Catrice Heavy metallilac

Nisam dugo fotkala neki "domaći" lak pa da nadoknadim propušteno, evo jednog Catricea. Ovo je drugi koji sam uzela od njihove promjene asortimana i uvođenja nove četkice (prvi je bio Put lavender on agenda), i mislim da sad mogu sa sigurnošću reći da mi nikako ne paše ova nova četkica - za moje male nokte definitivno je prevelika i pregusta. U kombinaciji s uskim grlom bočice, dosta gustim lakom i šeprtljavom korisnicom, rezultat je bio popriličan nered - i na noktima i na bočici :D. Većinu nereda sam uspjela počistiti kistom i acetonom, no isušila sam si zanoktice. Iz istog razloga je i ulje na fotkama. Anyhow, finiš je nešto između chrome/foil i frosta sa skoro pa duochrome efektom - izgleda kao da je baza više plavkasto-ljubičasta ali sadrži i sitni roskasti shimmer (vidi se ako pogledate bočicu) koji je vidljiviji po sredini nokta dok na rubovima prevladava plavkasti ton. Sve u svemu, lijepa bojica ali nanošenje mi je bilo mučno. Drugi put definitivno dodajem malo thinnera, možda spasi stvar. Na fotkama su dva sloja i nadlak. Kako biste vi nazvale ovaj finiš? Metalik, foil, sedefasti ili nešto treće?
It's been a while since I swatched some of the polishes available in our local drugstores. This is the second Catrice I tried since their recent assortment (and brush) change (the first was Put lavender on agenda) and I think I can safely say this new brush doesn't work for me at all - it's too thick and big. My nails are pretty small so painting my nails was a challenge. The thick brush, combined with a small bottle neck, thick polish and clumsy me, resulted in a complete mess - on the nails and on the bottle :D. I managed to clean up most of it with some acetone and a brush but I dried my cuticles in the process, hence the oil in the pictures. Anyhow, I'm having trouble categorizing this finish - it's between chrome, foil and a frost with an almost duochrome effect. It's like the base is a cooler purple but it also has this fine pink shimmer. All in all, I loved the color but the application was a mess. I'll definitely be adding some thinner to it next time. There are two coats in the pics, plus a tc. What would you call this finish? Chrome, foil, frost or something else?




Na suncu...
In the sun...


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Spectraflair, finally :)

Konačno je tu!! :x Moj vlastiti gram Spectraflair 1500-35 pigmenta.... Toliko sam uzbuđena da ne znam uopće što bi prije smućkala :D. (ako netko želi naručiti, nabavila sam ga s More Nail Polish, sve pohvale blogerici).
It's finally here!! :x My own gram of Spectraflair 1500-35 pigment... I'm so excited I have no idea where to start... :D (if some of you are interested, I got it from a lovely blogger from More Nail Polish).
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China Glaze Kaleidoscope him out

Sretan Uskrs!!  :) Nemam nikakvu posebnu uskršnju manikuru (ionako bi bila uništena jer su mi prsti svi flekavi od boja za jaja) ali evo malo sunčanih fotki od neki dan. Kaleidoscope him out sam već fotkala preko OPI Sonic bloom, ali mislim da zaslužuje i svoj post. Kaleidoscope je bebi plavo-tirkizni holo iz China Glaze Kaleidoscope kolekcije iz 2009. Ah, da sam tada znala da će ovakvih divnih holo kolekcija biti sve manje, nabavila bi ih sve :x. Na fotkama imam dva sloja, iako nebi škodio ni treći (osim ako ga nanosite preko Aqua base ili slične baze)... Dodajte ovome malo boje, od sunca i mog fotića izgleda malo isprano.

Happy Easter!! :) I don't have any special Easter manicure (it would be ruined anyway since my fingers are all stained from egg coloring) but here are some sunny swatches I took a few days ago. I swatched Kaleidoscope him out before,  over OPI Sonic bloom, but I think it deserves it's own post. Kaleidoscope him out is a baby blue to turqoise holo from China Glaze Kaleidoscope collection released in 2009. If I had known there won't be any more gorgeous holo collections like these, I would have grabbed them all :x. There are two coats in the pics but the third wouldn't hurt (unless you are using Aqua base or some similar base coat). My camera and the sun washed out the color a bit, it's a bit more vibrant IRL.









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Max Factor Fantasy fire

Već ga je swatchao cijeli community, ali evo i mojih prvih fotki Max Factor Fantasy fire. Dakle, FF bi trebao biti ako ne duplić, onda bar jako sličan legendarnom Clarinsu 230, znanom i kao Unicorn pee, i po onom što sam mogla vidjeti, dosta mu je blizu - ne toliko po bazi već po shimmeru. Na prvom dijelu fotki FF sam nanijela preko jednog svog plavoljubičastog jelly frankena a na ostalima preko ljubičastog jelly laka sa sitnim shimmerom - Sally Hansen Purple pizzaz. Uživo mi se više sviđa s ljubičastom podlogom ali na fotkama nekako preko plavog puno više dolazi do izražaja. Moji nokti su dosta ravni pa prelijevanje shimmera ne dolazi toliko do izražaja pa sam ga fotkala iz raznih čudnih kuteva da uhvatim taj zeleno-zlatno-brončano-crvenkasti shimmer. Iako je bočica mini (4.5 ml), s layeringom vam neće trebati više od jednog sloja pa mislim da može dosta dugo potrajati (samog bi ga vjerojatno trebalo nanijeti u 5 slojeva). Ovaj slatkiš je nažalost dostupan samo u Velikoj Britaniji, pa ako ga želite, preporučujem da kao i ja, pokušate dogovoriti neki swap. Ja na svom novom ljubimcu mogu zahvaliti divnoj Jai s Jai Geeks Out :). Otkad je stigao nosila sam ga već 4 puta a iduća kombinacija u planu mi je FF preko nekog nudača (kad ga nabavim) i definitivno je ušao u mojih all time top 5 lakova :x. Btw, budući da je FF bočica malecka, držanje bočice INM nadlaka se činilo kao neloša ideja... Mogla sam ga fotkati i držeći smotuljak od novina, bolje bi izgledalo. :D

It has been swatched by nearly every member of the community... but nonetheless, here's my little contribution to the Fantasy fire gallery. FF is said to be very similar, if not a dupe to the legendary Clarins 230 aka Unicorn pee, and from what I can tell from the comparison swatches, it looks pretty similar - not so much the base but the color-shifting shimmer. In the first few photos I layered FF over one of my frankens - an indigo jelly and the rest over a purple jelly with copper shimmer - Sally Hansen Purple pizzaz. IRL, I like the pizzaz combo more but the shimmer pops more over the blue in the pics. My nails aren't curvy enough to show the shifting of the shimmer in one pic so I photographed it from various weird angles to capture that green-yellow-gold-bronze-copper shimmer. Although this is a small bottle (4.5 ml), I think it could last since you only need one layer when layering it over another polish (alone, it would probably take 5). This beauty  is unfortunately only available in U.K. so, if you want it, I suggest you try and arrange a swap, like I did. For this beauty I can thank the wonderful Jai from Jai Geeks Out :). Since it arrived, I wore it four times already and my next layering combo will be over a nude (when I get one). This is now definitely one of my all time top 5 polishes :x. Btw, since FF has a small bottle, it seemed like a good idea at the time to swatch it holding INM Out the door bottle... It looks ridiculous, won't make that mistake again :D.














S ljubičastom podlogom - jedan sloj Fantasy fire preko Sally Hansen Purple pizzaz.
With purple undies - one layer of Fantasy fire over Sally Hansen Purple pizzaz.





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