Snowy sparkles

Hello, everybody! Snow and freezing cold came to Croatia, and I thought Zoya Vega would be the perfect polish for the weather :) I don't like the snow, or the cold, but I do like Vega :) My base is Maybelline French White, and i used some Essence striping tape for this one :) Since Vega is a textured polish (not a fan, to be honest) I also used a thick layer of Essie's Good to go top coat, to smooth it out.

Pozdrav, lakoljupci! :)

Došao nam je snijeg i hladnoća, i učinilo mi se da je Zoya Vega pravi lak za okruženje :) Ne volim ni snijeg ni hladnoću, ali volim Vegu, i svaki izgovor je dobar izgovor :) Baza je Maybelline French White, a upotrijebila sam Essence traku za dezen. Vega je lak sa teksturom (nisam obožavatelj), pa sam obilno upotrijebila Essie Good to go nadlak. 

Usput, jeste se prijavili za darivanje? Sve informacije su u tekstu prije ovog, a imate i posebni tab na početku bloga. :)

Sretno!

On a side note, did you enter my giveaway yet? Go check it out, everything you need is in my post before this one, and in the tab above :) 

Good luck! 

It's giveaway time! :)

Hello, people!
First of all, Merry Christmas to everyone that celebrates!
Second, it's giveaway time!
I've reached 100 followers on Instagram, and getting close on reaching 100 likes on Facebook, so I've decided to do a little giveaway and say thank you. :)
The prize?
MoyouLondon stamping plate of your choosing, and their regular stamper!
All you have to do is fill out the required things in a Rafflecopter widget below, and that's it :)
The rules are simple: you have to be at least 16, fill in the required fields in the widget, and make sure you do so by January 2nd, 12 AM GMT+1 time (the time zone in Zagreb, Croatia). The giveaway is open internationally, giveaway accounts will be disqualified, and my friends can enter, because they were the ones liking my FB page first! :)
Good luck! :)

Pozdrav svima!
Kao prvo, sretan Božić svima koji slave!
Kao drugo, vrijeme je za darivanje!
Dosegla sam 100 pratitelja na Instagramu, i blizu sam 100. lajku na Facebooku, pa sam odlučila organizirati darivanje da vam kažem hvala. :)
Nagrada?
MoyouLodnon pločica za pečatiranje, i njihov novi pečat!
Sve što trebate napraviti je ispuniti tražena polja u widgetu ispod teksta, i to je to :)
Pravila su jednostavna: morate imati najmanje 16 godina, ispuniti tražena polja, i sve to napraviti do 2. siječnja u ponoć. Darivanje je internacionalno, i u njemu mogu sudjelovati i moji prijatelji jer su oni bili prvi koji su lajkali moju stranicu :)
Sretno!


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Snow balls gradient

Hello, friends!
It's the first day of winter, officially. I'm not a fan of winter, so I'm not complaining at the current weather in Croatia, it's unusually warm, and, thank god, sunny.
However, I tried my luck in doing a wintery mani. I think I could have done a better gradient, but still, here it is:

Pozdrav, prijatelji!
Službeno je prvi dan zime. Nisam baš obožavatlej, pa se uopće ne bunim na ovo vrijeme koje nas je zahvatilo, konačno, sunce!
Ipak, probala sam napraviti zimsku manikuru. Mislim da sam gradient mogla napraviti i bolje, ali ipak.
Za gradient sam koristila Wet'nWild White Creme i Kiko 385, a onda sam štambiljala sa Kiko Metallic Silver i MoyouLondon pločicom Pro04. Dovršila sam svojim vjernim Essie Good to go nadlakom.

I used Wet'nWild White Creme and Kiko 385 for the gradient, stamped with Kiko Metallic Silver and MoyouLondon Pro04 plate, and then top coated with my faithful Essie Good to go.
This is probably the only wintery thing I will do, as I said, not a fan of winter. :)

xoxo

Rainbow called Arco Iris

You guys know I love Parrot Polish, right? There are a lot of reasons for that, the makers, Sonja and David, are wonderful people, they have the best customer service I have ever had the pleasure to deal with, but, most of all, they have perfect polishes. That's why I decided to buy some of their polishes for gifts, and of course, I had to get one for myself :)
It's called Arco Iris, which is Spanish for rainbow, and it comes from International love collection, same as my beloved Croatian Love. We had sun today, holy holo look at this!

Dragi svi, poznato vam je da volim Parrot polish, da? Ima dosta razloga za to, vlasnici, Sonja i David, su krasni ljudi, imaju najbolju službu za kupce s kojom sam ikad imala posla, i, najvažnije, imaju prekasne lakove. Zato sam odlučila kupiti njihove lakove za poklone, i naravno, morala sam i sebi kupiti jedan. :)
Zove se Arco Iris, što na španjolskom znači duga, i dio je International love kolekcije, iz koje potječe i moj ljubljeni Hrvatska ljubav.

