essence - miss universe (colour & go 147)

pisanje o essence miss universe je bilo moja noćna mora! ovaj lak je toliko neverovatan, i spadao je, uz essence promberry, u grupicu koju sam nosila na putovanja, ali nikad nisam bila zadovoljna slikama jer mi se činilo da ne prikazuju njegovu pravu lepotu. pre nekoliko dana san iskapila bočicu, tako da sam morala da konačno izaberem slike.

making a post about essence's miss universe has been a nightmare for me! this polish is so gorgeous, it was one of my go to polishes, with essence promberry, but i was never ever satisfied with the pictures since i thought they couldn't show it's true beauty. couple of days ago, i finished the entire bottle, so i guess i had to pick some of the pics.

bazna boja je duboka plava, puna plavih i petrolej staklastih šljokica. moj jedini problem s ovim lakom je neočekivana prozirnost: tri sloja su neophodna da bi se postigla dubina s kojom izgleda fantastično. ipak, toliko volim ovaj lak da sam mu oprostila taj dodatni sloj jer je konačni rezultat magičan i svemirski.

razmatrala sam kupovinu essie dive bar, jer ih smatraju sličnim, ali kad god gledam njegove svočeve, nekako mi je razočaravajući posle miss universe. šta vi mislite? jedini razlog zašto, za sada, neću opet kupiti mu je jer želim da dam i nekim drugim lakovima šansu, a ne da mažem mu jednom nedeljno!


prirodna svetlost:

the base colour is deep blue full of blue and teal glass flecks. my only problem was the unexpected sheerness-it really needs three coats to reach the amazing level of depth. but, i was so in love with it that i didn't really mind adding another coat, since the end result was magical and space-y.


i considered buying essie dive bar, since they should be similar, but whenever i look at it's swatches, it's somewhat underwhelming comparing to miss universe. what do you think? the only reason i'm not re-buying mu for the time being is because i want to give some other polishes a chance instead of wearing this one once a week!

natural light:

60th theme friday-coral + results of the giveaway

konačno kačim kolaž na vreme! prošla nedelja je bila posvećena koralcima. nosila sam dior diablotine skoro tri dana, slikala ga, prebacila slike, zaključila da su one prve sa bloga bile bolje i odmah ih izbrisala, toliko sam pogubljena, i zato sam uzela sliku od ranije.

ove nedelje se mažu kiko lakovi!

i'm finally on time with my collage making! last week was all about the corals. i wore dior diablotine for almost three days, took pics, transferred them on my computer, saw that the one i originally made for blog were better, and erased them, i'm so lost nowadays. that's why i used and old photo.

this is the week of kiko's!

danas je prvi dan mog bloga u njegovoj drugoj godini, i mali giveaway se završio. draga aleksandra će imati prednost izabrati koji paketić hoće, a mislim da je pomalo poetično da je drugu nagradu dobila ina iz slovenije, zemlje koju s tugom uskoro napuštam posle skoro 5 godina u njoj!  

today is the first day in my blog's second year of existence, and my little giveaway has come to the end. dear aleksandra will choose the package she prefers, and i find it kind of poetic that the second prize will go to ina from slovenia, the country that i'll be soon leaving after almost 5 amazing years.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

catrice - king of greens

mislim da ovde ime sve govori, ovaj catrice lak zaslužuje da nosi ime king of greens.

yup, the name says it all, this catrice polish rightfully has the name king of greens.

ljudi iz catrice su u stara, dobra vremena stvarno znali da naprave savršene zelene lakove.king of greens, run forest run i san francisco su i dalje među mojim najnošenijim nijansama.

king of greens je srednje zelena nijansa sa gustim zelenim šimerom. mislim da se on može svideti i devojkama koje ne nose često zelembaće. formula i četkica su odlični, pošto on spada u starije lakove iz vremena pre nego što su u catrice zeznuli stvar. iako je živ i zelen, ne asociram ga samo za proleće i leto već ga nosim tokom cele godine.


prirodna svetlost, oblačno:

people at catrice, at least back in the days, really knew how to make a perfect green polish. king of greens, run forest run and san francisco are still amongst my most frequently worn polishes.

king of green is a medium green shade with dense green shimmer. i think that this polish can be appealing even to those who don't often wear greens. the formula and brush are great, since this is an oldie, before they managed to screw everything up. even though its vibrant and green, i don't wear it only in spring or summer but throughout the whole year.

natural light, cloudy:

comparison: zoya storm vs deborah shine tech 18

moja prva pomisao kad samo počela da razmatram kupovinu zoya storm je da je verovatno suviše slična deborah shine tech 18, ali sam bila ubeđena da ga uzmem pošto je 18 povučen a dosta ga nosim.

my first thought when i started considering buying zoya storm is that it's probably too similar to deborah shine tech 18, but got convinced to get it since 18 is discontinued and i do wear it a lot.

 prirodna svetlost-natural light

 blic-flash

ysl - orange afrique

moja zaljubljenost u ysl lakove se nastavlja, a ovaj put opsednuta lakom orange afrique!

my complete love for ysl nailpolishes continues! this time, i'm obsessing about orange afrique!

ovaj lak sam dugo tražila, pošto mi je falila prava i intenzivna narandžasta nijansa i orange afrique je ispunio sve moje želje. intenzivan je, ali ne na neonski način, i iako je jelly, formula je i više nego neverovatna i maže se kao puter! i završnica me je oborila sa nogu, izgleda baš sjajno iako nemam nadlak.

rešila sam da namažem tri sloja. pošto je jelly, možete da vidite moj čudni prirodni oblik noktiju: na sredini ivice nokta su isturpijani na par mm, a sa strane izgleda kao da imam po dva ogromna bela trougla, da bih mogla da održavam četvrtast oblik. na početku moje opsesije lakovima sam imala ovaj smešni, prirodni oblik ali mi se više sviđa sada.

nešto se čudno dogodilo sa prikazom boja na ovim slikama. nijansa u bočici je identična tome kako lak izgleda uživo, a ta boja je takođe identična boji na noktima. nekakvo čudno prelamanje svetlosti je učinilo da na slikama, nijansa na noktima izgleda crvenije.

i've been searching for this polish for a while now, since i really wanted a bright, vibrant orange shade and this one fulfilled all of my wishes. it is intense but not in a neon-y kind of way, and even though it's jelly, the formula is beyond amazing and it applies like butter! and shine, look at that shine, and i'm not wearing a top coat!

i decided to do three layers this time. since it is a jelly, you can see how weirdly shaped my nails are: at the middle of the nailline,  i filed at to just a mm or two, but on sides i't like i have two giant triangles in order to keep the shape rectangular. at the beginning of my nail polish obsession, i had this funny natural shape, but now i prefer it this way.

there's something weird going on with the color in the photos. the shade in the bottle is pretty much how it looks like in real life, and it is identical to the color on the nails, but some weird light refraction makes the nails look redder.

prirodna svetlost, senka - natural light, shade