Malena nail polishes

Hi there!

If you decide to stay with me for a few minutes, I'll show you couple of polishes from a brand 'Malena'. On bottles says 'made in France', but on the other side you can see that they're bottled in Macedonia. Anyway, girls from Serbia can found them in 'Lilly' drugstores, which is where I bought them myself. I grabbed few bright and vivid colors. 

Ukoliko odlučite ostati sa mnom par minuta, pokazat ću Vam neke od lakova branda 'Malena'. Na bočicama stoji 'made in France', no na drugoj strani možete vidjeti da su punjene u Makedoniji. Cure iz Srbije ih mogu pronaći u 'Lilly' drogerijama, gdje sam ih i sama uzela. Zgrabila sam par svijetlih i jarkih boja.

Malena 14, one coat, no topcoat, outside / jedan sloj, bez nadlaka, vani

Malena 14, two coats, no topcoat, outside / dva sloja, bez nadlaka, vani

I added a second coat, not because I needed one, but out of habit. This way the color looks bit deeper, but that's all, I could stop after the first coat. As for color - you can see it yourself, it's blue perfection .

Dodala sam i drugi sloj, ne zato što mi je trebao, već iz navike. Ovako boja izgleda nešto dublja, no to je sve, slobodno sam mogla stati nakon prvog sloja. A kad smo već kod boje, vidite i same, savršena plava .

Malena 51, two coats (except on ring finger - one coat over white), no topcoat, outside / dva sloja (osim na prstenjaku - jedan sloj preko bijele), bez nadlaka, vani

Malena 51, three coats (except on ring finger - two coats over white), no topcoat, outside / tri sloja (osim na prstenjaku - dva sloja preko bijele), bez nadlaka, vani

Malena 51 looks awesome, both in bottle and on nails! But, here comes the bad part - taking picture of it was mission impossible, I played with my camera, tried different options, but it just can't see this color . The color is vivid green, with touch of blue in it, that's probably the reason why camera sees it this way. I have dupe, beyu 147, but I didn't had luck with those photos either. Search on internet wasn't too successful, I found just one swatch, by Marry J. On the very first photo in her post, with just a bottle, you can see the most accurate color of this polish. 

The polish looks kinda jelly, that's why I wanted to try it over white, which you can see on my ring finger. On first photo I noticed visible nail line, so I returned with one more layer, but honestly, I'm not sure that it was necessary after all. The white base is not necessary either, the polish looks almost the same with it or without it. And I'm really sad because I can't show you the real color of this polish, because it's absolutely adorable . 

Malena 51 izgleda fantastično, kako u bočici, tako i na noktima! No, evo i famoznog ali - njegovo fotografiranje je nemoguće, pokkušavala sam sa svim mogućim opcijama, ali kamera tu boju jednostavno ne vidi . Radi se o živoj zelenoj boji, s trunkom plave u sebi, koja je najvjerojatniji razlog što je kamera vidi baš na ovaj način. Ima i duplić, beyu 147, no ni s njegovim fotkanjem nisam imala previše sreće. Niti potraga po internetu nije urodila plodom, pronašla sam tek jedan swatch, na stranici Marry J, i tamo na prvoj fotki u njenom postu, gdje je sama bočica laka, možete vidjeti najtočniji prikaz boje. 

Formula mi se učinila jelly, pa sam ga htjela probati preko bijele, kao na prstenjaku. Na prvoj seriji fotki sam primjetila vidljivu liniju nokta, pa sam se vratila po još jedan sloj laka... no iskreno, nisam sigurna da mi je bio baš tako potreban. Ni bijela baza nije imala neku svrhu, sa slojem više na noktu, boja se sasvim izjednačila s onom bez nje. A ne mogu Vam opisati koliko mi je žao što ne mogu uhvatiti pravu boju laka, jer je upravo prekrasan .

Malena 64, one coat over white, except on ring finger - two coats, no topcoat, outside / jedan sloj preko bijele, osim na prstenjaku gdje su dva sloja, bez nadlaka, vani

Malena 64, two coats over white, except on ring finger - three coats, no topcoat, outside / dva sloja preko bijele, osim na prstenjaku gdje su tri sloja, bez baze, vani 

This polish was a total surprise! I didn't even bought it for myself... but I change my mind when I saw how great it looks over white in my previous manicure. It's hot pink with touch of blue, and it screams summer with every single molecule . Although I added the second coat over white, I must confess that I like it better with just one coat. 

The formula of these polishes is kinda watery, but the pigmentation is still pretty good. Drying time was great, finish is pretty glossy. As for durability, they will survive two days without any accident... maybe even more, but I removed them after two days. The biggest flaw of these polishes are - their names. Brush inside the bottle of 12 ml is narrow, but it spreads nicely over nail, as you can see on lower photos.

Ovaj lak je bio totalno iznenađenje!  Premda ga nisam kupila za sebe... odlučila sam ga zadržati kad sam vidjela kako dobro izgleda preko bijele u prethodnoj manikuru. Riječ je o hot pink, skoro pa neon rozoj s dozom plavetnila, koja vrišti 'ljeto' iz svake molekule . Premda sam dodala i drugi sloj preko bijele, moram priznati da mi se više sviđa s tek jednim slojem. 

Formula ovih lakića je malo rjeđa, ali su svejedno odlično pigmentirani. Vrijeme sušenja je super, finiš je sjajan i bez nadlaka. Što se tiče trajnosti, sigurno će izdržati dva dana bez problema... vjerojatno i više, ali ja sam ih skidala nakon dva dana pa ne mogu tvrditi za dalje. Najveća mana ovih lakova su - njihova dosadna imena. Četkica unutar bočice od 12 ml je uža, ali se lijepo raširi preko nokta, što možete vidjeti na donjim fotkama. 

I paid them 129 dinars each, which is 8,60 kn or 1.30 €. Excellent price if you ask me! I'm so happy for buying these, love all three of them. Hope I'll found some time and take them out few more time this summer... if not, there's always next .

Have you found any new brand lately? Did you bought anything, are you happy with it?

Platila sam ih 129 dinara komad, što bi bilo nekih 8,60 kn ili 1,30 €. Odlična cijena! Presretna sam zbog ove kupnje, ne znam koji mi je od ovih lakića draži. Nadam se samo da ću uhvatiti vremena i prošetati ih još koji put ovog ljeta... a ako i ne stignem, uvijek postoji iduće .

Jeste li i same nedavno pronašle kakav novi brand? Jeste kupile što, kako ste zadovoljne s tim?

Thanks for stopping by, Žana