This is daylight, but no sun, and it shows how this polish changes colours. I would tell you the actual colour of it, but I can't decide. It's silver, and pink, and a little green, and, as it's name says, basically, every colour of the rainbow. :)

Ovo je fotka na dnevnom svjetlu, bez sunca, i lijepo pokazuje kako ovaj lak mijenja boje. Rekla bih vam i koje je zapravo boje, ali ne mogu se odlučiti: i srebrn je, i ružičast, zelenkast, i, kao što mu ime kaže, zapravo svih boja duge. :)

It's really gorgeous, you should buy it :) And while you're at it, pick a few more, Parrot Polish has a buy 3 get 1 one free sale, so hurry up! Here's a link to their shop: http://www.shop.parrotpolish.com/main.sc

Ovaj lak je jednostavno prekrasan, i trebali biste ga kupiti. Izaberite još koji, Parrot Polish trenutno ima kupite 3, dobite 1 besplatno rasprodaju, pa požurite: http://www.shop.parrotpolish.com/main.sc

Pixie dust all the things!

Pre-Christmas cleaning is no laughing matter, my dear polishaholics, so I trimmed my nails to avoid breaking and other mishaps. To motivate myself for said cleaning, I, naturally, turned to polish shopping. And boy, did I treat myself. This is Zoya Vega Pixie dust. My first Zoya, and a long wanted polish, because the name Vega has a personal meaning. You should also know Zoya is not cheap in Croatia, but I don't regret it. Just look at that polish! It's blue grey with holo glitter and so sparkly!

As you probably know, pixie dust is a textured polish, it dries matte, and it feels very gritty on the nail. I did top coat on pictures you see, but it still feels gritty, and then stamped it with white Essence stamping polish and MoyouLondon Fashionista 08 plate.

Dragi lakoljupci, kao što vidite, skratila sam nokte, jer ne treba se šaliti sa predbožićnim čišćenjem i stvarno ne želim da mi se dogodi neki bolni lom ili slično. Da se motiviram i natjeram na sve to čišćenje, bila sam u šopingu, i stvarno se počastila. Na fotkama vidite Zoya Vega Pixie dust, lak koji sam dugo željela jer ime "Vega" ima posebno značenje za mene. Kupljen je u Mulleru (zajedno sa još jednom Zoyom, ali o tome u drugom postu) i nije jeftin, ali na žalim. Vega je prekrasna! Zoyini pixie dust lakovi su lakovi koji se suše mat i osjeti se njihova tekstura na noktu. Stavila sam nadlak da mi nokti ne zapinju posvuda, ali svejedno se osjeti neravna površina. Na fotkama su 2 sloja Vege, nadlak, zatim Essence lak za štambiljanje i uzorak s Moyou London Fashionista 08 pločice, pa nadlak. Nisam baš neki fan lakova koji imaju teksturu, ali Zoya Vega mi se stvarno sviđa, sivo plava je, sa hrpom šljokica, sjajna i savršena za zimu! 

Ovo je fotka koju sam brzinski uslikala prije stampinga :) 

This is a photo of Zoya Vega I quickly took to brag with my first Zoya on Instagram. So sparkly!

Till next time, 

xoxo

Christmas came to Therapy!

Hello, fellow polish lovers!
Well, Christmas finally came to therapy :) To be perfectly honest with you, this year I'm not so big on Christmas because of all the personal stuff that's happened, and some of it that's still happening. Also,  I can't freehand a snowflake if it saved my life, so I did this, in my opinion, very festive and sparkly glitter gradient, with some help of chevrons from NailVinyls. 
The base is Kiko's Metallic Silver, and the glitter topper is Essence The most wonderfull tree from their Come to town collection. It's a good topper, packed with sparkly green bar and round glitter.
The pics are all in daylight, I did 2 coats of base, and then sponged the glitter on tips.
Hope you like it :)

Pozdrav, lakoljupci! :)
Božićno raspoloženje je došlo na terapiju :D Pravo da vam velim, ove godine baš nisam u božićnom raspoloženju, uglavnom zbog stvari koje su mi se događale, ili se još događaju, u privatnom životu, a snježnu pahuljicu rukom ne mogu nacrtati pa makar mi trebala za spasiti život, pa sam u pomoć pozvala šljokice i šablone koje sam kupila na nailvinyls.com.
Baza je Kiko Metallic Silver, a šljokice su Essence The most wonderfull tree iz njihove Come to town kolekcije (možete kupiti u DM ili Mulleru).
Sve fotke su na dnvenom svjetlu, a za ovu manikuru sam stavila dva sloja srebrnog laka, i onda spužvom napravila gradient, uz spomenute šablone na srednjem prstu i prstenjaku.
Nadam se da vam se sviđa. :)
xoxo

Croatian Love with Nail Vinyls

Hello, people!
I'm still not over stamping, but finally got the time to play with some nail vinyls. If you're not good at drawing lines like me, these will be a big help :) I bought them at nailvinyls.com, and they are great! Easy to work with, easy to peel of, just make sure you remove them while your polish is still wet, in order to get the image clean. The polish is my favourite Hrvatska ljubav aka Croatin love by Parrot polish. The pictures are taken in daylight, so you can see the glorious color shift in this polish. I stamped with MoyouLondon Pro04 plate, and the glitter is Kiko's 271 Sparklet.

Next time, I'll show you a little festive design I came up with.
xoxo

Hrvatski:

Još uvijek sam opsjednuta stampingom, ali uspjela sam se malo poigrati i na naljepnicama. Uzorak koji imam na srednjem prstu i srebrnjaku napravila sam naljepnicama kupljenim na nailvinyls.com, koje preporučam jer su vrlo jednostavne za koristiti, jedino je bitno skinuti ih dok je lak još mokar da biste dobili čisti uzorak.
Lak je moj ljubljeni Parrot Polish "Hrvatska ljubav", a za mali prst i kažiprst koristila sam MoyouLondon Pro04 pločicu. Šljokice su Kiko Sparklet. Fotke su uslikane po danu, da vidite kako predivno ovaj lak mijenja boje.
Sljedeći put bit ćemo u božićnom rasploženju. :)

Stamping obsession, vol 3

As you may have noticed, I am still obsessively stamping and, to be quite hones, plan to buy some more plates (but, shhhh, don't tell my husband).
The picture above is currently my favourite stamping image, it's from MoyouLondon Pro04 collection, and the polish is Kiko 514 Pearly Golden Coffee. I've been using a lot of Kiko lately, and I love them. A friend of mine was in Italy

and bought them for me as an early bday gift. I'm planning on buying a few more (and again, shhhh, don't tell husband) because they have a very good formula, and so many pretty color, and I noticed the ones from Quick dry collection are good for stamping.

This is Kiko 385 Pastel Blue stamped with Kiko's Metallic Silver and still Pro04 plate.

The last design I'll show you is a gradient I did with Essie's Sole Mate (my favourite wine colour ever, and currently one of my favourite polishes) and Wet n Wild Black creme, and again stamped with MoyouLondon Pro04. The gold polish I stamped with is a mini no name bottle I picked up in a drugstore a while ago.

This,  I really love:

The top coat I used on this is Essie's Good to go, and it's really shiny and good. This mani survived 3 days of house cleaning, so I think it's worth it's price (which, in Croatia, is around $14).
I love this design so much I think I'll do something similar for holidays, because I don't really like red and green, and I think purple and gold are great holiday colours. :)

Till next time,

xoxo


Hrvatski:

Da, još uvijek sam opsjednuta stampingom, i da vam budem iskrena, planiram kupiti još pločica čim budem mogla.

Na prve dvije fotke su Kiko lakovi, dobila sam ih nekoliko od frendice ako rani poklon za rođendan, i stvarno su odlični, dobra formula i prekrasne boje, pa mislim da ću uskoro kupiti još nekoliko. Na žalost, nema ih u Hrvatskoj, ali dostupni su u njihovom web shopu (http://hr.kikocosmetics.eu/). Na prvoj fotki je Kiko 514 Pearly Golden Coffee, a na drugoj Kiko 385 Pastel Blue. Srebrni lak na drugoj fotki je Kiko Metallic Silver.
Na svim fotkama sam koristila stamping pločicu MoyouLondon Pro04.

Zadnje dvije fotke je gradient koji sam radila sa Essie Sole Mate i Wet N Wild Black creme, a zlatni lak je neki no name mini kojeg sam kupila u ljekarni. Mislim da ću nešto slično napraviti i za blagdane, jer ne volim baš crvenu i zelenu, ljubičasta i zlatna meni su baš prigodne boje za blagdane.

Ovu manikuru sam imala 3 dana, i preživjela je podosta pranja i čišćenja kuće. Mislim da je to zbog novog nadlaka, Essie Good to go, odličan je. Malo je skup (kupila sam ga u DM-u uz 25% popusta) ali, po mom mišljenju, vrijedan svake kune.

Do sljedećeg puta,

xoxo

Stamping obsession, vol 2

Hello, friends!
So, my stamping obsession continues :) On pic above, you can see everything I used for today's manicure.
As you will see, I did a gradient with light and dark purple, the light purple is Evelin 922, the dark, greyish purple is a brand called Fashion colour, shade 811. I stamped with Kiko 857 Metallic Silver, and used a Moyou London The Pro 04 plate with Moyou's stamper.
Unfortunately, the sponge I had was not really good for polish, so it got all wet and goopy and I got tiny parts of it in my polish, but I loved this design too much to now show it to you. Sometimes we all mess up our manicures and don't have time to do them all over again, so why not show it.
I did take it of the next night though :)

 
Hope you like this one :)
xoxo

Hrvatski:
Još uvijek me drži stamping. Na prvoj fotki je sve što sam upotrijebila za ovu manikuru. Svijetlo ljubičasti je Evelin 922, a tamno, sivo ljubičasti je Fashion colour 811, oba kupljena u Kozmu. Štambiljala sam sa srebrnim Kiko 857 Metallic Silver i, naravno Moyou London pločicom i štambiljem.
Spužva koju sam koristila za gradient baš nije dobra, razmočila se pa mi je u laku ostalo nekoliko sitnih komadića, ali mi je ovaj dizajn bio prelijep da ga ne bih podijelila :) Uostalom, ne mora uvijek sve biti savršeno :)
Nadam se da vam se sviđa.
Do sljedećeg puta,
xoxo