NOTD: Essie Merino Cool

Hi! I have a quick post for you today. I somehow managed to paint my nails this morning before I went to work :)


It's the last polish from my Essie Fall order that I haven't shown you yet - Merino Cool. Beautiful creme taupe shade with a hint of purple. This one was a bit runny compared to the other two I have from this collection - Sew Psyched and Limited Addiction, but two thicker coats were enough to get a full coverage.

On to the picture. This was taken outside, but sadly there was no sun. It was also very cold, so this is why my hands look very red here:

I hope your week has started well! Thanks for reading :)



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Song of the day: Mr. Mister - Broken Wings

NOTD: Ciate Superficial

Finally, some NOTD post again! :D

It was a rough week for me. I'm trying to get used to this job I have now. I usually work until 4 p.m. and by the time I get home it is already completely dark, so I can't even take any pictures. Well, to be honest I wasn't even in the mood for painting my nails this week. But the first thing I did this morning - I cut my nails down and gave them some colour :D


I got my very first Ciate polish few days ago and here it is - Ciate Superficial! A gorgeous dark teal shade with creme finish. Formula is good, a bit on the thicker side, but managable. It's also very pigmented, so one coat could be enough, altough I did use two coats for this manicure.

Photo was taken outside, no sun (actually heavy overcast):

And a bonus picture - very first snow in this season:

Is there any snow where you live yet?


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Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice weekend :)



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Song of the day: The Pretenders - Brass in pocket

Monthly Contest - November

I've completely forgotten about my usualy monthly contest... I apologize for this. I don't know where my head is these days - starting a job, I'm trying to organise my life and I feel about a bit lost right now.


So without further ado, here it is Monthly Contest for November! :D

You can win:

- Essence nail polish in 03 Steel Me (Metallics TE),
- Essence nail polish in 03 Back to Paradise (Return to Paradise TE)
- MNY nail polish in 753


Rules are again very simple:
- Be a follower.
- Leave a comment saying whatever you like and please, leave your e-mail.
- Open internationally.
- Ends on Monday, 29 November at 20:00 (GMT +01:00).


Good luck! :)

NOTD: Essie Limited Addiction

Here is another nail polish from my Essie Fall 2010 order - Limited Addiction. Not much to say about this one, except that people over at Essie sure know how to make a good red nail polish. This is one of them :)


Here it is, 2 coats; photo was taken outside, no sun (heavy overcast):

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Some off topic about life... I got temporary employment untill the end of this year. I work at a elementary school in a town near my home with the children with learning disabilities. I started on Thursday, so I already have two working days behind me. I must say it's not easy, especially after being home (unemployed) for two years.


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Thanks for stopping by and have a nice weekend!



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Song of the day: Crowded House - Fall at your feet

NOTD: Essie Sew Psyched

Wow! Essie really has made a fantastic Fall 2010 Collection! I've ordered Sew Psyched, Limited Addiction and Merino Cool. I also wanted In Stitches, but my budget said: "No!" *lol*


I just couldn't wait to try them on. I started with Sew Psyched. And because I'm no good at describing colours, I'll stick with the official desription. Essie says it's: "Cashmere-soft sage pewter." So here you go ;)

I must say I was impressed! This colour is so freaking awesome in real life, that I'm actually thinking about getting a back up bottle... And formula of this baby is just amazing too! Smooth, great pigmentation... Love!
I used two coats for this manicure. But enough talking, on to the pictures! :D

Outside, sun:

Inside, artificial light:

What do you say?



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Song of the day: Robert Palmer - Simply irresistible

Avon Glimmerstick Diamonds Eyeliner - Review & Swatches

Here I go again with this post...


Today I'm going to review and show you the swatches of my currently favourite eyeliners - Avon Glimmerstick Diamonds Eyeliner. I have all six shades that are available in our country.

These eyeliners are soft (but this can be subjective), go on smoothly (no skin dragging) and are nicely pigmented. Even though mine are shimmery or should I say with micro-glittery particles, they are smooth - you don't feel any of those particles. They don't smudge on me and they are long lasting.
The packaging is also very practical - these eyeiners do not need to be sharpened, they come out automatically when you twist the upper part of the liner.

What's important too - they are suitable even for the clumpsy people when it comes to drawing a line on your upper lid - I'm one of them, so I can tell :D

I especially like to use them under my lower lashes to add some sparkles there.

Perhaps the down side is that even after removing this eyeliner there are some of the glittery particles left - I find them between my lashes even few days after I wore it.


On to the pictures...

The packaging:

And here are the swatches (images are clickable):

From L to R: Black Ice, Brown Sugar, Emerald Glow, Smokey Diamond, Sugar Plum, Twilight Sparkle.


Which are your favourite eyeliners? Please, do share!



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Song of the day: Dire Straits - Romeo & Juliet

NOTD: Essie St. Barths Blue

Grrrr... Blogger caused me quite some troubles today. I was trying to make a post earlier this afternoon about Avon's Glimmerstick Diamonds Eyeliners and after I made one, my entire layout looked like it was hit by tornado... So I deleted it and tried to post it again. Well, how about that - it happened again, exactly the same thing - layout was a complete mess. I gave up at that point...


Instead of that I'm going to show you now my today's NOTD, hopefully this time it will work.
I'm wearing Essie's St. Barths Blue. Very light blue shade with very subtle shimmer. I like it a lot, but I think it doesn't look very good on me. It was easy to work with. I thought it will be very sheer, but a thicker second layer gives a great coverage.


So here it is, two coats, photo taken outside, sun:

Inside, under artificial light:

What do you think about this one?



