Matching manicures Sunday: Glitter sandwich manicure

Pozdrav svima!
Ponovno se priključujem MMS-u. Ovaj tjedan dočekala me je tema pod imenom glitter sandwich.
Nešto sam slično pokušala prošlog ljeta, ali izgledalo je grozno. :D Zato mi je ova tema bila poseban izazov.

Hello everyone! 
I´m joining MMS challenge again. This week´s task is glitter sandwich manicure. 
I tried something similar a year ago, but the result was horrible. :D That´why this theme was a real challenge to me.

Essence LE Wave goddess nail polish 04 crush on blue

Helou!
Vraćam se sa "blogogodišnjeg" i pripremam Vam puuno novih postova. Prvi od njih je swatch i recenzija ovog ljepotana. 

Hello!

I´m back with a bunch of new posts. The first one of them is the swatch and review of thius gorgeous nail polish. 

Velika sam ljubiteljica plavih lakova i ta je boja definitivno najzastupljenija u mojoj kolekciji. Čim sam ugledala ovaj lak u Dm-u, znala sam da ga moram imati. :D

I´m a big fan of blue nail polishes and I have a lot of different ones in my collection. When I saw this nail polish, I knew I have to get it!

Riječ je o dubokoj plavoj nijansi sa sitnim (ali dobro uočljivim) srebrnim shimmerom koja neodoljivo podsijeća na boju oceana. <3

This is a deep blue shade with fine silver shimmer. The colour reminds me on ocean. <3

Lak dolazi u "klasičnom" pakiranju, u količini od 10ml po cijeni od 15.90kn. 

Jednostavnost "razbija" gumeni prsten u boji laka na čepu, s natpisom (kod mene je natpis wave goddess, znam da ima i #love, early bird i yolo). Nažalost, meni je premalen. ali mislim da većini odgovara jer imam dosta veliku ruku. :D

The polish comes in pretty ordinary bottle. I got 10ml for 15.90kn.
There is one unordinary thing- ring on the cap (in the nail polish colour), with sign ( wave goddess, #love, early bird, yolo). Unfortunately, the ring is too small for me, but I have pretty big hand, so I think that most girls can wear it. 

Doživljaj kod lakiranja vrlo je sličan "redovnim" Essence lakovima.
Četkica je gusta, uska i ravno rezana. Osobno bih voljela da je malo šira.
Lak se lijepo razmazuje i tekstura je nešto rjeđa.
Pigmentacija je odlična i jedan sloj je sasvim dovoljan ukoliko želite nešto svjetliju boju. Ja sam stavila dva sloja kako bih naglasila "dubinu boje" a i iz navike. :D
Vrijeme sušenja je izvanredno, svega pet minuta na 38 stupnjeva!
Trajnost je, u mom slučaju, dva dana. Mislim da bi lak trajao nešto duže bez dugog boravka u moru (primjetila sam da to dosta šteti trajnosti).
Na laku piše da je potrebno koristiti bazni lak što potpisujem jer se nokti u protivnom mogu "obojati" i trajnost je bolja. Preporučila bih i upotrebu nadlaka za izraženiji shimmer (lak je, sam po sebi, dosta sjajan). 

The polish is pretty similar to the most of Essence polishes. 
The brush is thick, thin and straight on the edges. I would personaly like to have a bit broader brush. Polish smears nicely and the texture is a bit thinner. 
The pigmentation is great and one coat is just enough, if you want a bit lighter colour. I put two coats because I want deeper colour and I just got used to it. :D 
Drying time is extremely good, it dries in only  five minutes, on 38 degrees! 
It lasted two days on my nails. I think it could last longer without being in the sea water for a very long time. ( I noticed that itś really bad for nail polishes). 
Essence says you should use base coat and I agree. If you don´t use it, nalis will probably become "coloured"( after you remove nail polish) and polishes last longer when you use it. I also tell you to use topcoat to make polish more shiny. 

Sve u svemu, riječ je o veseloj ljetnoj nijansi koja će lijepo upotpuniti neku plavo- srebrnu modnu kombinaciju. Dajte mašti na volju! ;)

Do sljedećeg posta,

Kata :)

All in all, this is one beautiful summer colour and it will look great with some blue-sliver outfit. ;)
Till next post,
Kata :) 

Flower manicure

Pozdrav svima!

Danas Vam pokazujem svoju cvjetnu manikuru. Prvi puta sam isprobala štambrljanje sa običnim lakovima i nisam baš oduševljena. :D Meni je dosta teže nego sa lakovima za štambrljanje. Naravno, planiram to nastaviti jer imam samo crni i bijeli stampy lak, što mi nikako ne odgovara. Glitter mi je po običaju zadavao muke, ali bolje je prošlo nego zadnji put. :) Uz lepezastu četkicu sve je lakše. Trenutno sam u nekoj mat fazi, ali ovaj put nije baš ispalo kako sam očekivala. Ionako loši otisci ovako se još manje zamjećuju. U svakom slučaju, ova manikura vraća me u proljetne dane, kada se dalo disati... Sada je i za to prevruće. :/ 

Hello everyone!

