Striped manicures

Hi girls ! :) Last few days I'm all in the pastels! I know it's December and that everybody have began with Christmas manicures, but I've never been that kind of a girl so if I'll do something related to Christmas, then it will really be before Christmas and will generally be a parade of red, glitter, a snowman, Santa Claus and Rudolph. Until that, I want to show you what I've currently had on my mind . 

Hej, ljudi! :) Zadnjih dana sam sva u pastelnom! Znam da je 12. mjesec i da su svi već lagano počeli s božićnim manikurama, no ja nikada nisam bila taj đir i ako ću napraviti nešto božićno, onda će to stvarno biti pred Božić i uglavnom će to biti parada crvene, šljokica, snješka, Djeda Mraza i obavezno Rudolfa. Dok do toga ne dođe, želim vam pokazati što mi je trenutno na pameti.

I've drastically trimmed my nails because they were too long for my taste, and then this circus manicures do not have the same charm. I've also struggled with cuticles that were total disaster. I've changed tires given that snow appeared and the old tires together with the wheels needed to be washed and prepared for spring. Of course problem was pushing hands in soapy water at a temperature of 0°C. Oh, what a nightmare! :( To make the long story short, here's the manicure.

Nokte sam drastično skresala jer su mi za moj ukus postali već predugi, a onda mi na njima ovakve cirkus manikure nemaju istu čar. Mučila sam se i s kožicom koja je totalna katastrofa. Mijenjala sam gume obzirom da nam se i snijeg ukazao pa je stare skupa s felgama trebalo oprati i spremiti za proljeće. Naravno da je u pitanju bilo guranje ruku u vodu s deterdžentom na temperaturi od oko 0 stupnjeva. Ajme, zla! :( Da ne duljim previše, evo manikura:

The basis for these two manicure is white, the color of which I still reach out when I want to highlight pastel colors. This combination we always looks supersweet to me, but white polishes are all hard to work with. I have not run into one that would actually cover my nails in two coats as girls say that they succeeded, and I'm a bit lazy for the three layers if I'm going to layer them up with some color. And then another thing: I do not know if it's the same for you, but when I need to clean my nail root line from white polish excess I go crazy! It is simply mission impossible. I need a lot more time to bring it all in order then with some other polish. Now that I think about it a little, for removing I also need more time and acetone.
 
Baza za ove dvije manikure je bijela, boja za kojom uvijek posežem kada želim istaknuti pastelne boje. Ta mi kombinacija uvijek izgleda superslatko, ali bijeli lakići su mi svi drama za raditi. Još nisam naletjela na onaj koji bi stvarno u dva sloja prekrio moje nokte kako cure govore da im uspjeva, a za tri sloja sam malo lijena ako će gore opet ići neke boje. I onda još jedna stvar: ne znam je li tako i kod vas, ali kada posušeni bijeli lak treba na kraju počistiti kistićem da se dobije uredna linija uz kožicu, ludim! To je jednostavno nemoguća misija. Puno mi više vremena treba da sve to dovedem u red nego s nekim drugim lakićem. Sad kad razmislim malo, i kod skidanja mi isto treba i više acetona i više vremena.

For this manicure I've used blue 2 white polishes. There is saying here in Croatia "When little hands work as one, there is nothing they can't do" :) So I combined two to join forces: SGGM 46 and S -he 115. Regardless it took three coats and of course over Eveline Diamond hard base. When these three layers of white has dried completely, I had covered every nail lengthwise with strips for nail art and polished it with Gabrini N12 pale blue polish. Immediately after painting I've carefully removed one by one strip. When I've finished all the nails, I've cleaned up the mess with the skin at the base of the nail with brush and acetone and sealed manicure with Essence BTGN TC for quick drying. Otherwise, this is very easy to do, but the problem is the removal of the strips while the blue polish is still wet. These strips are quite thin and bent at lift-off, so it is possible that you will stain yourself and your newest manicure. I'm doing it with a special elongated tweezers but I still cursed! :) Because I didn't want my nails to look lonely and like I have a prison pajamas, the ring fingers and thumbs I added studs to make bows!

