crackle: essence pearly pink over essence sparkly silver

još jedan set slika napravljenih pre nekoliko meseci (što se može primetiti i iz oblika mojih noktiju), ali bi od petka trebalo da se vratim na kolosek. essence pearly pink je njihov najnoviji lak iz cracking top coat kolekcije, ali ovaj ima mali zaokret: šljokičav je, sa roze šestougaonicima u roze bazi! i da, ovo je verovatno jedina kombinacija u kom će roze biti na mojim noktima.

another set of pictures from the vault (as can be seen from the shape of my nails), but i hope i'll start posting newer stuff as of friday. essence pearly pink is the newest polish from their cracking top coat range, but this one has a twist to it: it is actually a glitter, with pink hexagons in a pink base. and yes, this is probably the only type of pink i can tolerate on my nails.

kao baznu boju, upotrebila sam već spominjani  essence sparkling silver, sa kojim sam se i igrala. pretpostavljam da je ovo pomalo šljokičava bomba, ali mi se sviđa! perly pink je pomalo redak, ili barem meni tako deluje jer su mis svi ostali crckle lakovi dosta gušći. iz tog razloga, ako želite deblje slojeve, morate raditi brzo. i pukotine koje ostavlja su čudnjikave, napravi se par dugačkih rascepa po noktu.
prirodna svetlost:

as a base color, i used already mentioned essence sparkling silver, and played with another topper. i guess it is a bit of a glitter bomb, but i actually like it. pearly pink is a bit shear, or it seems that way to me since the majority of my crackle polishes are rather thick, so you have to work quickly if you want thicker layers. it also cracks weirdly, with a couple of longer cracks.
 natural light:

essence nude it! (color&go 40)

praznična sezona i generalno oblačno vreme su mi odličan izgovor da prikažem lak koji sam davno fotografisala (a i potrošila) ali nisu stizali na red za objavu. današnji izbor je essence nude it! iz stare color&go kolekcije.

the holiday season and bad weather are the best excuse to finally show pictures of the polishes that i photographed while back but never got around to write about them. today's choice is essence nude it! from the old color&go collection.

ovo je bio moj prvi pokušaj da nosim nude lakove. jednom sam ga imala na noktima kada sam bila u poseti kući, i mama mi je rekla da izgledam kao mrtvak :) nude it! je bež nude krema, sa odličnom pokrivenošću. formula je bila standardno dobra  kao i sotatak stare kolekcije. meni se sviđa kako mi stoji.

slike su napravljene po oblačnom danu, ali ipak mislim da su verne.

this was my first go in the nude colors category. once i wore it when i was visiting home, and my mother said i looked like a corpse :D it is a beige nude creme, with excellent opacity and coverage. the formula was typically good for this color&go collection. i liked how it looked on me.

the pictures were taken on a cloudy day, but i think it photographed faithfully.

chanel paradoxal 509

šta je ostalo da se napiše o chanel paradoxal laku, a da nije već rečeno? izašao je kao jedini lak u chanel-ovoj jesenjoj kolekciji 2010, i i dalje je jedan od najpoznatijih njihovih lakova, uz particuliere koji je izašao godinu dana ranije. u tom vremenu, oba laka su bila potpuno jedinstvena, ni jedan drugi proizvođač nije imao ništa slično, ali zato sada postoji gomila duplikata.

imala sam rimmel-ov odgovor u vidu hot list-a, ali sam ga poklonila mami mog dečka. isprobala ga je kad je bila kod njega u poseti, i kad me je pozvao i rekao da se ona oduševljava nekim lakom i njegovom bojom, formulom i četkicom, odmah sam znala da je u pitanju hot list. bila sam srećna zbog toga, jer se u mojoj okolini niko ne zanima za lakove pa nikog ne mogu ni da obradujem, a i zato što sam konačno imala izgovor da uzmem paradoxal.

what is left to say about chanel paradoxal, that haven't been said already? it was released as the only polish in their autumn 2010 collection, and it is still one of the best known chanel polishes,  together with particuilere that was released one year earlier. at that moment, both of these polishes were truly unique, with nothing even close to being a dupe, but now we have a lot of copies and dupes.

i owned rimmel hot list, but, when my boyfriend's mom came to visit him, she tried it and was so amazed with the color, brush and formula. i was very happy to give it to her as a present for two reasons, one is that my friends are not into polishes and i never have a chance to surprise them, and the second one is that i finally had an excuse to buy paradoxal.

