essence julia (nail art twins)

essence is quite known for their toppers, and i own a bunch of them. recently, i laid julia from their ancient nail art twins collection to rest, so here are some of the combinations i made with it.

julia is a clear-based polish with hexagonal and micro glitter of the same, pinkish-purplish shade.

essence julia over china glaze white on white

essence julia over catrice how i matt your mother

essence julia over china glaze frostbite

essence julia over sephora keep me posted

essence copper'ize me (special effect topper)

danas pokazujem nekoliko kombinacija koje sam napravila tokom godina preko  essence special effect topper copper'ize me.

today, i am showing a few combinations that i made over the years with essence special effect topper copper'ize me.

tokom godina, ovaj topper mi je postao jedan od omiljenih. ide odlično sa skoro svim.

u providnoj bazi, imamo guste bakarne mikrošljokice, zajedno sa malo većim, raznobojnim šljokicama (plavim, zelenim, srebrnim, roze..). prvi put sam ga pokazala preko china glaze heart of africa.

over the years, this topper became one of my favourites. it goes so well with everything.
in a clear base, we have a lot of copper microglitter, together with slightly larger multicolored (blue, green, silver, pink..) glitter. i showed him for the first time over china glaze heart of africa.

china glaze white on white

alessandro brazillian nights over opi do you have this color in stock-holm

obično, kada ponovo slikam neki lak, samo zamenim fotografije na blogu a da ne pravim novi post. za alessandro brazillian nights moram da napravim izuzetak! pošto ću izbrisati stari post, koristim isti tekst.

usually, when i reswatch a polish, i just replace the images in the blog without making a new post. with alessandro brazillian nights i had to make an exception. since i will delete the old one, i am using the same text.

kad sam videla brazillian nights iz alessandro-ve enjoy me kolekcije, zaljubila sam se istog trenutka. probala sam da nađem neke slike na netu pre nego što ga kupim, ali u tom trenutku nije bilo nikakve informacije o njemu, što me nije sprečilo da ga uzmem. rešila sam da ga pokažem kao nadlak preko opi do you have this color in stock-holm.

ovo je lak kog istovremeno i mrzim i volim. mrzim ga zbog bočice, u kojoj je samo 5ml laka, a to je ništa za šljokičavi lak. čak sam ga prvi put nosila samostalno, i iako je izgledao savršeno, sad se kajem jer sam time potrošila dva sloja. pretpostavljam da je jasno odakle dolazi ljubav. providna baza je puna sitnih gustih ljubičastih šljokica i većih malinastih šestougaonih šljokica. pokrivenost sa samo jednim slojem preko nekog laka u boji je fantastična . nekad imam želju da ga nosim stalno, a nekad da ga nikad više ne namažem i čuvam zauvek!

prirodna svetlost:

when i saw brazilian nights from alessandro's enjoy me kolekcije, i fell in love instantly. i tried to find some some swatches online, but at that time, there was none, which didn't stop me from getting it. i decided to layer it over opi do you have this color in stock-holm.

this is a polish i have a love-hate relationship with. the hate comes from the bottle, it is only 5ml and that is nothing for a glitter polish. and i also wore it once on its own, which was great except that with that i used two coats of this perfection. 

the love part is quite obvious i think! it is a clear base filled with tiny dense purple particles and larger magenta hexagonal glitter. the coverage with only one coat over another polish is amazing. i sometimes want to wear it all the time, and sometimes i want to keep it and treasure forever.

natural light:

picture polish nebula (collaboration shade with the nail polish project) over china glaze bizarre blurple

jedan od novijih picture polish kolaboracija je nebula, nastala u saradnji sa the nail polish project.

one of the newer picture polish collaboration shades is nebula, created with the nail polish project.

pošto je zamišljen da se nosi ili samostalno u 3 sloja, ili kao gornji sloj, možda sam pogrešila što sam ga ipak mazala na drugi način. definitivno ću morati da probam ovog lepog želatinka samog.

pošto sam ga namazala u jednom sloju preko dva sloja china glaze bizarre blurple, glavni ton je postala tamno blurple nijansa. samostalno bi svakako bio laganiji, i po boji i po teksturi. fuksija i tirkiz šljokice su takođe postale nešto tamnije.

