Pink Challenge: Day 1 by GejbaPink Challenge: manikura št. 01 by Gejba

When Caroline contacted me with offer to join Pink Challenge my first thought was – 7 manicures with one and a same pink polish?!? Uh – that would really be a challenge for me.  :biggrin:

You all know how much I “like” pink polishes, but as this challenge was roughly scheduled for end of September/beginning of October I found it difficult to decline. It simply is the best way for me to promote breast cancer awareness month color … besides adding balloon with pink ribbon to our logo. :angel:

Deciding which pink polish to use was nightmare at best. I do have a huge nail polish collection, but as I really don’t like pink color I have only a handful of pinks … and none that I would wear as part of 7 manicures. :silly: In the end I went for Essence Love This City from I Love Berlin TE. I chose I Love Berlin because it has pretty good coverage, so I can get away with just one coat if needed and it could be used for stamping. Bonus points were also that it is not hot pink or pastel one … at least I thought that was a good thing until I started doing my manicures and realized that I should have gone with pastel pink as it tends to be more versatile. Oh well – I already did 2 manicures with this polish so I wasn’t inclined to switch color. :silly:

Here are the rules:

  • for entire week you have to publish manicures with same polish;
  • you can layer, stamp over it, draw nail art … but base polish must still be visible is some way (so no layering black over it :silly: ).

Day 1 of Pink Challenge is dedicated to the base polish of our choice – so in my case Essence Love This City. Formula wise I have no objections to this creme polish – is glides on, is just the right thickness, brush is OK, drying time is acceptable … Color is pink pink but has very slight undertone to it … I’m guessing something in peachy range. It’s muted so it doesn’t overpower everything else.

Essence I Love This City (pink challenge) by GEJBA swatch
Essence I Love This City (I Love Berlin TE) 2 coats + top coat

Meet the other participants in Pink Challenge: Caroline from Good Lack, Nail!, Maestra from Parokeets blog, Ulmiel from Did someone say nail polish?, Rebecca from Rebecca Likes Nails, Leslie from Polish Art Addiction, Inge from Polish Sis, Sidrah from Beauteous blog, Sarah from Lucky Lacquers.
Can’t wait to see your creations ladies. :w00t:

Pink lovers prepare yourselves – this week is your wet nail polish dream coming true. :biggrin:Caroline me je pred časom povabila k sodelovanju v Pink Challenge aka roza izzivu. Moja prva misel je bila – 7 manikur z enim in istim roza lakom?!? U la, la – to bo pa res konkreten izziv zame. :biggrin:

Verjetno že vse veste kako zelo “ljubim” roza lake, vendar pa je bil Pink Challenge prvotno okvirno načrtovan za konec septembra/začetek oktobra, tako da sem se mu težko uprla. To je enostavno najboljši način zame, da postavim v ospredje zaščitno barvo meseca boja proti raku na dojki … če odštejemo balonček z roza pentljo, ki jo naš papagajček drži cel oktober. :angel:

Kateti roza lak naj sploh uporabim? Kljub ne ravno skromni zbirki lakov za nohte, je med njimi le peščica roza lakov … pa še to si nobenega izmed njih nisem predstavljala kot del sedmih manikur. :silly: Na koncu sem se odločila za Essence Love This City iz I Love Berlin TE. Za I Love Berlin sem se odločila predvsem zaradi dobre prekrivnosti, tako da lahko uporabim tudi samo eno plast, če bi to bilo potrebno in ker lahko z njim tudi konadiram. Bonus točke je dobil tudi zaradi ne premočne ali pastelne barve … kar pa se je na dolgi rok izkazalo kot minus in ne plus, ker bi bil pastelen odtenek veliko bolj vsestranski. No ja, dve manikuri sem že imela narejeni, tako da nisem bila pripravljena zamenjati odtenka. :silly:

Pravila:

  • cel teden moramo uporabiti izbrani lak za bazo;
  • lahko ga slojimo, konadirano, rišemo po njemu … ne smemo ga pa prekriti na tak način, da sploh ne bi bil več viden (torej nobenega popolnega prekrivanja s črno :silly: ).

Manikura št. 01 Pink Challenga je namenjena predstavitivi baznega odtenka. V mojem primeru torej Essence Love This City laka. Glede formula izbranega krem odtenka nimam nobenih pripomb – lepo drsi, je ravno prav gost, dokaj hitro se posuši … Roza odtenek je res prava roza z le komaj zaznavnim podtonom (predvidevam, da vsebuje rahlo breskvast podton). Barva je dokaj pridušena, tako da ne izstopa preveč.

Essence I Love This City (pink challenge) by GEJBA swatch
Essence I Love This City (I Love Berlin TE) 2 coats + top coat

Spoznajte še ostale sodelujoče v Pink Challenge izzivu: Caroline – Good Lack, Nail!, Maestra – Parokeets blog, Ulmiel – Did someone say nail polish?, Rebecca – Rebecca Likes Nails, Leslie – Polish Art Addiction, Inge – Polish Sis, Sidrah – Beauteous blog, Sarah – Lucky Lacquers.
Komaj čakam, da vidim kaj ste ustvarile dame. :w00t:

Roza navdušenke – ta teden boste prišle na svoj račun. :biggrin:

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  1. Točno vem kaj misliš … saj veš, rozasta tudi moja barva ni. :wink: Noja, je pa zato še toliko večji izziv, hehe! Fino, da sta se kar dve Parokeetki priključili. :thumb: Komaj čakam tvoje stvaritve … in na zeleni teden. :wink: :whistle:

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      • Lol, točno to ja, sem tudi jaz že razmišljala, da mi je bilo med tremi stekleničkami rozaste verjento lažje izbrati eno kot mi bo med cca 70 zelenimi … oh dear. :D

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  2. Komaj čakam nadaljne manikure! :nails:
    P.S. Zakaj se ne moram vpisati z open ID/twitter/… računom? :ermm: Ko poskusim, me vrže na home page.. :ermm:

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  3. Sretno s ovim , meni bi bio pravi ‘challenge’, nesto ne preferiram roza nijanse. Na tebi ovaj stoji super, bas me zanima sta ces sve napraviti s njim :)

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