Ivana Thinks Pink

Orly - Fowl Play

2012-02-08T00:37:00.001+01:00

I didn't have time to update my blog lately, because I really have to focus on studying. I have 2 exams in next two weeks and I really want to pass them so I have no choice. :) I don't know if I'll do any Valentine's Manicures more, but thanks for all your lovely comments you left, I didn't even have time to reply on them. :)

The other day I was just so irritated with my nails on right hand, especially my middle finger nail which is peeling all the time and all this weather and cold doesn't help to get it better, so I decided to file them down to total nubs. The final result..... I'm not used to them and I really wish I I had long nail beds. :$ This is the shortest I can get them to still have square nails, can't go any further down. :D

I had hard time to choose what to wear on shorties and after one failed combo I reached for this beauty I got from Iris in December, I'm so happy she found it for me. <3

Orly - Fowl Play is from the Birds of a Feather Fall 2011 collection. It's supposed to be OPI's Merry Midnight dupe. I still didn't compare them but I probably will one day in the future. :D It has dark plum jelly base with red and green duochrome flakies with tiny blue and silver glitter. :) It's more on a thick side so it was a bit hard to apply, especially when you get lots of flakies on brush so you drag the first coat together but maybe that was just me, because I prefer applying thin coats. :D

I've only one crappy picture from yesterday, because I got home so tired after exam and took a nap and the daylight was already gone to take better pics. I'm so sorry for the tip wear visible on photos. :D I took pics next day and I didn't apply a TC. :D

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Orly - Fowl Play / 2 coats

Bottle close-up. <3

So much going on in this polish. :L What do you think? Did you get it? :) There's a lot of flakies going on lately, just like with magnetics and crackles last year.... I have few of them so I really don't want more. :D Do you like flakies? What's your favorite?

We finally got snow here and dear snow, you're a whole month late. I love snow only in December so I can't wait Spring to arrive. :i At least someone is enjoying all this snow around us. :D Bebo loves to play in snow especially when it's snowing so he tries to catch all those snowflakes. :)

I have so many pictures of him to share with you, can't wait to have some time to sort the best of him. :D

Thanks for reading! :rainbow

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Valentine's Day Manicure #2

2012-02-03T00:00:00.000+01:00

I didn't plan doing any skittles manicure for this Valentine's day because I'm not having so many plates to play with like last year. :D But yesterday after small talk with Liz on Twitter I decided to make at least something like last year. :D So I checked all plates I have and this is what I came up with....

All the colors and image plates I used are in the description under the photos so I won't write them here again. I choose dotted bow and hearts, sponged glitter and lovely stripe pattern,...Of course, you can wear one pattern for a full manicure nail or skittles like me. :D I did just my left hand because I'm planning to do more manicures so today I was walking around with only one hand polished, oops. :$

Here's the final result. :$ And of course, I had to add hearts one the first pictures in CS3 again! I just love how cute they are! :L

Essence - Nail Art Protecting Base Coat

Thumb: Essence - Very Berry / 2 coats + m59 & Essence - Style me Love / stamping + Pink Rhinestone

Index: Essie - French Affair / 3 coats + m65 & Essence - Style me Love / stamping

Middle: Orly - Fancy Fuchsia / 2 coats + m59 & Essence - Style me Love / stamping + Pink 3D Steel Glitters

Ring: Essence - Mr. Big / 2 coats + Essence - It's Time for Romance / sponged

Pinkie: China Glaze - Heli-Yum / 2 coats + BPS m17 & Essence Stamp me! White & Essence - Style me Love / stamping

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

I really can't decide what's my favorite design, because I'd wear all this patterns as full manicure for sure. <3 The pink beads I added on my middle nails started staining after applying TC so I'm wondering how do you prevent that? It happened now with pink and purple beads a while ago with different TCs. :/ But if I don't layer a TC over them, they start falling much faster...

What do you think about this skittle manicure?? :) Thanks for reading! :rainbow

Okay, another post done... Now it's time for me to play with statistics.. It's midnight and I love studying at night, because everyone including our little devil is sleeping, so I have my own peace. :D

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Valentine's Day Manicure #1

2012-02-01T00:00:00.000+01:00

It's already February and I can't believe it. :o I already saw lots of Valentine's stuff around in stores and because I loved my last year's Valentine's Day manicure, I decided to make a few more this year. :D Of course I can't make anything similar like last year, because I don't have so many plates to play with, so they probably won't be the best. :$ Instead of studying I rather play with my nails.... :/ Oh well...

I started with a coat of Essence - Back to the 50's, sponged a bit of Essence - Once Upon a Time and stamped with BPS image plate m17 and Essence Stamp me! White. :) Just like I said yesterday on Twitter, I'm not really satisfied with this manicure, there's something missing but I can't figure what! :D

On the first picture I added lovely hearts in CS3. <3 It looks like my background was full of hearts, cute! <3

Essence - Nail Art Protecting Base Coat

Essence - Back to the 50's (TE 50's Girls Reloaded) / 1 coat

Essence - Once Upon a Time (TE Fairytale) / sponged

BPS m17 & Essence - Stamp me! white / stamping

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

Here's the image plate I was using on the picture below. :) As you can see the pattern is pretty small so I had to stamp more than once to cover my whole nail. :D I just tried to stamp them near as possible but I failed, because sometimes I stamped the same spot twice. :D Oh well, I need more practice! :$

It's cute and simple, but I still don't love it. :D What do you think? You can play with colors and stamp hearts in different colors, I think that'd totally look awesome over a white with pink and red hearts. :D

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Spring WL

2012-01-30T01:51:00.000+01:00

I can't wait Spring to be here! :) I'm not a big fan of cold winter, so right after December I want Spring. <3 It's snowing a bit at the moment, but I don't want having snow, it's like a month late! :(

Spring and Summer collections are probably my favorite. <3 I decided to show you my WL and share some great swatches of these collections from great bloggers that already posted swatches, so you can made your own WL too. :)

Let's start with OPI and their Holland Spring 2012 collection. There are 12 colors but I want "only" 5.

Pedal Faster Suzi!

Kiss me on my Tulips

Dutch'ya love OPI?

Wooden Shoe like to know?

Did you 'ear about Van Gogh?

Yap, I want all pinks, purple, nude and a brown one too, that gold shimmer inside is just tearing my heart! <3 You can see amazing swatches at Fashion Polish, who also posted this collection first I think, here and here. On the first link you can find all the cremes and second all shimmers in this collections. Her swatches are just amazing, you can see all the details in every polish. :)

Another OPI collection which was recently released is Nicki Minaj. There are 6 polishes - 3 cremes, 2 glitters and a shatter. I want...