morala sam da ga matiram, ali je moj miss sporty matte top coat izgubio snagu pa mi nokti izgledaju selektivno matirani, kao šo se može videti na slikama u sredini. morala sam da dodam još par slojeva, i konačni rezultat se vidi na poslednje dve sliek u senci. oduševljena sam matiranom verzijum.

prirodna svetlost:

being intended to be worn either solo, with 3 coats, or as a layering polish, i maybe made a mistake of wearing it in the second fashion. i will definitely have to try this pretty jelly on it's own.


since i wore one coat over two coats of china glaze bizarre blurple, the main tone became darker blurple shade. on it's own, it would definitely look a bit lighter in both color and coverage sense. fuchsia and turquoise glitter also became somewhat darker.

i had to mattify it, but my miss sporty matte top coat lost it's power, so some nails in the images in the middle seem to be selectively mattified. i had to add a few more coats of it, and the end result is seen in the last two pictures in shade. i loved it in matte version.

natural light:

essence prince charming over essence life is a freeride

u julskom new in/old out postu mogli ste da vidite sličice praznih bočica, a među njima je bio i essence life is a freeride. kada znam da poslednji put mažem neki lak, dajem mu specijalan tretman: obično ga nosim više od jednog dana :D i za kraj mu dodam i neki topper. ovaj put sam izabrala essence prince charming.

in july's new in/old out post, there was a picture of my empties, and one of those was essence life is a freeride. when i know that it's the end of a polish, i give it a special treatment: i usually wear it for more than one day :D and then spice it up with a topper. my choice for this one was essence prince charming.

mogli ste da vidite prince charming u kombinaciji preko aura techno ovde. sada vidim da sam prilično dosadna jer sam ga uparivala sa svetlo plavim lakovima. trebalo bi da počnem da se igram sa drugim baznim bojama, žuta mi prva pada na pamet, pa i srebrna, ali mi slobodno ostavite predloge!

uspela sam da iskapim bočicu essence life is a freeride tako brzo delom i zbog toga što mu treba tri sloja. nosila sam ga par dana pre nego što sam dodala princa, zato su mi vrhovi ponegde izlizani.  a sada, na slike!


prirodna svetlost:

you could see prince charming in a combination over aura techno here. i see now that i've been boring with pairing it up with light blues. i should probably start playing with other base colors. yellow is the first that comes to my mind, silver also, but feel free to give me suggestions!


i managed to empty the bottle of essence life is a freeride partly because it always needed three coats. here, i was wearing it for a couple of days before adding the prince, hence a bit of chipping can be seen. now, on to the pictures!

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essence cool breeze (special effect topper 16) over essie midnigh cami

toliko sam zaljubljena u novi essence topper, cool breeze, da ga nosim po drugi put u poslednjih par nedelja.

i'm completely in love with essence's new topper, cool breeze, that i'm wearing for the second time in the last couple of weeks.

ljuspice se nalaze u providnoj bazi, i većina je šestougaona, sa dodatnim manjim šestougaonicima. oduševljena sam efektom koji daje ovaj lak i ne mogu da prestanem da gledam u nokte! ljuspice se prelivaju u bojama od tirkizne do ljubičaste, dok ove manje uglavnom izgledaju zlatno. formula je iznenađujuće dobra, možda malo gušća sli prilično jednostavna za korišćenje.

najbolje izgleda preko tamnih lakova, zbog refleksije i kontrasta, tako da sam kao bazu izabrala essie midnight cami.

prirodna svetlost:

flakies are suspended in a clear base, and the majority is hexagonal, with additional smaller hexagons. i really love the effect this polish gives, i can't stop looking at my nails. the flakies transform from turquoise to even purple, while the smaller ones usually look loke gold particles. the formula was surprisingly good, maybe a bit thick but really easy to work with.

it goes best over dark shades, because of the contrast and reflection, so i used essie midnight cami as a base.

natural light:

opi pink of hearts 2012: you glitter be good to me & i think in pink

a sada, nešto sasvim drugačije - ja nosim roze lak! predstavljam opi set  pink of hearts (2012), iz serije koju prave za borbu protiv raka dojke. bazna boja je i think in pink a šljokice se zovu you glitter be good to me.

and now, something completely different, i'm wearing pink! this is opi's set pink of hearts for breast cancer awareness 2012, the base color is  i think in pink and the glitter is called  you glitter be good to me.

