Hello :)

Nadam se da ste preveli krasan vikend, slavili Uskrs ili ne :)
Moje otkrice ovog vikenda je bio savršeni čokoladni kolač, još kad se malo zagrije u mikrovalnoj i stavi kuglica sladoleda na njega onako vrućeg...mmmmm... :D
Jeste probale sličan kolač? Jesu vam draži čokoladni ili voćni kolači ili kolači od sira? :)

I hope you had a great weekend, whether you celebrated Easter or not :)
This weekend, my discovery was a perfect chocolate cake, especially when you heat it in the microwave and put a scoop of ice-cream on top of it to melt....mmmm... :D
Have you ever made a similar cake? Do you prefer chocolate cakes over fruit or cheese-based cakes?

Danas vam donosim jedan od mojih dražih lakova, kojeg sam već potroila pola bočice i moram poć po zalihe :D
Today I bring you one of my favorite nail polishes, that I've already spent a half of bottle :D

Essence - I like of Blossoms etc. trend edition:

Long nails, at last :D

You like? ;)

Hello :)

Yaay, drugi post u ovom tjednu, I'm on fire :D
U zadnje vrijeme sam ponovno otkrila strast za bloganjem, pogotovo kad dobijem krasne komentare, kao na proslom postu :) Glupo mi je odgovarat na svaki komentar, ako nema neko konkretno pitanje (jer bi odgovor na svako bio "Hvala :) "), ali znajte da mi apsolutno svaki komentar stavi osmijeh na lice, krasno mi je vidjet da netko i čita ove moje škrabotine :D

Yaay, second post of this week, I'm on fire :D
Lately I've rediscovered my passion for blogging, especially when I got so many great comments, as in my latest post :) I feel silly replying to each and every comment, if it isn't a specific question (because the answer to every comment would be "Thank you so much :) ), but I want you to know that absolutely every comment makes me smile, it feels really good to know someone actually reads my posts :)



Ovaj post/look sam nazvala "back to basics" zato što je moj signature look uvijek uključivao kombinacije ljubičaste i zelene, što možete vidjeti u mojim prvim postovima :) S obzirom na posao, malo sam ublažila odabir boja sjenila, ali se lagano vraćam početcima i moram se pohvalit da idem na posao sa žarko zelenim kapcima i apsolutno me nije briga što će mi ljudi reći :D

This post/look I named "back to basics" because my signature look always incorporated green and purple combinations, which you can see in my earliest posts :) Considering my job, I had given up on bright eyeshadows, but I'm now coming back to basics and I have to say, I'm wearing bright green eyeshadow to work, and I don't give a single fuck what my co-workers think about it :D





Slijedi popis proizvoda i slikice :)

• Art deco eyeshadow base
• Nyx Jade pearl Loose pearl eyeshadow
• MAC Grape 
• MAC Teal 
• Eveline eyeliner
• essence I love Extreme mascara

Možete li pogoditi koji je ovo ruž? :)
Malo je nerealan swatch, radi osvjetljenja, ali je poprilično jedinstven :)
Nisam vam ga posebno isticala, jer namjeravam napisat poseban post o ovoj krasoti :)

Can you guess what lipstick I'm wearing? :)
The swatch is not color-correct because of the artificial lighting, but the lisptick is pretty unique :)
I didn't mention it on my list above, because I plan to write a separate post, so consider this a sneak peek ;)


Zanima me koje ste kombinacije boja koristile kad ste se pocele sminkati, i koliko se to promijenilo dosad? :)

I'd like to know what combinations of colors you used when you first started to use make-up, and how different it is now? :)

Hello :)

Kako ste mi? Je li vas uhvatio proljetni umor? :)
Ja sam jedva dočekala ovo krasno vrijeme i svaki dan mi je bolji od drugog :)
Prošli vikend je bio Dan Sv. Patrika povodom kojeg sam nalakirala krasni China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise koji je jako lijepi neonac sa zeleno-plavim shimmerom. Naravno da ga je nemoguće uslikati kako spada, sve slike ispadaju ili preplave ili nedovoljno kričavo zelene. CG Tirkizac je u principu žarke zelene boje sa sitnim shimmerom, dok plava dodje do izražaja tek pod umjetnom rasvjetom (kad se vraćate doma po noći s proslave :D )
Uspjela sam ga nekako poslikati, a stavila sam više slika tako da dobijete pravu sliku ovog prevrtljivca ;)