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Song of the day: Robert Palmer - Merci, merci me/I want you

NOTD: Catrice Clay-ton, My Hero

My relationship with Essence Metallics nail polish in shade Steel Me didn't last very long... What can I say? It was fun while it lasted. But we didn't get along very well, so I dumped the fella.


Today I'm here with my new friend, actually he's a Hero. Don't ask me why... I'm talking about the polish - Catrice Clay-ton, My Hero, if you were wondering, what the hell I'm babbling about. Shimmery taupe shade. Very nice and smooth application, I used two coats.


Outside, no sun:

Inside, artificial light:

Thanks for stopping by!



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Song of the day: Def Leppard - Pour some sugar on me

Playing With The Essence Metallics Trend Edition

With the help of very nice girls from Ars Cosmetica Forum I have finally got all the items I wanted from Essence Metallics TE :D


Here are my picks from this Trend Edition (some other items I've bought are already packed and ready to go to the new owners):

- Quattro Eyeshadow in 01 Nothing Else Metals
- Smokey Eyes Pencil in Metal Battle
- Metallics Nail Polish in 02 Copper Rulez! and 03 Steel Me


Of course I had to try out the magnetic polishes right away. Here you can see nail polish in shade 03 Steel Me and my lame attempt trying to get the pattern *lol*

These polishes are certainly fun to play with, but quite hard to handle on the other hand... They're thick - you have apply one very thick coat, then you must be very fast to put the magnet as close to the nail polish as it gets (and try not to ruin your manicure, because the polish still has to be wet in order the magnet to work). But this was only my first attempt, so I hope next time I'll do better...


Here is the magnet I used - it's from the Shrek Movie (because the one that comes with this collection isn't that good) :D

What do you think?



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Song of the day: Eagles - New kid in town

Blog Awards Time!

Yes, I know... I'm late on doing this post, but here it is now! :)


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colorfulbottle tagged me with these awards: Sunshine Award, The Versatile Blogger Award, Happy 101 Award and Me Encanta Tu Blog. I've already received first three of them, so now I'll do only the last one.

This award I received from Katherine at Necessary Nails too. Thank you very much, girls! :*

I have to answer these questions:

1. Why did you create the blog?
Because I have too many nail polishes and obviously a lot of spare time *lol*

2. What kind of blogs do you follow?
Mostly cosmetic and nail polish blogs, but you can find a craft and fashion blogs on my blog roll too.

3. Do you have a favourite make-up brand?
No, there are so many brands out there and I'm always curious what they're offering :D

4. And a favourite clothing brand?
Nope. I don't give much on clothing - just give me a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and I'm done :)

5. What make-up products is essential for you?
Good moisturizing cream and mineral foundation.

6. What’s your favourite colour?
Can't decide... :P

7. What’s your favourite perfume?
Max Mara Edp.

8. What’s the film you liked the most?
Haven't seen a good movie in a long time.

9. What countries would you like to go?
To all of them!


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Sharon at Polish Infatuated gave me The Sunshine Award. This one is already on my list of received awards, but I'm very thankful for it anyway :)


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Next I was tagged for Happy 101 Award by a lovely lady at Rehab For Your Make-up Addiction blog. Thanks a lot! :D But since I've already done post about this award, I won't be doing it again.


Thank you very much again for all these awards, ladies! :*


And I'm passing them to all of you, my lovely followers :)


Have a nice day! :)

Imagine...

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

(lyrics: John Lennon - Imagine)

NOTD: Catrice Lucky In Lilac

How are you doing? :)


I've finally become a bit more active, so I don't just sit around the house and feel so isolated anymore. I've already mentioned that I'm taking Italian lessons and have I also started to work out 2 times a week - I've joined to the group of ladies where we do some aerobics and pilates exercises. And must say I like it a lot.


What's on my nails, you say? It's Catrice Lucky in Lilac - beautiful creme lilac shade. Here it is, 2 coats:

Have a nice Saturday!



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Song of the day: Script - Breakeven

NOTD: S-he 464 & Nfu Oh 51

I was in the mood for layering this morning and I came up with this idea: over 2 coats of S-he 464, which is dark purple creme shade, I layered one coat of Nfu Oh 51.

It really didn't turned out as nice as I expected...

What do you think?



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Song of the day: Santana & Chad Kroeger - Into the night

Tagged & The Winner

Lovely Annie at Nailstah tagged me a while back to do sort of "get to know the blog author" questionare.

Here are the questions:

1. Innie or Outie?
Depends on the situation :P

2. Unlimited wealth? Or Unlimited health?
Health. It's probably the only thing money can't buy.

3. What is your favorite book?
I have many. These I read at least once a year: Shakespeare's Sonets; Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder; Desiree by Annemarie Selinko and there are more...

4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live and why?
I wouldn't mind living in California, Annie ;) But New Zealand or Australia would be fine too :D

5. What is your security blanket?
It's sad, but I don't have any...

6. What is your mode of transportation?
My good old Renault Clio :)

7. What is your signature scent?
Max Mara EdP. I just love this scent!

8. If you were at Hogwarts, what house would you belong to?
Ravenclaw.

9. If you could be any Disney princess who would you be and why?
The problem here is, that I never wanted to be a princess... *lol*

10. What is one of your bad habits?
Eating way too much chocolate, Nutella, ice cream...


I really don't know who to tag, but if you have some spare time, I'd be happy to read your answers on the same questions :))


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On to probably more exciting news for you... Who won two Barry M Nail Paints from my Monthly Contest & Blog Anniversary Giveaway?

Congratulations, Katkoc! :D I'll send you an e-mail for your address.


Thanks for dropping by!



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Song of the day: Snow Patrol - Crack the shutters