Happy Halloween!

Hi my friends!

Do you have plans for today? We're going to light up the candles, eat popcorn and watch some scary movies... after all, I'm an old woman . But that won't keep me from polishing my nails... and some other's... if I had a chance. The only thing I regret is that I didn't start to do Halloween manis earlier, I didn't had the time to do everything I wanted... but next year I'll be smarter... maybe. 
Since it's a pumpkin day, I have pumpkins on my nails . I'm pretty happy with the way it looks, only had trouble with the pictures, because of the thick layer of acrylic paint... didn't think in advance, there should be white paint under neat... There's just one more thing, and it's worrying me... I draw better with left hand... this time my left looks so bad that I even don't wont to bother my self with showing it. Blah, blah, blah... let's see the pictures.
Imate li već kakve planove za danas? Mi doma palimo svijeće, jedemo kokice i uživamo u hororima... ipak sam ja već stara žena . Ali to me neće spriječiti da i dalje lakiram nokte... čak i tuđe... ako imam priliku. Jedino mi je žao što nisam ranije počela s Halloween manikurama, ovako nisam stigla odraditi sve što sam namjeravala... ma dogodine ću biti pametnija... valjda.
Kad je već dan bundeva, naravno da ih imam na noktima . Baš sam zadovoljna kako izgledaju, jedini problem pri fotkanju mi je predstavljao debeli sloj akrilne boje, kad se već pametnica nisam sjetila da kao podlogu stavim bijelu boju... I još me nešto brine... ne mogu vjerovati kako mi crtanje bolje ide s lijevom rukom, ovaj put mi lijeva ruka izgleda puno lošije tako da se uopće neću gnjaviti s pokazivanjem tih fotki. Bla, bla, bla... 'ajmo mi na slike.

 

I used a 'Sleep-walker' from last year's Wet'n'Wild Halloween collection as a base, the rest are acrylic paints. Hope you gonna like it as much as I do. 

Since I have the best audience in the whole wide world, I have a bonus picture for you, I did spiders on my niece's nails. Not quite satisfied with them, but  it could be worst . 
Kao baza mi je poslužio 'Sleep-walker' iz prošlogodišnje Halloween kolekcije Wet'n'Wilda, ostatak su akrilne boje. Nadam se da vam se sviđaju kao i meni.
Kako već imam najbolju publiku na svijetu, imam i bonus fotku za vas, nećakinji sam nacrtala paukiće. Nisam baš sasvim zadovoljna, ali mogli su biti i gori .

If spiders looked like this, I wouldn't be scared of it at all .
Da bar pauci izgledaju ovako, ne bih ih se uopće užasavala . 


Have a scary night!


Love, Žana

Jack Skellington

Hi my friends!

This was supposed to be Jack Skellington, the king of the Halloweentown... but unfortunately it doesn't look so great. From the distance, my nails are super cool, but they don't look like Jack Skellington .
This is very simple manicure, I used only two polishes - black and white, dotting tool and tip painter. I'll let you to judge - thumb up or down .
Ovo je trebao biti Jack Skellington, kralj Halloween grada... ali na moju nesreću baš i ne liči na njega. Iz daleka, moji nokti izgledaju baš cool... ali ne kao Jack Skellington .
U biti, radi se o vrlo jednostavnoj manikuri za koju sam koristila samo dva laka, točkalicu i tanki kistić. Puštam vas da odlučite - palac gore ili dolje .




Till we meet again, love yourself and respect everyone else!


Love, Žana 

It's alive!!!

Hi my friends!

No nail art for you today... but I have to show perfect Halloween manicure. I used just one thing - nail polish, 'It's alive' by China Glaze from Halloween collection 2011. I'm sure that you all have seen swatches of this beauty, now it's my turn . 
Danas nećete vidjeti novi nail art... ali isto imam savršenu manikuru za Halloween. Za nju vam treba samo jedna stvar - lak, i to 'It's alive' od China Glazea iz njihove Halloween kolekcije 2011. Sigurno ste već vidjeli swatcheve ovog ljepotana, ali sad je red na mene . 