How are you? Are you suffering from Spring tiredness?
I love this beautiful weather, every day is better than the last :)
This past weekend was a St.Patrick's Day and I rocked beautiful China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise which is a very pretty neon with green-blue shimmer that is a bitch to realistically photograph :D
Every photo I took of it is either  too blue or not green enough. CG Turquoise is in fact vivid green with fine shimmer, and it looks blue under street lights (when you're going back home at night from the party :D )
I managed to photograph it somehow, and I posted many pics s you can get the real picture of this little shifter ;)


Sad malo o formuli. Kad sam stavila prvi sloj, bila sam jako zadovoljna kako se maže. Dovoljno je bio vodenast, kistić je krasan, bez problema sam ga nalakirala. Osušio se za minutu i postao mat. Koliko sam se informirala, svi neonci se suše mat. I to je ok, ništa što nadlak ne bi mogao riješiti. Ono što me zabezeknulo je koliko se lak nekako razlio i povukao nakon što se taj prvi sloj osušio O.o
Imam negdje sliku, stavit ću je ako je nađem. Naime, kao da je oćelavio, valjda kako je vodenast sa shimmerom, nekako je skliznuo sa sredine nokta i skupio se sa strane :D
Ali nakon još dva sloja, sve je bilo super. Nakon jednog sloja INM-a dobijete ovu krasotu dolje <3


And now a bit about formula. When I applied the first layer, I was very satisfied how good it goes on. It wasn't thick and the brush is great. It took about a minute to dry and it dried matte. As far as I know, all neons dry matte, and it's ok, nothing a good top coat couldn't handle. One thing that stupefied me was how that first layer, afret it dried, got bald :D It seemed as it pooled to the sides and left the middle of the nail, nail polish - free :D
But after two more layers, everything was great, and one layer of INM out the door later, you get this beauty below :)




1 layer of essence Ultra strong nail hardener (the one with black letters) + 3 thin layers of China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise (neon)  + 1 layer of INM Out the door fast dry top coat

Hello :)

Kako ste mi? Nadam se da ste provele krasan vikend :)
Treba se pripremit za slijedeci vikend, zelena boja, ples i puno, puuuuuno piva ;)
Ovaj vikend vam donosim swatcheve svih rumenila u mom stashu :)

Illamasqua Devour sam vam već pokazala, ali ne škodi još jednom pogledat ovu ljepotu ;)


Moji e.l.f.-ići :)
Glow, Coy, i Flushed sam uzela na blef, u jednom od mojih prvih narudzbi. Uzela sam ih na blef, ali s obzirom da su kostali po 1.5 funti, nije me bilo briga ako mi ne budu valjala. Za toliko malo para, jako su dobra :)
Glow i Coy nisu moje boje, ali Flushed je krasna lagano fuksijasto roza.
Blush&bronzer compact sam nedavno narucila i još ga nisam dovoljno nosila da mogu reci jel mi se svidja ili ne.







Tu je ostatak mojih rumenila.
Catrice Wild rose je moje prvo rumenilo, koje sam totalno zanemarila i u zadnje vrijeme ponovo pocela koristiti. Boja je krasna prljavo roza, ali sadrzi zlatne cestice koje su vidljive na licu, sto me malo smeta.
Preostalo su dva bronzera i sjenilo koje se moze koristiti kao rumenilo.
Totalni sam tutlek za bronzere, ne znam konturirat i uvijek si izgledam prljavo s njima :/
Sun club je pretaman i sadrzi lagane sljokice, ali Catrice bi mogao biti jako dobar, samo kad bi ga znala nanijeti :D
essence sjenilo It's up to you sam ubola na snizenju, s obzirom da izlazi iz asortimana nisam se previse premisljala :)
Nisam ga jos isprobala, ali sam vidjela na drugim blogovima da se moze koristiti kao rumenilo pa sam ga svejedno uzela :D

Hello :)

Večeras ću bit kratka jer moram ići u krevet (glupi ponedjeljak ), ali dok je još uvijek vikend, želim s vama podijeliti jedan look koji sam radila ovog tjedna :)
Riječ je o mom viđenju Illamasquine Sophie-I tehnike :)
O samoj tehnici vam neću puno pisat (spava mi se :D ), ali zato svratite do Blankinog bloga, variolavera.com, i njenog prekrasnog look-a :)
Dok ste tamo ne zaboravite pogledati swatcheve skoro cijelog Illamasquinog asortimana, ja barem jednom dnevno pođem do njenog bloga i slinim :D