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i think in pink se najbolje može opisati kao bubblegum roze (ne znam kako bih to rekla na srpskom.) prilično je proziran posle prvog sloja, a iako se vidi linija nokta i nakon drugog, boja se lepo gradi. svidelo mi se kako mi stoji sa dva sloja, pa sam se tu i zaustavila. formula je generalno bila dobra.

you glitter be good to me je sastavljen od manjih svetlo roze šljokica i krupnijih ciklamastih šestougaonika u providnoj bazi. bio je prilično jednostavan za mazanje, kad se uzme u obzir da je šljokičav. koristila sam ga samo na domalom prstu u jednom sloju, ali mislim da bi mogao da se nosi samostalno sa dva ili tri sloja

prirodna svetlost:

i think in pink can be best explained as bubblegum pink. it is a bit sheer after the first coat, and even though there is still visivle nail line after the second, the color really builds up. i liked how it looked with two layers on me, so i stopped there. the formula is overall very easy to work with.


you glitter be good to me is composed of light pink glitter and larger magenta hexagons in a clear base. it is pretty easy to work with, considering it is a glitter polish. i used it only for the accent nail, but i think it could be opaque on its own after two or three coats.


natural light:

layering: essence copper'ize me over china glaze heart of africa

već neko vreme obigravam oko essence šljokičavog nadlaka copper'ize me, pa sam morala da ga uzmem kad sam saznala da ga povlače.

izgledalo mi je kao da će se dobro slagati sa china glaze heart of africa, pa sam ga prvo probala u toj kombinaciji. na žalost, oblačno vreme me sprečava da pikažem slike laka bez topera, jer hoću da nekom drugom prilikom pokažem koliko je ovaj lak divan.

i've been circling around essence's topper copper'ize me for a while, but when i found out that it's being discontinued, i had to have it!

it looked to me that it would look nice layered over china glaze heart of africa, so i tried that combo. unfortunately, cloudy weather prevents me from showing the swatch of the polish itself, because it is shame not to present it as a beauty that it is.

 copper'ize me je providna baza puna sitnih bakarnih mikrošljokica, i krupnijih raznobojnih (plavih, zelenih, roze, srebrnih...). sviđa mi se kako je ispao sa HOA kao bazom, ali bih da ga probam i preko crnih.

na ovim slikama imam peel off base coat, dva sloja china glaze heart of africa + jedan sloj copper'ize me + nadlak (essence better than gel nails top sealer BTGNTS)

prirodna svetlost:

copper'ize me is a clear base filled with dense copper microglitter and larger multicolored (blue, green, silver, pink etc) glitter. i like how it looks over HOA, and i will try it over blacks also.


in these pictures, i have peel off base coat, two layers of china glaze heart of africa + one layer of copper'ize me + top coat (essence better than gel nails top sealer BTGNTS)
natural light:

layering: essence troy over essence gabriella (twins set)

kod mene su dani dalje previše oblačni da bih bila zadovoljna slikama koje pravim. najveći problem je taj što sam u fazi u kojoj mi se najviše nose šimerasti lakovi, i dok uspevam povremeno da verno uslikam kremaste, za šimere ipak moram da čekam lepše dane da uhvatim njihovu stvarnu lepotu. zato, još jedan post o slikama iz praistorije. imam samo još jedan set starih slika, tako da se stvarno nadam nekom sunčanom danu.

gabriella i troy su  kupljeni sa par meseci razmaka, i nisam imala predstavu da su zaista zamišljeni kao par u twins setu. dok mi je to bilo očigledno za romeo& juliette i thelma&louise, za ovo dvoje nisam imala pojma ko su.

