvicu sunca :D. A možda i bolje da ne fotkam ovih dana jer je sezona šipka, mog najdražeg voća, u punom jeku - dakle, zanoktice su mi u komi :"> i definitivno nisu za slikanje. Pa evo jednog swatcha od prošle zime... Za China Glaze Novom sam poblesavila kad sam vidjela swatch na crystalpolish.com. Ne znam je li dan kad sam ga fotkala bio premaglovit ili što ali na meni nije bio ni približno svjetlucav. Ali svejedno je predivan glitter - kao male holografske disko-kugle na noktima. Na mojim fotkama su dva sloja preko srebrnog foil laka i sloj brzosušećeg INM nadlaka. Kao većina glittera, i Nova se brzo suši i pije nadlak. Kad bolje pogledam svoju kolekcijicu, imam dosta glittera sličnog tipa - Essence Hello Holo, Color Club Sugarplum fairy, Color Club Magic Attraction... ali holo-glittera nikad dosta!

It seems the only way for me to make a decent swatch lately is to start carrying my camera to work and trying to catch some sun :D. But, maybe it's better I don't, since it's pomegranate season and my cuticles look horrible :"> , definitely not something I would take pictures of. So, here's an old swatch I forgot to post... When I saw the swatch at crystalpolish.com, I went nuts for China Glaze Nova and ordered it immediately. I don't quite remember if the day when these pics were taken was cloudy or foggy, but my Nova wasn't anywhere near as sparkly. It is a gorgeous glitter nonetheless - it's like little holographic disco balls on your nails. There are two coats over a silver foil and a coat of INM Out the door top coat in the pics. Like most glitters, Nova dries fast and drinks top coat. I actually have a few similar glitters in my stash - Essence Hello Holo, Color Club Sugarplum fairy, Color Club Magic Attraction... but I'll probably never get enough of holo-glitter!

Jedna mutna da se vidi holo duga... :x

And a blurry one to show the holo rainbow... :x

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Color Club Sugarplum fairy

OK, ovaj post neću započeti s još jednom isprikom zbog nedostatka postova, nema smisla, a dosađujem i vama i sebi. Jedino mogu obećati da ću pokušati postati kad god stignem. :) S jeseni stižu i swatchevi pod svjetlom lampe, koje nažalost obično oduzme puno od boje laka ali ovom glitteru to kao da nekako ne smeta. Fotke su malo spržene ali ipak dosta dobro dočaravaju svjetlucavost ovog lakića. Sugarplum fairy je lila holografski glitter u prozirnoj bazi - šljokice "u hladu" izgledaju srebrno-lila a na svjetlu počnu svjetlucati u svim bojama. Podsjeća me na miks Color Club Magic attraction i OPI Mad as a hattera. Tri sloja i jedan sloj nadlaka - ne bi škodio još koji ali trebalo bi ga dosta da bude onako glanc a lijep mi je lak i bez toga. Plus, htjela sam izbjeći mogući "katapult efekt" čest kod puno slojeva glittera i nadlaka - pojavu kad lak jednostavno odleti s nokta u jednom komadu (i obično završi u važnim dokumentima na poslu ili na stolu usred sastanka :"> ). Sugarplum Fairy dio je Color Clubove božićne kolekcije - Beyond the Mistletoe.
I won't start this post with yet another apology for the lack of posts - why bore you with excuses? All I can do is promise I'll try posting as often as I possibly can ;). With another fall, the dreaded artificial light swatches return. They usually take a lot from the real color of a polish or even make it unrecognizable, but this baby doesn't seem to have a problem with it. The swatches are a bit overexposed but the color and the effect is pretty accurate.  Sugarplum fairy is a silvery lilac holographic glitter suspended in a clear base - "in shade" the particles appear silver with a hint of lilac and in the light, the holographic particles come to life. It's somewhere in between Color Club Magic attraction and OPI Mad as a hatter. There are three layers in the pics and a layer of top coat. It would probably take 3 layers of tc to make it really smooth but I like it like this. Plus, I wanted to avoid the possible "catapulting effect" that sometimes occurs with glitter polishes and too many layers of tc (when the polish flies off the nail in one piece, usually ending up in important work documents or the conference table in the middle of a meeting :"> ). Sugarplum fairy was released as part of this year's holiday collection - Beyond the Mistletoe.

