Stare nijanse koje nisu za baciti / Old shades not to be thrown away

I planned on using some of the oldest shades I've got in my collection for this manicure. I was wandering if the polishes are still good. They sure are gorgeous. If they weren't, they wouldn't have found their way to me. :) I wanted something a bit more embellished, but I worried about how it'll look. I like to do all kinds of things, but mostly I experiment with colours, not accessories. I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I got some compliments on top of it.

Kod ove sam manikure prvenstveno imala u planu napraviti nešto s nekim od najstarijih primjeraka u mojoj kolekciji. Znaimalo me jesu li još uvijek funkcionalni. Predivni svakako jesu. Da nisu, ne bi nikada ni došli do mene. :) Htjela sam nešto mrvicu nacifranije, ali me bilo strah kako će to izgledati. Volim raditi sve i svašta, ali većinom eksperimentiram bojama, a ne dodacima. Prezadovoljna sam kako je uspjelo i pobrala sam stvarno extra komplimenata.

Manhattan - 34K in Orange

Hello!

Manhattan is another good drug store brand. It's more acceptable than L'Oreal, comparing their price, and they're about the same when it comes to their quality, at least when it comes to their polishes. Although, I believe Mitrochka would disagree since she always says that Manhattan polishes are a disappointment, so you have both opinions in one place :) I think they're really good.

Anyhow, today I'm bringing you the pictures made a while ago, when the sun was shining a lot more, and the smell of snow wasn't in the air. Here's a polish from Quick Dry collection, Manhattan 34K.


Pozdrav!

Manhattan je još jedna od dobrih marki drogerijskog ranga. Cjenovno je pristupačnija od L'oreala, a kvalitetom su tu negdje, barem što se tiče lakova za nokte. Iako vjerujem da se Mitrochka ne bi složila s time obzirom kako ona uvijek kaže da su joj Manhattan lakovi razočaranje pa nek se oba mišljenja nađu na jednom mjestu :) No meni su stvarno dobri.

U svakom slučaju, danas vam donosim slike napravljene pred neko vrijeme, kad je sunce puno jače sjalo, a snijeg se još uvijek nije mogao ni namirisati. Radi se o laku iz Quick Dry kolekcije, Manhattan 34K.



L'oreal - Magic Croisette

Hello!

L'oreal is a quality, drug store brand that my friends and I like to buy. Their mascaras and lipsticks receive the highest praises but their polishes do not fall far behind. The last one I showed to you was my favourite nude polish - Rose Bagatelle and today I'm showing you another, dark blue beauty - Magic Croisette.

Pozdrav!

L'oreal je kvalitetna drogerijska marka kozmetike koju rado kupujemo moje prijateljice i ja. Najviše se hvale njihove maskare, ruževi, ali i lakovi ne zaostaju kvalitetom. Zadnji koji sam vam pokazala je moj najdraži "nudać" - Rose Bagatelle, a danas vam predstavljam jedan krasni tamnoplavi - Magic Croisette.


Watercolor nails

An inspirational photo with this technique I've got in my inspirational TO DO folder since long time ago. I've always considered it cute, but truth be told, I've always hesitated to try a technique that I couldn't control the outcome because it doesn't depend on me how the colors will overlap and I really wasn't prepared to do a manicure that requires more work in cleaning up after than the manicure alone. Since I had some extra free time, I dared to try. You really can't know until you try.

Jednu inspiracijsku fotku s ovom tehnikom sam jednom davnih dana spremila u TO DO folder. Uvijek mi je ovo bilo simpa, ali iskreno, zazirala sam od tehnika kod kojih pod prvo ne mogu kontrolirati ishod jer ne ovisi o meni kako će se boje na svakom noktu pospoijti, a pod drugo, nisam bila spremna raditi manikuru u kojoj će mi više posla zadavati čišćenje nereda nego sama manikura. Kako sam ovih dana imala nešto viška slobodnog vremena, odvažila sam se ipak pokušati. Ne znaš dok ne probaš.