the days are still too cloudy for me to be satisfied with the swatches i make. the problem is that i'm in a shimmerry mood, and while i manage to take good pics of cremes, it's impossible the capture the true beauty of shimmers.  so once again, i'm writing about a polish that i photographed quite a while ago (i have only more post with old pictures left, so i am really hoping for some sun).


i got gabriella and troy with a few months apart, and had no idea that they were "the twins". while this was obvious with romeo& juliette or thelma&louise, i had no idea who those two are.

o gabrielli sam pisala ovde, i odavno potrošila bočicu. troy je jedan od mojih omiljenih šljokičavih nadlakova. providna baza je prepuna ljubičastih, plavih i poneke žute šljokice. uvek sam ga nosila preko ljubičastih krema, ali bih morala da počnem više da se igram s njim.
prirodna svetlost:

i wrote about gabriella here, and the bottle has been emptied a while ago. troy is one of my favorite glitter toppers. the clear base is packed with purple, blue and occasional yellow glitter. i always wore it over purple cremes, but i'll have to play with it more.
natural light:

layering essence huntsman over opi casino royale

kada se pojavila essence snow white kolekcija, premišljala sam se oko huntsman-a, ali pošto obožavam seriju "once upon a time" i lovac je prestao da bude ovo:

when the snow white le by essence was available, i had second thoughts about getting huntsman, but, since i am a "once upon a time" fan, and huntsman stopped being this:

i postao ovo:

and became this:

morala sam da ga uzmem. pošto je tema ovog petka plum, a moj jedini lak u ovoj boji je opi casino royale kog sam nedavno nosila, rešila sam da mu dodam huntsman kao nadlak. huntsman je gusta providna baza sa malim okruglim zlatnim šljokicama, velikim šestougaonim i čudnim trouglastim.

i had to take it! since it is a plum-themed friday, and my only plum is opi's casino royale that i wore recently, i decide to spice it up with the hunstman. it is a clear, thick base with small gold round glitter together with bigger hexagonal and the occasional weird triangle-shaped chunks.

layering aura techno over ibd meteorite

pisala sam o tome koliko me je nervirao aura techno ovde, i bila sam neverovatno blizu da ga bacim u đubre, što je nešto na šta se retko i vrlo teško odlučujem. ipak sam rešila da mu dam još jednu šansu, prvo kao samostalan lak, gde mu ni pet slojeva nije bilo dovoljno za potpunu pokrivenost, a posle kao nadlak preko ibd meteorite, i, bar meni, rezultat je fantastičan i jedna od onih kombinacija koje su mnogo lepše uživo nego na slikama.

i wrote about aura techno annoying me here, and it was really really close to being thrown in trash, which is something i rarely do.  actually, i decided to give it another chance on its own, and even five coats didn't make it opaque, so i did what i should've done in the beginning: used it for layering. the base color was ibd meteorite.in my opinion, the end result is amazing, and it's one of those combos that look better irl than on pictures.

layering: essence hello holo over essence sparkling silver

bila sam u iskušenju da napravim još jedan post u nizu iz opijeve skyfall kolekcije, ali sam na kraju rešila da ipak malo promenim, tako da predstavljam šljokičavu holo bombu, essence hello holo preko essence sparkling silver.

i was tempted to post another swatch from opi's skyfall collection, but in the end decided to mix things up a little bit, so i present a glitter holo bomb, essence hello holo over essence sparkling silver.

već neko vreme sam se razmišljala kako da uparim hello holo (jednom sam ga čak nosila samostalno), i cajka je predložila srebrnu ili sivu kao bazu, pa sam ja izabrala essence sparkling silver, koji već sam po sebi šljašti. hello holo je prozirna baza prepuna holo šljokica, koje su prilično krupne i koliko god slojeva nadlaka da stavite, površina nikad neće biti potpuno ravna. bila sam u iskušenju da stavim dva sloja, ali sam se ipak zaustavila na prvom. mislila sam da će izgledati prilično trashy, ali sam na kraju bila zadovoljna kako je ispalo.
prirodna svetlost:

i was wondering for a some time how to pair hello holo ( i even wore it on its own once), and cajka suggested that it should look fine over silvers, so i chose already quite blingy essence sparkling silver. hello holo is actualy a clear base full of holo glitter particles, that are quite gritty and no matter how many layers of top coat you add, it will never be really smooth. i was tempted to put two coats of hello holo, but decided to stop after the first. i thought it would look trashier, but in the end, i am happy with the result!

