It wasn't long until I rekindled my love towards blue nail polishes, eh? I have noticed that, among the blue spectrum, I have a soft spot for deep, almost (but not quite) midnight blue shades and periwinkles. The color name ‘periwinkle’ describes a whole category of blues that range from light blue to purple-toned blues which all have in common the lack of green components. The Periwinkle plant, whose lavender blue blossoms inspired the color's name, blooms from March to June and symbolises friendship. Essentially, this type of blue is mostly associated with spring but I love to wear it year-round.I do love some of Essie Bikini So Teeny any time of the day – it's just a staple shade and I think every nail polish collection should have it included. It's one of the most beautiful (and most famous) periwinkle nail polishes and it leans a bit towards purple and is a bit darker than the one I am wearing now. China Glaze Road Trip Spring 2015. Collection is one of the most beautiful recent collections I have seen from the brand and I have several shades from that collection – use them all, love them all. However, this periwinkle blue stands out to me! China Glaze Boho Blues is one of those elegant yet ‘happy’ shades which look great on my nails during every season, on both – pale and tanned skin. Consistency is great, medium thick and rather opaque. I am wearing two layers here and although it's a crelly (finish that is similar to a creme in opacity but is squishy and sometimes a bit sheer on the first coat), even application is guaranteed. I could not resist to top it off with China Glaze Fairy Dust – a top coat made to make any nail polish better. Tiny, sparse holo shimmery goodness. Not best on its own as it can be sheer despite multitude of coats – over other polishes, however, it has the same effect Nutella on a crispy bread has! Do you have a periwinkle of your own in your stash?
Nije mi bas dugo trebalo da se vratim plavim lakovima za nokte, zar ne? Primjetila sam da, u sklopu spektra plavih boja, u mom srcu posebno mjesto imaju tamno plave (gotovo pa nocno plave) nijanse i ‘periwinkle'/zimzelen plave nijanse. Potonje opisuju cjelokupnu skupinu plavih nijansi, od svijetlo plave do modro-plavih tj. plavih nijansi sa ljubicastim podtonom a svima im je zajednicko odsustvo zelenih komponenti. Biljka/cvijet zimzelen, prema kojem je ova kategorija plavih nijansi dobila naziv, cvjeta od marta do juna i simbolizira prijateljstvo. U sustini, ovakve vrste plavih se najcesce asociraju za sezonu proljeca no licno ih volim na noktima nositi tokom cijele godine. Uvijek sam raspolozena za Essie Bikini So Teeny koji je uistinu prekrasan lak – mislim da bi ga svaka lakoholicarka trebala imati u svojoj kolekciji. Jedan je od najljepsih ‘periwinkle’ plavaca za koje znam. Malo je tamniji i nesto izrazajnijeg ljubicastog podtona nego lak koji nosim za vas danas. China Glaze Road Trip kolekcija za proljece 2015. je jedna od meni najljepsih kolekcija lakova koje sam u zadnje vrijeme primjetila da je China Glaze izbacio na trziste. Posjedujem par lakova u sklopu nje – nosim ih sve, volim ih sve na svoj nacin. Ipak, ovaj plavac se itekako istice. China Glaze Boho Blues (7,50KM preko Lilocosmetics Facebook stranice) je jedna od onih elegantnih boja koje imaju i odredjenu vedrinu (nisu preozbiljne). Ovakve boje volim na svojim noktima tokom ljeta ali i tokom zime, na svjetlijoj ali i broncanoj puti. Tekstura je sjajna, srednje gustoce i prilicno dobrog prekrivanja. Na fotografijama nosim dva sloja. Spada u ‘crelly’ kategoriju (finish slican creme efektu po pitanju prekrivanja ali je pomalo mekan na prvi pogled, sjajan na povrsini poput zelea i poluprovidan pri prvom sloju). Iznenadjujuce, ipak je vise nego solidnog prekrivanja. I nisam mogla odoljeti a da ga ne premazem barem jednim slojem nadlaka China Glaze Fairy Dust (7,50KM preko Lilocosmetics Facebook stranice) – ovaj ljepotan ce dodatno uljepsati svaki lak na koji mozete pomisliti. Sicusni, ne pregusto rasporedjen holo shimmer. Nije najbolji kada ga samostalno koristite, prilicno je providan unatoc vise slojeva ali preko drugih lakova ima efekat kao i Nutella namazana na krisku hrskavog hljeba! Imate li svog ‘periwinkle’ ljubimca drage moje?
