I'll take you to the Candy Shop

Am I the only one who have 50 Cent's Candy Shop beat and music in my head when I see Candy Shop? Such an old song that brings me back to childhood when I thought he was singing about lollipops. :D

Anyway.... Candy Shop from Claire's is a good substitute for Deborah Lippmann's guess which one? Yes, Candy Shop. :D They're not dupes but they're really very very close. Here you can see a great comparison post at Sincerely Stephanie. :) Since I got this one, I really don't need the other one. :)

I expected much worse application but it went on like butter. I added 2 coats, glitter stayed flat but I still added a coat of top coat. There's still some VNL so I should maybe add another coat, but it wasn't so obvious in person.

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There's a lot of going on in this polish... Multicolored hexagonal glitter and round tiny glitter in a sheer jelly light pink base. :L I'll definitely wear it soon again, because it's sooo gorgeous! I removed it with a foil method, so no rubbing was needed. :)

 OPI Nail Envy Nail Strengthener

Claire's - Candy Shop / 2 coats

Nail Tek Intensive Therapy II 

 Do you like Candy Shop? :D

 My baby boy got neutered today. He's still a bit angry and ignoring me... :)

This picture was made right before we went to the vet...

And when we came home... So sleepy and dizzy... Awwwwwww. :k

I'm so happy this is behind both of us, because I was so stressed out these days. He's already jumping and playing around. :)

Have a lovely weekend dear readers and thanks for reading!

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Guest Post at Fashion Polish

Yap, at Fashion Polish!!! :o Can you believe this? I think I'm dreaming. <3

Click on the picture above to see the whole post. :)

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Flakie Jelly Sandwich

Yap, after glitter sandwich I had to try flakie jelly sandwich. ^_^

I saw that Deborah Lippmann released a new gorgeous polish named Sweet Dreams. You can see gorgeous swatches at The PolishAholic. <3 It's a pink jelly full of gold flakies and of course I would love to have it but first I need to save some money to get this beauty. :i In the meanwhile, I made my own version. I didn't come up with a dupe, but it's close enough for me.

I started with a coat of OPI's Too Hot Pink to Hold 'Em from Texas collection. I just love all jellies I have from this collex. :L Then I added a coat of Essence - Waking Up in Vegas, another coat of OPI, another coat of flakies and finished it with the last layer of pink jelly. Lots of coats but it's so worth it. :) I also added a coat of TC for fast drying and glossy shine. :L

Flakies aren't super visible on sun but you can still spot some orange reflection. :) Nail line isn't visible as much as it shows on pictures, it's still there but I don't mind it, because I just love jelly finish. It looks like I'm wearing candies on my nails. :D

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Essence Nail Art - Protecting Base Coat

OPI - Too Hot Pink to Hold 'Em / 1 coat

Essence - Waking up in Vegas (TE Re-mix) / 1 coat

OPI - Too Hot Pink to Hold 'Em / 1 coat

Essence - Waking up in Vegas (TE Re-mix) / 1 coat

OPI - Too Hot Pink to Hold 'Em / 1 coat

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

A close up. :L

What do you think? Do you already tried sandwich like this? It tastes delicious. :P I definitely need more flakies in my life, especially in other colors, for now I own just pinks. :D

Thanks for reading and have love start of the week! :rainbow

Xoxo,

Ivana :k 

China Glaze - Ruby Pumps

What did you pick to wear on the 1st December? :i I decided to go with something red and sparkly. :)

There's something about this red polish that doesn't make me feel old when I wear it. :D If you say Christmas, I think of Ruby Pumps - red, glittery, sparkly. <3 I'm sure you all saw it so many times, but here it's once again. :$

Ruby Pumps is a reddish jelly base with lots of golden red glitter. I added 2 coats, great application, fast drying time and my nails are so sparkly. :) I just noticed that there are 2 version of this beauty and I have no idea which one is this. Oh well, both versions are beautiful. :)

All pictures below were taken under daylight bulb and black background. 

Nail Tek - Foundation II

China Glaze - Ruby Pumps / 2 coat

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer 

It's hard to capture all its beauty on picture so you must believe me that this beauty is amazing in person. :) I took blurred picture to show you how it sparkles and even this picture doesn't show all it gorgeousness.

Believe me, you need this one. :) What do you think? Do you already have it?

Have a nice and relaxing weekend! :rainbow

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Cracklly Sandwich

Yesterday I's inspired by Stéphanie from So Nailed and her amazing manicure. I saw it before at Fashion Polish but I wasn't so interested probably because it's not in pink. :D

I do not have such a talent for pictures like Stéphanie (if you don't know what I'm talking about, just check her blog ;) ) but I did my best to catch this pretty combination. :D

I already had Back to the 50's on my nails, I'm actually quite happy that I'm not the only one who feels too young with red on my nails. :$ I didn't want to remove it so I decided to try Cracklly (Crackle-Jelly) Sandwich.

I layered one coat of write crackle Lightning Bolt from China Glaze and then 2 coats of OPI sorbet from Texas collection - Do you Think I'm Tex-y?. Do you Think I'm Tex-y? is a really lovely delicious berry pink jelly, I can never have enough of jellies. :L They dry fast and they're sooooo shiny, that's why I love them. :$

It looks so squishy, like delicios candy. :L Here's the final result. :)

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What do you think? Do you like it? :) Did you ever try a layering like this? What's your favorite jelly? :)

Take care,

Ivana :k

Houston We Have a Purple with Prancer Mattified

Hiya! :) 

I'm still wearing and enjoying my Funky French Skittles so I'll have to show you something else. I showed you Houston We Have a Purple few days ago but I decided to upgrade it somehow. :i I's seeing mattified glitter all around so I wanted to try it out and that's why I'm posting matte first although I wanted to show you shiny version first. :D

I added 1 coat of Wet'n'Wild Prancer (red hexagonal and small glitter in a clear base)  and 1 coat of Essie - Matte About You. 

