Blue & Purple Zebra Print

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

My Top 10 Favorite Nail Polishes 2010 Part I.

Did you ever try to pick 5 favorite polishes? But just 5! I tried... But when I named 5 I wasn't satisfied with my pick because I've like 15 or even more that's also my fav. First I wanted to show you top 5, but I really can't name just 5 so here is my top 10 favorite nail polishes for this year. And even this was very very tough.

I will write my top 10 in 2 parts, because I'm really avoiding writing long posts. Let's start... In no specific order. You can see my previous swatches of all of them by clicking on its name.

China Glaze - Something Sweet
Up&Away Collection, Spring 2010

Something sweet is a beautiful pastel pink creme polish. I have many of pastel pinks in my stash, but application of some pastel is difficult and that's the reason why I just love this polish. It's enough to add 2 coats, no streaks at all, so you don't even have to be careful. Brush is great, colors are amazing, that's why I just love China Glaze polishes and I have so many of my WL.

H&M - Blue My Mind

You probably know that I'm not a big blue lover. But... When I saw gorgeous pictures of this one all around I fall in love with. Blue my Mind is a gorgeous blue creme nail polish. I don't like brush of H&M polishes but it's worth to be patient and you can apply it just perfectly. For those who can't get this one, you can pick also Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue because these two are twins. If you're a blue lover, you really must have a blue like this!

OPI - DS Extravagance

Extravagance is a OPI polish from a Designer Series collection - glitter, glamorous magenta. It has purple and red shimmer with tiny holo effect. Great application, gorgeous color,... Love at first sight! I feel so good with this polish on my nails.

OPI - Mad as a Hatter
Alice in Wonderland Collection

Mad as a Hatter... A glitter bomb that I just adore. It was really hard to get this beauty, because I wanted it when it was already sold out everywhere or it was selling for ridiculous prices. I paid just a little too much, but I really don't regret a cent, note to myself - if you like it, get it immediately! I'm so happy this silvery multicolor glitter love is now all mine.
I don't know why, but when I saw OPI bottle, I get association on elegant and classy.

Nubar - Petunia Sparkle
Sparkles Collection, Spring 2010

Pink + glitter... Perfect match! Petunia Sparkle is so sparkly and so beautiful. Application is a little tricky, but nothing that we, polish addicts, can't handle. It dries in kind of matte, so with TC is this beauty much, much better. I really want more glitters in my stash. If you're going crazy with removing glitters, use foil method and all your problems are solved.

These are my first 5 of 10 top nail polishes. Do you like/have any of them? Which one are yours top 10 polishes? I would love to hear your pick!

Xoxo,
Ivana

Nubar - Petunia Sparkle Comparison

A few weeks ago, when I showed you my first Nubar - Petunia Sparkle, Pink_Diamond asked me if I can show her how this beauty looks with just one coat and 2, etc... She said that she's too lazy to put too many coats, because she ruined it before it dries. I was just like her, but when I got Good to go, a fast drying TC from Essie, 3 coats or more aren't the problem anymore for me. But Petunia Sparkle also dries fast even without TC.

Number on picture is the number of coats I used on each nail.

If I would be more careful, it would also look great with 2 coats, but I had to put one more to cover my nails tips. It's too sheer to add just one and it doesn't look nice if you ask me. I tried my best to cover my whole nail with one coat, but the brush kept wiping off the glitter, so I couldn't make it just with one.

Hope this comparison helped you, Pink_Diamond!

As you can see, I changed the header. I want something with fall theme and this one is perfect - with a touch of pink. How do you like it?

Take care,
Ivana

Nubar - Petunia Sparkle with TC

I wish it was sun outside! But no luck I guess. Outside is a real fall weather. Hope it'll be like this for a few months, because I really hate cold weather and winter, of course!

I added 1 coat Seche Vite to a beautiful Petunia Sparkle. Without TC is more matte than glossy and with TC the surface is smooth and not bumpy.

After 3 days wearing this beauty still looks beautiful and perfect, but you should apply it and TC on the tip of the nail too or you'll get tip wear soon!

Look what I've eaten yesterday! Roasted chesnuts! Yummmmmmmmi!

Of course I had to took picture of my mani with chesnuts! I'm going crazy with pictures just like I was going with MAAH!

Do you like chesnuts? Boiled or roasted? I really like both. That's almost the only reason why I love fall.

Happy day!

Ivana

Nubar - Petunia Sparkle

Glitters, glitters, my love!

With MAAH I discovered my love to glitters and since I've seen Petunia Sparkle here at Polish Drop (I love this blog, you should check it too!) I knew I had to have it! And Tinna from Tinna's nails ordered one also for me!!! Thank you sweety, again! Check also her Petunia sparkle and her beautiful nails! I just got it so I immediately put it on my short nails!

Petunia Sparkle is a pink glitter nail polish. I add 3 coats without TC, surface is rough but it doesn't bother me, maybe I'll add TC later. This one would look great also with 2 thick coats, but I add 3 thin! It's not difficult to apply it - you just have to make sure you have enough polish on your brush or you'll wipe off the glitter with a dry brush. It dries very fast, finish is kind of matte.

So, let's start with a lot of the same pictures, O.K.? Unfortunately there was no sun outside, so I took pictures on a cloudy day. It was so hard to capture real color of this beauty and sparkling effect doesn't show off at all!

With flash I tried to capture sparkling effect, but no luck I guess.

It sparkles so much in RL! Stunning! I can't tell you how much I love it! This is my first Nubar and I'm so happy that I have a chance to try it. Take a look of the botlle:

It contains 15ml of nail polish and it's Formaldehyde, Phthlate and Toluene FREE - first I didn't read carefully and I thought that has these in!

Imagine effect shown on the picture below × 100 and you'll get the effect that I can see with my eyes! Just the color on this picture is too purple!

Stunning!

I'm impressed with Nubar polishes, do you have same experience as me? Which one you think I should put on my WL?

Oh, I also add a What's next? column, just for reminder for myself what I have to try and also you can know what to expect next! Polishes aren't written down in sequential order, I will pick randomly from the list.

Happy Friday, girls!

Ivana