Franken

I'm so nervous watching the World Cup I have to do something else. So I'm posting here :) Seriously, what's going on there?!?

Anyway - a franken. I haven't named this one yet, so any suggestions are welcome. It was sort of a "mix everything you don't like together" sort of mixing:) I do like the result however. I mixed 1/2 of Flashy Pink, 1/4 of All Access and 1/4 of Live Forever, all Essence.



Pics in sun:







Pic with flash:

Giveaway swatches

I promised swatches of the giveaway polishes, so here goes:


s-he - 470:




s-he - 427




Vollare Roxy - 322




Butterfly Jungle - 244




Joy - 82




Essence - Lilac Forever




Essence - Iced Chai Latte




Essence - Desert Fox




Essence - Shining Star




Butterfly Jungle - random orange polish




Essence - Love Me Tender




Essence - Most wanted




Miss Sporty - 311





Essence - Crazy Me




Essence - Chocolate Shake




Notice anything? Yes, I added a polish. Essence's Crazy me from the Crazy about colour TE. It'a a must have! I'm also adding another Joy - a clear base with teeny tiny silver glittery particles. I forgot to take a pic :(

Now I'm of to watch the second half of the soccer game :)

Essence - In the jungle and Glisten up!

I put In the jungle on a couple of days ago to see what the hype is all about. I didn't really like it, so I put Glisten up! over it. Now that's more like it:)

In the jungle is a dark green creamy colour. It applied nicely, two coats. And then I topped it of with one coat of Glisten up!.

See the flakies and glitter in Glisten up!?




I only took three photos and then my battery died:(

Barry M - Shocking Pink

A couple of days ago, I got an opportunity to recieve a nail polish by Barry M to review. Well, what kind of polish lover would I be if I passed on that chance? :)The polish was sent to me by the lovely Maja from ličila.si. They're the Slovenian sellers of Barry M cosmetics.

Anyway... When I opened the package today, I was like: nooooo, a pink one... A Shocking Pink nonetheless. You know I'm really not a pinkish person when it comes to my nails :) But I guess we all know how this story ends... I ended up loving it:)

Here's the bottle:




And opened bottle with the brush:




I applied it over my regular base coat. Just about then the magic happened - I realised it's really not such a terrible colour:) The application was great - no streaks, no bald spots. The brush is teeny bit flattened and more on the hard side, which I love. I was able to be so precise I had absolutely no cleanup - all the pics you see are tottaly as it was right after polishing.

Believe it or not, this is a one-coater. Here's what it looks under artificial light after just one coat:




I added another coat to see if it did anything to the colour. Well, sort of.. But I would say you can definetly get away with just one coat if you're careful and the layer is more on the thick side.

All of the pics below are two layers, without top coat. Sorry, since it's sort of late here in Slovenia, there's no sunny photos.


Under artificial light:








With flash:






And drying... It took it's time - I'd say drying time is average. Unfortunately I still don't have a quick drying top coat to test it with that.


I figured, since it's a one-coater, it should work with konad. And again, yes, it does. I stamped a few patterns from Konad m61 onto plain white paper.











Even though I did get this polish for free to review, it absolutely didn't affect my opinion. I really do love it! At ličila.si you can get it for 4,45€. It's not the cheapest one, but even I, the cheap-o of all cheap-os, will definetly consider buying some more of them. Ah, this is a painful hobby for my wallet :)

Empire State Of Mind Part II

I had my final written exam in college today! Ever! Yay for me... So I'm taking the rest of the day off:)

I saw this game at nihrida and it looks like fun, so here goes:)

Here are the rules of the game:
1) Put your MP3 player library on shuffle.
2) For each question press the next button to get your answer.
3) You must write that song's name down - no matter how silly it sounds.

So here we go:

*If someone says ''is this okay'' you say?
Killing Me Softly With His Song (by Roberta Flack)

*How would you describe yourself?
Billie Jean (by Michael Jackson)

*What do you like in a girl/guy?
Beast of Burden (cover of a Stones song by Lee Dewyze - American Idol winner)

*How do you feel today?
Heroes (by David Bowie)

*What is your life's purpose?
Come Back To Bed (by John Mayer)

*What is your motto?
Hedonism (by Skunk Anansie) - just because you feeeeel goooooood... :))

*What do your friends think of you?
Le naprej (by DanD)

*What do your parents think of you?
Crazy For You (by Adele)

*What do you think about very often?
Narodno Zabavni Rock (by ansambel Roka Žlindra in Kalamari - Slovenian contestant in the Eurovision) - I'm a little ashamed I have this on my computer *bows head in shame*

*What do you think of the person you like?
Rooster (by Alice In Chains)

*What is your life story?
Crazy (by Patsy Cline) - Hahahahahahahahaha sooo true:))

*What do you want to be when you grow up?
Visions Of Johanna (by Bob Dylan) - couldn't find the original on youtube, just tons of covers:(

*What do you think when you see the person you like?
Tempera (by Gibonni)

*What will you dance to at your wedding?
White Christmas (by Bing Crosby) - there goes my spring wedding xD

*What will they play at your funeral?
Baba O'Reilly (by The Who)

*What is your hobby/interest?
Who Will You Run To? (by Heart) - no, I'm not a jogger:)

*What is your biggest fear?
Old Fashioned Love Song (by Three Dog Night)


*What is your biggest secret?
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (by U2) - no secret there ;)

*What do you think of your friends?
Wish You Were Here (by Pink Floyd)

*What will you post this as?
Empire State Of Mind Part II (by Alicia Keys without Jay Z)

50 followers... OMG :)

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED!


I'm not going to go all sappy and crying... I'll just say - thanks for following me.

And of course, as is almost customary in the blogging sphere, a giveaway :)

I've been wanting to do one since I started blogging, so I've been picking up a polish here and there. Today, there are 14 all together. Not the biggest giveaway ever, but hey, I'm just a poor student ;))

So, the rules: you have to be a follower - follow publicly. That's all:) Oh, and you have to comment on this post and let me know, how I can contact you if you win. I'll send the package anywhere on Earth:) You can enter for a week - so my giveaway will close on the 21 of June at midnight CET.

Another thing - since I want to do something nice for you ladies already following me, you get one bonus entry. All 50 of you! :)

I know you're all waiting for the polishes, so tarararra:



I picked the polishes so that everyone will find something for them in the pack. They are all brand new, bought with my own money. I have all of them, so I'll be doing swatches of them in the next days. Mostly, they're must-haves in my book :)


Essence - Desert Fox: from Into the Wild TE




Essence - Chocolate Shake: from Creamylicious TE




Butterfly Jungle - unlabeled :(




Butterfly Jungle - 244




Essence - Most Wanted




Essence - Love me Tender : from 50's Fever TE




Essence - Lilac Forever :from Crazy About Colour TE




Joy - 82




Essence - Iced Chai Latte : from Creamylicious TE



Essence - Shining Star




S-he - 470




S-he - 427




Vollare Roxy - 322




Miss Sixty - 311

Essence Into the wild TE - Zulu

This is one from Essence's trend edition called Into The Wild. I picked up this polish out of sheer boredom :) I sort of liked the colour, but wasn't convinced. But then, I had time to kill and went to a drugstore... You probably all know how this story goes;)

Anyway - I don't like it on me. I generally like the colour though. I applied two coats, it dried kinda slow. It says it's matte on the packaging, but it's sort of plastic, definetly not matte.


Sun:


Flash:



I'm not keeping it - it's already packed and ready to go to it's new home:)

And a P.S.: YAAAAAAAAAAAAY, we won we won we won!!! :)) (->football/soccer of course)