Ombre Nail Look: White To Purple

Hey guys! Well, we all saw this coming: one more Ombre nail look from me. Does it seem like I'm always wearing Ombre nails? But can you blame me? My hands look so fun (or crazy? I'm gonna go with fun). What I'm loving about this look is the super shiny top coat that tied it all together.

Products used (from thumb until pinky):

Base coat: essence, Studio nails, XXL nail thickener: This base peels off in chunks if you wear it alone. I do not think it does much for my nails. I got it during the last sale, so it should no longer be available.

essence, nail art, Stampy polish, 001 white: This polish is great for stamping, but not great when worn alone. It cracks easily and is very streaky, and the texture is like rubber.

Maybelline, mini colorama, 26 candy bar: This is an old polish, but it's better than I remember (I'm trying to use up some of my older polishes). Surprisingly, it gives even coverage. I love this shade of bubblegum pink.

Catrice, 030 Meet Me At Coral Island: An old polish with even coverage. This shade is closer to orange than to coral.

essence, colour&go, old pink polish: I loved this old line better than the new one. And now the new one will be on sale (all the polishes are leaving), and the new polishes are coming out. I love essence polishes, there are great ones in their collection. This one has the best texture and covers in one coat.

Catrice, 120 Plum Play With Me: Another oldie, I'm wearing two coats. Gives even coverage, but it's too dark, the purple color gets lost and all you see is black.

essence, Studio nails, better than gel nails, top sealer: Loving this top coat! Top coats are very important when you're wearing Ombre nails - they tie everything together. This one dries insanely fast and it's so shiny.

Olival, Olovka za njegu noktiju i zanoktica: Ova olovka mi je OK, ali nisam pretjerano oduševljena. Privremeno mi nokti izgledaju bolje, ali ne primjećujem neko značajno poboljšanje stanja mojih noktiju. Jedna zamjerka: jako se sporo upija. I ima snažan miris po eteričnim uljima (nije za svakog).

So I wore yet another Ombre nail look. What do you think? To me, these look fabulous! I'm so wearing Ombre tomorrow as well! What do you think of this color combo? 

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Love to all, J.

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Ombre Nails I Stole From The Sales Lady

Hello everyone! The other day while I was shopping I saw that the sales lady had the most gorgeous ombre nails. It's so much fun seeing ombre nails on someone random. Anyways, if you know one thing about me, you know how much I love ombre. So I had to copy her look. I LOVED wearing this combo, and it goes really well with all my gold rings from H&M. All the info on the products used is below.

Products used:

Thumb: essence, colour&go, 106 'Free Hugs' - I'm wearing 3 coats of this polish. This neon shade has a very watery texture, but I can make it work. I fell in love with this shade, it's very appropriate for the summer. Doesn't chip easily.

Pointer: Gabrini, 366 - One coat is enough, the texture and pigmentation is great, but it has a very strong smell (like chemicals). The smell that nail polishes used to have, like 20 years ago.

Middle: S-he stylezone, dm, 004 - I'm wearing 3 coats. This polish is way too watery for my taste, and the worst thing about it is: it dyed my nail pink! I did wear a base coat underneath (not featured in the photos), and this shade still managed to color my nail. Creepy. Also, it dries very slow. Avoid it.

Ringer: Catrice, 130 'Lucky In Lilac' - I'm wearing 2 coats, but 1 coat is enough. I got this polish a long time ago, but I hardly ever use it, so I'm glad I took it out. It looks great.

Pinky: essence, colour&go, old collection - This is why I love the essence nail polishes. This polish is super old, yet the color and the texture is still amazing. I prefer these old bottles to the new ones, and I wish I could still find these. I love that even though it's a dark purple shade, you can still tell that it's purple, and it doesn't look brown or black.

Top coat: essence, studio nails, top sealer (high gloss) - fast drying, provides very high shine.

Ring: 3 in 1 ring set from H&M, mentioned in THIS POST

What do you think? Ombre or No Ombre? I just love this look, it's so ME. Anyways, I have been busy the last few weeks, so I thought I might prepare a nice nail post for you guys. Hope you liked it.

Until next time, love, J.

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Ruževi za 8 kuna: Da ili Ne ?

CROATIAN ONLY. Pozdrav svima! U današnjem postu podijelit ću s vama moje mišljenje o ruževima koje možete nabaviti u Offertissimi za, dobro ste čuli, 8 kuna. Ovo mi je prvi put da imam ovako jeftine ruževe 'žbrnj' marke, tako da nisam puno očekivala. Puno cura kupuje njihove lakove za nokte (koji meni nisu neki), tako da ste možda spazili ovu marku. 

