Ok, I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, however, going forward I plan on posting on a regular basis. I promise 🙂 I pretty much took the summer off to focus on family and now I am recharged and ready to go. As you can tell, I have revamped my blog. Please be patient as I am still work on tweaking the formatting but it’s finally somewhat presentable. View Post
Sorry I’ve been so MIA lately. Between trying to manage my YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter, it seems like I can never keep up and unfortunately my blog has been terribly neglected. It seems easier for me to update my Facebook page more frequently. I have been taking quite a bit of pictures of things, so I am going to attempt to play catch up on here.
With spring upon us I have gotten really into spring nail polishes. To be perfectly honest I have been OBSESSED with nail polish lately. I wanted to share some of my favorite colors I’ve been wearing lately.
Essie “Pink A Boo”
This is a lovely soft pale pink with a touch of iridescent sparkle
Also used a Konad stamp on my nail-I’ve been recently obsessed with nail stamping!
So yet again I have another Zoya NOTD. Wow, I just ordered 6 more Zoya polishes a few days ago and I am so tempted to order 2 of their Mylar fleck effect polishes. I have my eye on Maisie and Chloe. I have seen swatches on other blogs so google the collection to find a blog swatch because I thnk it’ll help a lot making your decision. Check out the colletion on Zoya’s site:
Zoya Fleck Effect Mylar Hollographic Spring 2012 Collection
Here is a picture of the color Marley I had on today. I really didn’t have good lighting today and my first picture doesn’t do the color any justice as it’s a little brighter lilac than the picture below shows.
So I threw a filter on Instagram and it brightened the color up, however, in true life the actual color is probably something in the middle of the two pictures.
Hope you are having a great Wednesday! Has anyone else found any great Zoya colors that they’ve fallen in love with?
Ok, so you are going to see quite a few nail of the day pictures and posts because I was fortunate to stock up on quite a bit of Zoya polish through a few of the flash promos that Zoya was holding on twitter during the month of December. Zoya currently has another promo for get two nail polishes free and just pay shipping that will run until January 9, 2012 using the promo code ZOYA2012.
Neutrals and pinks have always been my “go to” colors while I was working in corporate america due to the conservative nature of the work I did. More recently I had gotten back into more trendy and dark nail polishes but somehow found my way back to the pink colors again, hence my interest in the color Erika. Now admittedly I typically gravitate towards pale pinks such as OPI Sweetheart or OPI Bubble Bath. The color Erika is a true baby pink brighter than the pink colors mentioned above. It also boasts a beautiful subtle gold shimmer that you can see in the picture more towards the top of the bottle. I used two gracious coats of polish to really get a vibrant color, however, I may try to tone the pink down next time by using a softer pink or white coat followed by a coat of the Erika color.
I have been obsessed with Zoya nail polish lately. I love the fact that Zoya is a 4 Free nail polish-free of toluene, formaldehyde, DBP and Camphor. I was fortunate enough to participate in a few of the Flash Promos that Zoya was having through Twitter. One of the deals that I was able to snag was a free mini Color Lock System. The Color Lock System is a 5 step system that is supposed to “Put perfect nail color on lock down.” The five steps include the Zoya Remover, Anchor Basecoat, Zoya Nail Polish, Armor Topcoat & UV Block and the Hurry Up Speed Dry Drops. This is my first time using the system and I wish I could say that I love it, however, just as a first impression I have to say that I am not too impressed. It is so rare that I get bubbles in in my nail polish, however, I noticed that the consistency of the Jules nail polish was thin and with my nail beds being so long I made sure I grabbed a healthy amount on nail polish on my brush to avoid having to dip twice into the bottle to polish each nail. I am assuming this is what may have caused some of the bubbling. Well, I ended up getting bubbles on my nails 🙁 The speed drops are supposed to eliminate bubbles-didn’t live up to this claim.
You can’t see the bubbles from the photo, however, they are there. As well, I love the high gloss that Seche Vite top coat left, however, I had to give that top coat up because it was a not a 3Free polish. I have since then replaced it with Deborah Lippman’s Addicted to Speed Top Coat and have found that it leaves that similar high gloss coat that Seche Vite does. I wish I could say that Zoya’s top coat performed the same, however, it didn’t. I was a little disappointed and may try the base and top coat separately to see if my opinion changes by using them individually.
Now the color Jules was highly impressive. I absolutely love this color more than I thought I would. It boasts a soft gold/taupe color with a subtle shimmer. It really looks luxurious on my nails I just wish I could speak more highly of the Color Lock System. Here are some pictures below. What is your favorite Zoya color?
