WHERE HAVE I BEEN?! + MATTE AQUA NAILS

Hello my lovely readers, I'm back from being the worst blogger ever. And I'm ashamed to admit that. I'm that type of person that enjoys doing many things at once, so it's very easy for me to leave some behind for a while and get back to them.

After I returned from my trip from Germany, I started getting into beauty retouching. I've been using Photoshop for ages, but just recently I discovered all the secrets of the industry and how much time is invested to turn a raw photo from a studio to a high fashion one you'll end up looking at in the magazines. And trust me, you have no idea what hides behind those retouched photos you most likely admire.

Aside from that, I've been preparing for college. My dream has always been to study architecture and it does take work if you want to get in since the college only accepts 120 people. Hope I'll be one of them. Enough of small talk.

Three days ago I bought Essence's nail art special effect! topper. It's a matte topcoat that turns every nail polish into a matte one. The reason why I bought it is that I started loving that nice, satin, matte finish and instead of looking for the colors that I like in matte edition, this is a perfect, and very cheap solution.

Excuse the shortness of my nails, I've tried to regrow them several times already and this is another try.

GALAXY NAILS

I've been gone for a long time. But I'm back. My nails were having a rough time for the past few weeks and I was too ashamed to post photos of them online. Also, this is not going to be a post about my ring collection because, at the moment, I am in Germany visiting my brother. And you know what that means - an excuse to buy tons of stuff!

I've been wanting to get Essence's Time for Romance glitter nail polish for the longest time, ever since I fell in love with Make it Golden. So I bought that and a plain black nail polish because I hadn't owned one for about 2 years. Today, after the regrowth process of my nails had finally finished, I painted my nails black.

On top of that I added Essence's Time for Romance.

I am really loving this. I was left with galaxy/outer space-like looking nails and I think I'm going to be wearing the combination of these two nail polishes on my nails a lot. I'll try to experiment by adding some white dots or specks and other colors with a simple sponge to make it more three-dimensional. How did you spend the winter holidays?

BETWEEN RED AND BROWN NAILS.

I've been away. Life's been tough for the past 2 weeks, I had many exams but luckily, this week is the last so I can finally come back to keeping this blog alive. I'm leaving for Berlin on January 1st and I cannot wait to get back because I think I'm going to do a little giveaway of things I buy there. Today I'm wearing a gorgeous color, and it's hard to determine the exact name since it's red but with a strong touch of brown. It's definitely not a clear red. The wing ring is one of my favorites, I've been wearing it a lot. I think I'm going to do a post about my ring collection as I already mentioned. How's your life been? Are you looking forward to Christmas?

UNION JACK NAILS.

I love the UK's flag. I have already made myself a t-shirt with it and now it's on my nails. :)

MY VERY FIRST GLITTER NAILS.

What's that? Yes, indeed, I bought my very first glitter nail polish. I never thought I would have done it since I don't like crazy, bling bling things on myself, I don't really believe they look good on a minimalistic person who practically only wears and lives in the most monotonous colors you can think of - white, grey, black and beige. On others, I love them.

But every now and then, I surprise myself with a pop or if you want - a breath of color. When I wear a red cardigan, people think something is wrong with me - really - I get those questions from friends. :)

So, yesterday, I bought this little, precious nail polish with gold shimmer, glitter and flecks. It's Essence 67 Make It Golden. I paired it with Essence's 62 Reach Peach, a beautiful maroon color with just a hint of brown I would say. They're both from the Color & Go line of nail polishes, and I really like those. They're small so you use them up quickly, and they're the cheapest - around 11 kunas which would be somewhere around $2.

What are your thoughts on crazy glittery nails? :) Is there some nail effect/nail polish type you would never wear?

Also, should I try and go 5 days with this on? I'm thinking I'll have a very nice time trying to take the glitter off.