natural light:

layering nopi a million sparkles over ibd meteorite

a million sparkles je lak kog sam kupila relativno skoro, i koji je bio deo nicole by opi prolećne kolekcije, zajedno sa a lit-teal bit of love, shoot for the maroon (uzela sam i njega) i vio-let's talk about red. zainteresovao me je na prvi pogled.

a million sparkles is a polish i picked up a while ago, that was a part of nicole by opi spring collection together with a lit-teal bit of love, shoot for the maroon (i also got this one) and vio-let's talk about red. it caught my eye from the beggining.

imala sam veoma glupu ideju da probam da ga nosim samostalno (na ovoj slici je jedan sloj), ali sam shvatila da ne bih imala dovoljno dobru pokrivenost ni sa dva, čak ni tri sloja. ipak, dovoljno dobro se vidi da je ovaj lak u stvari kombinacija četiri vrste šljokica: fantastičnih crvenih pravougaonih, tanjih pravougaonih svetloplavih pravougaonika i okruglih šljokica i heksagonalnih zlatnih šljokica u providnoj bazi.

i had a stupid idea to wear it on its own (one coat), but realized there's no way it could be opaque with two or even three layers and gave up. but, this little experiments shows that this is a clear base packed with fantastic rectangular red bar glitter together, thinner bright blue bar and round glitter of the same color and small hexagonal golden glitter.

nakon toga, uzela sam ibd meteorite kao baznu boju, i baš mi se sviđa kako se slažu!

after that, i used ibd meteorite as the base polish. i love how these two get along!

layering: depend 5003 over depend 252

ovo je trebalo da bude oproštajni post za depend 252, ali se ispostavilo da je oproštajni post i za depend 5003 crackle.

uzela sam ovaj roze crackle od dependa, jer mi je ljubičasti izgledao gotovo crno na noktima, pa sam bila pametna i pomislila da će onda roze da vuče na ljubičasto :D naravno da nije, ali sam našla kombinacije u kojima mi se svidelo kako izgleda, a jedna od njih je bila sa 252 kao bazom.

na žalost, crackle se potpuno osušio kada sam krenula da ga premažem preko 252. nokti su mi izgledali užasno, roze deo se bukvalno ljuštio i izvijao na krajevima, tako da sam ga skinula istog trenutka. zbog toga, imam samo jednu sliku da prikažem, i to od ranije, sa crackle petka.

this was supposed to be a good bye post for depend 252, but it turned out to be a good bye post for 5003.

i got the pink crackle polish from depend because the purple one looked almost black on the nails, and i had a brilliant idea that the pink one would look like purple. of course it didn't :D although i don't like pink on my nails, i found some crackle combinations with it that i liked, and one of them was with 252.

unfortunately, the crackle polish dried out, and when i applied it, it looked horrible, with the ends of patterns bending away from the polish. i removed it all immediately, so i have only one picture to show you, the one from our crackle friday. as well.

prazne bočice, pre čišćenja:

empty bottles, before cleaning:

butter london knackered over zoya trixie

kada sam prvi put mazala knackered, iako sam znala da je lak proziran i da mu trebaju bar tri sloja da bi dobio dubinu, ipak sam probala da ga nosim samog, i čak mi se i takav svideo. lak je pravi kameleon! ovaj put sam rešila da ga namažem preko nekog drugog i trixie mi je zvučala kao dobar izbor. "proziran, svetlucavi lak boje ostrige (da, morala sam ovo da guglam, to je izgleda legitimna boja :D) sa mikro holo šljokicama" preko "svetlo srbernog laka sa svetlucavim metalik finišem" mi je zvučalo odlično, i mislim da sam bila u pravu!

knackered je ublažio intenzivnu srebrnu boju od trixie i dao joj malo duohrom efekta. holo čestice se, na žalost, ne slikaju dobro ali na suncu izgledaju prelepo!