Pink Friday

Yap, another pink. :$ Click here to see Rie's gorgeous swatches at Nails and Noms. Do you like bar glitters? They look so wrong to me, I think I'll never like them. :D

Next is China Glaze and Electropop Spring 2012 collection. :e I'm very excited about these, because if you read me for a while, you know I just adore their Up&Away Spring 2010 collection and this one looks stunning too, colors are a bit brighter but there are also few pastels. :) I'm sure they're not very original colors but I can't help myself. All colors from Up&Away collex has amazing formula and as far as I know, there are not worse so I added another 5 items to my WL.

Gothic Lolita

Sweet Hook

Dance Baby

Wicked Style

Fuchsia Fanatic

Oooops. :$ I really can't choose only one so I decided I need all pinks and purples. :P You can see great swatches at AllYouDesire and her gorgeous nails here. <3 Well, she always makes me want every single nail polish she shows. :P

I was sooooo excited about China Glaze's Prismatic collection. I was 100% sure I'll need this one...

Full Spectrum

But after seeing first swatches here at Maria Sparkle I'm not really sure I need it. Okay, they're pretty, I'm really loving multicolored glitter but I expected holographic glitter, like holo holo. :/ What do you think?

Edit: Check Dandy-Nails.com's swatches of Optical Illusion, Full Spectrum, & Liquid Crystanails on her nails! They're pretty but not what I think they'll be. xo

Same about China Glaze's Magnetix collection. Amazing Erika from Chloe's Nails posted swatches here but I'm so over magnetics just like with crackles. Essence made them a while ago, had all of them but gave almost all away. :D It seems like everyone is doing magnetics at the moment and I want something else.......... :D

Orly is having a lovely Cool Romance Spring 2012 collections. My favorites...

Prelude to a Kiss

Artificial Sweetener

I didn't see lots of swatches around for now but these at Sweety Nails convinced me I need these 2. <3 Both are really soft and subtle, that's why I want them badly. :L

Essie's Spring collection is called Navigate Her, you can see Jen's swatches at The PolishAholic here. First I thought I need some but I'm not a big fan of Essie's brush, I see that application isn't that great and I'm also not loving blueish pinks, so I think I can live without them though. :D

Let's say that's it. :D I still didn't see any Color Club's Blossoming swatches around but I hope I won't have to add more to my WL.... And I still can't wait to see what has Essence prepared for us for this Spring! :e

With a huge help of lovely ladies I'm swapping with, I hope that this WL will be fulfilled in a month or two. Well, whenever, I'll wear them even in Summer or Fall or Winter. :$

Huh, a lot of collections going on right now, right? Did you make your WL? What's your must have polish from all of these collections? Let me know, I'd really love to hear your thoughts about them. :)

I'll probably be away for few days or weeks so I decided to make this post tonight, I'm still on tiny break from studying but from tomorrow on... I have to study hard. 8)

Thanks for reading and have a nice beginning of the week dear readers and followers! :rainbow

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Blue & Purple Zebra Print

2012-01-28T18:05:00.001+01:00

I don't know what's with all animal prints going on my nails. :D I got super exciting news yesterday about passing an exam that I was sure I failed miserably. :$ So I decided to make another manicure with animal print to make my day even more special. :P I made quite similar combination on Veri's nails and I loved it so much so I had to try it on myself.

I started with 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Pacific Blue, this is probably my favorite blue ever (its dupe is H&M - Blue my Mind). Both of them are soooo hard to photography, they're always too bright. :/ Color on the last blurry picture is probably the most color accurate. :) Then I sponged Nicole by OPI - I've Bieber Fever on diagonal half on my nails and over whole nail a bit of Nubar - Petunia Sparkle. I stamped zebra pattern from BM-223 and Wet n Wild - Black Créme. :)

Here's the final result. <3

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Sally Hansen - Pacific Blue / 2 coats

Nicole by OPI - I've Bieber Fever / sponged

Nubar - Petunia Sparkle / sponged

Wet n Wild - Black Créme & BM-223 / stamping

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

Steps to achieve this look are quite similar as I showed you in Zebra Print Tutorial I made a while ago, I just sponged the colors a bit differently. :) You can pick whatever color combination you want, just be creative. :) I really love how the purple glitter is peeking under the zebra pattern. <3

BTW... I'm having problems with updating my Blog roll, so if you're not there, please don't think I removed you. :) Everytime I want to update and save it, it keeps saving and nothing happens. I think that must be a blogger bug, because I'm not the only one with this problem. :)

I hope you're having a wonderful and relaxing weekend and thanks for reading! :rainbow

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Stargazer - 307

2012-01-25T02:45:00.003+01:00

I owe you swatches of Stargazer #307, right? :) As I told you before, I got this polish from Esther at Fab Fingertips months ago and never had a chance to try it out. I wanted Space Cadet (Orly) for ages so Esther kindly sent me this polish instead, because it's supposed to be Space Cadet's dupe. :) Thanks Esther! <3

Stargazer #307 is more on a sheer side, I think I needed 4 coats for full opacity but it's definitely worth it. I like everything about this polish except the green shade which was visible most of the times under lamps and it drove me crazy, because I can't stand green on my nails. :) I will have to wear it on a daylight to see if I'll change my minds. :D

This beauty is multichrome foil with teal base - you can spot green, pink, purple, yellow and bronze color. I took all this pictures under daylight bulb.

I wasn't satisfied with pictures and my fingers posing, that's why I made this collage of pics to show you how green can this polish be. :D

I'm really loving Elsa's round pictures, hope she won't mind if I start using them too. :$

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Stargazer - #307 / 4 coats

What do you think? It's also great base for stamping like I showed you here. :)

Do you own Space Cadet or any of its dupes? :) Like I said, it's way to green for my taste so I'm having bigger hopes for Models Own - Pinky Brown. :$ What's your favorite multi or duochrome?

Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Leopard Print

2012-01-23T15:09:00.001+01:00

Time flies by just too fast. :/ I don't have a lot of time for nails but I finally took some time to remove my previous manicure and make something quick but cute. :) I'm in a brown period lately so I wanted to have something brown on my nails too and what's better than leopard print? :)

I started with one coat of BS and Essence - Zulu (light gray creme with plastic finish) just to give my nails a color. I decided to sponge Desert Fox (greyish brown), also from Essence, and Warm & Fozzie (brown copperish duochrome) from OPI to get a little shimmery look. :) I stamped leopard pattern with BPS M57, as I already told you that the patterns are small so I had to double or triple, but I didn't have problems with placing the pattern to look like I didn't have to stamp twice. :) I added some dots with 2030 from China Glaze - gold metallic color and a layer of TC to finish my whole manicure.

