It's V-day! ♥

It's <3 Valentine's day! <3 I love Valentine's day but that doesn't mean you have to show love only today but all the time of course. I'm having a really really bad day today but oh well... It's only a bad day, not life. :)

I wanted something simple but cute and what's better than glitter and pink manicure? For me... Nothing. :) I showed you my franken I did months ago (actually half year ago :o ) and I still didn't wear it and I was so excited when I made it....... I really need or more hands or less polish, I have so many untrieds. :/

I started with a coat of Revlon - Cupid and a layer of my franken. Almost all the glitter was in sandwich but I wanted some on the surface too, so I added a coat of Essence - Circus Confetti and finished everything with a layer of top coat. <3

Daylight

Sun

Blurry

 Nail Tek - Foundation II
Revlon - Cupid / 1 coat

Frankenpolish made by me / 1 coat

Essence - Circus Confetti / 1 coat

Beauty Secrets Fast Drying TC

I don't know about you but I simply love it. <3 It's not really screaming Valentine's day but it's pink and all that multicolored glitter screams fun. :) What do you think? 

I really hope you're having a great day and week and thanks for reading! Oh, and we reached 1111 (just saw we got another one :i ) 1112 today, thank you so much, it really means a lot to me. <3

Xoxo,

Ivana <3

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 #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

Step by Step: Pink Glittery Swirls & Review

My nails are even shorter than last week, they just don't want to cooperate with me. :/ But that didn't stop me do to another step by step post. :)

I got a new stamping image plate from Born Pretty Store so I decided to try it out for this manicure. I didn't have anything on my mind so I decided to surprise myself. xD 

Here's the final result. :) I'm still not sure if I like it because obvisouly they're not perfectly stamped like I'd want them to be but I decided to post them anyway. :$ All pictures in this post were taken under daylight bulb with black background.

If you want to see step by step pictures (a.k.a tiny picture spam) and a review for the stamping plate I used, click read more. :)

Swap with Lynsey #2

I've got an amazing package today. <3 I got so many new bottles lately and I really don't know where to start. I'm also dealing with lack of inspiration. My nails are naked for 2 days now and I'm still not fully decided what to wear next. xD But I'm so happy to have all these beauties around me. :)

I did a swap with Lynsey this winter but we stay in touch and decided to do another one, yay. Swaps are super fun, I always feel like a kid while opening the package, but because I ran out of bubble wrap I had to open them carefully today, even more exciting. :)

Here's what I got all the way from Canada. :)

OPI

Sparrow me the Drama

Planks a Lot

Silver Shatter

Nicole by OPI

I'm a Belieber

I've Bieber Fever

China Glaze

Ruby Pumps

Pom Pom

Joy

Secret Peri-wink-le

Revlon

Gum Drop

Cotton Candy

Bubble Gum

Finger Paints

Rose Patina

Artistic Azure

Orly

Basket Case

Deborah Lippmann

 Angel Eyes

Milani Jewel FX

Gold

Claire's

Beachy Keen

Purpleicious

Milani Gold is such an amazing glitter. <3 You might noticed that I already have it, but if I want to do all my nails with this beauty, I'd run out so quickly, that's why I's even more happy when I saw she found me a back up. Got my Pirates, scented Revlon polishes, those 4in1 polishes from Claire's which got mixed during the transition but still, they look super fun, that's why I wanted them and my first Finger Paints - I actually didn't expect I'll like them so much, first impression is really really good though. And I just need to mention Ruby Pumps. <3 This baby is even prettier in RL as on pictures, you know I don't like red so much but this one is just amazing and must have for all nail junkies. :) Well they're all just so beautiful. <3

Hershey's Cookies'n'Creme Eggs. <3 Last time she sent me Hershey's Kisses in same flavor and I fell in love with them. I love cookies but I always loved more the creme inside. These are just perfect - lots of creme with pieces of cookie. ^_^ I really don't know what I'll do when I eat them all. <\3 I got another Body Lotion from Bath & BodyWorks - smeels divine. :L I also got a huge Laura Secord Crunchy Peanut Butter Egg but my mom ate it before I even took pictures. :$

Thank you so much Lynsey for another super awesome package. :k I really hope you'll like goodies I picked for you when you get them as much as I am loving these. <3

Pretty new babies, right? :i

Nighty night,

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