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My first franken

Nisu mi baš neki swatchevi ali uzbuđena sam zbog svog prvog frankena pa ih ipak stavljam.:D Moj mali no-name franken je miks New age mini plavog lakića s pulta u Nami i Nfu Oh 63. Već mjesecima slinim nad genijalnim frankenima na More Nail Polish ali još uvijek nisam uspjela naći Spectraflair pigment, pa pomislih - zašto ne skemijati nešto s holo lakićima koje već imam. Bočica je sama po sebi mala - 4.5 mL i bila je 80% puna tako da pretpostavljam da je recept miksa otprilike 3,5 ml plavog lakića i 1 mL Nfu Oh-a. Nisam stavila više iz jednostavnog razloga - bočica je već bila puna. A možda bi i previše posvijetlila boju. Mislim da je za bazu bitno da je ili jelly ili sličan prozirnkast lak. Pretpostavljam da ne bi dobro ispalo s krem lakom. U svakom slučaju, zadovoljna sam s prvim frankenićem i sigurno ću smućkati još koji uskoro. :x
I've had better swatches but I'm so excited about my first franken I'm posting these anyway :D. My little unnamed franken is a mix of the New age mini no-name and Nfu Oh 63. I've been drooling over the fabulous frankens over at More Nail Polish for months but I still haven't been able to get some of that Spectraflair pigment, so I thought - why not try to franken something with the holos I already have. The base polish bottle is pretty small - only 4.5 mL so I guess I used around 3,5 mL of the blue and 1 mL of Nfu Oh 63.  I think it works best if the base is a jelly or a similar formula. I don't think it would work with a creme base. Anyhow, I'm happy with how it turned out and I'll surely be mixing some more soon :x.

Nije bilo baš sunca ali holo se vidi na drugoj fotki.
There wasn't much sun but you can see the holo on the nail wheel pic.

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Kleancolor Holo Chrome

Evo i prvog Kleancolor lakića... Holo Chrome! Jednostavno... mrak! :x Lila-plavi jelly pun holografskih čestica koje svjetlucaju u tisuću boja. Na mnogim swatchevima, a i u bočici, ovaj lak izgleda više ljubičasto ali na noktima bih rekla da je ipak plav. Nijansa je negdje boje različka i jako me podsjeća na OPI ds Glamour, samo je svjetliji i bez linearnog holo finiša. Na fotkama su dva sloja laka i sloj brzosušećeg nadlaka (koji je obavezan i zbog relativno sporog sušenja i zbog prikrivanja gadnog mirisa). Očekivala sam i puno duže sušenje ali eto - legla sam navečer s dva sloja laka i brzosušećim nadlakom i nokti su ujutro bili OK. Već sam spomenula koliko Kleancolori smrde pa ako imate izrazito osjetljiv nos možda ovi lakići nisu za vas. Ali ako ste spremni pretrpiti malo gadnog smrada koji mogu usporediti jedino s ljepilom za cipele, za 1.75$ mislim da se stvarno isplati. S druge strane, ovakav lak bi mogao biti od pomoći ako se pokušavate odviknuti od griženja noktića :-SS, nema šanse da uopće i pokušate!  Stranicu s koje sam naručivala ne bih tu spominjala - istina, moji su lakići stigli čitavi no neke blogerice su imale problema s curenjem.

