Lost treasures.

So this morning I woke up wondering if I have any pink polishes left in my small collection. And after throwing out two dried polishes, I stumbled upon this cuteness.

This pink sweetness is one of 4 polishes in a set from Primark. Yes, exactly, Primark. When I saw this set for £2 I bought it in a heartbeat. And I really cant find anything to complain about. The colors are awesome, the formula is great, color looked opaque after the first coat, and the smell. I don't know how to explain, but I was sniffing on the polish for hours... It's weird but yeah, I like it a lot.

Here is what one of the colors look like on the nails -

 (Left photo - natural light, right photo - flash.)

If you ever have a chance to get those sets, I'd advise to buy them, at least to try them out. They actually are great for this price. I have not been in Primark for a long time now (sadly), but I believe there are different sets of colors on sale. Mine looked like this -

Every single color is beautiful on the nails.I am glad I bought these back then.

So yeah, today I'm rocking pink.

So yeah.

Do you like yellow color? It used to be my favorite when I was a kid, but now it is one of the color that appeals to me the least. But there are days (like yesterday) when I desperately want yellow nails. and while not having a design in mind I just went with it and basically, here is what I came up with -

The nail design is one day old in this photo, simply because I could not take a photo of it in a proper light and conditions. You can see the bubbles on the yellow polish - these appeared right after I went to wash the dishes right after doing my nails and the nail polish is a very cheap one. I do not even know the brand, I just bought it from a random sales person on the town square. He had a bunch of polishes for sale and I felt like buying my first yellow nail polish, just to try it out.

 So yeah, here they are.

Try, try try.

My nails were in a pretty bad shape for quite a while now. And as they started to look a little bit more adequate I have decided that it is time to start painting them once again. 

And to start off my nail journey of this year, I have decided to go with the simple but cute design. 

The nail polish used on these nails is Coral Reef from Avon. And I must say that the color has disappointed me this time. It used to be a really bright orange-ish color, which looked stunning every season. As my old nail polish dried out, I have decided to buy a new bottle of the same color and... Oh Go.

The color was completely different! It was pink-ish and not bright at all. Two coats made it look better but it is still not the same. Well that's a bummer.

Anyways, at least my nails look NEAT!

Back to December.

The lack of snow outside really brings down the whole winter-ish mood you know. That is why I have decided to get myself my personal snowflakes... On my nails.

Nothing better than a baby blue background and sparkly top coat couldn't do to fix my mood.

December promised to be a better time, promised to be special... Hope it'll keep the promise.

Autumn gradient and desperation. Well not really.

Oh, gradients… They never actually were “my thing” in nail design. But this time I was so proud of what came out of the random idea to combine two colors, that I was showing my nails to everyone who was willing to see it.  I did not plan to do this gradient and definitely did not plan to make a post on this, but I fell in love with this autumn color combination. 

I don't need to tell you how to create gradient, right? But in case I need to - paint your nails a color of your choice, grab a cosmetic sponge, apply  the colors you want your gradient to be like so -

(photo from www.vanessajhoy.com )

And tap it on your nail. And when you are done, you should have a pretty gradient on your nails. Just clean up excess polish from the skin and you are done.

Mine looked like this. (pardon my photos, These were taken by phone.) 

You know what grinds my gears? The fact that I cannot get any nail polish that I want… I saw a post on facebook about OPI Rock Goddess mini pack and immediately thought that I NEED TO GET THAT. I mean I understand that this mini set had some bad reviews, a lot of people said that the formula isn't the best and the colors aren't unique, but guys… I need it, ok?

 And as soon as I looked for it online I got a heartbreaking news – Sorry, we don’t ship to your country. Why? Why me?  I am officially leaving this country pretty soon. But while I am here, please, pretty please don’t make my life worse? No comic books in this country, no Iron Fist/Macbeth/Doc. Martens, no OPI… And now no SHIPPING? (Check my Instagram  for a picture) Well ok, some of them do ship here but it usually costs even more than an item I wish to order and you need to wait a million years for it to get here. This is… OK I am used to this stuff already. But I hate it.
Every time this happens I hear in my head ( You will never get this lalalalala ) -

Anyways, please tell me that this mini set is not worth my nerves. And know that I envy every singe one of you who has a chance to go and buy that kind of stuff in your country.

Ok then… I’ll go and paint my nails with any other nail polish instead.

Love,

K.