nopi listen to you mom-ager (kardashian kolors)

kardashian kolors was nicole by opi's holiday collection back in 2011. i got a couple of polishes then, but just now got to showing listen to your mom-ager.

i love this polish. it is a royal blue jelly packed with blue, almost foil-like shimmer. even though it is quite old at this point, formula is still spot on. unfortunately, it is a stainer, even though i still get surprised by that when i wear it.

i am sure there are many dupes by now, but i don't have anything like this in my stash (yet!)

overcast:

dance legend velvet mini 6

i love dance legend, especially  their holos, but the velvet mini collection was also pretty awesome. i showed number 10 a while ago, and now it's time for number 6.

the shade is an awesome, vivid turquoise blue, a tad more green in real life than in the photos. the finish is satin-type of matte, due to the interesting, tiny silver shimmer. 

even though it's matte, the formula is awesome and it dries very quickly.

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china glaze frostbite (ski)

wow, this polish is old. frostbite comes from a holiday china glaze collection, ski, back in 2007.

frostbite is such an awesome polish that can never look as good in the pictures as in real life. a stunning, cobalt blue, with that crazy "lit from within" type of shimmer. so special and cool.

it is metalic, so visible brush strokes do occur, but nothing too annoying. i am very happy i have it.

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picture polish mermaid (collaboration shade)

this august has been busy so i wasn't as regular here as i wanted, but i will try to be more consistent. for today, i chose one of the newest picture polish collaboration shades, mermaid. it was made together with hungarian online shope, nailland.hu.

when a polish is called mermaid, it has to be awesome! mermaid is a blue jelly base filled with hex glitter and scattering holo effect. it is very very pretty. dries a bit gritty, but one layer of a top coat was enough for a smooth finish.

picture polish alice (collaboration shade)

alice is yet another picture polish collaboration shade, this one with rainbow connection stocklist from last year. i guess it should resemble the colour of alice's dress from the alice in wonderland cartoon.

it is a gorgeous, fun, vivid blue crelly filled with my favourite: silver holographic glass flecks. i somehow forgot to order this polish when it first came out, and finally made it right. 

the formula is nice, it dries smoothly and is such a fun and quirky polish.

picture polish sky (light shades)

one of my rare 2017 purchases (for now) is actually an ancient picture polish shade, sky, from their light shades collection in 2007.

it is a really special light blue pastel, really resembles the sky but in its a bit murkier mood. the formula is nice, especially for an old pastel, but it needs three coats. nevertheless, they run smoothly so i don't see it as a bother.

picture polish free (special edition)

today i am showing you a special edition picture polish, free, that is so far my favourite polish of 2017.

if you live in australia, you get this polish for free (hence the name) with your purchase. luckily, us non-australians can still buy it regularly. and this polish is truly divine! it has a duochrome effect, shifting from teal to blue, with awesome holo shimmer. 

the formula is awesome, it simply flows. i couldn't stop looking at my nails, so i am posting a bit more photos than usual, because it is truly a chameleon. i took pictures under direct sunlight, slight overcast and in shade, and it is stunning in every condition,

chanel blue rebel (les jeans)

it's been ages since i swatched two out of three chanel polishes from ancient but awesome les jeans collection back in 2011, and it's time i showed blue rebel as well. other two polishes were equally awesome coco blue and blue boy.

this collection was supposed to be jeans inspired, and this polish emulates your basic dark, slightly washed out pair beautifully. it is the darkest blue out of the trio, but still too light to be called navy. more like a deep denim shade. it is awesome, well pigmented and with good formula.

i am sure that by now there are plenty of dupes out there, but i am simply happy i have this one.

fun lacquer fashion show (new year 2016)

it's about time i showed yet another fun lacquer awesomeness, this time fashion show from the new year 2016 collection!

fashion show is such a complex polish and a complete chameleon. it is part purple, part blue and part grey and the side it shows heavily depends on the light. i took the direct sun pictures, that turn blue, got inside, it was more greyish, i went outside again and concluded that both indoors and outdoor pictures are faithful.