When I made it yesterday I wasn't sure if I like but as soon as I saw it on sun, I love it! :)

Sun

Daylight

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Essence - Zulu (TE Into the Wild) / 1 coat

Essence - Desert Fox (TE Into the Wild) / sponged

OPI - Warm & Fozzie / sponged

Wet n Wild - Black Créme & BPS M57 / stamping

China Glaze - 2030 / dots

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

What do you think? I will probably wear it for whole this week. <3 Do you like wearing animal prints? Which one is your favorite? Mine are probably leopard and zebra. :)

Thanks for reading and have a lovely day! :rainbow

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Call me when you find Unicorn Puke

2012-01-18T15:42:00.005+01:00

It's time for another manicure I'll probably wear until it totally chips. :D

My hand is much better now and I'm happy I waited to fully recover before coming back. :) I still have problems with lifting things and I can't move my wrist up and down, but it's much better as it was. :e

I also file my nails down just because I had problems with my index nail, I had a tiny cut on the side but I always manage to file it to a smooth edge. But it kept breaking my nail and everytime I spotted the cut, I was so nervous so last time I decided to file all my nails down. As you probably know I prefer long nails on me, but I hate if I have peels or weird borders. :$

I didn't know what to wear so my mom chose for me.Well I pick 2 of them and she pick the one. :)

p2 - Call me! & Cult Nails - Unicorn Puke

She picked p2 - Call Me! - dark plum creme. It looks much lighter in the bottle on the sun than on nails. :) I got it from Adora Belle but I didn't hear from her for ages, hope she's okay! :( I added 2 coats for full opacity and it dries pretty fast. Since I've seen Amygrace's nails she did for my guest post, I feel in love with sponged flakies so I decided to try my first Cult Nails tiny bottle of Unicorn Puke I got from Iris at Polish Amor ♥. Thank you Iris for sharing your bottle of Unicorn Puke with me. <3 Unicorn Puke or also Clairvoyant has multicolored flakies in a purple jelly base - you can find blue, green, orange, purple flakies inside, all I can say is gooooorgeous! <3

Sun

Daylight

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

p2 - Call Me! / 2 coats

Cult Nails - Unicorn Puke aka Clairvoyant / sponged

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

It's soooo pretty. <3 Unicorn Puke is really an amazing polish. :) I hope I'll get my hands on more awesome polishes from Cult Nails. :) I should definitely wear dark color more often, especially when my nails are so short. :$

What do you think about this combination? :) Thanks for reading! :rainbow I should take a nap to catch some sleep and study! I have an exam on Saturday - not good. :(

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Dots, Heart, Stripes & Cupcake Nail Art

2012-01-17T00:25:00.001+01:00

Today I'm showing you another 2 products I got from Born Pretty Store - 15pc Nail Art Design Brush Set and Silver Stripping tape. I didn't have any ideas how to try them out so after a while I decided to do skittles manicure with different patterns so I could try different brushes and tape out.

Here's what I came up with. :$

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Thumb: OPI - Sparrow me the Drama / 2 coats + White Acrylic Paint &amp + Star Fimo Slice; Longer Liner Brush

Index: Ciaté - Fun Fair / 2 coats + Farmasi - 031 + Sparrow me the Drama + Essence - Stamp me! White + Pink 3D Steel Ball Glitter + Pink Rhinestone & Smaller Painting Brush & Longer Liner Brush & Dotting Tool / Cupcake inspired by Simply Rins

Middle Finger: Essie - Splash of Grenadine / 2 coats + Essence - Very Berry + Farmasi - 031 + OPI - Sparrow me the Drama & Silver Stripping Tape

Ring Finger: Essence - Very Berry + White Acrylic Paint + Farmasi - 031 & & Smaller Drawing Brush & The Smallest Painting Brush & Dotting Tool/ Cartoon Heart inspired by Nailside

Pinkie: Farmasi - 031 / 2 coats + Essence - Stamp me! White & Dotting Tool

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

Unfortunately I didn't include my thumb in picture and it was already late to take another one. But I made vertical stripes with liner brush and added pink star fimo slice. :)

Brush set contains 15 brushes and you get: 3 drawing brushes, 7 painting brushes, 2 liners, 2 fan brushes and 1 dotting tool (see the picture below). As you can see I didn't try them all but just some of them and all I can say is that these brushes are really great for nail art. My freehand skills aren't phenomenal but sometimes I really want to try something out especially when I spot great tutorials, for example Jane's Cartoon Heart or Rina's Cupcakes. <3 One of the drawing brush had wonky bristles so I cut them out and it was ready to use. All brushes have long handles and because I already have one with short handle I prefer that one over these, long handles make it harder to hold and paint details, but that's maybe just me. :) You get 15 brushes for less than a $5 - great deal if you're asking me. :D

I'll probably use drawing brushes and the smallest painting brush most of the times, but other painting brushes are also great for clean up. :) I know I can't leave without clean up brush and every time I loose it in my room, I'm going crazy but now I have lots of them. :) Those with more nail art skills would probably use all of them but I'm still not there. :P

I also got Silver Stripping tape. I used it on my ring finger. First I applied base color and when it was fully dried, I taped regular tape for a bottom line and then 2 pieces of stripping tape above. Stripping tape is self-adhesive so it stays on surface perfectly. Than I carefully painted rows between tape with different colors and removed the tape so I got 3 rows with different color. I could leave it like that, because I got a lovely tape manicure but I decided to add tape again for lovely detail. I added a coat of TC to seal it on the nail. :) You get one roll of tape and I think I'll have it for quite a long time. I'd suggest you that you keep it in that little plastic bag, because it's quite sticky on the sides, that's why my roll is full of dust. :/

Don't forget to use code IRJ61 to get 10% off on your order. ;)

My fave is probably the cupcake and I can't wait to make it again, probably as an accent nail. <3 What do you think? Would you wear a manicure like this or is it too girly for you? :P

Thanks for reading. :rainbow

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

*The products in this post was sent to me by Born Pretty Store! For more information read my disclosure policy!

Stargazer - 307 & Born Pretty Nail Art Stamping Plate m57

2012-01-15T20:05:00.002+01:00

Weeks ago I got another package from Born Pretty Store with few products for review purposes and here is the first I decided to try out. These pictures are quite old now but I never had time or will to crop and prepare them for post. Better late than never, right? :)

I got another image plate in mail - m57. I wanted it for a while, because I still don't own it. I just overlooked the important text on their page saying that the patterns are smaller than others. It'd be probably perfect for those with short nails but for me some patterns are too small, even normal patterns are sometimes too small for my nails but you can still use them of course. :)

Here you can see m57 on the right and m69 also from BPS on the left. You can see that the patterns are smaller on m57.

