The Golden Triangles

Hey everyone! So I have this golden polish that I bought some time ago, and I decided to use it this week. It's 'Goldfinger' by Catrice. I applied two layers on my nails and....I hated it! It was streaky and it looked awful, so instead of deciding to take it off, I painted Catrice's 'Caught On The Red Carpet' over it - and the result was spectacular! The red polish was somewhat transparent (but gave even coverage with one coat) so you could see the golden shimmer underneath it - it gave a like-hologram effect....I was in love....what a surprise it was that something can go from awful to fantastic. I loved this look - I usually dont like to use scotch tape in my manicures, but this look was worth the trouble...what do you think - love it or hate it? 

I think I'll be wearing this again for Christmas - it looks like one of those ornaments I place on my tree ! ;)

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A little bit of sparkle goes a long way

Hey girls! So in my last post I spoke about how I wasnt too crazy about the last 'Smart girls get more' polish I tried out - well I got this new one and I'm back in love with them. At first I wore this look without the sparkle - see this photo:

..but then I looked at it and thought it needed something more...so I did this simple gradient effect with the glittery polish and I loved it. The polishes used are: Maybelline mini Colorama -no.96, Party Blue (on the ring finger, I havent used Maybelline polishes for a while, but I have to take them out again, this color looked great!), Max Factor no.37 Prussian Blue - I think I'll be wearing this during the winter, I love wearing the darker colors during the cold weather....and the last one 'Smart girls get more', no. 40 - smart girls polishes are a bit watery which makes them PERFECT for gradient manicures...I have to get more of their sparkly ones....they look great layered over other colors... ;)

Anyway, hope you all are having a great time, I'll leave you with a few more pictures and I'll see you in the next post! ;)

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Back to blogging with sparkly green ;)

Oh hello there! :) So what happened is one of my nails broke and I had to wait for it to grow back since I really dont like how my nails look short. But I'm back now with this look which really turned out to be nothing like what I expected it to be. It's no.44 by 'Smart Girls get more' (very popular in Croatia since they're really cheap) and in the bottle it looked heavenly...like a galaxy in a bottle...but when I put it on (I put two layers) it just did not give the same effect. It was more blue than green, and the shimmer wasnt as stunning as it had looked in the bottle. Personally, when it comes to 'Smart girls' polishes, I use them for gradient manicures (they're great for that). Maybe this would look better over some darker polish, I'll have to try that in the future. Now what I dont like about this polish is the streakiness - observe:

Anyway, hopefully I'll have some more fun looks this week, I miss doing gradients and stamping and water marble...I am really looking forward to this fall ;) See you in the next post! *hug*

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Hello autumn!

Hello everyone! It's time to get into the autumn mood, so I wore this lovely red look. The polish in the photo is by Eveline cosmetics, no.603. I got it at a croatian local store and this is the first one of these I've tried out - I was so pleasantly surprised! It's a beautiful color (it does have a shimmer to it), and it has AWESOME durability...I will definitively go back for more!! The one on the forefinger and the middle finger is by L'oreal, and it's (I only just figured this out while writing hehe) also no.603...oh the coincidence! It's back from before they redesigned the bottles. I find this L'oreal it to be a great autumn color, however the formula was a bit too thick for me, especially compared to Eveline, which was a breeze to paint on my nails. I still havent tried out the new L'oreal bottles so I cant wait to see what they're like compared to the old polishes.

Anyway, hope you all are having a great time this week, and I'll see you guys in the next post! *hug*

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Gradient Blue Sea

Hello lovely people! If you dont love gradient manicures, then you've never tried one out...they're so much fun and your nails look so wicked! This look was inspired by the sea and the waves...it was such a fun summer look..I wish I could have one more month of summer! Polishes used: the darkest color - Max Factor Max Effect Mini Nail Polish No.37 'Prussian Blue' (great great color, it's such a lovely dark blue), then Deborah Milano Pret A Porter No.29 'Blue Paradise', and the white on the tips - dm No.115 (since they redesigned the bottles some time ago, I have been in love with their polishes, I'm a sucker for great bottles!)

See you in the next post! ;)

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Sunset Clouds, The Lost Photos

Hello all!

I was going through my computer and I found these photos which I totally forgot I had! I wore my nails like this some time in July. There are three colors in there, though the orange on the yellow isnt too visible...I learned how to do this 'clouds' design from an awesome blogger called nailside...this was the first time I did this and I fell in love with it! It's super easy to do and it looks great....As for the polishes used, they yellow one is by 'Smart girls get more' no.36. Smart Girls is very popular in my country, they're very cheap and offer a wide variety of colors. This was my first time using one of their polishes and I wasnt too impressed...it was just too watery...though I think it would work fine if I had put on one additional layer. I have more of their polishes, so I hope to have a better opinion of these as I start trying them out. The orange shade is Deborah 'Sombrero Tan' - love these polishes, and I have been obsessed with them this summer! The red one is again Catrice 'Bloody Mary To Go' - another shade I used waaay too much this summer....

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this look...I had a lot of fun wearing this! See you in the next post! ;)

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Last days of the summer....

Hello all! ;) I cant believe summer is almost gone and I have to give up all my fun colors! I'm not ready yet, probably because I havent worn a lot of fun colors this summer....Anyway, the nail polish used here is by Deborah pret a porter collection, no.27 'Turquoise Fever'. I cant say enough amazing things about these polishes, the colors are so vibrant and the durability is great, and they're just PERFECT. Nothing left to say! I'm so glad I manged to score these babies on sale! I love a good bargain! Looking at these photos now, I dont understand why I didnt stamp this or upgrade it or something...I guess I was just so infatuated by this color I didnt want to put anything over it haha

Sending hugs to you guys, hope you're all well! Love, Jelena <3

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