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Mattified glitter looks sooooo amazing! And flakies too but I need to try that one day too (probably when I get my hands on some Nfu.OH flakies). :i

That's all for today, I'm sooo sleepy so I'm going to take a nap for an hour or two. :)

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

OPI - Houston We Have a Purple

I'm starting a weekend with a sorbet a.k.a jelly. :D When I first saw promo pictures of OPI Texas collection I was like - "Nah" I don't need them... But never say that before you see real swatches. :i I'm big fan of jellies but they're so hard to find - Essence had one jelly (So Wanted) and even this one was discountinued! :(

So I had to have all pinks from Texas collection. :i Wearing a sorbet is like having candy on my nails, strange. :i I picked Houston we have a purple for today - I actually had 2 bottles, which I got from Leslie and Carolina in our swaps, so I gave one bottle away to my lil' sister Veri - she's so happy because this's her first OPI. I can totally feel her because I's in seventh heaven when I bought my first OPI (We'll Always Have Paris Suede). :i

Houston We Have a Purple (what a great name :i ) is a dark magenta purple sorbet polish. It's definetely one of my favorite. I added 3 coats, because they're sheer as I expected, but the applicaiton is easy, I don't know about drying time because I immediately added one coat of Essie - G2G. 

Obviously there's VNL but I don't mind it and on pictures is shown even more than in RL. I had to play with setting to catch up its real color that's why my skin is pale too much.

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They're so super shiny, glosy and soooooo squishy. :D 

Talking about squishy immediately reminds me of this scene from Finding Nemo with Dory (Nemo is definetely on of my favorite cartoons :i )...

Dory: " Hey little guy! I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine, and he shall be my Squishy. Come here Squishy, come here little Squishy. OUCH! Bad Squishy! Bad Squishy! ..."  :O :O

Did you watch Finding Nemo? What do you think about this squishy polish? :i

Wish you a happy weekend!

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

Zoya - Mimi

I'm wondering why I didn't try Mimi before? :L I should! Another beauty which I got from Carolina! :h

Descripction from Zoya official site says: "Royal purple sparkling metallic. An expensive-looking metallic shade for spring." Mimi is from Zoyas Sparkle collection. :)

Grape pop jelly base with purple shimmer, which is kind of duochrome (see the bottle and the first picture). :) I added 2 coats for perfect opacity. I thought she'll need more layers because after one was very sheer but second coat make her perfect. I always call Zoya's polishes with "she" because they've so pretty names and I really can't say "it". :$

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I was taking pictures outside on a cloudy weather and wishing for some sun and after few minutes the sun started shinning. :D Mimi is really hard to capture, I took like million pictures and on the sun she always looks blue but she's not. :i But let's say I managed to capture her real color, she is warm purple for sure.

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I won't spam with more pictures so I just picked the best ones. :)

She's even prettier in RL. :L I love it! What do you think about this beauty?

It's finally Friday and weekend! Woooooooooooooohoooooo! :e Time for sleeping, relaxing and just beeing lazy. :D Enjoy your weekend!

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Catrice - Bloody Mary To Go

It's time for red. I usually don't wear red, because I'm not used to that kind of colors. But I really like how it looks Mary on me. Anyway, this is 2 coats of Bloody Mary To Go and 1 coat of TC. It's a perfect red jelly. Application is more than great, you can get away also with 1 coat if you're careful but I added 2, just to be sure everything is OK.

I'm still not satisfied with the shape of my pointer, but slowly I'll get to that shape I want.

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It looks orangey on the first picture, because my phone didn't want to coopeare with me. I think I found perfect red jelly, now I'm searching for a perfect dark red. Which one is you favorite dark red?

Btw... Thank you all for entering my little giveaway. Your comments are sooooo sweet, they made me happy!

Have a great and sunny Sunday!

Ivana

Zoya - Roxy

Description from Zoya's official site says everything:

"Zoya Nail Polish in Roxy can be best described as: A sheer red-toned purple base loaded with bright purple glitter. A must-have shade for any rock star or glamour girl."

It looks like a raspberry jam! So yummmmi! I saw many swatches of this beauty but in RL is even prettier! A must-have!

I add 2 coats, application was great, I really like the brush. You have to add TC if you want the surface to be smooth. First picture was without TC and others with.

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I it! What do you think? Thank you Carolina for sending me this beauty.

It was snowing yesterday and we have really a lot of snow now. It looks beautiful but it's also so coooold! One extra picture, Roxy with snow.

How was your day today? I woke up late and now I'm going to watch TV all night long. Lazy, lazy days... It feels so good when you don't have to do anything!

Xoxo,
Ivana

Essence - So wanted + BM

Here I'm with my manicure.

I picked a pinkish red jelly - So wanted, which I already showed you here. I have a back-up of this one, because I really love how it looks like candies and Essence stopped selling it. So bad, because it's really a pretty shade.

I add 3 coats and 1 coat Seche Vite. Then I used BM02 for Lips pattern and BM09 for Love design and Essence Nail Art Stampy polish - Stamp me! white.

Simple and I like it!

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!

Xoxo,
Ivana

Essence LE Eclipse - Undead?

Do you want to see something new? Here it is! Black polish on my nails! I don't like it! My mother asks me, if something is wrong with me.

Undead? is a black jelly base nail polish with silver and pink shimmer. I add 2 coats, it dries fast so I didn't use a TC.

Shimmer is more visible in bottle as on nails.

What do you think? Does black look good on me? I really don't like it, pink is definetely my favorite color!

Xoxo,
Ivana