I wanted to try out another Leopard French Manicure I did before with different base color so I used Stargazer - 307 for my base. I'll show you pictures of this polish on its own in one of my next posts. :)

I used tape for diagonal lines and stamp my tips with this leopard pattern and Wet n Wild - Black Créme. On my middle finger I had to stamp the pattern twice to cover my whole nail. I probably couldn't do that with fishnet pattern, it'd be hard to make it look like I didn't stamp twice so if you have long nails or nailbeds, that pattern will be too small for you. :)

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Stargazer - # 307 / 3 coats

Wet n Wild - Black Créme & m57 / stamping

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

I hope you can see the pattern but it was really hard to take pictures of this mani. :/ What do you think? Do you like it?

Born Pretty Store has so many stamping plates and lots of other nail supplies for nail art with free worldwide shipping so I'd recommend you to take a look. You can also use code IRJ61 for 10% off on your order. ;)

Do you have any image plates from BPS? Do you like them? Thanks for reading! :)

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

*The product in this post was sent to me by Born Pretty Store! For more information read my disclosure policy!

New Goodies

2012-01-14T16:36:00.003+01:00

I decided to show you few goodies I got recently. :) I didn't polish my nails but I still got some really amazing nail polishes. <3

Before New Year OPI had lots of giveaways aon Twitter. You could win a set if you tweet them right answer first, questions were mostly about Muppets. I must say I didn't watch Muppets when I was younger so often that I'd know all those details they're asking... I think they weren't that popular here as in US I suppose. So I googled for an answer and I googled fast, because I wanted those minis obviously. :$ That's how I won this lovely gift I got yesterday. :e Very very Lucky Ivana. 8)

The Muppets Soundtrack

OPI minis Wocka Wocka!, Excuse Moi!, Designer... de Better!, Warm & Fozzie

I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with soundtrack CD. :i Would you like to have it? Let me know, I can give it away with few nail polish but I don't want to give it away to someone who wouldn't care about just like... Khm... Me. :D

Next lovely pakage I got all the way from UK from lovely Esther at Fab Fingertips - check her blog, she is such a sweetheart. I got it months ago and I never took a great pic, just like now, but I wanted to share this with you. :) I'm still having them on my desk, that's why they're so dusty. :$

Star Gazer

133

307

She sent me Star Gazer's dupe for Orly Space Cadet - 307, which I wanted to try out and she kinldy added another similar duochrome I still need to try out. Thank you Esther so much! <3

I already showed you amaaaaazing swap package from Polish Amor ♥. <3 I got so many goodies on my B-day. :party

I won another giveaway from Christina at Pee Before Polish! :e I told you it was my lucky month! :)

KIKO

241 Rasperry Red Multicolour

262 Violet Blue

270 Sparkle Touch Aqua Sequins

300 Pearly Malachite Green

342 Sea Green

Essence - Heart Chakra

H&M Summer Nails Purple, Pink, Metallic Blue, Yellow

Got lots of Kikos! :e I only had 2 and now I have 7! :P Yay! Thank you Cristina for sending me all this goodies! :k

Last but not least are these....

Golden Rose Graffiti Nail Art - 12, 09

Farmasi - 031

Bourjois - 18

Essence - Cotton Candy (TE Circus Circus)

OPI - Lucky Lucky Lavender

First 3 nail polishes were a B-day gift from Veri, she brought them from Bosnia and I was so amazed that they have Graffitis there. I saw them at Emerald Sparkled but I never thought I would have at least one of them, yay. :i Farmasi is a totally new brand to me but I loooove this shade of pink. <3 Thank you Veri so much, you know I love you. :k Bourjois is a lovely holographic glitter perfect for layering and it sparkles so much, I got it from another great friend for B-day. :h Of course I got only the pink one from Circus Circus, bit I also don't like square glitters. Lucky Lucky Lavender was a huge lemming of mine and I finally got it from Kleopatra at On the Color Side, thank you. :)

I think that's it. :e What would you like to see first? I don't know where to start and that's killing me. I'll start painting my nails slowly so expect pictures of my manicures soon! :)

Btw, I have to say a big THANK YOU to all who're reading my blog and became a follower of mine.

Few days ago I hit 1000!!!! :party

And I already have 1025 followers! Big thanks goest to all lovely ladies who sent me a guest posts, because I probably got them just because of you. :$ THANK YOU :k .

Huh, I didn't realize my post will be that long so I hope you made through here. :) Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #14: Nails and Noms

2012-01-13T04:47:00.002+01:00

What do you do when you can't sleep? I'm typing this post together and listening to the music. :e

Woooohoo! Blogger finally changed comment section and now you can answer on invidual comments without writing all your replies in one comment. Great job! :e In case you don't have it - check Blogger Buzz for details! I always wanted my comments to be like this but I didn't want to install Disqus or others, because I hate that profile pictures aren't visible. I remember pictures more than text so that was a big no for me. I had some problems with smileys in comments but now they'd be visible. :) I still don't know why the hour of comments isn't right and it looks like I'm not the only one with that "problem". Anyone already found out how to set it? Or it's just a bug for now? :P

Okay, we're having Rie from Nails and Noms here. :e Rie is having amazing blog with even more amazing macro pictures of her manicures. I just love them, because you can see all the details in polish she posted. <3 Here's what she had prepared for us. :e

Morning Everyone!

The lovely Ivana asked me if I could do a guest post for her while her hand healed from surgery, and I said yes of course! I had all sorts of amazing ideas for the holiday season to do some themed manis. Then life happened and the holidays came and went. :( Not deterred, I decided to play around with two shimmery polishes I recently acquired with the help of my Red Angel stamping plates. No holiday theme this time around, but it still turned out pretty neat! ^_^

For my base polish I used 2 coats of Pure Ice Twinkle, a gorgeous peach coral with golden shimmer. Then I used my Red Angel RA-112 stamp with OPI Lucerne-Tainly Look Marvelous, a gun-metal grey metallic. I really like the way this turned out, I hope you do too! You can enlarge the photos to their original size you can really get a good look at the shimmer in both polishes. :-)

That's all I've got for today, I'd like to thank Ivana for letting me pop in for a guest post and I hope you all enjoyed it! ^_^

I can't wait to get RA plates in my hands! This is so lovely pattern and I love how subtle but pretty this manicure looks! <3 Thanks Rie for sharing your manicure with all of us. <3 Please check Rie's blog Nails and Noms to see all her beautiful manicures and show some love, you won't be sorry because her blog is amazing, I promise. :D

Do you already own RA plates? Do you like this lovely combo? :)

I think I'm going to watch a movie or something and fall asleep pretty soon. Bebo is sleeping under my bed but everytime he hears that I eat something he get up quickly and check what I'm eating. Like he've never eaten before. xD

Thanks for reading!

Nighty night,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #13: The Polished Perfectionist

2012-01-11T15:15:00.001+01:00

Another holiday guest post, maybe the holidays are really gone but I don't want to change the name of this guest post set, and we have an Orthodox New Year's Eve on Friday too. :P

I'm so excited to have AmyGrace from The Polished Perfectionist here. :$ She's probably my role model! When I "grow up" I want to have nails like she has with such a perfect application, pictures and everything. I can stalk her blog all the time, because she's just amazing. <3
Let's see what she has prepared for us today. <3

Hi everyone!

I'm really excited; being asked by Ivana to make a guest post for her wonderful blog is just.. wow. I love her nails and she's so sweet, but of course you already know that. It feels good to help a sweet blogging friend out! Ivana, thanks for the opportunity! I hope your hand recovers quickly so we can see your beautiful nails again. ♥

No pink on my nails, but I hope you guys can appreciate my purple mani. ^^ I started with applying two coats of Diamond Cosmetics - Crushed Velvet. This purple is so lovely I almost felt guilty for adding something to it, but I had to make my nails look a bit more special for this special post. I decided to sponge the tips of my nails with Fowl Play from Orly. Fowl Play is a masterpiece, look at all those awesome glitter bits and flakes (noticed the big one in the letter O?)! I was curious how my nails would look matte, so later I applied one coat of matte top coat. I like both looks, what do you think?

Thanks for watching!

I'm in loooooove, that's why I made this pictures so big! <3 Everything is just perfect on this manicure. :L I never thought of using a flakie for sponging but now I definitely need to try this out! I love both but shiny version just a little more. AmyGrace thank you for sending me this amazing manicure, I'm really honoured to have you here. :h

I'm sure you all know AmyGrace, but just in case you still don't follow her blog The Polished Perfectionist, you should and I promise you, you'll be obssesed with her :P

Do you like both versions? :L

Thanks for reading! :rainbow

Have a lovely day,

Ivana :k

My Fave Manicures in 2011

2012-01-09T20:29:00.001+01:00

I'll break guest posts with one of my post today, because I really wanted to share my favorite manis of last year with you. :D I also need to take pictures of top 2011 polishes but I still didn't get a daylight bulb. I will probably buy it soon. :) It wasn't so hard to choose like it was with polishes, so here we go. If you want to see whole posts of manicures, just check the links below for more information about what I used and similar. :) I wanted to pick only 10 but then I decided to make them 3x4, so I could make this sets. :P

Valentine's Day Manicure

Pink Leopard French Manicure

Polka Dots Manicure

Ruffian Manicure #1

I wish I had longer nails back then, because I really prefer long nails on me. :) But I was quite happy with my first stamping skittle manicure I did for Valentine's Day, lovely Leopard French Manicure, Polka Dot Manicure made with dotting tool and Ruffian. :L I'm in love with Ruffians, I can't wait to do more of them. :e

Funky French #1

Ruffian Manicure #2

Funky French #2

Bows and Foil

I love both versions of Funky French with holos I made, can't decide which one I love more. :L Another Ruffian manicure on longer nails as first above and the last stamping manicure on amazing base color with foil on my ring finger and cute rhinestones in the middle of bows. Oh, I was so happy with this manicure and I always want nails like this, I love this length on me! :L

Essence - Verry Berry

Milani Jewel FX - Gold

Studded Fancy Fuchsia

Wnb Ombre

Very Berry is probably my favorite Essence's polish at the moment, it's so unique pink with purple undertones and I definitely need a back up of this beauty, of course my New Year's Eve Milani Gold Manicure, studded bright pink manicure I got so many comments for and last but not last my Ombre try, I wore it when I graduated, that's why I love it even more. :$

These are my picks of my fave 2011 manicures. Which one is your favorite and why? Would you maybe pick another mani? Which one? I'd like to hear what you loved most in last year on my blog, if you can remember what I have posted during the whole year. :$ Let me now if you're missing something or ask anything. :)

Thanks for reading! :rainbow

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #12: So Nailed

2012-01-08T16:09:00.002+01:00

I would like to say Hiiiiii to all new followers I got in those days. :$ I can't believe I'm at 986 now! Only 14 left to reach that magic 1000 I always dreamed about! :L I hope I'll be back with my nails soon, so you won't get bored and left me before I even start again. :P It's still a bit awkward for me to paint my nails so at the moment I still won't experiment much. :)

We're having Stéphanie from So Nailed here today. We became great friends and I just love talking with her. <3 I'm so happy she decided to make another guest post for me, the first one was about Deborah Lippmann - Glitter in the Air. S. is very talented girl, who takes her pictures in totally different way than mostly of us, that's why I love her even more. Let's see what she has prepared for us...

Hello Lovelies !

It's my turn for a guest post on Ivana's blog !

So I'll present to you: My take on a nude half moon !

It's been a long while since I last posted, and I'm honored I that I may post on Iv's blog again !

We talked about doing a nude half moon a while ago, I tried out a couple of things; freehand, with those little white paper rings...

But I wanted something more special, more elaborated...

So for this manicure, I used 3 coats of Claire's 212, and then I cut out half moons out of those little lace stickers I got a while ago (from Réserve Naturelle, a french store I think)

I'm such a perfectionist, I wanted every sticker to have the same size, but I kinda failed :(

Haha and I lost one during 10 minutes, so yeah, that one didn't stick that well anymore (I hope it's not that noticeable)

I think this mani is very feminine and delicate, what do you think ?

It gives me kind of a spring feeling, which I need now

I love winter but here in Belgium, the weather was SUPER rainy, and that's not winter for me :(

Hopefully the weather is a lot better where you are !

Lots of love and kisses

Xx. S

I'm in love with your Half Moon Manicure. :L This is another way to make it, if you don't want to use polish to make your half moons, great job S. :) I think you send me these stickers too so I have to try this soon! But I must say that half moons look so much better on oval nails! Oh, sometimes I really want to file my nails oval, but I think it won't suit me. :$

Btw.... I totally want an Ipad now. :L You could be a hand model! You would sell me Ipad in a sec and I also would run to check your blog, I can see you're "reading" it when you're taking pics! :D

Thank you so much for your lovely post S.! :k In case you never visited S.'s blog, check So Nailed and follow! But S. you should start posting more, we miss your posts! :i

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Thanks for reading. :i

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #11: Nailside

2012-01-06T22:18:00.004+01:00

Are you already tired of guesposts? Hope you're not, because I'm still not finished. I love all posts I published and I've few more to come. :e

We're having Jane from Nailside here today. Yap, the girl who can rock schotch tape manicures like nobody. How many times I tried to do something like she showed us in her tutorial posts on her blog but I failed miserably - or the polish isn't 100% dry and I smudge everything or my lines aren't perfect like hers. 8) Let's see what has she prepared for us. :)

Hello Ivana Thinks Pink readers! Of course I immediately said yes when Ivana asked me to make a guest post for her blog. I spotted her perfect manis a long time before I started blogging myself, so being here is an incredible honor :-)

Ivana recently told me that she liked the heart design so much from an Essence stamping plate that I’d shared on my blog, so that’s what I used in this mani. At first I wanted a coral pink from Essence for the base color, which coincidentally is named Think Pink! :-D But because my camera is terrible at capturing corally pinks (it makes them look very orange) I decided to go for something even better: a pink holo, I know how much Ivana likes those! ;-) I picked Smooth from the brand Teeez, which Ivana’s already showed you before in a super cute funky French mani. I love how easy it applies and only two smooth coats later I was ready to stamp the heart design with black. I don't have a lot of stamping experience, but this design was pretty okay to work with. And it's so girly, love it ^^

And this brings us to the end of my guest post, I hope you enjoyed it :-)

Thanks for having me Ivana! :-* And may your hand heal soon because we really miss seeing your beautiful nails here!

<3 Sooo pretty! <3 This plate is a must have! :) I'm so honoured you pick this pattern and lovely holo for today's post Jane. :L Yap, she knows what I love for sure. :h I can't believe you still remeber that Funky French manicure I did months ago. :) So sweet of you! I'm honoured for having you here, because you're just amazing. :h

Do you already spotted this lovely stamping plate from Essence? It comes in a set with stamper and scraper. What do you think about this lovely combination? For slovenians readers: Did you already spot this plate in store? If so, where? :)

In case you never saw Jane's amazing schotch tape manicures, you must check her blog at Nailside and subscribe now! Please tell me I'm not the only one who tried to do a mani inspired by here and failed? Or am I just the only one who can't deal with tape? :P

Have a lovely weekend dear readers and followers and thanks for reading! Btw I changed the header of my blog, let me know what do you think! :)

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #10: Nails Made Simple

2012-01-04T17:58:00.001+01:00

I'm so happy so many ladies decided to share a post for my blog. :e My nails are naked again, I just don't have patience to paint my nails when my wrist still doesn't cooperate with me, especially with holding things or writing. xo I hope I'll be back soon! :)

We're having Maria from Nails Made Simple here today. <3 Her nails are just amazing and she's just a cutie pie. :h Let's see what she decided to show us. :e

Hello to all of Ivana's fabulous readers! Its my pleasure to take over Ivana's blog for a day! woohoo ;) As soon as i was asked to be a guest for her blog the color Pink came to my mind BUT lets be real here.. no one can do Pink manis like Ivana so I didn't want to come here and make a fool out of myself ,So ill stick to what i love the most and that is GLITTER! oh yes! im a glitter lover! if it sparkles its mine . For NYE I went with one of my favorite glitters which is OPI-Crown Me Already from their Miss Universe collections 2011 ,this pretty gem is a clear base packed with silver fine glitter,slightly bigger silver glitter & hexagon shaped glitter which only means its a glitterbomb in your nails. Let's take a look shall we?

If you don't own this polish I suggest you put your shoes on and run to your local nail supply store and snag this polish its perfect for every occasion :) BTW this is only 2 coats & 1 coat of SV.

Ivana thank you so much for thinking of me when selecting your guest bloggers I hope i did you proud & didn't disappoint! :)

I wish you a very fast & painless recovery I miss your beautiful manis <3

xoxo

Maria

I went with Gold glitter and she picked Silver glitter for NYE. :i I totally forgot I have this one too, but now after I saw this beautiful swatches, I should wear it soon. I love wearing glitters, they've a special place in my heart, especially when you don't need lots of coats for full opacity. :L Btw Maria, Carmelo says HI! :P

Thank you so much for this lovely post Maria, please check her blog Nails Made Simple and show some love, she really takes amazing photos of her manicures. :L

Do you have Crown Me Already? Do you like glitters? What's your favorite?

Thanks for reading! I have few more guest post prepared for you. :e

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #9 & Swap: Polish Amor ♥

2012-01-03T00:09:00.002+01:00

Yay, first post in 2012. :e

We're having Iris from Polish Amor ♥ here. <3 I found her when Iris contacted me for swap so we started talking through e-mails and I always love to check her posts, especially when she's showing us her son D. <3 This post will probably be so long but let's see what she has prepared for us first. :e

Hello Ivana readers :)

First of all I want to say thank you Ivana for including me in your Holiday Guest Post Series, I was thrilled when I received your email and I am super excited to be posting here today! I love your blog, your PINK manis are the BEST!!!

I had originally planned on coming with some kind of pink in my mani, but things didn't go as planned :( So today I will show you a New Years Eve mani, this was quite simple. I love sponging, you can never go wrong with that, so thats what we have here. Enjoy!

This is 2 coats of Color Club Gingerbread Man, sponged with Wet n Wild Black Cream and that special little sparkle is Essense Blair, which I got in a swap with Sweet Ivana :)

Ivana, thanks for having me here today! Hope your hand is completely better now :) Can't wait to see new manis.

Happy New Year!!!

XoxO to you and Bebo

First I thought you add black glitter then I read you sponged the black. It's so sparkly! I love it! <3 It's so special, I think I didn't see anything similar till now. Thanks for making a post for me Iris, means a lot. :)

What do you think about her lovely manicure? In case you don't know her blog, check Polish Amor ♥ and show some love, she deserves it! I love her twinsies post with Maria from Nails Made Simple, so cool! :e

Me and Iris did a swap recently so I just have to share all the goodies I got from her. She spoiled me too much! <3 If you want to see all goodies I got from her, click read more. :)

My package arrived on my B-day, can you imagine how happy I was. :e I was secretly hoping it will arrived then, but I was quite sad when mailmen didn't bring anything in the morning when I usually get mail. But somehow he came back later and gave me this awesome package. :e Here's what I got. <3

OPI

2× Rainbow Connection

Excuse Moi!

Divine Swine

DS Temptation

She sent me 2 Rainbow Connections, one was for Veri, my best friend. :) She was so happy when she saw it, I think she became a nail polish addict. :i DS Temptation is more purple as blue on picture. :)

China Glaze - First Mate

Orly

Flirty

Frolic

Fowl Play

Sally Hansen - Pacific Blue

I wanted a dark blue so Iris got me First Mate. She even included Pacific Blue, which I already have but I'm happy to have a back up, because this is absolutely my favorite blue. :L

She included so many extras. <3

Revlon - Posh Pink

Piggy Polish - Confetti

Pure Ice

Don't you Wish

Busted

Sinful Colors - Forget Now

Another surprise in the box was this cute little package. <3

I found these pretties inside. <3

Iris's franken Pinkabruiser

Lynderella - Connect the Dots

Cult Nails - Unicorn Puke

My 1st Lynderella and Cult Nails polish and her pink franken, how cute is that?! :e

I even got sweets. :i I got Willy Wonka Rainbow Nerds, I wish I could show you the packaging but my mom throw it away when I was outside, same as those gumis. :( So I have just some bad quality photo of Nerds. But they are soooooooo yummi. I want more. :i And my first Pop Tarts. :e I read about them on twitter so I was always curious how they look and taste like, because we don't have them here. They're so delicious, yum. :$

Bebo was sleeping when I opened a package of Nerds so he had to check what I opened, you can see his sleepy eyes. 2nd picture was during the unpacking, he enjoyed being in box. :D

I told you, I got so many goodies and I can't wait to start trying them. I have so many untrieds but I still keep swaping. How I wouldn't if there're always so many new collections. :$

Iris THANK YOU so much for everything, I'm glad we did a swap, because now I have another friend in this blogsphere. <3 I hope you're enjoying your new goodies as much as I am. :h

weheartit.com

I don't know when I'm going to start trying all these but let me know what would you like to see first. :i

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Happy New Year with Gold Glitter

2011-12-31T15:14:00.003+01:00

I can't believe it's the last day of 2011! :o Time flies by sooooooo fast. :) I hope you're spending the last day with the ones you love. I'm spending a night with my BFF. :)

I didn't have a nail polish on my nails for two weeks now, well if we're not counting the base coat and I didn't want to have naked nails tonight, that's why I decided to paint my nails with something I love - glitter! <3

I spent an hour on this manicure, because my right hand still isn't fully recoverd but it was worth it. I wanted to post this manicure yesterday but I smashed another daylight bulb so I had to wait the day to come. I'm glad I did, because I caught sunshine! <3

I added 1 coat of China Glaze - Midnight Kiss - shimmery gold foil, just to have a similar base color. Then I added 2 coats of Milani Jewel FX in Gold and then another few drops to cover the empty space. I finished manicure with layer of TC.

Result? Is amaaaaaazing. :L I fell in love in a same second I saw it on a daylight. So sparkly, so amazing. :L I'm not worried about removal, because foil method can solve all problems. xD

Sun

Blurry

Nail Tek - Foundation 2
China Glaze - Midnight Kiss / 1 coat
Milani Jewel FX - Gold / 3 coats
Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

Bebo loves it too. :i

See how amazing this polish is? I think I emptied a quarter of bottle but I have a back up so no worries. :P What do you think? Isn't just perfect for tonight? <3

What's on your nails today? Did you pick something sparkly, holographic or just a creme? Thanks for reading and see you in 2012! :party

***Happy New Year 2012***

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #8: Nothing Personail

2011-12-30T01:41:00.002+01:00

Thank you so much for your lovely wishes. :party I had a great day and more to come on New Year's eve. :P I'm okay but my hand isn't, stitches were removed but my wound is still fresh and weird. :/ I hope it heals fast but what I already know that scar will be so gross. :/

We're having Abby from Nothing Personail here. <3 She's one of my favorite bloggers for sure. :) I won't even mention her long nail beds! :o Seriously, her nail beds are to die for so be sure you check her blog. Or you're missing stunning nails! ;)

Hi guys! I am so excited to write this post! Ivana was my first follower (of course, she cheated because I'd been talking to her on the comments of one of her posts before I started blogging and gave her my link the moment it was ready ;) ) so writing this post means I've come full circle!

Ivana and I are always talking about random things, especially football. It's only unfortunate that her team (Real Madrid) is my team's (Barcelona) main rival. I like RM too but Barça has my heart (: It's nice to have someone to talk about football with, especially during El Clásico :D

Anyway, as cliché as it sounds, I knew I had to do something pink for her. I'm not a huge fan of pink (sorry, Ivana), but I do keep a couple of pinks stashed for emergencies. Haha. Just like Marta, I decided to go for pink and Christmas. Or holidays, if you don't celebrate Christmas (:

I used 2 coats of Color Club Magic Attraction and 2 coats of Boots 17 Milan for my accent nails. I then painted a snowflake on my left accent nail and a candy cane on my right accent nail using an old Sally Hansen French Manicure white (or tried to anyway). The red on the candy cane is Zoya Sooki. Mmmm look at all the holo glittery goodness :D

Blurry to show the sparkles!

I hope you liked it! I got so many compliments on this manicure, people just love Magic Attraction! I wonder why ;)

I think Ivana will be back to polishing soon, I miss her nails! Thanks for reading and thanks for having me, Ivana! Happy (belated) birthday! <3

Thank you Abby for this lovely post. <3 You know I adore your nails, every color looks good on you, but I'm sure you know that. <3 I love your accents nails, so cute and look at this lovely rainbow. :rainbow

P.S.: I'm sorry, but we're winning next El Clásico. :$ And Cristiano Ronaldo just can't stop singing this song for you. :e

In case you don't know who Abby is, she's running her blog Nothing Personail. She didn't post much lately but I'm sure she'll be better in 2012? I want you to post more! <3

Let me know what do you think about this manicure and thanks for reading! I'm preparing my Top 10 polishes 2011 like last year but I have hard time to pick only 10. xD

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

23 & Holiday Guest Post #7: Pink Polish Addict &

2011-12-28T22:21:00.001+01:00

It's my B-day today! :party I turned 23 today, I feel old - not old old but growing up and I want to be a kid like forever. :$ I had a lovely day with a friend, we went to see firework in my town and had a lovely dinner. :e

Cupcakes for everyone! :e :party

My nails are still naked, well with a coat of base coat, but Marketta made so lovely manicures just for my B-day. I wish we were closer, so she could do same manis on me. :) She runs a blog at Pink Polish Addict and yap, you guessed, I found a pink soulmate. :P

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IVANA! Ok now that I've said that I will introduce myself lol. My name is Marketta from Pink Polish Addict. I offered to do Ivana's birthday post for her today while her beauties are on hiatus, and she's recovering. I love me some Ivana, you know why? She's my pink enabler, and the sweetest person like EVER! I have been reining in the pink on my blog (I have TONS of pink) but she told me let loose, I sure don't hold back! So I'm going to start letting the pink out full force. This post is a day late because I had a bit of a dramatic day and I'm visiting my family for the holidays and they are a bit far out, so I have been a bit technology deprived. First up is NOPI All Kendall-ed Up which is a dark hot pink creme. I used 2 coats of AKU, special white polish, Bundle Monster ip's bm205-bm14-bm03, Seche Vite, and INM Northern Lights. I keep forgetting that I have nubbins now and I don't have as much room for multi-stamping fun so there's a bit much going on. This represents what I want Ivana to get tons of today: Presents, Love, and Cake! I just love the light holo that NL gives, it adds the perfect pop.

I know that Ivana loves some glitter, so of course I couldn't forget about the glitta! Below is 3 coats of Sally Hansen Gem Crush: Lady Luck. Lady Luck has a clear base packed with dark pink glitter, and bigger holo glitter. IRL this polish is gorgeous and I couldn't capture its true beauty.

Thanks for letting me share 2 mani's Ivana and I hope you had the most amazing birthday ever!

Kisses

Marketta

Aren't these totally my colors???? <3 I just knew I will like them. <3 Thank you so much for your lovely words Marketta, you're so sweet and of course for doing my b-day manis. <3 I thought I don't need this Sally Hansen Gem Crush but now... I will have to think about it again. :i

Be sure you'll check Marketta's blog Pink Polish Addict, but don't worry if you don't like pink like we do, her favorite color is also blue but she can work any color on this planet with her lovely nails. :L

Let me know what do you think about these 2 lovely pink manicure and thanks for reading! I had a lovely day behind me and I got an amaaazing package today and I can't wait to show you all the goodies I got. :i Polish is the best gift for sure. <3

XOXO,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #6: Colores de Carol

2011-12-27T00:53:00.001+01:00

More guest nails. :e All ladies are so nice! :)

We're having Carolina from Colores de Carol here today. :) I just love Carolina, she's so nice and sweet lady. We made lot of swaps, my WL would be so longer now without your help, thank you soo much! :h She's always showing her talent with creating so many different manicures, let's see what she's prepared for us today. :)

I am super happy to be here today, Ivana's blog has a very special place in my heart because she is the sweetest girl in the world and she's always featuring the most beautiful pink manicures I've ever seen. I was so flattered when Ivana asked me to do a guest post for her readers,I hope you enjoy this manicure I did for you.

For this look I used Rock Solid from Orly, a gunmetal grey with shimmer and holo glitter, then I stamped with Special polish White Pearl using IP Konad M69.

Thank you very much Ivana for having me over here.

Feel better soon...

Love,

Carolina

Another great combination! Holographic glitter really makes it special. <3 This Zebra would be so fancy with holographic glitter. :P I'm sure you all know Carolina but of course, if not, you don't know what are you missing! Check her blog now - Colores de Carol. <3

Thanks for reading and let me know what do you think about this lovely manicure! :)

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #5: Women's temptation

2011-12-26T13:58:00.002+01:00

I hope you all had a great Christmas. :e I have been lazy for whole weekend and also today, because we're having Slovenian National Holiday - Independence and Unity Day. Roads are empty, shops don't work... Boring. :( My hand is finally getting better, I'm getting stitches out tommorow and I hope everything healed as planned. We'll see. :)

Today I'm having lovely Nina from Women's temptations. Her nails are so perfect, that's why I decided to have her here too. <3 It's another Christmas manicure but I'm a little late, sorry Nina. :$ But if you like glitter, you'd wear it anytime, right? I know I would. <3

Hi girls! :)

My name is Nina my blog is called Woman's temptation. When Ivana asked me to do a guest post for her I was so excited. It's pleasure to me to do a post.

I love her blog and primarily I was so afraid, because she always do great swatches and she has so beautiful nails.

I wondered, well what am I going to do?

But it’s Christmas time and I choose to do a Christmas mani. When I said Christmas I mean Glitters of course :D So I started with two coast of Models Own – Emerald Black, then I layered China Glaze Twinkle Lights, China Glaze – Ring In The Red, Opi Excuse Moi! and Opi Extra-Va-Vaganza.

It's real glitter sandwich :D

Well I hope you enjoyed my post!

Happy Holidays!!!

Yap, glitter sandwich aka glitter bomb - I love it. <3 I never thought of layering more than 2 glitters but I should try that too. :P Gorgeous! Thank you Nina for your lovely manicure. :k

In case don't know who Nina is, please check her blog at Women's temptation and show some love. :) She posts lots of different brands and her kitty is just gorgeous! <3

What do you think about this glitter sandwich? Did you ever layer so many glitters like she did? :)

Btw I made a tumblr account, in case you're on tumblr share a link so I can follow you there too. :)

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-25T00:21:00.000+01:00

Santa Bebo was sooo tired after he delivered all gifts... :i I wish you all a wonderful Christmas if you're celebrating it!

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #4: Oooh, Shinies!

2011-12-24T01:05:00.000+01:00

It's Christmas eve here so I just have to share this manicure today. <3 We're having Bregje from Oooh, Shinies! here today. :e Her nails are so perfect and she's master of stamping. I just love her manicures - perfect clean up, perfect stamping, perfect photos. <3

Hey all! Oh my, it's such an honour to be here :) When Ivana asked me I of course instantly thought pink! and cats! and glitters!, but I'm not so in the mood for pink right now with all the pretty Christmas colors around, and my cats aren't in the mood for playing background (they're too busy destroying my Christmas decoration xo ). But a glittery mani would still be perfect!

So here it is, 2 coats of China Glaze Jolly Holly with 1 coat of China Glaze Party Hearty, both are from last year's holiday collection. Party Hearty thickened up a bit, which actually made the application a lot easier! With bigger glitters I often end up with a lot of it on my tips and having to dab them in place, but now that the base was thicker, the glitters automatically spread well. I added 2 coats of top coat, and it looked all shiny and Christmas-y on my nails. But even though I enjoyed it like that, I'm not so used to these kinda sparkly manis and I couldn't capture it well either. So to solve that I added a coat of Essence Matt, and I think it looks great like this!

Here you can see how it looks shiny, which way do you like it best? :)

Have a great holiday season and a fantastic new year all! Ivana I hope you get well soon and that someone can polish your nails for you in the meantime, and thank you so much for having me on your wonderful blog :k

Christmas on your nails Bregje. :L I always loved Party Hearty, it reminds me on christmas tree full of red lights but I never added it to WL, because green isn't my favorite. Mattified glitters are so special, but both versions are gorgeos! <3

I'm sure you all know Bregje and her lovely blog Oooh, Shinies! but in case you don't, be sure to check her blog and her lovely stamping manicures - she really makes awesome color and pattern combinations. <3 Thank you so much for this lovely post Bregje. :k

What do you think about this lovely manicure? Does it remind you on Christmas? What will you wear on Christmas Eve? Merry Christmas Eve dear readers and folowers and thanks for reading! <3

Xoxo,

Ivana :k