Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Reto 2013 - Inspired by Flags

Hi my friends!


It's the third week of Reto 2013 challenge, this week the theme are flags. I'm from Croatia, so it's right if I give you my version of Croatian flag.
Maybe you know, maybe you don't: Croatian flag consist of three colors: red, white and blue, and they are horizontally arranged. In the middle of white field is coat of arms of Croatia which looks like a shield with 25 red and white fields (like in a chess), above it you can see five crowning shields which represent the historical regions from which Croatia originated: oldest known Croatian coat of arms, old coat of arms of Republic of Ragusa, coat of arms of Dalmatia, the one of Istria and the last one of Slavonia.
Evo nas u trećem tjednu Reto 2013 izazova, ovaj tjedan tema su zastave. Ja sam ih Hrvatske, pa je u redu da vam predstavim svoju verziju Hrvatske zastave.
Možda znate, a možda i ne: Hrvatska zastava sastoji se od tri boje: crvene, bijele i plave, u horizontalnom položaju. U sredini bijelog polja je grb Republike Hrvatske koji izgleda kao štit s 25 crvenih i bijelih polja (kao u šahu), a poviše njega možete vidjeti i 5 manjih grbova koji su poredani kao kruna i prikazuju povijesne pokrajine od kojih je Hrvatska nastala: najstariji Hrvatski grb, grb Dubrovačke Republike, grb Dalmacije, Istre i na posljednjem mjestu grb Slavonije.



My version is not that great. I'm sure you're all experienced one of those days when it seems than everything you do is just going wrong... I had problems with drying all those coats, scotch tape didn't behave, stamping went wrong... Finally I went bananas, that's it, I'm done with this manicure! I promise you something better next time.
Anyway, I used China Glaze 'snow', Essence 'cool and the gang' and Ch Nail fluorescent 1 with Essence stamping plate.
Moja verzija baš nije sjajna. Sigurna sam da ste sve imale one dane kad vam se čini da sve što taknete ide naopako... imala sam problema sa sušenjem lakova, selotejp nije bio pristojan, štambiljanje je ispalo loše... Na kraju sam pukla i odustala od daljnjih pokušaja! Obećavam nešto bolje idući put. 
Nego, koristila sam China Glaze 'snow', Essence 'cool and the gang' i Ch Nail fluorescent 1 sa Essence pločicom za štambiljanjem. 

Love, Žana 

p.s. be sure to check out what the other girls have don
p.s. obavezno provjerite i što su druge cure napravile

Monday, February 18, 2013

Grey vs orange

Hi my friends!

It's gloomy day outside, and I miss will power to even polish my nails... but luckily, I have some swatches from last week .
Vani je tmuran dan i nemam volje niti za lakiranje noktiju... srećom, imam par swatcheva od prošlog tjedna .





This shimmery orange is Estetic 245 by Ingrid Cosmetic, two coats with no topcoat. I love this bright color, but unfortunately, it doesn't suit my skin tone that great so I don't wear it as much as I would like. Drying time is not so great, and it has strong smell... I saw better polishes from this brand.
Ova svjetlucava narančasta je Estetic 245 od Ingrid Cosmetic, dva sloja bez nadlaka. Sviđaju mi se ovakve boje, ali zbilja ne idu uz moj ten pa ih ni ne nosim onoliko koliko bih htjela. Vrijeme sušenja nije bilo baš bajno, a ima i prilično jak miris... uglavnom, ovaj brand ima i puno boljih lakića.





This gorgeous grey with blue shimmer is 'you're a heartbreaker' from Essence's '50's girls reloaded' collection. I have it for some time but I never showed it here properly. The formula is awesome, it's super creamy, it covers perfectly after two thin coats, drying time is not bad at all, on pics are two coats with no topcoat.  
Ovaj sivi ljepotan s plavim shimmerom je 'you're a heartbreaker' iz Essenceeove '50's girls reloaded' kolekcije. Mogli ste ga već par puta vidjeti na blogu, ali ga nikad nisam poslikala samog. Formula je savršena, baš je kremast, a pokriva savršeno sa dva tanka sloja. Vrijeme sušenja super, a na fotkama vidite dva sloja bez nadlaka. 

