Valentine's Day ♥

It's a Valentine's Day today! Hope you're spending a nice time with those you love!

I made this manicure yesterday for this special day. It's not just a Valentine's day for me, every 14th in the month reminds me that I'm one month longer with my BF. Today we're 2 years and 10 months together... Love you honey!

Let's start with my manicure... I couldn't decide what color should I wear.. I didn't want ending with red, so I picked all these color and made pink-a-lilac creme skittles.

Essence - No More Drama

Essie - Lilacism

Orly - Lollipop

China Glaze - Something Sweet

China Glaze - Rich & Famous

I added 2 coat of each and 1 coat of Essie G2G. I didn't have any problems with applications. Here's one picture, but I forgot to include my thumb.

Sorry for the bad picture, it was so grey outside!

Then I started thinking what should I do now.... I searched for inspiration at many blogs and then decided to do this... Mix and match...

I was just holding Pure Ice for taking pictures, I didn't use it for this manicure. It's the only bottle I have at BF's.

Daylight, cloudy day

From L to R:
Essence - No More Drama stamped with Essence - Stamp me! White & Confetti - Vava Voom + BM02
Essie - Lilacism stamped with Essence Stamp me! White + m73
Orly - Lollipop sponged with Wet n Wild - Glitz
China Glaze - Something Sweet stamped with Essence Stamp me! White & Confetti - Vava Voom + BM02
China Glaze - Rich & Famous stamped with Essence Stamp me! White + m79

I tried sponging for the first time and I really like it how it turned out. What do you think? It's not classic red&white manicure, but it's so me. I spent an hour for this and then half hour just for my pinkie. I was perfectly done with both hands and then I ruined my pinkie... I decided to start at the beggining and ruined it again... And again... And again... And finally made it.

I won't be posting this week, because I'm having an exam on Thurdsay and I have to study. I also forgot all my polishes at home.

Happy Valentine's day girls!

Xoxo,

Ivana

Essence - Princesses Rule! + Konad

I passsed it! I passed it! Yaaay!I passed the exam from the last week. I'm so happy right now. I was so scared about that exam, because it is one of the most difficult but I passed it, which can't be said for yesterday's exam. Unfortunately. I didn't sleep all night, I was studying all night and day long, but when I got my exam in hands I had blank head. I wrote something but I think it won't be enough... Well.. We'll see. Thank you for wishing me luck!

It was quite a stressful day for me yesterday, I was so sleepy, I almost fell asleep on train, because it was really really hot. Then I realized that I broke my pinkie somehow... Now I can't have same shape on my all nails and I really don't like it... And my neck is in pain and I don't know why. I can't move my head, when I eat it hurts too.. I can complain all day long, yes.

Enough... I took this picture right before I left my house. I got so many compliments from friends and all were like "How did you do this??". So, on the base coat Princesses Rule! I stamped this lovely pattern from M73 and Confetti Vava Voom. Unfortunately I smudge the pattern on my pointer.

Daylight, Cloudy Day

I really like this combo and this pattern is one on my favorite! What do you think?

I'm still not sure if I'll be painting my nails till my pinkie don't grow up enough, because I really can't stand different shapes of my nails.

Do you have exams now too? How are you doing with? Did you already pass them? Let me know...

Xoxo,
Ivana

Confetti - Vava Voom + Konad

I get up late again so when I wanted to take photo of my manicure it was already a night outside. And the weather is so bad, so boring and depressed. Hate it!

I add polka dots pattern from M79 Konad Image plate. I'm so happy Essence started selling a nail art white stampy polish, because I always wanted to find alternative for white Konad nail polish. It works great and it's cheap - 1,89€ per bottle for 5 ml.

That's it! Like it? I must admit that I like it but lengh of my nails is going me crazy. Why? I don't know. When my nails are longer, they start curving and that's I really hate. I think I'll shorten them a little. I'm always crying that I want long nails and when I'm on a good way to have them, I'm not satisfied.
Who would understand me?

Xoxo,
Ivana

Confetti - Vava Voom

I hate this weather and that at 5 PM is already a night, because I can't take better pictures. But I guess it will have to work.

First I put this Confetti - Vava Voom on my toes, so I decided to paint my nails on my hands too. It's a nice berry pink color and one coater, what I really like, because I was super fast done with my mani.

Both pictures were taken with flash.

How do you like it? I guess I'll have to make a lightbox.

Song of the day: Enrique Iglesias & Nicole Sherzinger - Heartbeat

I don't know where we going

I don't know who we are
Feels like we are flowing
High above the stars,…

That's all for today, have a nice Sunday!

Ivana

Pink Ombre Manicure + Konad

What's up, folks?

It's such a boring day and my head is killing me. I have insomnia again, can't sleep at night, I usually fall asleep at 9 AM. I hope I'll be better tomorrow.

A few days ago I recevied a konad image plate M79 with a polka dot pattern, yaaaay! So I tried it today. I used same nail polishes, which I used for my Ombre manicure - Bubble gum pink and Vava Voom. I totally forgot to say that Vava Voom is one coater, so pigmented, so I found another nail polish for stamping.

I must admit that this pattern is so hard to stamp, because sometimes dots lose the round shape and then it doesn't look good so I had to stamp it a couple of times to get a decent round dots. I think I need more practise.

One fall picture.

Do you like "Polka Dots" design?

Take care,
Ivana

Pink Ombre Manicure

I tried something new today, yaay! A few days ago I saw this super cute pink ombre manicure at Esmerald Sparkle and I fell in love with it - how couldn't if I adore pink! I had in plan to test my new Konad plate, but I had to try it on my own.

I watched a couple of videos on youtube and at Seventeen Magazin and I give it a try.

You can start with one color and add it white or black nail polish to lighten or to darken the shade, or you can pick 2 polishes and mixed them together. I picked the last version.

Nail Polishes I used was a Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Bubblegum Pink (a light bubble gum shimmer pink) and Conffeti - Vava Voom (a berry creme pink).

I mixed them on a piece of paper with a toothpick. First I add one drop of darker one in 3 drops of light one. I totally forgot that I need a clean brush so I had to do first step twice. And so on! On thumb I add Bubblegum pink and on pinkie Vava Voom.

This is how it looks like. Btw.. weather is still so bad, so it's really hard to take good pictures!


My ring and middle finger look almost the same, I should mix darker shade for my ring finger.

You should mix enough nail polish to add 2 coats on 2 nails, don't forget!

So, have you ever tried it? Do you like it? I'm sure I'll try it again but I think I'll choose one darker color and I'll lighten it with white.

Happy day!

Ivana