On my pictures are two coats with top coat except on ring finger nail (if you can see the difference), pics taken outside, see how the color changed when the light comes from different sides.  
All I can say is... my search for perfect Halloween polish is over . It has it all -  the color is perfect, so is the brush and the application, drying time is awesome, full of glitters of all sizes, it's kinda chunky when it dries, but I don't mind. If you do thick coats, just one is enough, maybe a top coat ... I'm in love . 
Na mojim fotkama, odnosno noktima su dva sloja s nadlakom, osim na prstenjaku (ako možete vidjeti razliku uopće), poslikano vani, vidite kako se boja mjenja zavisno iz kojeg smjera dolazi svjetlo.
Jedino što mogu reći... potraga za savršenim lakom za Halloween je gotova . Ima sve - savršenu boju, kao i četkicu i aplikaciju, suši se savršeno, puno glittera svih veličina, hrapav je kad se osuši ali meni uopće ne smeta. Ako stavite deblji sloj, dovoljan vam je jedan, možda i nadlak... ma zaljubljena sam .   


Till we meet again, love yourself and respect everyone else!


Love, Žana  

Blood suckers

Hi my friends!

I didn't even want to post this, but my son says he likes it, so my dear son, this one is for you. This idea looked so much better on the paper than on my nails... but, c'est la vie, next one is going to be better . 
No screaming, please  
Nisam baš ni bila za objavu ove manikure, ali presudio je moj sin koji je zaključio da je baš cool... e pa, dragi sine, ovo ide na tvoju dušu. Sama ideja je izgledala puno bolje na papiru nego na noktima... život je takav, sigurno će iduća biti bolja . 

I bez vrištanja, molim  

I used 'got a secret' by Essence as a base color, the rest of it are acrylic paints.
Za podlogu sam iskoristila 'got a secret' od Essencea, ostatak su akrilne boje. 


That's all folks, till we meet again, love yourself and respect everyone else!


Love, Žana

Bad moon rising

Hi my friends!


Hope you're all right, and life's been good to you . 

This was a challenge, I must admit. I wasn't sure if I can do this, but at the end I was pretty pleased with myself. Amazing Rina was my inspiration for this mani, I'm sure you all have seen her work, she has great tutorials for beginners like me. So, this is my newest Halloween manicure ... on both of my hands. 
Nadam se da ste mi sve dobro i da je život fer prema vama .
Ovo mi je bio izazov, priznajem. Nisam čak ni bila sigurna mogu li to odraditi, ali na kraju sam bila sasvim zadovoljna sama sa sobom. Fantastična Rina mi je bila inspiracija za ovu manikuru, sigurna sam da ste sve upoznate s njenim radom, kod nje ćete naći super tutorijale za početnike među koje se i ja ubrajam. Evo i moje najfriškije Halloween manikure... na obje ruke.

The last pic inside, with artificial light, the rest of them outside. 
Posljednja fotka unutra, umjetno svjetlo, ostatak vani.


I hope you all recognized the black cats in front of moon in a dark night. Is it just me or I'm really better with left hand than my right? 
For this mani I used...
Nadam se da ste sve prepoznale crne mačke nasuprot mjesecu u tamnoj noći. Ne znam jesam li u pravu, ali čini mi se da bolje radim lijevom rukom nego desnom... možda zato jer sam s njom nesigurnija pa više pazim.
Za manikuru sam koristila...

What's your verdict on this? 
Kakva je vaša presuda?


Til we meet again, love yourself and respect everyone else!


Love, Žana

Mummy, may I?

Hi my friends!

I'm back with one more Halloween themes nail art. This time it's... the mummy. There's tones of mummy's tutorials out there, but they all look too clean, so I stole the idea about dirty mummy from Dying4Chocolate, I'm sure she won't mind. 
Evo me natrag, s još jednom Halloween temom. Ovog puta to je... mumija . Naći ćete brdo turotijala o mumijama, ali mene se sve čine nekako prečiste, pa sam ukrala ideju o zamazanoj mumiji od Dying4Chocolate, nadam se da mi neće zamjeriti. 

I smeared the one on the index finger on my right hand ... but, I'm sure next year I'll do it better .

If you like to know, I used China glaze 'snow' as a base, China glaze 'westside warrior' and Essence 'movin' on' for sponging, Golden rose 47 and China glaze 'snow' for eyes... and black tip painter by Essence.  
Uspjela sam zapackati oko na kažiprstu desne ruke ... ali dogodine sigurno bude bolje .
Ako koga zanima, koristila sam China glaze 'snow' za podlogu, malo zamazala spužvom s China glaze 'westside warrior' i Essence 'movin' on', a za okice Golden rose 47 i opet China glaze 'snow'... i naravno, crni tip painter, opet Essence.  


Till we meet again, love yourself and respect everyone else!


Hasta la vista, Žana