Tonight I'm going to be brief because I have to go to bed (stupid Monday ), but as it's still the weekend, I want to share with you a look that I did this past week :)
It's my rendition of Illamasqua's Sophie-I technique :)
I won't describe the technique (I'm sooo sleepy :D ), but feel free to stop by Blanka's blog, variolavera.com and her beautiful look :)
While you're there, don't forget to check out the swatches of almost entire Illamasqua stock, I go there at least once a day to drool :D


For this look I used:

• Art Deco eyeshadow base
• Sugarpill Love+ eyeshadow
• Sugarpill Poison Plum eyeshadow
• essence I love extreme mascara
• essence Mystic lemon eseshadow
• essence Crazy good times Candyction fake lashes + DUO eyelash glue
• Catrice Petrol keeps me running (eyebrows)
• Illamasqua Box (lipstick)

Hello, girls :)

Što mi radite? Ja gledam The Voice i slinim za Adam Levineom :D
I usput pisem ovu recenziju koja jako kasni jer nikako da sjednem i uhvatim se laptopa :)

What are you doing tonight? I'm watching The Voice and drooling for Adam Levine :D
And finally writing this review, which is soooo long overdue :)


Kad je bio Black Friday, Geek Chic Cosmetics je nudio 30% popusta na sve, a nakon sto sam ih kontaktirali, rekli su mi da šalju i u Hrvatsku, whoho :D uz sve to, imaju i besplatnu poštarinu za narudžbe preko 50$ :)

At the time of Black Friday, Geek Chic Cosmetics offered 30% off everything, and after I contacted them, they told me they are starting to ship to Croatia, whoho :D And they are offering free shipping on all orders over 50$ :)

Da ne duljim, tu su slikice :)
The long story short, here be photos :)

Le package and beautiful purple baggies :)

Just look at these beauties *.*

Jedina loša stvar je što se ove poklopci na ovim teglicama tijekom putovanja malo otpuste pa dodje do malo ispadanja sjenila. Dobra stvar je što to u principu i nije toliko važno jer su dobri Geek Chic Cosmetics ljudi doskočili problemu i vakumirali teglice u plastiku :)

The only sort of bad thing is that the lids on these jars get a bit loose during travel, so they tend to fall out. But, not to worry, the good people over at Geek Chic Cosmetics sealed the jars with plastic, yaay :)

Not as messy as it seems :)

Firefly beauties :) (CLICK)

Timelord love :) (CLICK)

Epicness (CLICK)

Sniježni pozdrav svima :D

Kako podnosite ove hladnoće? Meni je krasno što je snijeg, ali nadam se da neće potrajat :D
U ovom postu vam donosim swatcheve i look mog rođendanskog poklona od kolega s posla (što sam sama naručila :D )

A very snowy hello to everyone :D

How are you managing this cold weather? I love the snow, but I hope it won't last much longer:D
In this post you'll see swatches and look made with my birthday gift my work colleagues bought me (after I told them what I'd like to get :D )

Illamasqua nije samo šminka, Illamasqua je cijela filozofija, način života :)
Znam da zvučim potpuno indoktrinirano i pomalo kao air-head koji nasjeda na reklame, ali bi rado otišla živjeti u  Illamasqua svijet :)
Jako mi se sviđa poptuna posvećenost detaljima, profesionalnost, odnos prema kupcima i ogromna paleta jako kvalitetnih proizvoda.
Činjenica je da su malo skuplji i rijetko tko će si moći priuštiti hoardanje Illamasque, ali svojom kvalitetom opravdavaju svaku kunu. Mislim da su, barem po lakovima, cijenovno blizu Chanela. Ako uzmemo u obzir da su Chanel lakovi  tesko sporosušeće smeće (imam traume :D ), dati oko 120kn za Illamasqua lak i nije toliko puno :)
Ostale marke prodavaju osjećaj luksuza i više vrijednosti. Govore vam da ćete s baš tim ružem, maskarom i puderom biti boginje seksa koje će muškarci željeti, a ostale žene mrziti. Illamasqua ne igra na tu kartu, ne želi vas napraviti drukčijima, kako biste se svidjeli drugima. Illamasqua želi izvući iz vas vaš alter ego, dati vam materijal da  budete dovoljno hrabri tako da možete biti potpuno svoji :)

Illamasqua is not just a make-up brand, Illamasqua is an entire philosophy, a way of living :)
I know i must sound completely indoctrinated, a bit like an air-head who believes commercials, but I would gladly leave everyday life and go to Illamasqua world :)
I love the complete attention to details, professionalism, customer care and huge line of high-quality products.
The fact is they are a bit on the expensive side and not everyone can afford to hoard Illamasqua, but their quality justifies every penny spent. I think they are, as for Croatia (considering nail polish), in the Chanel price range. if we take into account that Chanel nail polishes are a huge slow-drying piece of crap (yes, I hold a grudge against Chanel nail polish :D ), paying around 120 hrk for an Illamasqua nail polish isn't that much :)
Other make-up brands are selling that feeling of luxury and higher value. They are telling you that if you buy that exact lipstick, mascara and foundation, you will become the goddesses of sex that men will want and other women will hate. Illamasqua doesn't take advantage of that, it's not trying to make you different so the other people would like you. Illamasqua wants to show off your own alter ego, to give you means to be brave enough to be completely yourself :)

Sad kad sam natrkeljala svega i svačega (što vjerovatno niste ni pročitali, ne krivim vas :D ) idemo na slikice :)

Now after this mish-mash of a text (which probably you didn't read, probably for the best :D ) let's see some pictures :)

Ovo je vrećica u kojoj sam dobila svoje prekrasnoće. Obična crna papirnata vrećica sa logo-om i adresom...dok je ne pogledate sa strane. Ova slikica mi je tako krasna da samu vrećicu smatram dijelom poklona :D

This is the bag I got my goodies in. a regular black paper bag containing logo and store details...until you see its side design. I love this pic so much that I consider this paper bag a part of my gift :D

Illamasqua Devour cream blusher; Heavy (L) and light (R) swatch

Illamasqua Box lipstick

Illamasqua ruž u nijansi Box je krasna crveno crvena boja, čini mi se da ide od neutralno prema hladnom podtonu jer ima mrvicu plavkasti odsjaj, ali se usuđujem reći da mi krasno stoji, iako sam topli podton :D
Mislim da bi ovaj ruž krasno stajao svakoj curi i ako morate imati nešto od Illamasque, onda apsolutno preporučujem Box :)
Osim što je jako lijep, Box je i užasno dugotrajan. Izdržao je cijelu večer bez popravljanja, a drugi dan sam ga nosila na posao i trebala sam ga samo jednom popraviti i to nakon što sam pojela ručak :D
Ja ga nanosim nakon labela i nimalo mi ne isuši usne :)

Illamasqua Box is a beautful really red color, I think it's neutral to cold because it has a bit of blue in it. But I think it suits me really great, even though I'm warm undertone :) I think this is the one lipstick every girl should own, it's so beautiful and flattering :)
Besides its beauty, box is really long-lasting. It lasted a whole evening without re-applying, and the next day I wore it at work and I hat to fix it just once, after lunch :D
Before Box, I apply thin layer of lip balm and the lipstick doesn't dry out my lips, at all :)




Na ovom svatchu možete vidjeti narančasti odsjaj u Devouru i kako lagani nanos rumenila izgleda apsolutno prirodno.

Here you can see that orange flush Devour has, and how light swatch looks absolutely natural.


Na slijedećim slikama možete vidjeti kako to sve izgleda na mom licu.
On these next photos you can see how this all looks on my face :D




Uz Devour i Box, koristila sam Bourjois Healthy mix puder (nijansa 52), Catrice set za obrve (svjetlije sjenilo), essence I love style tuš za oči i sjenila koja će bit u mojoj slijedećoj recenziji ;)

Besides Devour and Box, I used Bourjois Healthy mix foundation no. 52, Catrice eyebrow kit (lighter shade),  essence I love style eyeliner and eyeshadows you can see in my next post ;)

Toliko od mene za večeras, hvala vam puno na čitanji ili barem gledanju slika ;)
That's all from me for tonight, thank you so much for reading, or at least looking at photos ;)

Lots of love,
Nic