Swap from Down Under with Michelle

Hey, dear readers and followers:)

Having a busy weekend, as I have??

Still not much time to do things I love, as for example polishing etc. My days consist of learning, cleaning, cooking, usual household chores that need to be done, but I'm still enjoying the weekend though my BF is away and has been working form Friday till tomorrow, and I'm home alone.

Here's what I got for you today, a SWAP! YAY! After writing a post on taking up a swap, Michelle or 'chelle from Cosmetic Cupcake responded and we soon arranged a swap, which included nail polish of course:) She sent me the brands that aren't available here in Europe. So I received 3 ulta3 polishes in Sweet violet (shimmery a bit frosty violet as the name implies:), Watermelon (sweet coral cream and a colour new to me, I have to admit I haven't owned any coral polish up till now), Hot spring (rich berry cream); 2 TBN polishes in Aubergine (gorgeous eggplant purple loaded with shimmer) and in Raspberries&cream (another lovely which really looks as though you would have crushed raspberries mixed with some cream); 3 BYS polishes whereas 2 are crack polishes (in black and purple!) and one is in Raspberry sorbet (another pretty, dark shimmery brownish red colour), and last but not least my first Glitter gal polish in Fuchsia (a holographic goodnes in bottle). The package also included 1 stamping fauxnad plate and some fimo sticks which I admired on the internet but never tried them out, thanks a bunch:) I just hope the swatches are coming soon, or at least that I have enough time to polish my nails in those gorgeous colours;)

Michelle also added 1 bottle of her favourite cuticle moisturizer Essie Apricot cuticle oil (gorgeous smell and I've have already tried this one out, it really adds extra moisture to the nails) and a tube of her favourite cream Lucas's papaw treatment which I'm saving up for sea holidays:)

Thank you so much Michelle, it was really so much fun doing a swap with you and I loved every single item you sent me! Please check out her blog, she is also having a giveaway at the moment, so hurry up:)

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Hmm, pics just don't do it justice KOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Wishing you a great start into new working week:) Finally, we have sunny weather, and it's really hot here, YAY!

Today I've got a konadicure I did with konad image plate m63 and Color club Worth the risque. I just could not capture the whole image perfectly, though it was perfectly visible in person, but just not in pictures:( these were taken indoors as the weather was bad at the moment of taking them. All but first were taken in my lightbox with artificial light and flash. If you enlarge the pics, you might see the image better:)

What do you think of the combination? It has been a while since I used this image.

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished week:*

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China glaze Harmony swatch - pics heavy

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Time to relax and prepare for the weekend, though mine will consist of learning, learing, and again learning. I'm in the middle of preparations for the national exam so I will be able to teach at school. I have to learn the whole law on education, human rights and children rights, the constitution, legislation and regulations for primary school, a lot of information on EU, as well as Slovene language (grammar rules, punctuation, orthography, rules for composing texts, etc). I know you will say it's boring :) But I thought I would share this with you, so you know why I don't post as often as I did before. Believe it or not, I've had the same polish for more than a week, how crazy is that??!?

But enough babbling, here's another polish I got some time ago, but haven't used it up till  now, China glaze Harmony, a part of the Romantique collection, a gorgeous purple metallic polish, I' sure you've seen it before.

There's ONLY 1 coat in the pics, how cool is that! This polish covers perfectly, and if you have enough  polish on the brush the strokes aren't that visible. It also dries quickly. And it also works great for konading, so if you have the chance, go get it.

The pictures were taken indoors inside my lightbox with flash and artificial light, if not otherwise stated.

What do you think of the colour? Do you own  it? Have any similar ones?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished weekend:*

no flash

indoors, with flash, colour adjusted (the most colour accurate)

All images are clickable:)

As promised: My other ''work of art''

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

How are you feeling? Having some lively colours on your nails?

I promised once to show you how I decorated our living room with some colours. I painted the cherry tree branch on the wall and a rectangle behind the television; the colour of the pestils and the rectangle matches of course;) So here are the pictures, let them speak for themselves;)

What do you think of the combination? Have you painted your rooms too? What colours did you use? Are you DIY type of person? Or do you prefer someone else to do it instead?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

a bonus photo of my orchids and matching curtains:)

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Bright red&white wild KOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

How are you doing on this rainy day? (it's raining cats and dogs here, all of a sudden)

I've got a bright and cheerful manicure for you today and some guest nails again;) The polish used is Essence Tuvalu which I stamped with Konad special nail polish in white and image plate m57 and then added 1 coat of Poshe Fast drying top coat. It seems as red is the colour to go for my friend:) as she has had it at least  times in a row up till now, and I'm sure she'll have it next time too, haha.

What do you think of the combination? Which colour makes you day most often?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*

First summer pedicure with Essence SYF - 'cause I love it bright

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Please don't be scared, as I've got some pics of my latest pedicure to share with you;) I used Essence Show your feet in Hot red. Gorgeous bright red cream colour. There are 2 coats in the pictures and 1 coat of INM OutTheDoor topcoat over it. The flash made my skin look just too pale, my feet aren't really that white, haha.

What do you think of the colour? And what polish are you wearing on your toes?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished weekend:*

Eventhough the pics are clickable, I don't think you should enlarge them:D

A more subtle animal konadicure with holo and m78

Hey, dear readers and followers:)

How are you doing on this gorgeous hot day? What manicure/polish are you wearing?

For today's KOTD I used Color Club Love'em, leave'em (fully swatches HERE) and some old Visions nail polish in bronze colour, and Konad image plate m78. All photos except the first one were made in my lightbox, using artificial light and flash.

What do you think of the combination? Yay or nay?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, have a nice and polished day:*