Moment Europe Make-up, Mate Lipsticks, 8 kn (4g), Offertissima (Proizvedeni u Španjolskoj)

Ove ruževe možete slobodno preskočiti. Dok im cijena nije puno niža od cijene essence ruževa (ovi ruževi su dostupni za 8 kn, dok essence ima ruževe za 19kn (na popustu za 9,99kn), essence također ima olovke za usne za 8.90 kn), sa essence ruževima dobit ćete neusporedivo bolju kvalitetu. Na ovim ruževima vidi se da su jeftini: od pakiranja, smrada, teksture, sve do osjećaja na usnama. Najlošija nijansa je definitivno ova crno-ljubičasta, dok je crvena puno bolja (najsličnija essence kvaliteti, ali ipak miljama daleko od toga). Kada nosim ove ruževe osjećam se čudno, osjećaj na usnama nije ugodan, dobijem glavobolju od 'mirisa', i tako dalje. Ruževi imaju teksturu sheer-ruževa, tj. lako se nanose. Pakiranje je iznimno loše, nepouzdano i lako lomljivo. Što se tiče toga da su mat finiša, ne bih rekla da to stoji. Malo su mat (jedva), a ruž se skuplja na rubovima usana pa vizualni dojam nije dobar. Agresivno isušuju usne te nakon nošenja treba posvetiti pažnju njezi usana.

Roza nijansa (br. 26): Malo presvijetla za moj ukus. Pruža ujednačenu boju, ali pigmentacija je loša.

Crvena nijansa (br. 28): Ovu nijansu ne bih nazvala mat nijansom (ima sjaj). Po kvaliteti se izdvaja od druga dva jer nije toliko loša (možda bi i mogla proći da nema neugodnog mirisa). Boja je lijepa, ima najbolju pigmentaciju od ova tri ruža. Nijansa je crvena koja naginje prema tamnoj rozoj.

Ljubičasta nijansa (br. 36): Makar izgleda crno u pakiranju, ovo je ljubičasta nijansa. Iznimno je loše pigmentacije (kao polu-prozirno sjajilo za usne), i mora se puno nanijeti da ne izgleda 'sheer'. Teško je postići ujednačen nanos boje. Na usnama izgleda kao ostatak soka od grožđa. Slična je onoj nijansi koju nosi Lorde, osim što je po kvaliteti 0 bodova. Vrlo se lako briše čim pomičete usne (brbljanje će ukloniti ovu nijansu). Ne bih rekla da je mat. 

Ne znam da li da ovo podijelim s vama ili ne, ALI na prvom mjestu na popisu sastojaka stoji ricinusovo ulje. Ne znam koliko su ga stavili unutra ALI čim nanesem bilo koji Moment ruž, prate me nuspojave/pojave povezane s ricinusovim uljem, haha, da se bar zafrkavam!!! Ozbiljno, ovakve gluposti vam ne trebaju. Ako tražite jeftine ruževe, essence je izbacio tri nove matt nijanse (14, 15 i 18) koje su fenomenalne, a i Catrice ima super mat ruževa za samo 33 kn. Ove Moment ruževe nećete moći koristiti. Naravno, neće vam se dogoditi ništa strašno ako ih uzmete i isprobate, neće vam izbiti nikakva reakcija ili tome slično (osim što ćete morati trčati na WC, bwahahaha), ali čemu se glupirati s ovakvim proizvodom kad za 12 kuna više možete dobiti nešto s čim nećete imati toliko različitih problema?

Da vas čujem, je li itko uzeo ove ruževe? Jesu li vam užasni kao i meni?


Hvala na posjetu, čitamo se uskoro!
xoxo, Jelena

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The hologram effect

Hello!

I too decided to try out Max Factor's 'Fantasy Fire'. I've read some great reviews of this polish, and when I saw it in store, I had to have it! First I painted two layers of Essence's 'Passion for Fashion' - this color is difficult to describe, or capture on camera...though looking at it in the sunlight it's a very true purple, at times (I swear) it looked so blue to me...or maybe that's just me. :) Anyway, another Essence polish which I adore! ;) Here's a photo before the hologram polish:

So, what to say about Fantasy Fire? This look was amazing, I couldnt stop staring at my nails, the colors were fantastic! Even if you're a person who doesnt love sparkles, THIS polish you will love! However, after taking these pictures, I wore the Fantasy Fire one more time - I wanted to see it without the purple polish underneath. Learn from my mistake, it's not worth it! It took four layers just to cover it all, and the effect wasnt so great, it just turned out too light...I guess having the dark purple polish underneath the hologram really helped bring out a wider color diversity. I think in the future I will layer Fantasy Fire over more different polishes, to see the difference in effect. What I do have to say is, having four layers of Fantasy Fire alone, the durability of this polish was incredible - and it dried off quickly!

Until next time! *hugs*

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Two purples

Hello lovely people! ;)

So here is a very 'everyday' look for me: two coordinating colors - wearing your nails like this is a great way to add some fun to your look! Nail polishes used are both by Deborah Milano, their pret-a-porter collection, numbers 33 'Iris Bon Bon' (lighter shade) and 34 '70 Grape Sweater' (darker one). Picked up both of these babies on a discount because they're from the previous collection, but I believe you can still find these colors in some stores. The quality of these polishes is great, I did paint two layers with both polishes. Deborah nail polishes come in so many fun colors, so if you want to add more fun nail polishes to your collection, you need to get some of these! The colors are very vibrant and shiny, and your nails will be noticed for sure!

These polishes are very durable, fast drying and will not chip (well didnt chip for me), and another great side to them is that the bottles are so adorable and cute!
Until next time, sending you love! ;)

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