Say hello to an Aussie beauty:) TBN Raspberries&cream swatch and NOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Hope you're having a great start into the new week!

Today's post is about another beautiful polish, which I got in my swap with lovely Michelle from Cosmetic cupcake. It's a brand totally new to me, namely the TBN (stands for Totally beautiful nails). The shade is called Raspberries&cream, and it describes it perfectly:) it's though you would crush the raspberries and add some cream to sweeten everything up. Lovely colour, though somehow my camera wasn't able to catch it completely. The drying time is normal also the staying. There are 2 coats in the pictures over 1 coat of Nailtek f.2.

I also played around a bit, so expect to see some nail art, or at least a few up-grades:)

Have you got any experiences with TBN polishes? What do you think of them?

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

lightbox, art. light

 outdoors, shade

outdoors, shade

outdoors, shade

outdoors, sun

indoors, flash

Another great swap! Check these beauties!

Hello, dear readers and followers,

as promised I bring you the pics of my newest swap:) A while ago, when I was looking for new polishes and swaps I was contacted by lovely Tânia from  Coisas de Unhas blog (check it out, it's really great!) and we decided to make a swap.

Check this out! I was sent 13 polishes, whoa!! And a nail strengthener pen from the brand Andreia. Two brands I got in the package I already knew, though only from the internet, but know I've got them both, Andreia and Risque. The other brands are completely new to me: Cliche, Carlos Santos and Dote.

The colours vary, but they're all my types of colours :) Love what you picked for me Tânia! Every one of them! She also included a lovely note for me in the package:)

Thank you so much, and I hope you enjoyed your package as much as I did mine!

Have you got any polishes from these brands? Which in particular? What do you think of them?

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

all the polishes together with the pen

Andreia brand

Risque brand

Cliche, Carlos Santos, Dote, and Andreia nail strengthener pen

Zoya Lana swatch and pic spam

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

Another post from the vault, this time with another gorgeous polish I got in the swap with Maria from R3Daily. It's Zoya Lana from the Reverie collection.

I'm sure you've seen it somewhere on the blog sphere. It's reddish orange coloured polish with great duochrome shimmer that changes colour from gold to green. Hope the pictures show it well, this pretty was a bit difficult to photograph.

There are 3 coats in the pictures, except in the first 2, where there are only 2 coats. You can get away just with 2, but I added another one to achieve more depth. There's also 1 coat of INM OuttheDoor top coat over it.

Do you own any polishes from the Reverie collection? What do you think of them?

How do you like this colour?

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

ps. I'm preparing a small giveaway (and then a large one when I hit 700 followers and to celebrate the first anniversary;)

2 coats

2 coats

All images are clickable:)

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

lightbox, artif. light, flash

in the process of changing colour

All images are clickable:)

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:*

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

All images are clickable:)

Zoya Harlow swatch and NOTD

Hello, dear readers and followers,

nail polish photos at last :)

Here's another Zoya nail polish I got in my international swap with Elizabeth from Lacquered Lizard - Zoya Harlow - matte purple red gorgeousness in a bottle.There are 2 coats in the pictures, all over 1 coat of Nailtek f.2. The application was good, no problems - although you have to be fairy quick when you apply this baby, it dries really fast.

What's more to say than I love it! I'll try it with a top coat for sure :)

How about you? Do you fancy it too?

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

lightbox, artif. light, no flash

indoors, flash

lightbox, artif. light, flash

lightbox, artif. light, flash

All images are clickable:)

Summer nails - Ulta3 Watermelon swatch and some summer memories

Hello, dear readers and followers:)

FRIDAY! YAY:)

Today I've got for you the manicure I wore when I was at the sea side during my vacation. The colour I chose was Ulta3 in Watermelon, lovely coral cream colour which I got in my swap with 'chelle from Cosmetic Cupcake. There are 2 coats in the pictures and no top coat.  I had no application troubles. The polish dried fairly quickly. This is my very first nail polish in coral,  I did not own any before:)

As for the name, I just had to take some photos with fresh and juicy watermelon in my hands, delicious :P

How do you like coral colours? Have any favourites? What do you think of this one?

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

outdoors, full sun

outdoors, full sun

taken at the sun down

And some bonus pics (I know I'm boring:D, but I thought I just might post them too)

Sunset at the Croatian island Mali Lošinj in the Adriatic sea

All images are clickable:)