Obsessed With Tropical

Hello, friends! :)
A lot has been going on these pas few weeks. My brother in law was getting married, and that included a whole lotta organizing to do, because my Dad didn't want to go to the wedding and the party, and we had to figure something out because we can't leave him alone for a whole day and night (he's in early stages of dementia). He was at his sister's house for the weekend, so we were able to attend all the wedding stuff. Maybe I should clarify, in Croatia, if someone close to you is getting married, the wedding basically starts at around noon, we gather at the house of the bride or groom (depends which one are you related to), then you go pick up the bride (or wait for the groom), then the church, and then the party, which usually lasts the whole night :) Anyway, it was a very fun day and night. Of course I had to have special nails for the occasion, so here they are:

I did a gradient with Essence white and Parrot Polish The Lioness of Brittany, and stamped with MoyouLondon Tropical 02 plate.
They kind of matched my dress :)

Tropical theme seems to be my favourite these days, and I did quite a lot of those. There's a hash tag on Instagram #hawaiianshirtmani, it was started by LadyAndTheStamp, and we do hawaiian shirt themed manicure every friday, and I think I might have gone a bit overboard with it. I think it's because it's been so hot here for the last few days all I can think of is being in a tropical paradise :D
Here are a few of those manicures:

This is a gradient with Catrice Will You Berry Me? and China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy, then dry brushed with Barry M Cotton, and then stamped with my go to tropical plate, MoyouLondon 02.

This is a gradient with Essence love is in the air, Eveline 922 and Barry M Berry Cosmo, stamped with, again, MoyouLondon Tropical 02

The base for this manicure was Misslyn Bikini season from their Neoprene Collection, stamped with A England Fonteyn and then Essence Black Stampy, all using images from BundleMonster BM-313 plate. :)

Which one is your favourite? Do you like tropical themed manicures?
Tell me in the comments, on hop on over to my Instagram @therapywithnailpolish :)

xoxo

Stefi

Smoothie nail polish from Misslyn

I think by now you guys know I like holographic polishes, and I was very happy when I ran into Misslyn Smoothie polishes from their Forbidden fruits make up collection in my local Mueller.
I don't buy many mainstream polishes anymore, because, lets me frank, the indie makers spoiled me with their creativity, great formulas and different finishes. I do, however, buy Misslyn, I like their colours and they have some great polishes for stamping, so colour me impressed when I saw those Smoothie polishes are holographic. Also, I don't really care for the colour green, but my oh my, was this one pretty. Just look!

This one is called Kiwi bomb, and it's a very strong green with holo effect. All the polishes in the Smoothie collection are a little textured, they have dots that really look like you have a smoothie on your nail :) The cats on my nails are water decals I got from a friend.

There are 3 polishes in Smoothie collection, but I bought only two, kiwi bomb and Sweet blackberry, a hot pink, magenta holo with tiny dots. It's very, very pretty :) The third one is pink, the colour I only wear in neon shades :) This magenta however, is my kind of colour :)

I did some stamping on it, with Misslyn's Snow white polish and Moyou London Tourist plate.

I liked these polishes very much, the formula is ok, they're easy to apply, and I did apply a top coat because I don't really like textured feeling on my nails. I do own a few of Misslyn polishes and they are all very good formula wise, and, as I've said, I like when a mainstream company gets what goes on in the indie market and follows accordingly. :)
I don't know where to buy Misslyn polishes overseas, but here in Croatia (and most of Europe, I think) you can find them in all Mueller drugstores.

Do you buy mainstrem polishes? Which ones? Tell me in the comments.
xoxo

Stefi

Spring is in the air!

Spring finally came to my little country, and it was time for some spring manicures.
I think, by now, you know I'm a big fan of dark polishes, so the first one A England's Sleeping Palace, a beautiful plum/eggplant holo polish that I stamped with some black flowers. I know, black flowers are not exactly spring like, but still, it's flowers :) The image is from Moyou London Suki 07 plate.

You know I recently fell in love with A England polishes, and I'm thinking this may be my favourite of the ones I brought from London. The colour is so special and I haven't seen a polish like it before, and the holo is visible even without the sun, and it's just perfect.

I really liked another spring mani I did, it's light blue and, in my opinion, very spring like:

The blue base is Kiko 849, a light blue and slightly shimmery polish, stamped with Models Own Chrome Blue, a polish I got in London that is absolutely perfect for stamping. I bought anothe blue, a dark one, and now I'm sorry I didn't buy more of the Models Own Chrome collection. I'll have to do some online shopping, me thinks :)

The last one for today was my special , 1st day of spring manicure. I did a gradient with Eveline 922 (lilac) and Misslyn 568 (mint), and stamped some flowers with A England The Blessed Damozel:

What do you think? Which one of these do you like the best? Tell me in the comments :)

xoxo

Stefi

Waiting for the spring

I know, I know, I've been MIA for a while, but what can I say: sometimes life gets in the way and the time just escapes me. Maybe I haven't been writing blog posts, but I certainly have been doing my nails :)
So, here are a few of the manis I did over the past 10 days.
Znam, znam, nije me bilo neko vrijeme, ali ponekad se život upetlja i pisanje bloga, pa jednostavno nisam stigla. Iako nisam stigla pisati, to ne znači da nisam stigla lakirati nokte, pa evo nekoliko manikura koje sam radila u proteklih 10 dana. 

This is Black Dahlia Lacquer Beach Hydrangea, currently one of my favourite polishes. It's blue, it's holo, and it's named after my favourite flowers, so, yeah, you get it :) Stamped with MoyouLondon Fairytale 08 plate and Essence Black Stampy polish. Fun fact, my cat, Simba, wanted to make sure the polish was dry (it wasn't), and managed to scratch me while doing that :) I'm sure cat lovers out there know the feeling :)
Ovo je Black Dahlia Lacquer Beach Hydrangea, trenutno jedan od mojih omiljenih lakova. Plavi je, holografski, i nazvan po mom omiljenom cvijetu. Štambiljala sam sa MoyouLondon Fairytale pločicom broj 8, i Essence Black stampy lakom. Zabavna činjenica, moj mačak Simba je odlučio provjeriti da li se lak osušio (nije), pa me usput uspio ogrepsti. Sigurna da sam da svi vi koji imate mačke, kužite osjećaj :)

This is Misslyn 569 stamped with Suki 07 plate and Kiko Silver Metallic. We had heavy snow, and I really wanted to cheer myself up with this mint colour. It's so pretty! I liked it so much I made a gradient with it, and then, you see a pattern here, stamped :) Here it is: 

Ovo je Misslyn 569, štambiljan sa Suki 07 pločicom i Kiko Silver Metallic lakom. Htjela sam se razveseliti nakon onog snijega koji je pao, pa sam se odlučio za ovu mint boju. Predivna je, toliko mi se svidio ovaj lak da sam odlučila napraviti gradient, naravno sa stampingom: 

For the gradient, except the Misslyn mint, I used Kiko 385 and the stamping is Kiko Metallic Silver with Fairytale 8 plate. 

Za gradient, osim Misslyn mint laka sam upotrijebila Kiko 385 i opet Kiko Metallic Silver i MoyouLondon Fairytale 8 pločicu. 

That's it for this time, stay tuned :) 

To je to za ovaj put :)

xoxo

Dusty gradient

Hello, friends!

I'm in the mood for gradients, and since the weather has been foggy and snowy, I decided on something low key. The darker is Misslyn 275 and an the light one is an old Avon called Luxe Lavender. I have no idea when I bought it, it was in my vanity with all the other polishes I don't use often, but I'm thinking it's around 5 years old :) (See, husband, I use them all, not just the new ones).
Coincidentally, these colours match perfectly to my blog colours. :) 

Pozdrav svima!

U posljednje vrijeme sam raspoložena za gradijente, a budući je vrijeme maglovito i snježno, odlučila sam se za ove dvije boje. Tamnija je Misslyn 275, a svijetlija je stari Avon lak Luxe Lavender. Nemam pojma kad sam ga kupila, bio je u ormariću sa ostalim lakovima koje često ne koristim, mislim da je star oko 5 godina. (Vidiš, mužu, ipak ih sve koristim, ne samo nove ;)
Ispostavilo se da se ove boje savršeno slažu sa bojama ovog bloga. :) 

Since am also obsessed with stamping, naturally, I had to stamp it. I used MoyouLondon Fashionista 08 plate with my go to stamping polish, Kiko 857, Metallic Silver. You like?

xoxo

Budući da sam također opsjednuta štambiljanjem, naravno da sam morala staviti neki uzorak na nokte. Ovo je uzorak sa MoyouLondon Fashionista 08 pločice, a štambiljala sam sa Kiko 857 lakom. 

Sviđa vam se? 

xoxo