I framed my nails with a sparkly glitter!

 Thanks for the lovely comments on my previous post and all suggestions you gave me are now on "to do list". :) It's absolutely great to hear what you think about my blog, what would you love to see from me, so it definitely gave me some ideas about my posts. :)

I was seeing manicure like this on Tumblr a couple of times and I was really interested to do it once. I actually did it once with studs but when I wanted them to seal with a TC the color came off and my manicure was ruined. But when genius Deniz from Emerald Sparkle did this manicure, I knew I should try it too. :D This is the manicure I'm still wearing and although I still have some swatches of two gorgeous polishes to show you, I need to show this one first. :i

I got so many compliments on this manicure, which always made my day. <3 It's so easy to make it, well all you need is a little bit of patience. :D First I didn't know what base color to pick but then I remembered Elsa's tweet that she would love to see a black mani with silver glitter. First I wanted to sponge a silver glitter but I really wanted to try this manicure out so I decided for black base and holographic glitter, I hope I won't disappoint you Elsa. :)

I started with a coat of Wet n Wild - Black Créme, best black polish ever. :) I didn't have patience to frame my nails with silver first so I decided to just place hexagonal silver holographic glitter around... I got glitter sample from Viva La Nails ages ago and I can't find them on their web page, but here you can see the glitters they have available at the moment. I'm not sure if they're thin like these I have but some colors really caught my attention. I prefer glitter over rhinestones, because they're thinner and the surface of a nail isn't bumpy as it would be with rhinestones.

I took a toothpick, put a layer of top coat and started placing the glitter around my nails. I was quickly done with my left hand but I have struggled a bit with my right hand, but I managed to place them as neatly as I could and I was very excited to see the lovely result. :)

Sun

Sun / Blurry

Daylight

 Nail Tek - Foundation 2
Wet n Wild - Black Créme / 1 coat

Silver holographic hexagonal Glitter
Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

I like it better in person as on photos. :D My phone definitely see clearer than me, because those empty spots between glitter aren't so obvious and one of the line looks wonky but in person it looks just fine. :D It's so sparkly in person, I tried to show you all the rainbow going on on blurry picture but it's even more sparkly in person. :)

Let me know what do you think about these kinds of manicures. :) I love it this way but once I would love to have perfect framed nails just with nail polish but I think my hand isn't steady enough for perfect lines like that. :)

Thanks for reading!

Xoxo,
Ivana :k

I feel so uninspired...

Just like the title says... I'm so uninspired lately. :/ Unfortunately I'm having some major peelings on my nails, which really made me sad about my nails. Okay, I love my nails also short but you all know I love long nails on me. :$ So they're short as possible and naked at the moment. :)

I have few posts to type and publish but I think I don't like anything I do on my nails. I can swatch and show you all the goodies I got lately but I have some major problems with picking the color to wear. :D

That's why I decided to ask you. Leave a comment with a question, suggestion of what would you like to see here. Are you having any problems with my site or something isn't working as it should, is here anything you don't like,... Is there a polish I have and you want to see it? Tutorials? Any nail art wishes? Help me make my blog a bit better. :)

I promise I'll take everything as a challenge to myself. I usually don't ask you what color would you like to see first etc. because I know that when I'm not in a mood to wear a certain color, I won't choose it so I was avoiding questions like this. :D But lately I was asking my followers what to pick next and I choose a color they suggest, so I decided to do this also here and maybe catch some inspiration back. 

I'll leave you with a picture of Bebo I took yesterday. Btw you know Bebo had million names, because we couldn't decide which one was the best. Mom called him Miki (Mickey), dad Medo (teddy bear) and me Bebo (baby) but our smart kitty picked the one - Piki. :D So if you called him anything but Piki, he won't even look at you. :D 

He's prepared for Spring and Summer, just like me. xD

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely start of the week!

Xoxo,

Ivana :k

Really Shocking Pink!

When I got Pool Party and tried it for the first time I was very disappointed with all those orange tones in that neon pink. So I wanted something bright and pink so I got Shocking Pink. <3 

Application is horrible! I added 4 thin coats because after 3 it was still streaky. It dries in satin finish so I had to add a layer of top coat and I think it looked just perfect. 3 thick coats would also probably be enough or layering over white. Need to try this out soon!

Daylight

Nail Tek - Foundation 2

China Glaze - Shocking Pink / 4 coats

Beauty Secrets TC Fast Finish Polish Dryer

My phone went a bit crazy while taking the pics of it so it's not 100% color accurate. I'm sure you all know how pink neon markers look like, right? Well that's the right color of this polish. :D

From the moment I saw Kim's Hot Pink manicure I wanted a neon pink like she's wearing on the picture below and I think this pink is quite a match. :)

 http://www.stylebistro.com

I wanted to add a bottle comparison but the sunlight was way too yellow so you can't really see the difference on this photo below. But I really love how Bebo is smelling something in the background. :D

Pool Party, Shocking Pink (Neon)

Well I'm sorry I can't show you how this polish looks in real but if you want something neon pink and you have patience for a tricky application, you need this one. :D I need more neons like this in my life. <3 

What's your favorite neon polish? I just show you mine. :P

It's already 8th March here so Happy International Women's Day dear Ladies! :h

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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

Swap with Nail Loopy

Another swap for today... I got this package a week ago from Nail Loopy. :) I'm really not in the mood to talk a lot today so let's start with pictures. :$

China Glaze - Shocking Pink (Neon)

American Apparel - L'Esprit

Models Own - Pinky Brown

I was very dissapointed with Pool Party, because it was way to orange on my nails. I know I have to try it over white, but I prefer having a true neon pink on my hands that's why I wanted Shocking Pink. :) I also got my first American Apparel and Models Own. I was quite surprised how tiny the bottle of AA is, I always thought they're bigger. :D

 

Orly - Lola

a decant of OPI - Pink Me I'm Good

Markwins International Nail Polish??

Rimmel - Blue my Mind

Blue my mind is a dark blurple in person, I can already see how unfotogenic this polish is. :D

Thank you Nail Loopy for getting me these goodies and I hope you enjoy your goodies too. :e

Thanks for reading and have a lovely end of the week. :k

Xoxo,
Ivana :k