Blog about nails, manicures, nail polishes, stamping, etc., but also about other things that make my life rich

December 22, 2010

Merry Christmas everyone!

During Christmas time, I'm going home to my parents, where I don't have internet, so I'll take a little break from blogging. Don't forget me! :)
And a Christmas mani for you:





Used: Ruby Pumps (of course) and a no name green polish.

Merry Chritsmas to you all!

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December 17, 2010

Astor Midnight Blue

As I promised in my last post, I'm gonna show you Astor nail polish in Midnight Blue color. I never heard of Astor polishes until my friend got me one for last Christmas. And I can say I love it. It's the best dark blue color I own and that I've seen in person so far. It's dark enough, but not easily mistaken for black, because of it's great lighter blue shimmer. Shimmer is very visible, and that makes this polish special. In a few days I'm getting E.l.f. Dark Navy and I wonder is it as good as this one. I'll make a comparison, even though not many people own Astor polishes. If you do see Astor polishes I would recommend you to buy them.
Now the pictures:








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December 14, 2010

Vollare Flash + BM flowers

Like I said in a post few days ago: I love to have many colors of nail polishes, but my low-student-budget doesn't allow me to buy all those fancy collections that I see on ebay. Although my heart goes wild from time to time and I buy something that's out of my range (shipping to Croatia drives me mad, for a polish woth 2.5 $, shipping is at least 3$).

But more often I go to a farmacy or a drugstore and buy mini polishes. New Age are my favourite, and Vollare is on the second place.
Today I have a hippy manicure (lately I don't really act like winter is on the door) with vivid jelly orange Vollare Flash that showed my nail line even after three coats, so I added Bundle Monster flowers to cover it.

Flash Nail Polish:



Left hand:




 Right hand:







And a close.up:



For stamping I used Astor nail polish in dark navy blue with shimmer that is awesome, and I'm planning to show it to you soon!

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December 13, 2010

I won a giveaway!

I'm soooo happy, Kelly from Vampy Varnish just mailed me and informed me that I'm the winner of her giveaway!

My day was so crappy until now that I was planning to go to bed and not to wake up 'till tomorow...
I slept for 4 hours because I had to study for exam today, then I messed it up and had class from 5 pm to 8 pm. Totally exhausted I came home to find out I have to finish a project by tomorow, and that takes at least 5 hours of work.
But since the good news came I'm jumping around and now I'm just about to start doing my project, so: thank you Kelly for making my day!


And a note to my dear followers: you also make my day, just a comfort of knowing that someone out there actually reads my blabbering :)
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Essence Crazy about colour LE: Crazy me

Essence introduces a new Limited edition of make up and polishes every few months, and maybe because we know that the collection is about to be sold in a matter of days, or because the colors are just that great, we all love those LE's.
This one: Crazy about colours  is a cheerful, hippy collection with lots of bright colors as the name suggested.
I got only green polish (with a hint of blue undertone), since I'm green-and-blue-polishes-addict and it's called Crazy me.



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December 9, 2010

New Age

New Age mini polishes can be found in a little baskets on the counter of many drugstores. They are ridiculously cheap, about 1$, so I thought they can't be any good. I was, once again, wrong. These have full opacity in one thicker coat, and the colors are... colorful! Not only those boring (to me) reds and roses, you can also find bright yellow, blue, green, purple... Two cremes that I own (yellow and blue) are more pigmented than any polish I have so far seen available on Croatian market. I'm in love!
And for someone like me, who loves to have at least 50 different colors of nail polish, AND not to go bankrupt, they are perfect investition.
So, New Age Yellow (they don't have names or numbers, that's a minus):


 The color is true yellow, without an orange note that will make your hands look like you painted it with an egg yolk. I was so delighted with the color, until I walked into public transportation bus and saw that all the bars are exactly the color of my nails :)
Then I added blue stars and arrows to make them little more unique.



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December 7, 2010

I would like to be him...


If I could choose what I'd like to be in a second life, I would become my cat. He's loved, fed, tucked in bed at night and can have every female cat in the neighbourhood... :))

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Zoya Veruschka

This is Zoya Veruschka from Zoya Winter Matte collection from 2009.
I love Zoya's matte colors, Veruschka is my fav so I bought it first, but I'm also waiting for Harlow to come to me (I ordered it from ebay a week ago). They both look amazing with top coat, and they chip less with it, but for today I just painted quick 2 coats of Veruschka (it dries superfast!) without TC.



The actual color is not as cold, altough it's a very deep dark green color. Beautiful polish!!

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December 5, 2010

Candyland

After saying that Golden Rose Paris 221 polish makes my hands look so elegant, of course I had to ruin it! :))



 Wake your inner child and enjoy the rest of the day!

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December 3, 2010

Golden Rose

Golden Rose's nail polish are terribly underrated considering their quality, colors and style.
They have few nail polish lines, like: Paris, Protein Nail Lacquer, Care&Strong, Holographic and Scale effect. I'm dying to get my hands on Holos and Scales, but unfortunately in Croatia's Refan shops you can only get 'regular' ones.
But these regulars are also amazing! Great colors, lovely looking bottles and easy application.
For now I have three polishes from Paris collection: Pale purple, Dark shimmer purple and Japanese red. I gave them the names, in case you're wondering... :)  They only have numbers and that's a little boring for me.
So, today I'm showing you Pale purple, a.k.a number 221:


The color is pale purple, altough not as pale and cold as it looks in the photo. Add just a little bit of Barbie pink in your mind and that should do it. On my olive toned dark skin it looks just perfect, and this is the only polish that makes my hands look classy and aristocratic white so I adore it!
Here's another photo:



Do you own any Golden Rose polishes?

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