Ok, now my day looks something better and I'm ready for new manicure .
Which of these two colors would be your favorite?
E, sad dan izgleda nešto bolje i spremna sam za novu manikuru .
Koja od ove dvije boje vama više paše?

Love, Žana  

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Be my Valentine

Hi my friends!

If you're alone today, just to spite everyone, be in love with yourself!
Ako ste danas same, napakostite svima i budite zaljubljene u sebe same!


Love, Žana

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

True love never dies

Hi my friends!

I must admit, the work of my colleagues bloggers often inspires me. This time, seeing this manicure from talented Elizabeth, I couldn't resist, I had to try it on my own. Here is my attempt:
Moram priznati da me rad kolegica blogerica često inspirira. Ovog puta, kad sam vidjela Elizabethinu manikuru, nisam odoljela i morala sam je probati i sama. Evo moje verzije:





Cool, isn't it!? This is more my type of Valentines manicure . As you can see, I had some problems with the acrylic paints, from now on I'll stick with polishes 
Base color is gorgeous Claire's 'candy shop', that I won on Polish Freshie's giveaway. Here it is, on its own, three coats with no top coat.
Baš je cool! Ovo je više moj tip Valentinovske manikure . Kao što vidite, imala sam nekih problema s akrilnim bojicama, sve mi se čini da ću se odsada držati lakova 
Baza je prekrasan Claire's 'candy shop', kojeg sam osvojila na darivanju kod Polish Freshie. Evo ga samog, tri sloja bez nadlaka.





Love the formula of this polish! It dries super fast so multiple layers are really no problem. In the bottle are multicolored glitters of different sizes in a jelly pink base. I don't believe that any pink lovers out there will easily resist to this beauty. 
So, in this case, do you prefer naked polish or nail art? 
Formula ovog laka je predobra! Super se suši, tako da više slojeva uopće nije problem. U bočici je brdo raznobojnih glittera u više veličina u rozoj jelly bazi. Ne vjerujem da će bilo koja ljubiteljica rozih lakića lako odoljeti ovom ljepotanu. 
Što će u ovom slučaju biti vaš favorit - lak ili nail art?

Love, Žana

Monday, February 11, 2013

Reto 2013 - Inspired by Love

Hi girls!

You can already smell some loving feeling in the air, Valentines is so close . Love is also the  theme of this week's manicure.
Skoro da možete i omirisati miris ljubavi u zraku, Valentinovo nam je tako blizu . Ljubav je i tema ovotjedne manikure.





Don't get mi wrong, I don't think that this is bad manicure, but it was really pain in the ass when the time has come to take a photo of it . I don't know, which ever way I turned, I just couldn't capture it properly. Maybe it's because of the lack of sun outside... inside under artificial light it was even worse. Anyway, I draw pierced and broken heart, because, you know, sometimes love hurts. But let me tell you, it's better to know pain of broken heart than never to know love at all.  
Please, check out what the other girls from this challenge have done.
Nemojte me krivo razumjeti, ne mislim da je manikura loša, ali izludila me kad je došlo vrijeme da je poslikam . Kako god da se okrenula, jednostavno je nisam mogla dobro uhvatiti. Možda je kriv nedostatak sunca... no unutra je pod umjetnim svjetlom bilo još gore. No, kako bilo da bilo, nacrtala sam probodeno i slomljeno srce, jer sigurna sam da sve to znate, ljubav katkad boli. Ali iskreno, bolje je završiti slomljenog srca nego nikad ne upoznati ljubav. 
Molim vas da provjerite i što su druge sudionice ovog izazova napravile. 

Love, Žana 

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Essence on tour with Justine Bieber!

Hi my friends!

Sorry, this one is only in Croatian.