Za ovu plavu manikuru sam koristila 2 bijela laka. Vodila sam se onom 'Kad se male ruke slože, sve se može...' :) pa sam iskombinirala dva da udruže snage i to SGGM 46 i S-he 115. Svejedno je trebalo 3 sloja i to naravno preko Eveline Diamond hard baze. Kada su se ta 3 sloja bijele sasvim posušila, prelijepila sam svaki nokat uzdužno trakicama za nail art i prelakirala Gabrini N12 svijetloplavim lakićem. Odmah po lakiranju sam oprezno uklanjala jednu po jednu trakicu. Kada sam završila sa svim noktima, počistila sam nered uz kožicu u dnu nokta kistićem i acetonom te nanjela Essence BTGN TC za brzo sušenje. Inače je ovo vrlo jednostavno za napraviti, ali problem je u odstranjivanju tih trakica dok je plavi lakić još mokar. Te su trakice dosta tanke i savijaju se prilikom odljepljivanja pa je vrlo lako moguće da ćete umusati i sebe i novonastalu manikuru. Ja to radim posebnom duguljastom pincetom pa sam svejedno psovala! :) Kako ne bi noktići izgledati pusto i kao da imam zatvorsku pidžamu, na prstenjake i palce sam dodala cirkončiće složene u mašnicu!

This second manicure was quite complicated to do and it's not because it's so much more complicated, but all stars joined and conspired against me . :) At the same base as in the previous manicure, I've layerd two coats of white polish, but this time only SGGM 46. On the ring fingers instead of white polish I've layered two coats of Rimmel 365 Beige style. Once it has dried, I made a side lines with different widths and in different places with long, thin brush for nail art. Btw, pink one is Manhattan 53F. After that again reverently waiting to get it all dried and then turn is coming for dotting tool and a steady hand. White dots are done with Farmasi 33 which is quite thick and pigmented. Since I can't find it nowhere, I don't not use it for manicures other than this small accessories. On the ring fingers I've placed bigger dots, while the other fingers got small and only within the beige line. At the end of course, I've cleaned up the mess and carefully put one layer of Essence BTGN TC. But if I was the most carefull person in the world, I think I would have still smeared the dots. You can't tell it so much by the photos , thank God! :)

Ova druga manikura mi je bila dosta kompliciranija za napraviti i to ne zato što je ne znam kako kompliciranija, nego su mi se sve zvijezde poklopile tako da su se urotile protiv mene. :) Na istu bazu kao i kod prethodne manikure, stavila sam opet 2 sloja bijelog lakića, no ovaj put samo SGGM 46. Na prstenjake sam umjesto bijelog lakića stavila dva sloja Rimmel 365 Beige style. Kad se to posušilo, napravila sam uzdužne linije različitih širina i na različitim mjestima i to dugim, tankim kistom za nail art. Pinkač je Manhattan 53F, btw. Nakon toga opet pobožno čekanje da se sve to posuši i onda točkalica i mirna ruka dolaze na red. Bijele točkice sam radila Farmasi 33 lakićem koji je dosta gust i pigmentiran. Obzirom da ga više nigdje ne mogu naći, ne koristim ga za lakiranje noktiju nego ovako za sitne dodatke. Na prstenjake su išle krupnije točkice, dok su na ostalim prstima sitne i to samo unutar bež linija. Na kraju sam naravno počistila nered i oprezno stavila jedan sloj Essence BTGN TC-a. Ali i da sam bila najopreznija na svijetu, mislim da bih opet razmazala točkice. Ne vidi se toliko na fotkama, hvala Bogu! :)

Do you make Christmas manicures during December or you're like me slackers on this issue? Do you make sure when choosing manicure in which season it is or you are choosing it for the occasion?

I hope you like my circus! :)

:* till next time!

Držite li se vi božićnih manikura tokom prosinca ili ste poput mene zabušanti po tom pitanju? Vodite li se pri odabiru manikura time koje je godišnje doba ili prigoda?

Nadam se da vam se sviđa moj cirkus! :)

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