boja je sada već odlično poznata pečurkica, blatnjavo-siva sa ljubičastim podtonom i šimerom koji je vidljiv samo pod direktnim suncem. formula je odlična, nanosi se bez problema, ali rimmel-ova lycra pro serija dobija poene po pitanju četkice, jer mi je to jedna od najboljih (ako ne i najbolja). uspela sam da uhvatim koji zrak sunca, dovoljno da probudim šimer,ali se meni sviđa kako lak izgleda i u hladu, ima neku dozu misterije i mislim da ovakvi lakovi svima dobro stoje.

slike su napravljene na prirodnoj svetlosti, uz poneki zrak sunca.

the color is now well known mushroomy taupe-grey with purple undertone and shimmer that is really visible only under direct sunlight. it applied beautifully, pigmentation is great but this the brush is where i give points to rimmel, since their brushes in lycra pro collection is perfect. i managed to get a couple of rays of sun, enough to wake the shimmer up, but i really like how it looks in shade too, it has some sort of mystery around it and i am convinced that those colors look good on everyone.
pictures were taken on natural light, with occasional sunlight.

33. theme friday: new year manicure

protekla nedelja je bila u znaku novogodišnjih manikira, tako da su devojke bile posebno kreativne i bilo je dosta zanimljivih noktića. ja sam učestvovala čak dva puta, prvi put sa čisto novogodišnjim zlatno-crvenim ruffian-om, a drugi put sam postavila lak koji sam zaista i imala na prelazu iz stare u novu godinu, china glaze running in circles.
sutrašnja tema je chanel paradoxal i njegovi duplikati poput  rimmel hot list, cg jungle queen i formar 418.

last week passed with new year manicure theme, and girls were supercreative, as can be seen in the collage. i participated twice, once with a new-year inspired gold-red ruffian, and second time with china glaze running in circles polish that i actually wore on the new year's eve.

tomorrow's topic is chanel paradoxal and the dupes, such as rimmel hot list, cg jungle queen i formar 418.

china glaze running in circles (cirque du soleil worlds away collection)

u poslednjih nekoliko nedelja nisam mogla da prestanem da gledam u slike nove china glaze kolekcije,  cirque du soleil worlds away. u nekom trenutku sam izgubila nadu da će ikada stići kod nas, ali, srećom, to se nije dogodilo i pre par dana sam izašla sa  whirled away, it's a trap-eze!, running in circles, hanging in the balance i water you waiting for.

nekako mi se pojavio običaj da za novu godinu nosim zelene lakove, tako da je running in circles bio odličan izbor, ali se na kraju pokazalo da je ovaj lak uskočio na listu mojih omiljenih za 2012.

in the last few weeks, i was completely in love with the swatches of the china glaze's cirque du soleil worlds away collection, and almost lost hope that it would ever come to serbia. luckily, i was wrong, and i got my hands on whirled away, it's a trap-eze!, running in circles, hanging in the balance and water you waiting for.

 i have a habit of wearing green on my nails for new year's eve, and running in circles was not only a perfect choice, but i ended the year wearing what seems to be one of five of my favourite polishes of 2012.

već sam nekoliko puta spomenula koliko volim zelembaće, ali ovaj lak je zaista poseban. bazna boja je smaragdno zelena, sa svetlije zelenim staklastim šimerom koji se presijava na zlatno. formula je zaista fantastična, lak se baš lako nanosi i pokrivenost je iznenađujuće potpuna nakon dva sloja. lak ima visoki sjaj i bez nadlaka (kog sam ja morala da stavim jer volim da sam potpuno funkcionalna par minuta posle mackanja).

oduševljena sam kako sve svetluca, i planiram da ga nosim duže od mojih standardnih 24h. žao mi je da su ovi dani prilično oblačni, ali mislim da sam uspela da prikažem koliko je ovaj lak neverovatan!
prirodna svetlost:

i said it already, i love my greens, but this one is soooo special! the base colour is emerald green, packed with lighter green flashing gold glass flecks. the formula is really amazing, it applied beautifully and everything is surprisingly opaque after two layers. the finish is pretty shiny even without topcoat (of coarse, i had to add it since i like to be fully functional with my hands immediately after applying the polish).


i love how sparkly this looks, and i intend to wear it longer than my usual 24h :) too bad it's cloudy these days, but i hope i managed to show it's gorgeousness!

natural light: