NOTW #2 ~ Purple Glitter Gradient and Foil

Here's another Nails of the week post. :i I wore this manicure for a whole week because I loved it. I don't know why but I'm in love with glitter gradients lately and yes, I'm wearing one at the moment too. :$ They're easy to make but they look so stunning.

I decided to dig out the foil from Essence I already tried once for this cute manicure, as an accent nail. :D

 Nail Tek - Foundation II

Color Club - Vintage Couture / 2 coats

Sponging: Orly - Bubbly Bombshell & OPI - Servin' up Sparkle

Ring finger: Essence - Style me Love / 1 coat & Transfer foil set in Style me Pretty

Essence Better than gel nails Top Sealer
 

 Let me know how do you like it. :i

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Bow & Dots

Just a quick post...

I got these cute 3D Bows from Born Pretty Store, which I always wanted to try out. I'm not really a fan of anything 3D on my nails, but these were too cute to not give them a try. You get 10 pieces in a package for less than $2. They're pretty big too, but I think they're perfect for accent nails. I decided to match one bow with polka dot pattern on other nails. I glued the bow with nail glue on my ring finger.

They're not really practical but they give a special touch to the manicure, don't you think? Bows are flat but they get stuck on my nails where the bow knot is. They probably don't last long if you're not careful or if you're like me, who have a need to pull things like this off my nail. ^_^

Color Club - She's so Glam / 3 coats

Dots: Essence Stamp me! White & Dotting Tool

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

I think these are perfect for special occasions, when you want something special, but I wouldn't wear them all the time. But if you're a fan of 3D stuff on your nails, you can't go wrong with them. :D

What do you think about 3D nail art? Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

*Some of the products in this post were sent to me by Born Pretty Store! For more information read my disclosure policy!

Polka Dot with Wild at Heart & Fashion Addict

I have one simple manicure for today. I wore it for few days and after I removed it I had to shorten my nails. :D But you saw my short nubs in my previous post. :P

I did Polka Dot manicure with WAH ages ago but this time I used Wild as Heart as a base. :D

Color Club - Wild at Heart & Fashion Addict

I made dots with Fashion Addict (unfortunately I don't have a holographic version of this beauty :( ) and a dotting tool. Easy and quick. :D

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Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Color Club - Wild at Heart / 1 coat
Dots:  Color Club - Fashion Addict & Dotting Tool 
Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

What do you think? Do you like Polka Dot pattern? I love it, because it's such a cute pattern! :) I have an image plate with dots but it's much easier to make dots with a dotting tool, at least for me. They're not super perfect but I'm still happy with the final result.

Have a lovely weekend dear readers and followers and thanks for reading! <3

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Color Club - Wild at Heart

Finally it's time for nails! :) The other day I wanted to paint my nails but I just couldn't decide what to wear. So I tweeted and lovely Maria from Nails Made Simple suggested this one! Maria and Iris from Polish Amor ♥ are doing Twinsie Friday every week so for this Friday they choose Wild at Heart.You should all check how they use WAH. :)

I already tried Wild at Heart when I made my first Ruffian manicure but I never wore it alone, so I'm happy I finally did. Wild at Heart from Color Club is a dark violet  holografic polish and it's one coater! I did my both hands in few minutes what made me even more happy! :e I can work on my manicure for hours but sometimes I just don't have patience so onecoaters always make me happy.

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Nail Tek - Foundation 2

Color Club - Wild at Heart / 1 coat

 I fell in love with this polish - again and I'm so happy I own it! <3 What do you think? Do you have it? :)

I know Maria loves Carmelo aka Bebo so I decided to include a photo of him I took yesterday. :) It's so sunny here so he's spending a lot of time outside on our balcony playing, catching bees, ants,... Well everything that moves around.

Hope you're having a great weekend dear readers and followers and thanks for reading! This is my 401st post I published on this blog, I can't believe this! :o Time flies by just too fast and I should post more often. We'll see, as always I'll do my best. :)

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Holiday Guest Post #9 & Swap: Polish Amor ♥

Yay, first post in 2012. :e

We're having Iris from Polish Amor ♥ here. &lt;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. &lt;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! &lt;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! &lt;3 If you want to see all goodies I got from her, click read more. :)

Holiday Guest Post #8: Nothing Personail

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

Holiday Guest Post #2: ChitChat Nails

Another day, another guest post. :)

I'm having Marta from ChitChat Nails here today. I found her on twitter and since then I'm addicted to her blog, her nails and her lovely kids. She always share their moments on twitter and I always love to see how beautiful her family is. <3 Let's see what she has prepared for us, I'm so happy to have her here. :i

 

When sweet Ivana asked me to do a guest post for her I was really excited and immediately thought: "what pink could I play with?!!!" :D

Ivana has been very kind to me and my blog ever since I started to dabble in this whole blogging thing ;) She always sent a positive word of encouragement my way whenever I doubted my skill; for that I will be forever grateful to her. In return, I have had a chance to admire her lovely manicures, and drool over all the yummy European treats she Tweets about front time to time.....mmmmmh, Milka ;)

But now back to the post. I knew PINK had to be a part of this manicure, but Ivana also suggested something for the Holidays... so I tried to combine the two.

I used one coat of OPI Pink-ing of You, I then painted 3/4 of the nail with Revlon Starry Pink and 1/3 of the nail with Color Club Candy Cane. I used BM plate #15 to stamp on the holly (first in white and then in Konad green). A few red gems were the finishing touch.

I hope you liked this little gradient seasonal design. It was a real pleasure to do this post for Ivana. She has such a fun and bubbly spirit! I am thankful that, through blogging, I got a chance to get to know her :D

Happy Holidays!!!

I don't have any of these. :c Marta, this is just amazing and something I'd definitely wear right now. You know I love your pics, they're so beautiful. <3 You earned Milka Oreo and Lufleé chocolates with this lovely manicure! :P

If you don't know who Marta is, please check her blog ChitChat Nails. You must see her movie inspired christmas manicure she published recently - a piece of art. :)

Thanks for reading dear readers and followers. Let me know what do you think about her manicure? Isn't just perfect for Christmas time? And it's pink too. <3

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Planks a Lot with Wild at Heart & Violet Orchid Microglitter

I got tipwear quite soon with Planks a Lot so I just had to do something to cover it. I wasn't in the mood for removing whole manicure, so I decided to do some sponged tips. If you're looking for a tutorial, I recommend you to visit The Polished Perfectionst and her great How To: Sponged Tips Tutorial. <3

I took Color Club - Wild at Heart and sponged it on nail tip going toward the cuticle and Kiko - #278 known as Violet Orchid Microglitter (violet foil glitter with a tiny duochrome effect) mostly on the tip of my nail. It's lighter as Wild at Heart so it gives it an extra sparkle, which was imposible to capture on the photo.

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Essence Nail Art Protecting Base Coat

OPI - Planks a Lot / 2 coats

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

Color Club - Wild at Heart / sponged

KIKO - #278 Violet Orchid Microglitter / sponged

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

What do you think? Do you like these kind of manicures? I really like them and they're also great for hiding tipwear so you don't have to remove your manicure few more days. :)

I just couldn't stand my pointer being more oval as others so I shorten them today. Although it wasn't so obvious but my eyes always noticed it. :/

I hope you're having a great and relaxing weekend! It's so cold here so I stayed in bed for whole day yesterday and today - perfect weather for being lazy! :P

Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Nicole by OPI - One Less Lonely Glitter

Here I am again, posting something new. :D I just finished watching El Clásico, seriously Real Madrid played so great today. I's really hoping we'll win because their game was amazing. :e I'm sorry because I spammed some of you with my tweets but watching El Clásico is sooooooooooooo stressfull for me. xo Wishing best of luck to Real Madrid on next match! Hala Madrid! :L

I've a glittery beauty for you today. You probably all know that Justin Bieber released his own nail polish collections. I really like Justin, he's so young and he really achieved a lot in his life just with his talent. I've a tiny Bieber fever lately, but not in a worst way though, I'd have a little brother like him. :D It's funny to see all those little girls all in love with Justin. When I was young, we're in love with Backstreet Boys, Caught in the Act, Kelly Family, Spice Girls etc. xP What was your childhood crush? :D

Anyway, I wanted One Less Lonely Glitter from the moment I saw it and Karen was kind enough to send me one bottle of this beauty. I never tried Nicole by OPI polish before so I didn't know what to expect. I really don't like their bottle shape, it's so weird and really hard to hold it in my hand while taking pictures. When I saw its brush, I's like, OH NO! It's very similar to Sally Hansen Broken Treasure, which I totally hate so I didn't expect much. But when I tried it, it fits perfectly to my nails and cuticle line, no clean up needed. Maybe because it's glitter and you don't have to be careful as much as with cremes or similar, but I loved it. :D

One Less Lonely Glitter is a violet mixed small and larger circle glitter. The color of glitter is same as Tru Passion from Color Club although my father said that OLLG is a tad darker but I really couldn't see the difference. :D But the glitter is same as in Bubbly Bombshell from Orly, just the color isn't same obviously. 

I added 3 coats, no TC, although the surface is gritty so I'll probably add a TC tommorow. Like I said, application is great, it dries fast, the brush is really perfect for me, I love it! :L

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It's so shinny too! This picture below isn't color accurate because sun has warmed this violet color, but you can see how blingy it is. :L

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Here's a quick bottle comparison.

Nicole by OPI - One Less Lonely Girl vs. Color Club - Tru Passion

Nicole by OPI wasn't sold in Slovenia before but now Müller have them, so if any of you still want them, be sure you'll check Müller. I think they cost around 10€. I don't know if they're already sold out, but you can still take a look and maybe you'll find something you like.

What do you think about Bieber's collection? Do you like them? Or do you hate JB? :P

I guess this polish was names after this song from JB - One Less Lonely Girl. :$

Enjoy! :P

My window is open all the time at night (that's how I get grasshoppers in my room! xo :c ) and it's already 1 AM and my neighbour always watch TV so loudly. I think she usually fall asleep because I can hear her TV even at 5 AM sometimes. :D She's just funny. :D

Nighty night,
Ivana :k

Polka dots with Crushed Candy

Here I am so tired but with "new" manicure. :) My Polka Dots manicure was so cute and like I said I wanted to last till Friday... It started chipping next day I made it but I always fixed it  with another layer of polish and dots but because I'm so tired today  I wasn't in a mood to make a new mani that's why I layered over a crackle which is really perfect for hiding tip wear. :)

I picked China Glaze Crackle glaze Crushed Candy. :L It's so beautiful turquoise, it looks almost like For Audrey but For Audrey is lighter and more blue. :brow I actually don't like how I applied it, because I wasn't careful but it will have to wait till tomorrow or Saturday. I love China Glaze's crackles, thank you so much Carolina for sending all beauties to me. :h

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So bad it wasn't a sunny day today so I took pictures outside on a daylight. It looks fun and not pink like usually. :)

I can't tell how happy I'm that tommorow is Friday. :D I can't wait to slep all day long! :i

Today is a really special day for me. :$

14. 4. 2008

I you dear!

Take care,

Ivana :k

Powerful purple with Wild at Heart dots

When I saw this beautiful manicure at ANOTHER Bottle of Polish?! I knew I'll have to try it but because I already had Powerful Purple on my nails, I decided to upgrade it with dots.

My previous polka dots manicures were made with Konad and it's so hard to transfer dots in nice circles so I lately got my first dotting tool! :e It's so muuuuch easier to make dots with and it looks like the dots are stamped. :D

For dots I picked Color Club - Wild at Heart - dark purple - another stunning beauty. :L

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I'll have probably this manicure for whole week if it won't start chipping soon. :e Polka dots are sooo cute! :L What do you think? Do you like it?

I wish you a nice begginning of the week! I hope I'll have some time to post somethign during the week, but if I won't, we'll see you next weekend! :i

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

OPI - DS Original vs. Color Club - Fashion Addict

It was such a horrible day today. I fell asleep really late and wake up quite fast. It was really time that I visit lectures at least for these exams I have to pass in June. So, everything was just fine, I met really sweet lady Tinna from Tinna's nails (she and her nails are soooo pretty :L ), I checked some DM for S-he discontinued polishes (although I didn't find anything I wanted) and walked towards my facutly. Everything was just fine until it's started raining so much that even my umbrella didn't help. But when I finally arrived at facutly all wet we waited an hour and half for professor, but he didn't come at all. :@ I wouldn't be bothered if my faculty was in my town, but I have to take a train and bus to get there and I always spend 2 hours that's why I was in bad mood since then. xo He should just tell us that he won't make it but no... They can do everything...

Anyway, enough of complaining, Rebecca from rebecca likes nails asked me if I can do a comparison between OPI - DS Original and Color Club - Fashion Addict. Fashion Addict isn't holographic as Original at all. If I had the first version of Fashion Addict, which was more holo it would be even more interesting doing this comparison. :D 

I added 2 coats of both. FA is definetely more pink and Original is more lilac. :)

 Pointer and ring finger: Color Club - Fashion Addict

Middle finger and pinkie: OPI - DS Original

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Rebecca I hope this helps you and I'm sure you will definetely buy Original too, right? :) Which one do you prefer more? I think both are just gorgeous. :L

I'm soooooo tired so I'm going to sleep now. :$

Sweet dreams,
Ivana :k

Swap with Carolina from Colores de Carol #3

I wanted to post this yesterday before I go to sleep, but I was just so sleepy so here it is. :)

I guess you all know who Carolina (Colores de Carol) is. This is our 3rd swap! :L Full of goodies again and my WL is now after 2 recevied swap packages even shorter. :i

Let's start with pictures. :D

China Glaze

2030

Light as Air

Pink Undergroung

Caribbean Temptation

Ahoy!

I finally have all from Up&Away collection that I want. :e Wooooohooooo! :) 2030 is the most beautiful gold polish. :L

Crackle Glaze

Broken Hearted

Fault Line

Crushed Candy

Crackleeeeeeeees... :L

OPI

White mini

Bubble Bath

Elephantastic Pink

Houston we have a Purple

I love OPIs. Their brush is just perfect for my nails and it's so easy to apply a polish with. Definetely my favorite brand! :)

Zoya

Tiffany

Miley

Malia

Mimi

Savita

Surprise - they're not pink. :D I got all I wanted! :L

Milani

Digital

Hi-Res

Gold

Gold Jewel is just an amazing glitter. Can't wait to try it! :)

Revlon

Cupid

Kleancolor

Pink Lady

Color Club

She's So Glam

I actually thought this is Foundation II but it's Intesive therapy. It's for soft and peelign nails and it should help me at least a little bit. It contains Formaldehyde too. Has anyone tried it? I would love to here anything about it. :)
I read lots of great reviews about Nail Tek base coat. I really want to have my long and strong nails back! :(

And Carolina send me sooooooooo many sweets. I ate lots of them already, it's hard to just watch them. :D A nail file, HK pendant, lip glosses... :$

Thank you so much for all this lovely goodies!

I have naked nails, because one hand is just so ugly. I don't know what happened but when I removed Leopard mani after 5 days my nails on my left hands are YELLOW and ugly! :(

Have a nice weekend!
Ivana :k