The D-day and farewell KOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

I haven't forgotten you, hope you haven't forgotten me either;) As you're reading this I'm on my way to take my final exam, the biggest of them all, so keep your fingers crossed for me *hug* After the exam I'm headed right to the seaside to take my long desired vacation, hurray! I'll be back in forthnight with lots of new pictures and manicures, and of course konadicures;)

SO here's the manicure I did for the exam, I did not want to go for bold and vivid colours, so what else to choose than a classic french manicure:) I used over 1 coat of Nailtek f.2 1 coat of Petites color in Fairy pink (a lovely sheer holographic pink shade) which I got in the swap with Elizabeth from Lacquered lizard! After that I used the french pattern on konad im m19 and konad special nail polish in white, then I added another coat of Fairy pink and sealed everything with one coat of INM OutTheDoor topcoat.

What do you think of the manicure? Like it or not? Where are you spending your summer holidays? What polish are you going to wear?

Thank you, dear readers and followers, wishing you nice days, lots of fun and polished nails:*

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Rasberry kiss from BM02

Hello, dear followers and readers:)

A quick post today:) as you know I'm a bit short on time, still a lot of learning, making notes, etc. So no long words, but more pictures instead.

I got my Bundle monster image plates few days ago and I just had to try them out. I decided to go for the kiss image from BM02 and used Konad special nail polish in white to stamp with. For the base I used BarryM nail polish in Rasberry, fully swatched and reviewed HERE.

What do you think of the combination? Like it or not?

I apologize for now responding to your awards but I'm very honoured and happy to have received them, thank you, you're all too sweet:*

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

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bundle monster plate BM02

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My very first BarryM nail polish in Rasberry

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Not so long ago I got an email from the web shop named Ličila.si  in which they offered to send me BarryM nail polish for review. Of course I was interested, even more because I did not own any nail polish from this brand. BarryM was not available in Slovenia for a long time and Ličila.si is the only shop that sells this brand.

The colour I got is 273 Rasberry. Lovely and classic colour which looks great with any clothes you wear. The bottle holds 10ml of nail polish and it costs 4,45€. It is of jelly consistency and the best part is that it is fully coverable in 1 a bit thicker coat. In the pictures you see 1 coat of BarryM Rasperry over 1 coat of Poshe basecoat, there is also no topcoat in the pictures, as the polish is really glossy on itself. The brush is great too, easy to handle and to apply the polish, drying time is normal too, I did not do any cleanup after the polishing and I am extremely satisfied with that:)

Do you know BarryM brand and do you have any nail polish from this brand? How do you fancy the colour?

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


Pozdravljeni, dragi bralci in bralke:)

Pred kratkim sem prejela prijazen email iz spletne trgovine Ličila.si, v katerem so mi ponudili, da mi pošljejo lak BarryM znamke in da ga preizkusim. Seveda sem bila zelo vesela ponudbe, saj v moji zbirke še nimam nobenega lakca te znamke. Te znamke namreč dolgo ni bilo mogoče dobiti pri nas v Sloveniji, sedaj pa je na voljo samo v spletni trgovini Ličila.si.

Barva, ki sem jo prejela, je 273 Rasberry (Malina) in tudi lepo opiše barvo, ki je res ''malinasta'', polna rdeča barva, z visokim sijajem tudi brez nadlaka. Sam lak je jelly konsistence in krasno prekriva tudi s samo enim malce debelejšim slojem, kar je super! S čopičem sem bila zelo zadovoljna, lak lahko namreč naneseš zelo natančno in tudi kasnejše čiščenje ni bilo potrebno. Torej sem samo nalakirala in poslikala:) Slike so bile narejene na različnih osvetlitvah in z bliskavico oz. brez nje. Na slikah je 1 plast laka preko 1 plasti Poshe podlaka. Lak se posuši v normalnem času. Steklenička vsebuje 10ml laka in stane 4,45€.

Torej, kaj mislite o barvi? Že imate kakšen BarryM lak ali pa ga nameravate kupiti?

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THANK You- my dear followers and Nail polish gallore - USA swaps

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Just a quick and short post to tell you I'm still here, but deeply stuck into learning:)

First of all, I would like to thank you, my dear followers and readers for sticking with me, giving all your nice comments and encouraging me to polish my nails even more often :P (though at this time I'm a bit out of practice due to learning). KONADomania blog has reached 601 followers thanks to YOU! A giveaway is being prepared, and I'll probably anounce it when I finish my studies and come back from summer vacation as a sign of my gratitude and love for you:)

In the passed days I also received 2 packages from two lovely ladies, Elizabeth and Maria. You, girls ROCK and A BIG THANK YOU! I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened the packages, wow, full of nail polishes and brands I only have heard of before, but now I even own them, YAY! My first Zoyas, Claire Mood polishes, Cover girl lash blast, Sally Hansen, American Apparel, and two brands completely new to me, Petites and Sonia Kashuk.

I'll add the descriptions of the polishes later, pictures should suffice for now:)

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

ps. and I'm off to Venice for a school trip, YAY:) The bus leaves in an hours, hope the weather will be nice too:)

My swap with Elizabeth from Lacquered Lizard

My swap with Maria from R3 Daily

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Completely matte Zulu and let's french it up

Hi, dear readers and followers:)

I showed you Essence Zulu yesterday and a comparison with China glaze Matte magic on 2 nails, but today I've mattified the whole manicure. As I just couldn't stop at this stage I had to add some glossy top coat to  the tips to create a french look, the top coat used is INM OutTheDoor.

I really like the end result, how about you?

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

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First Essence matte polish in Zulu - matte, satin or what?

Hey, dear readers and followers:)

I'm sure you've seen this pretty already, right? This will be a rather short post, so let the pics speak for themselves;)

There are 2 coats in the pictures, and as the bottle says it'a a matte polish, but as you can see it's rather satin like than real matte effect. I also did a comparison with China glaze Matte magic to give the real matte finish.

What do you think of the colour and finish?

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

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comparison with matte magic on pinkie and middle finger, the difference is pretty obvious, do you agree??

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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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