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

Look by Bipa coloured sand nail polishes- recencija & manikura/ review & manicure

Pozdrav svima!
Danas vam prvi put donosim ovakav tip posta- recenzija i manikura u jednom. Mislim da je puno konkretniji i korisniji od same jednobojne manikure (bez nail art-a) u jednom postu i nastojat ću ga što češće pisati. Upoznat ću vas sa dva šarmantna Look by Bipa sand laka za nokte- 4. glitter gold i 6. glitter turquoise. Glitter gold imam od prosinca i mogli ste ga sresti u starry sky , snowman, snowflakes i reindeer manikurama, dok sam glitter turquoise kupila na nedavnom Happy weekend-u u Bipi (prije dva tjedna) i ovo mi je prvi put da ga koristim.

Hello everyone!
Today I´m writing a review and manicure post in one. I think It´s very good idea and I will write it from now on. It´s much more useful than one simple manicure (without nail art) in one post. I will introduce you with two charming Look by Bipa sand nail polishes- 4. glitter gold and 6. glitter turquoise. I got glitter gold in December and I used it in starry sky, snowman, snowflakes and reindeer manicures. I´ve bought glitter turquoise two weeks ago in Bipa and I used it for the first time in this manicure.

Look by Bipa 4. glitter gold & 6. glitter turquoise -recenzija/review 

Lakovi dolaze u klasičnim valjkastim pakiranjima od kojeg gotovo polovica otpada na čep. Pakiranje nije dekorativnog karaktera, naglasak je stavljen na svjetlucavi sadržaj bočice. To mi se jako sviđa i smatram da bi dodatni ukrasi na učinili bočicu prekičastom- lak je dovoljan ukras. Količina laka je 7ml, a cijena petnaestak kuna.
Dršak četkice je dosta kratak što me malo ometa u lakiranju. Sama četkica je također kratka, malo šira i ravno rezana. Jako je mekana, tako da mogu ravnomjerno nanijeti lak. Osobno bih voljela da je mrvicu tvrđa kako bih imala bolju kontrolu prilikom lakiranja. 
Gustoća laka je optimalna- nije gust i gumast, nije rijedak. Po meni- idealna. Pigmentacija je također odlična, lakiranje samo jednog sloja sasvim je dovoljno, iako se ja radije odlučujem za dva kako bih dobila izražajniju boju. Prvi sloj suši se svega minutu- dvije, dok je za drugi sloj potrebno oko pet minuta za potpuno sušenje. Traju od 4 do 5 dana, što je izvrsno za lak nižeg cjenovnog ranga.
Ako niste isprobali sand lakove, ne znate što propuštate. Iako se u bočici ne razlikuju puno od glitter lakova,  na noktima dobivaju izrazito hrapavu teksturu i karakterističan odsjaj. Na temelju toga, sand lakove obično dijelim na one sa zlatnim(toplim) i one sa srebrnim(hladnim) odsjajem. Ovi lakovi definitivno spadaju u drugu skupinu. Čak i zlatni lak ostavlja jasno vidljiv srebrnkasti sjaj. Mislim da je glavni krivac tome skupina većeg, srebrnkastog glittera koji se nalazi u oba laka. Smatram da je taj glitter ono što ovu liniju lakova čini posebnom i drugačijom od ostalih sand lakova.
Obje nijanse sviđaju mi se podjednako. Zlatnu sam često koristila kod zimskih manikura, a smatram da je jako prigodan i za ostatak godine. Plavi također. :)
Svakako vam preporučam da isprobate ove lakove zbog odličnog omjera cijene i kvalitete i činjenice da su ovi lakovi jako efektni, kako teksturom, tako i izgledom.

Nail polishes are in a classic cylindrical bottles. The plug is actually the half of the bottle. The bottle is not decorative, the nail polish in the bottle is enough pretty. I really like that and I think that the extra decorations on the bottle would make it too kitsch. The amount of nail polish is 7ml, and the price is fifteen kunas. The handle of the brush is quite short and that annoys me a bit. The brush is also short, a little bit wider and straight cut. It is very soft, so you can apply the nail polish equally. Personally I prefer a little bit harder brushes because I have better control while I´m painting my nails. 
Density is optimal- it´s not thick and gummy, but it´s not rare either. It´s ideal, if you ask me. The pigmentation is also excellent, only one coat may be enough, although I prefer to paint two coats to get more expressive color. The drying of the first coat takes one or two minutes and the second coat takes about five minutes to dry completely. The nail polishes last for 4-5 days, which is excellent for low-price nail polishes. If you haven´t tried out sand nail polishes yet, you do not know what you're missing. In the bottle it looks very similar to glitter nail polish, but, on the nails, it gets extremely rough surface and special shine. I ussualy divide sand nail polishes to ones with a golden shine and the others with a silver shine. These polishes are in the second group. Even gold nail polish has clearly visible silver shine. I think the main reason for it is a bunch of large, silvery glitter in both bottles. I believe that this glitter is what  makes this line of nail polishes so special and different from other sand polishes. I like both shades equally. I´ve often used  the golden one  in christmas time and for wintery manicures, but I think it is also appropriate for the rest of the year. The blue one also. :) I˙m  recommending you to try this nail polishes because of their´s excellent price and quality and the fact that these polishes and very effective because of their´s texture and appearance.

Manikura/manicure
Već ste se načitali pa neću duljiti. :)
Znate da volim naglasiti prstenjak... To sam učinila i ovaj put. Lakovi jako lijepo i efektno izgledaju u kombinaciji i uživala sam noseći ovu manikuru. Mislim da je nail art pomalo suvišan jer su, pogotovo uživo, lakovi strašno svjetlucavi i jednostavno su sami po sebi nešto posebno. Te, zato što je malo teže crtati po sand podlozi.

You already got tired of reading, so Iĺl be short. :)
You know I love accent finger manicure... I did that kind of manicure again. I really enjoyed this manicure because these nail polishes look so good together. I think nail art would be a little bit too much for this manicure because these nail polishes are so special and effective. And because doing nail art on rough surface is a little bit harder than usual.

Nadam se da vam se sviđa ovakav tip postova i da će recenzija biti od koristi!
Do sljedećeg posta,
Kata

I hope you like this kind of post and I hope this review will be helpful to you!
Till next post,
Kata