And here's my first Kleancolor swatch... Holo Chrome! It's just... amazing! :x A purplish blue jelly chock full of holographic glitter particles that sparkle like crazy. In many of the swatches I've seen and in the bottle it looks more purple but on the nails the blue prevails. I'd call this a cornflower blue and it reminds me a lot of OPI DS Glamour, just lighter and with a different holo formula. There are two coats and a coat of fast-drying top coat in the pic (the tc is a must because of the slow drying and to help cover the smell). I actually expected the drying to take much longer but I applied it before bed at night with tc and the nails were fine in the morning - no sheet marks or anything. I already mentioned the terrible smell of these polishes so if you are too sensitive, I wouldn't recommend ordering these. If by any chance, you are prepared to suffer the awfulness of what I could only compare to shoe glue, for 1.75$ I think it may be worth it. On the up side, these polishes could be of help to those trying to quit nail biting :-SS. I would mention the website I ordered these from - my polishes arrived well packed and fine, but since some of the bloggers have had trougle with leakage, I don't feel comfortable recommending it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kleancolor haul

Stigli suuuuu! :x  I mene je uhvatila Kleancolor manija pa naručih par komada. I istina, smrde grozno, ali bar su svi u komadu i izgledaju predivno! :D Nokti su mi u komi ali nadam se da ću uspjet pofotkat koji uskoro...

Yay!! :x My Kleancolors have arrived! True, they smell awful, but they're gorgeous to look at! :D My nails are a mess but I hope I'll manage to swatch some of them soon...

Holo Chrome, Chunky Holo Purple, Chunky Holo Bluebell, Chunky Holo Black

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Nubar Indigo Illusion (pic heavy)

Jesam li već spomenula koliko obožavam Nubar lakove? :D Formulu, bočicu, pregenijalne boje... Baš svaki put se oduševim. :x. Očekivala sam tipičnu duochrome formulu - 100 slojeva, sušenje satima (kao s npr. Orly Fantasea), frosty sedefasti finiš, a dobila potpuno suprotno - prekrivanje skoro pa u jednom sloju, brzo sušenje i fenomenalnu boju (njih nekoliko, zapravo). Indigo illusion je neobične prljavo-plave boje koja se prelijeva konstantno u lila a u zeleno pod nekim kutevima i na toplijem svjetlu. Zeleni ton baš se i ne vidi na mojim pljosnatim noktima (Scrangie je super uspjela uloviti tri boje odjednom). Naručila sam ga tek nedavno iako mi je bio na wishlisti već dvije godine (s nekoliko prekida) jer sam zaključila da mi duochrome lakovi najčešće ne stoje - nekako mi čudno nokti izgledaju s njima, ali mislim da je to više s tamnim lakovima tako da njih, kako god mi fenomenalno izgledali, više ne kupujem. I ovdje mi nokti izgledaju nekako lopatasto ali mislim da je to zbog čudne dužine, slično kao što mi se kosa kad naraste do ramena izvrće prema van :D. Tu su dva tanka sloja i sloj INM Out the door nadlaka. OK, dosta blebetanja, slijede fotke....
Did I mention how much I adore Nubar? :D Everything - the formula, the bottle, the gorgeous colors... They just surprise me every time :x. When I ordered this one, I was expecting the usual duochrome formula - 100 layers, painfully slow drying time (*cough* Orly Fantasea *cough*),  a streaky frosty finish... but what I got was quite the opposite - almost a one-coater, fast drying and a gorgeous color (colors, actually)! Indigo Illusion is an amazing dusty blue to lilac duochrome that shifts to green in certain angles and lights. The green isn't really visible in my pics cause my nails are a bit flat (Scrangie managed to capture all three colors at once). Indigo Illusion was on and off my wishlist for two years but I just recently ordered it. The reason was my love and hate relationships with duochromes - they usually make my nails look weird, but recently I realized it was mostly with dark duochromes so I finally decided to get this beauty. There are two thin coats in these pics plus a layer of INM Out the door. OK, enough with the babble, here are the pics...

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