Ruffian manicure with Sonia Kashuk Smoke and Mirrors - pics overload

Dear readers and followers,

how are you today? Are you also having such a lousy weather as we do here in Slovenia? It's supposed to be summer, but hey this looks like autumn or spring. Want some sunshine back!

On to the manicure:) What to do with a silver foil polish (fully swatched HERE) if not use it as a base for ruffian manicure. So I took China glaze Liquid leather and applied 1 coat over yesterday's NOTD. As you can see in the pics, Liquid leather is super glossy on itself, there isn't any top coat over it. Though the coverage isn't that good, you get full opacity with 2 coats, although there's only 1 in the pictures.

How do you like this manicure? Are you a fan of Ruffian? Have you got any favourite colour combinations? I would love to hear/ read them!

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

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indoors, flash

lightbox, artif. light, flash

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lightbox, artif. light, flash

indoors, flash

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Sonia Kashuk Smoke and Mirrors swatch and NOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers,

how are you? It's Wednesday already :)

Today's polish and NOTD is Sonia Kashuk Smoke and Mirrors, a silver foil polish I got in my swap with Maria from R3 Daily. It's super flashy and shiny, it's really a smoky version of silver. There are 2 coats in the pictures over 1 coat of Nailtek f.2. I also added 1 coat of OPI RapiDry top coat.

Do you own any Sonia Kashuk nail polishes? This is my very first polish from this brand, and I'm loving it! What are your experiences? Do you own any similar colours?

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

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sun

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Claire's Mood polish Calm/Wild swatch - pics heavy

Hello, dear readers and followers,

the long awaited swatches of first Claire's Mood polishes - Calm/Wild- are finally here. I got this beauty in my swap with Elizabeth from Lacquered lizard, Maria from R3 Daily, and Alisa from Polish Fiend.

There are 2 coats in the pictures over 1 coat of top coat the polish dries rather matte, so a top coat is good to be applied. Please do excuse so many pictures, I just could not resist taking so many, the polish is super fun to watch and play with :P I played around with my artificial light to get the polish warm, except in the last picture where my hands were warm after having a bath.

As I've seen on the web Claire's have released a new line of mood polishes, have you seen it already?

What are your favourites from the collection? Do you own any mood polish yourself?

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

no top coat: indoors, flash

no top coat, indoors, flash

with top coat, lightbox, artif. light, no flash

with top coat, lightbox, artif. light, flash

with top coat, lightbox, artif. light, flash

with top coat, lightbox, artif. light, flash

with top coat, lightbox, artif. light, flash

after taking a bath, my hands were really warm :) so this is how it normally looks

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in the process of changing colour

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Canadian swap with Polish Fiend

Hello, dear readers and followers,

how are you on this sunny day? :)

I finally got my package from Canada which I was eagerly waiting for. This post will be on the swap with lovely Alisa from Polish Fiend. She sent me lots of nail polishes, all the brands I got were new to me, not one of them was already included in my stash, besides the Mood polishes.

The package consisted of 2 Claire's mood polishes in Calm and Wild, and in Peaceful and Confident, and a pack of 6 mini nail polishes from Claire's cosmetics. Then there were also 3 nail polishes from Joe Fresh in Tomato (bright red with a hint of orange), in Coral (pastel coral shade) and in Figue (dusty mauve). She also packed 2 great eyeshadows for me, one was again from Joe Fresh (gorgeous purple) and the other was from Annabelle (indigo - great), and a cheek tint by Joe Fresh. Two sheets of 3D nail stickers were also in it and a manicure kit, and not to forget a lovely note at the end:)

I love all the colours Alisa picked for me, and can't wait to try them out! This was such a fun and great swap, thanks a lot Alisa:*

How about you, dear readers and followers, own any of these brands? What is your experience with them?

Thank you, and wishing you a nice and polished day:*

Upgraded pedicure with Sally Hansen Hidden treasure

 Hello, dear readers and followers,

a very short post today. I wanted to add something special to the pedicure with Diamond cosmetics Cherry tobacco so I applied 1 coat of Sally Hansen Hidden treasure. There is no topcoat in the pics.The pictures are taken outdoors in the sun, the last two were taken while standing in the sea:) The flakies reflected the water and the sun perfectly <3

What do you think of the upgrade?:)

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

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Summer pedicure plus summer memories

Hello, dear readers and folllowers,

how was your weekend? Did you do anything funny? Went somewhere?

For today's post I chose my summer pedicure I wore when beeing at the sea side in Croatia. I got this polish in my swap with Elizabeth from Lacquered Lizard, and it's my very first Diamond cosmetics nail polish, Hurray! The shade is I think very well known, namely Cherry tobacco, gorgeous dark brownish red colour with red shimmer. There are 2 coats in the pictures and 1 coat of INM OutTheDoors topcoat.

Which colour ar you sporting on your toes?:)

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

some pictures of Mali Lošinj

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Shiny and matte french NOTD

 Hello, dear readers and followers:)

No long words, just mostly pictures of the manicure ;)

I had to play with Zoya Harlow (matte version and glossy version) a bit more, so I decided to go for matte french tips for which I used the same polish.

Not sure if I like the end result, how about you?

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

All images are clickable:)

Let's add some shine to it: Glossy Zoya Harlow NOTD

 Hello, dear readers and followers,

hope you're enjoying the weekend as much as I do:)

I just had to apply INM top coat over Zoya Harlow to see its sparkliness, would you blame me;) On to the pics, which show the beauty of glossy Harlow, I even think I like it better that way. How about you? Which finish do you prefer?

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

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