prirodna svetlost:

i wore butter london's knackered on it's own once, and, even though it is shear and needs at least three layers to look opaque, i found it really cute. this time, i decided to use it for layering and trixie seemed like a good choice. "a sheer, twinkling oyster shade flecked with micro glitter holo particles" over "stunning light silver with a sparkling metallic foil finish" sounded good to me, and i wasn't wrong!




knackered toned down the intense silver in trixie and gave it a hint of duochrome. holo glitter is a bit camera shy, but it looks really gorgeous in the sunlight.

natural light:

essence prince charming over aura techno

priznajem, ne mogu da odolim laku koji ima dobro izabrano ime i propaganda ima veliki uticaj na mene po tom pitanju. zato sam bila na teškim mukama da ne uzem sve iz essence snow white kolekcije, a čak i ne volim tu bajku nešto posebno (da je kolekcija bila o maloj sireni ili uspavanoj lepotici, tu se već ne bih suzdržavala :D) na kraju sam odlučila da uzmem samo one koje sam stvarno želela (grumpy i dva topera, huntsman i prince charming, ali sam ipak dodala i evil queen, jer kako da ostavim reginu iz serije "once upon a time" na polici :)) čak je i stalak bio presladak!

i am a sucker for a well chosen nail polish name, and i admit to being susceptible to propaganda. that's why i had to try really hard not to buy everything from essence snow white limited edition. and i actually never liked that particular fairy tale (i would probably surrender to this urge if it was little mermaid or sleeping beauty :D). i decided to buy only the ones i really liked (grumpy and two toppers, huntsman and prince charming, but i had to have evil queen also, how could i leave regina form "once upon a time" on a shelf :)) even the stand was so adorable!

essence 72 time for romance over essie midnite cami

essence time for romance je jedan od mojih omiljenih topera, ako to uopšte mogu da kažem jer ih volim sve :) posebno mi je efektan ako se maže preko tamno plavih ili crnih lakova.

essence time for romance is one of my favorite toppers, if i dare say, because i love them all! this one seems especially effective to me, if i layer it over dark blue or black polishes.

kada sam počela da pišem ovaj post, shvatila sam da nikad ne krenem sa idejom kako bih mogla da stavim neki topper, pa da biram lak koji bi išao uz njega, nego ih uvek koristim da malo "začinim" stvari sa lakom kog već imam na sebi dan ili dva.
prirodna svetlost:

now that i think of it, it seems that i never start with the idea of wearing a certain topper and then choosing the base color that will go with it, but i always use them to spice things up a bit on a polish after one or two days.

natural light:

nfu oh 53 over miss sporty hypnotic turquoise

nfu oh lakovi su korejski brend, 5 free, i teško se nalaze u evropi pa sam bila mnogo srećna kada sam pre nekoliko meseci uspela da ulovim jednog, i to sa krpicama. bočica (17 ml) je pravo malo savršenstvo, dizajnirana kao viktorijanska haljina: korset na vrhu, suknja na dnu bočice, sa sve čipkom sa strane.

nfu oh is a 5 free corean brand that  is not easily found in europe, so i was very happy when i got my nfu oh flakies. the bottle (17 ml) is perfect, designed like a victorian dress with corset top and skirt bottom.

nfu oh 53 ima  plavu jelly bazu sa duohrom roze i plavim krpicama. pošto je proziran najbolje je ako se koristi kao topper preko plavih lakova. pošto obično menjam lakove na dva dana, ako se dogodi da iz nekog razloga ne mogu da promenim (a stigla sam jutros iz srbije oko 5 ujutro i odmah otrčala na posao), bila je idealna prilika da začinim miss sporty 34 hypnotic turquoise.
prirodna svetlost:

nfu oh 53 is a blue jelly with duochrome pink and blue flakies. it is shear, so it is best if it's used for layering with blue polishes. since i change my polish every two days, i get bored with my nails if for some reason i am not able to do that, i like to spice things up with a topper. so, this was a great opportunity to layer my miss sporty 34 hypnotic turquoise.

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