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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