PRESS RELEASE

Believe it: essence i Justin Bieber zajedno na turneji


Ljepota i muzika ujedinjeni: essence je službeni kozmetički partner na turneji - Justin Biebera “Believe” .
essence prati 18-godišnju  mega popularnu zvijezdu na njegovim brojnim koncertima diljema SAD-a i Europe. Bilo da je New York, Barcelona ili Berlin – svaki grad će biti van kontrole kada u njega stigne  “Američki umjetnik godine ”

Osim cool šminke na pojedinim koncertima essence nudi mnogo više : nagradne igre, ekskluzivni susret s Justinom (uključujući aranžman putovanja I smještaj),  limitiranu kolekciju, humanitarne projekte podržane od essence strane.


S više od 15 milijuna  prodanih albuma, 48 milijuna fanova na Facebooku i 3 biliona pregleda na Youtube-u,  Justin Bieber je jedan od najuspješnijih mladih muzičara ovog vremena.
Rođeni kanađanin, osvojio je sedam  American Music Awards i pet  European Music Awards, uključujući nagradu za najboljeg pop umjetnika. On je svjetska “most googled” osoba .


Uspješna kombinacija: s target grupom essence, mladi kozmetički brand je super kombinacija sa popularnim pjevačem.
Nije slučajno essence tržištni lider (bazirano na količinama) u 11 zemalja I najprodavaniji brand u niskom cjenovnom segmentu diljem svijeta *.

*Prema Euromonitor International Limited 2011

Veljača 2013

Thursday, February 7, 2013

BornPretty Store Image Plates

Hi my friends!

Long time ago, in a land faraway, little girl received a nail mail. But not with polishes - with stamping image plates, but she was happy anyway . How she couldn't be, just look at these plates!
Jednom davno, u zemlji dalekoj, djevojčica primi paketić. Ali ne s lakićima, već s pločicama za štambiljanje, ali i s ovim je bila presretna . Kako i ne bi, pogledajte samo ove pločice.


These are image plates from BornPretty Store. Plates are covered with plastic foil, it's advisable to remove it before you do anything with it. 
Ovo su pločice iz BornPretty Store on-line shopa. Pločice su pokrivene odnosno zaštićene plastičnom folijom koju je poželjno ukloniti prije no što krenete išta raditi.



Those are designs from both plates. Me love! Let me show you what have I done with it.
Ovo su sličice s obje pločice. Sviđam! Da vam pokažem što sam napravila s njima.




These images are from plate QA31, with Keroppi and Hello Kitty images. Love Keroppi, he's so cute, and instantly reminded me of spring. If you like it, and love to take Keroppi on a walk with you, you can purchase this plate here, for 2,99 $, they ship worldwide. And my little helpers here were:
Ovo su sličice s pločice QA31, s Keroppi i Hello Kitty sličicama. Keroppi mi se sviđa, sladak je, i odmah me asocirao na proljeće. Ako vam se sviđa i rado bi i same prošetale Keroppija, možete ga nabaviti ovdje, za 2,99 $, a šalju po cijelom svijetu. Moji pomagaći su ovaj put bili:


Second plate, QA10 is so appropriate for this time of year, lots of hearts on it, love birds, love letters... cute designs that will resolve your problem for a Valentines manicure .  
Druga pločica, QA10 je baš prikladna za ovo doba godine, puno srčeka na njoj, ljubavne ptičice,  pisma na krilima ljubavi... slatki dizajn koji će rješiti vaše probleme za Valentinovsku manikuru .


                         

Of course, I needed some help for it, these are my assistant:  
Naravno, i ovaj put mi je trebala pomoć, evo i pomoćnika:


Plate QA10 you can found here, for 2,99 $, which is very reasonable price, and shipping is free. While you're there, check out their nail art goodies, they have really awesome range of it! And please, if you buying, use my X10X31 code for 10 % off. Happy shopping, girls!
Pločicu QA10 ćete pronaći ovdje, za 2,99 $, što je više nego razumna cijena, ako pogledate koliko košta na ebayu shvatit ćete, a dostava je besplatna. Dok ste tamo, obavezno pogledajte kakvo se blago skriva na odjelu nail art-a, zbilja imaju svega! I molim vas, ako već kupujete, iskoristite i moj X10X31 kod za 10 % popusta. Ugodan shopping cure!

Tell me now, which of these plates you prefer?
Recite mi sad, koja od ovih pločica vam se više sviđa?

Love, Žana 

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