I´m baack! I don´t have much time for my blog lately. Today I´m joining MMS again and I´m showing you my flower manicure. I tried stamping with regular nail polishes for the first time and I think itś much harder than with the stampy polishes. Of course, I will do that again because I have only white and black stampy nail polish. i have had some problems with glitter (as usual), but nothing special. This time the situation was even better than the last time. :) Everything is easier with the fan brush. :) I´m in matt mood these days, but I got a little bit dissapointed this time. The flowers are pretty "invisible". All in all, this manicure reminds me on spring days, now It´s sooo hot here! :/

Koristila sam:
S-he 115
Golden Rose rich color nail laquer 47
Essence Colour & go 109 Off to Miami
Srebrni glitter/ Silver glitter
Smart girls get more 42
Spužvica
Lepezasta četkica/ fan brush
Essence stampy set

To je sve za danas! Nadam se da Vam se manikura sviđa!
Do sljedećeg posta,
Kata :)

Thatś it! I hope you like the manicure!
Till next post,
Kata :)

Essence the gel nail polish 23 wonderfuel kratka recenzija & manikura/short review & manicure

Pozdrav svima! :)
Danas Vam predstavljan jedan novitet na našim policama, ujedno i moj prvi Essence the gel lak.
Iako kolekcija sadrži mnoštvo prekrasnih nijansi, nisam imala previše dvojbi jer me ova na prvu osvojila. Veliki sam ljubitelj duochrome (ili gasoline- ne zove se lak bez razloga wonderfuel:) finiša i ova je nijansa kao stvorena za mene.
Sama tekstura laka i ukupni "doživljaj" kod lakiranja nije se uopće promijenio u odnosu na prijašnju colour & go kolekciju. Pigmentacija je odlična, iako je lak mrvicu rjeđi od većine ostalih čime je lakše dobiti tanki sloj. Također, jednoliko se nanosi i lako raspoređuje čemu pridonosi i odlična široka četkica koja je lagano zaobljena. Da ne duljim, i dalje su mi omiljeni i nemam zamjerki. Jedina bitna promjena je trajnost. Problem i moja jedina zamjerka c&g lakovima bilo je upravo to. Sada lak bez topcoata traje i tri dana, a uz specijalni Essence topcoat i basecoat navodno dulje od deset dana, iako Vam to ne mogu osobno potvrditi. Essence je ovog puta uistinu nadmašio samog sebe.
Kao što sam već rekla, u pitanju je duochrome finish, s dodatkom shimmera. Boja varira od nekoliko nijansi ljubičaste do plave, ovisi od kuta promatranja i svjetlosti.
Lak sam nanijela u 2 sloja.  

Hello everyone!
Day I'm showing my first Essence gel nail polish, the brand new product in our stores. There are a lot of different colors in this collection, but i've decided to buy this one because it totally impressed me. I love this shade and I'm a huge fan of duochrome (or gasoline- this is wonderfuel polish :) finish. Painting the nails with this nail polish is just the same as painting the nails with color & go nail polish. The pigmentation is great, even the nail polish is a bit thinner than the most nail polishes. It is also good because you can make nice thin even layer of polish without any problem. There is standard tight Essence brush wich is slightly rounded, so it perfectly maches my nail shape. All in all, they are still my favourite nail polishes. The only thing that really changed is lasting. Shortcoming of c&g polishes was the fact that they lasted about one or two days. The gel ones last three days without topcoat and, reportedly, more than ten days with special topcoat and basecoat, but I can guarantee that.
As I said, this nail polish has duochrome finish and it's slightly shimmery. The colour varies from a few shades of purple to blue, depends on the light and viewing angle.
I have two coats of polish on my nails.

Nadam se da Vam se lak svidio barem upola koliko meni i da razmišljate o bijegu od svakodnevnih nijansi uz ovu ultra neobičnu. :D
Nadam se i da Vam se sviđa novi izgled bloga. Nisam postala darker, već mi je stari izgled dosadio i pronašla sam način da blog ostane vintage, ali opet potpuno drugačiji. U svakom slučaju, sami prosudite jesam li uspjela. :D
Do sljedećeg tipkanja,
Kata

I really hope you like this nail polish as much as I do and I also hope you are thinking about an escape from regular to some ultra unusual shades.
I hope you noticed I totally changed the look of my blog. I also hope you like it. :D
Till next typing,
Kata