Apologies, giveaway and stuff:)

I'm crazy busy, so no blogging. i'm currently wearing Nina Pro - Purple X-Ing, which is amazing, but I wasn't home in time to catch some daylight and lightbulb pics are just crappy. I'm wishing for a lightbox for my birthday;)

I've been thinking about a giveaway for some time now, but figured I'd do it after the holidays since there were plenty in December. And my birthday is coming up, so let's call this one Fleur's birthday giveaway:)I'm turning 25, so there are 25 items in it. yes, mostly nail polish, but also some MU that is currently essential in my life:)

Here's the loot:


First, three Vollare nail art polishes (101, 133 and 140).



Some S-He (464, 455, 399 and 437):



Again Vollare, this time Ashanti and Joy polishes (326, G113, G109 and 387):




Of course I can't do anything without Essence:
(Undead?, Trensetter, Watch out, Glisten up! and Happy holiday)



Some random polishes:
(Catrice - Back to black, BL Deluxe - 5 and Alessandro - 265)



And as I promised, some MU stuff. These days, the combo of the cream eyeshadow and some powder eyeshadow, quickly blended on my eyelid, is my go-to eye make up. It lasts through the day and it's quick and foolproof. So I bought these for you too:) And an addition of a lipgloss in a bloody red colour and false lashes for weekend evenings out:)




If you counted you see that there are only 23 item. Yes, I promised 25:) The other two items are jewellery pieces, which the winner gets to choose herself from my new web site, Lumpa.si. Sorry guys, it's only in slovene for now, but I will translate it in the near future:) And a hint... I figured out a new technique for the rings, I'm going to post some new pictures on the site tomorrow.

That's it, 25 items for my 25th birthday:) To enter, you must be a public follower via GFC and comment on this post with your email. Open internationally. This giveaway closes on my birthday, that is the 18th of January, at 2 pm (when I was born) CET.

Good luck!

My stash

During the holidays I took some time and organized my stash. I proudly present a spreadsheet with all the polishes I own (without treatments, BC and TC):

LINK to the Google spreadsheet

The link to this spreadsheet will always be available on the right sidebar, so if you wish to see swatches of any specific polish, just ask and I will make it happen:)

Essence - Black Out and Constance Carroll - Flashing Silver

Even though I drastically shortened my nails again (because I can't type with long nails...), they're still sort of yellow or greenish, because i was lazy the other day and didn't use a base coat. I know I know, should have known better... I was in a real hurry yesterday, so I had to put a polish on that was a one coater. I remembered reading about this Essence one from their new trend edition - I was lucky and Santa brought it to me:) It's a semi matte, plastic sort of finish polish.

One coat was enough for medium coverage, the sort that you can get away with, but are annoyed by the balder spots:) So when I came home, I put another coat on my pinky finger - you can see that it does look much better. I also put a matte top coat on my middle finger, to show you the difference between matte and "soft touch finish" as Essence calls it.







I've been in a shimmery/blingy phase for some time now, so of course having matte black nails is not acceptable:) I put a layer of Constance Carroll's Flashing Silver on top, and two layers on my ring finger, sort of like an accent nail. I really like this polish, it's cheap and makes any dull polish liven up just enough, so it's still wearable but blingy.

BeautyLine Deluxe - Nr.2

I looked at my calendar this morning and it hit me - it's only 4 days to Christmas, and I'm not feeling it at all! So I had to at least put something christmasy on my nails. I remembered a gold foil polish I bought last week, dug it up and put it on. I was shocked, it's THE perfect gold foil! It's a cheapass polish from KIK (a textile discount store), but it's great! It's a one coater, and it's not all gold, it's got tiny silver and copper stuff in it too, just to liven it up. I really love it! In the pics it's without top coat (because I ran out of SV:( ).









See the macro shot? Amazing!


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China Glaze - For Audrey

Yes, finally I managed to take pics of my nails and post them:)

China Glaze - For Audrey was a long long time lemming for me, and I finally got it a month or so back. I totally forgot I even had it until I randomly stumbled upon it in my drawer. Of course I put it on immediately:) It took three coats to even out, I suspect it was my fault and it usually takes two:) I topped it with China Glaze Fast Forward - I'm testing it to see if it could replace Seche Vite, because it is much more easily accesible to me than SV. A terrible thing has happened you see - I ran out of Seche. That totally has a part in my lack of manicures:(

Anyway, enough crying. Pics (after three days of wearing, so not bad at all):

What I've been up to

Believe it or not, last week I only painted my nails once! I went nekkid for three days, and then I wore Dusky Mauve for four days. I took pics, but they're crappy, sorry.

I want to show you, what I've been up to.

I'm opening my web shop thingy sometime next week, so I've been making jewellery like crazy. Rings and necklaces mostly. Preview? :)

Catz :)

I'm not going to apologise for not posting, hell, it happens to everyone.

Instead of an apology I have an adorable pics for you:) Gal, sleeping. One of the rare times he's still enough so I can take a picture.



And this is his idea of helping;) I'm begining a new "project" and was trying to take pics. I wasn't successful:)



Oh, and see the new design? It's still a work in progress, but isn't it amazing? I love it! Thanks to Laura from EightDayDesigns, who totally rocks:)