on top of the shade versatility, we have this dense golden holo glitter. simply awesome! formula is also great, it takes a tiny bit more effort to take it off but it's worth it.

direct sunshine:

ysl night escape (savage escape)

krajnje je vreme da postavim night escape iz ysl savage escape kolekcije za leto 2016.

it's about time i posted about night escape from ysl's savage escape collection for summer 2016.

veliki sam ljubitelj teksturnog finiša i potpuno sam oduševljena ovim lakom.

night escape je duboko plava nijansa koja se vrlo brzo suši  u teksturnu završnicu. bogat je neverovano svetlucavim šimerom, zbog kog me podseća na zvezdano nebo. nekako je istovremeno i elegantan i malo agresivniji. srećna sam da ga nisam propustila.

prirodna svetlost:

i am a big fan of the texture finish, and i am completely in love with this polish.

night escape is a deep blue polish that very quickly dries to a textured finish. it is rich with this amazing sparkly glitter, it reminds me of a starry night. it is somehow both elegant and edgy. i am very happy i haven't missed out on it.

natural light:

a england queen of scots (elizabeth and mary)

danas pokazujem još jedan a england lak, ovaj put queen of scots, iz elizabeth and mary kolekcije.

today, i am showing yet another a england polish, this time queen of scots from elizabeth and mary collection..

iako su a england lakovi postali skoro pa sinonim za holo lakove, imaju oni i "regularnije" lakove.

queen of scots je kraljevsko plavi lak, ispunjen sitnim holo česticama. ima taj "sjaj iznutra" izgled i ja ga vidim kao plavog rođaka njihovog crvenog laka, percival.

ovaj lak je pravi pravcati jednoslojac, bez ikakve potrebe za drugim slojem. ako vam ovakav lak fali u kolekciji, moja definitivna preporuka!

prirodna svetlost:

even though a england somehow became a synonym for holo polishes, they also have more "regular! polishes.

queen of scots is a royal blue shade, filled with tiny blue shimmer. it has that inner glow look, and i see it as a blue twin of their red polish, percival.

it is a real deal one coater, definitely no need for the second. if you are missing this type of shade, i definitely recommend it!

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catrice keep pool (42)

moj današnji izbor je catrice keep pool.

my choice for today's post is catrice's keep pool.

mislim da je prošlo više od pola godine od kad sam potrošila ovaj lak, ali mi je trebala večnost da izaberem slike. nekad je ispadao previše metalik, nekad nedovoljno. u svakom slučaju, keep pool je prelepa, hladna metalik plava. jedna od onih nijansi kojih mi nikad nije dosta.

više puta sam se žalila na ovu verziju catrice četkice koja se može nazvati katastrofalnom. ne znam da li su promenili nešto u novim kolekcijama, ali nekako ne želim ni da probam. čini mi se nepotrebnim da pričam o formuli (koja je prilično ok) kad je četkica skoro pa neupotrebljiva.

prirodna svetlost:

i think it has been more than half a year since finished this polish, but it took me forever to choose the photos. sometimes it appear to metalic, sometimes not enough. nevertheless, it is a really gorgeous shade of cool, metalic blue. it is one of those shades i can never get enough of.

i complained more than once, but this iteration of catrice brush is a monstrosity. i am not sure if they changed something in newer collection, but i somehow don't even want to try. for me, it is pointless to talk about formula (that was pretty nice) when the brush is barely workable.

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sephora keep me posted (makeup academy nails)

danas (konačno) prikazujem sephora lak keep me posted iz makeup academy nails kolekcije za praznike 2013/2014.

today i am (finally) showing sephora's polish keep me posted from their makeup academy nails for holiday season 2013/2014.

ni ne sećam se kad mi je draga jelena poklonila ovaj lak, ali moja new in sekcija na blogu ne laže: bio je to januar 2014! na žalost, ovo je jedan od onih lakova koje nikad ne uhvatite potpuno verno, i uvek sam pokušavala da napravim bolje slike, dok na kraju nisam iskapila bočicu i moram da se zadovoljim slikama koje imam.

keep me posted je jedan od onih plavičastih petrolej lakova koji uvek ispadaju ili previše plavi ili zeleni. rekla bih da moje slike pojačavaju zeleni podton. postavila sam dva seta slika, sa dve različite kamere, i obe su verne u određenim uslovima :) formula je bila solidna, i ovo je bilo moje prvo iskustvo sa sephora četkicom koje je odlično prošlo!

prirodna svetlost:

i don't even remember when darling jelena gave me this polish, but my new in section doesn't lie: january 2014! unfortunately, it's one of those shade that you can never fully capture, so i always aimed for better, more faithful pictures until i actually emptied the bottle and i had to work with what i have!

keep me posted is one of those blueish teals, that either look too blue or too green. i would say that the green undertone is a bit less pronounced as my pictures show. there are two sets of photos, with two different cameras, and both are equally faithful in certain light. formula was nice, and it was my first experience with sephora brush and it went smoothly (pun intended!)

natural light:

a england natasha's dance (russian soul)

još jedan lepotan iz a england russian soul kolekcije je natasha's dance.

another beauty from a england russian soul collection is natasha's dance.

nekako je ispalo da sam pre pola godine ponovo čitala rat i mit, kao što radim na svakih par godina, tako da mi je natašin ples vrlo svež  sećanju.

ne znam da li da opišem ovaj lak kao zacrnjeni plavi ili crni sa jakim plavim tonom, ali je definitivno taman. pod suncem se jasno vidi da nije čisto crn. živahni srebrni holo šimer ga čini dosta zanimljivijim.

prirodna svetlost:

funnily enough, i reread war and peace few months ago, as i do every few years, so i clearly remember the natasha's dance part in the book,

i'm not sure whether i should call it blackened blue or blue-toned black,  but it is a dark one. in direct sunlight it is obvious that it's not a pure black. it has this vibrant holographic shimmer that makes it pop out.

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fun lacquer midnight nocturne (summer 2015)

f. u. n. lacquer ima fantastične lakove, i jedan od njih je midnight nocturne iz njihove kolekcije za leto 2015.

f. u. n. lacquer has amazing polishes, and one of them is midnight nocturne from their summer 2015 collection.

midnight nocturne je fantastična blurple nijansa sa plavom kao dominantnijom bojom. kao i svi lakovi iz ove kolekcije, i ovaj je pun prelepih zlatnih holo čestica.

lak je odlične formule, vrlo lak za mazanje i sve u svemu, prelep.

prirodna svetlost:

midnight nocturne is an awesome blue-dominating blurple holographic polish. like all of the polishes from this collection, it is filled with amazing gold holo particles.

the shade is amazingly saturated, easy to work with and overall gorgeous.

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china glaze water you waiting for (cirque du soleil worlds away)

cirque du soleil worlds away je bila vrlo zabavna china glaze kolekcija, i jedan od lakova koje sam uzela je water you waiting for.

cirque du soleil worlds away was a really awesome china glaze collection, and one of the polishes i got is water you waiting for.

water you waiting for je prelepa šljokičava bomba u plavoj jelly bazi sa plavim i zelenim šljokicama.

ako vas podseća na  nicole by opi kendall on the catwalk, to je zato što su skoro pa identični. šljokice u nopi laku su gušće, i to je otprilike cela razlika.

u svakom slučaju, ovo je vrlo lep i zabavan lak, sa pristojnom formulom, dobrim pokrivanjem u dva sloja i suši se pomalo teksturno.

prirodna svetlost:

water you waiting for is a gorgeous, glittery bomb of blue jelly base and blue and green glitter.

if it reminds you of nicole by opi kendall on the catwalk, let me say, they are very, very close to being dupes. the glitter in nopi is slightly denser, and that's about it.

nevertheless, it is a great and fun polish, with a decent formula, opaque after two coats, and dries into sort of texture.

natural light:

opi no room for the blues (bright pair)

opi bright pair kolekcija je skoro pa preistorijska, jer se pojavila davne 2009, ali se nekoliko lakova zadržalo kao favorit. jedan od njih je svakako no room for the blues.

opi's bright pair collection is ancient, since it was released in 2009, but a few polishes found they way to stay relevant. no room for the blues is definitely one of them.

kod mene plavih lakova nikad dosta, a no room for the blues mi je jedna od omiljenih krema.

nijansa je prelepa, jarka srednje plava. formula je savršena. iako je star, beskprekorno se maže. gotovo sam sigurna da ova nijansa stoji svakom tonu kože, toliko je univerzalna!

prirodna svetlost:

i can never have enough of blue polishes, and no room for the blues is one of my favourite cremes.

it is a gorgeous bright medium blue. the formula is a perfection, even though it's old, it flows effortlessly. i am pretty sure that this shade can fit every skin tone, it's so universal.

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dior sailor (transat)

dior uvek ima zanimljivi lak u prolećnoj kolekciji za krstarenja, a sailor je moj favorit iz transat kolekcije iz 2014.

dior always comes out with an interesting "cruise" type of collection, and sailor was my favourite from transat collection in 2014.

sailor je prelep lak. uvek me privuku kobaltno plave nijanse, pa ni njemu nisam odolela. lak je živahan, između kreme i jelly, savršen za leto.

formula je takože pristojna, s dva sloja dovoljna za pokrivenost.

prirodna svetlost:

sailor is such a pretty polish. i have a soft spot for these cobalt blue sort of shades. it is a vibrant crelly, perfect for the summer.

formula is also decent, two coats for the full opacity.

natural light:

china glaze liquid crystal (prismatic)

prismatic kolekcija od china glaze iz davne 2012 je veoma interesantan skup duohrom šljokičavih lakova, i liquid crystal je bio moj izbor.

prismatic collection by china glaze back in 2012 was a very interesting collection of duochrome glitters, and liquid crystal was my pick.

liquid crystal je zaista interesantan lak i "plavac" ove kolekcije. glavna nijansa je svetlija plava, ispunjena svim mogućim šljokicama, od srebrne, zelene, ljubičaste, narandžaste, ma sve što vam padne na pamet! suši se gotovo kao teksturac ali ne previše grbavo.

duohrom efekat nije pretarano izražen, ali opet vidljiv. odlučila sam da ne nosim nadlak.

prirodna svetlost:

liquid crystal is a really interesting polish and the "blue" one of the collection.  the main shade is a soft blue, filled with multicolored glitter. really, you can find everything here: silver, green, purple, orange, you name it. it dries almost textured but not too gritty!

the colour shift is not that strong but it's still visible. i decided to pass on the top coat here.

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dior bleuette (glowing gardens)

dior-ova ovogodišnja prolećna kolekcija, glowing gardens, ima par lepotana, a jedan od njih je bleuette.

this year's spring collection from dior, glowing gardens, had a couple of interesting polishes. one of them is bleuette.

bleuette je savršenstvo. prelepa plava krema, na granici da bude pastel. nijansa je baby plava sa trunkom zelene, sasvim dovoljnom da ga napravi (potpuno) različitim od prošlogodišnjeg porceelaine. ne znam da li mi je lepši na suncu ili u hladu.

ovaj lak ima fantastičnu formulu, potpunii netipičnu za ovakve nijanse. dior lakovi su me potpuno impresionirali od kad su reformulisani.

prirodna svetlost:

bleuette is a stunner. a gorgeous blue creme, bordering on being pastel.it is a baby blue with a hint of green in it, just enough to make it (completely) different from last year's porcelaine. i don't know if i like it more in the sun or in the shade.

it has a magnificent formula, totally untypical for these sort of shades. i am really impressed by dior polishes since they got reformulated.

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