Swatch Time + NOTD with Zoya - Phoebe!

Hey my lovelies!

So today I'm going to show you swatches of the third polish I got in Zoya's 4th of July sale, Phoebe! 

I've actually wanted Phoebe for a long time now, but every time I bought from Zoya, it was sold out. But this time around, I finally got lucky and they had it in stock! :)   

Phoebe is a gooorgeous blue matte shimmer, from Zoya's Mod Matte Summer 2011 Collection. 

I have one of the others from that collection, Mitzi, but they discontinued the third shade, Lolly, so unless someone has it and is wiling to sell it or trade for it, I won't get to own it. It's so pretty too! Matte hot pink! Sad Kate! :(  LOL

They also stopped making Electra from the Ornate Winter 2012 Collection, which I wanted sooo badly, but when I went to buy it in February I was too late. You snooze you lose with Zoya sometimes I guess. LOL :p

But anyways, more about Phoebe!

 3 coats, no top-coat!

Swatch Time!: Zoya PixieDusts!

Hey lovelies!

It's SwatchTime! I have some super pretty swatches for you today, Zoya PixieDusts!  

This past 4th of July (Independence Day here in America!) Zoya had another one of their awesome specials; if you bought the PixieDust shade Liberty, you got any other two shades FREE! :) 

So I did it, and I got Liberty, Stevie, and Phoebe. 

Zoya PixieDust - Liberty 

Zoya PixieDust - Stevie 

Zoya Matte Velvet - Phoebe 

So today I'll show you swatches of the first two, the Liberty and Stevie PixieDusts! 

Pixie Dust is Zoya's line of textured glitter polishes! These are the second textured polishes I've tried, I also tried one of the OPI Liquid Sand polishes. 

I have to say, I like Zoyas formula a lot better! I usually like OPI's formula the best, but Zoya's textured formula is really good! They dry super quick, and I love the way they look and feel. Both of the ones I tried were opaque in 2 coats! :)

What I liked better about the Zoya formula was that you can do more than two coats, and it still dries quickly, but with the OPI ones you can really only do 2 coats, or else it doesn't dry properly. That was really my only problem with the OPI formula though, was the drying time.

This is Liberty, the only one of the three that I paid for! Hehe :p  

Liberty is from the Summer PixieDust Collection.

Liberty is a super pretty dark blue matte textured glitter. It's a deep blue base, with dark and light blue, almost silver micro glitter. 

The only thing I didn't like about this polish, was that it does stain blue a little, especially during removal. I won't lie, I definitely got Smurf fingers when I took it off! LOL!

Other than that though, I have no complaints about this one! :)

This is Stevie! As soon as I saw this one advertised I knew I had to have it, it's soo pretty! :) 

Stevie is also from the Summer PixieDust Collection. 

Stevie is a gooorgeous lavender/pink matte textured glitter. It has a pinkish/lavender base, with silver micro glitter.  

I love these, I'm definitely going to be buying some more PixieDusts in the future, the Fall Collection especially looks really really pretty! :) 

Check back tomorrow for a swatch of Phoebe, the third polish I picked! :) 

Did you guys take advantage of this Zoya deal? Let me know in the comments what colors you picked if you did! :)

NOTD: Fun with Zoya Happi!

Hello there my lovelies! 

For today's Nails of the Day, I'm re-swatching Zoya - Happi, and also having a little French Mani fun with it! :) 

I got Happi back in January during the Try 3 Free promotion, and it's definitely become one of my top favorite polishes in my collection now! :) 

Happi is a pretty, summery, pink with coral shimmer, and in in the right lighting you can even see a hint of green shimmer! :) 

It's perfect for Spring and Summer, and now that warm weather is finally here in PA, I'm super-duper loving this one! :) 

I tried to capture the green shimmer, but it's tough to see on camera. You can see it in person though, especially in the sunlight! You can definitely see the gorgeous coral shimmer though! :)

Now, time for a little mini French Mani Fun! 

For this one I used a base of the nude color from the Mark. Mode & Trend Collection, which is a light nude with pink shimmer. Then I added on Happi for French Tips, and sealed with a coat of Seche Vite! 

I think the shimmer of the nude really complemented the shimmer of Happi, and the result was a nice Springy, shimmery French! :) 

I hope you're all enjoying nice weather like we're having! Spring coming around always puts me in a happy mood! :) 

BONUS! Check out this gorgeous rainbow! This came out over my neighborhood the other day after it had been storming all day long. It was so bright and beautiful, and it was perfectly arched all the way around! I haven't seen one as bright as this in a long time. :) 

Swatch: Zoya - Mitzi!

Hello lovelies!
I have a quick little swatch for you today.
This is Zoya - Mitzi from the Mod Matte Velvet Collection.

I know I've swatched this polish before, but I wanted to re-swatch with my new camera to get a better photo for you guys. :)

You can read my full review of this polish here .

NOTD: Zoya - Blu and Sephora by OPI - Sparked!

Hello lovelies!

Just a quick little NailOfTheDay for you all, this is Zoya - Blu with Sephora by OPI - Sparked in Turquoise Glitter.

I loooove this combo, how about you? :)

Swatch Time!: Zoya - Blu

Hi lovelies! :)

If you follow my Facebook page you already know this; Yesterday I got an AWESOME surprise in the mail! My amazing cousin Sarah sent me her old camera! She just got a new one so she sent me her old one as a surprise! Soo sweet!! So no more blurry iPod pics! :D

It's a Sony Cyber-Shot, and it takes such pretty pictures! (Although, really anything is a step-up from blurry iPod pics! LOL)

She had been having a giveaway on her blog, (http://tunaynamahal.com) for two of the new polishes from the Zoya Lovely Spring Collection, Blu and Neely! I'll do a Nail Mail post soon to show you all of it, but first I'll be showing you Blu!

Blu is a soft lovely, pastel baby blue! It's perfect for Spring, and makes me want warm weather so bad!!
I don't know if you guys ever got these in your Easter baskets as a kid, but remember the little pastel Easter Egg shaped M&M's that come out at Easter time? This color reminds me of those! :)

The formula is a nice creme, it's thin so it does pool a little bit so you have to be careful around your cuticles, but surprisingly it's opaque by the second coat! I did three though, you know me and my OCD-ness LOL :)

The first photo is three coats without top-coat, the second two are with one coat of Seche Vite top-coat. :)

Stay tuned for a swatch of Neely coming soon!

Nail Mail!! :D

Hi lovies! So I got some fun nail mail the other day! This was a late Christmas present from my cousin Sarah!

She gave me 7 polishes! Plus some other fun stuff! So sweet of her, an I love it all! :) <3

So first we'll start off with the Nail Polishes, she gave me (L to R in the photo):
Zoya - Storm
Pure Ice - Cheatin'
Spoiled - My Saturn Broke Down
Rimmel 60 Second Dry - Climax
Color Club - Wild Cactus
Pixel - Pixel Dust
And a mini Seche Vite top-coat, which as you know is my newfound love!! <3 :)

She also sent my this suuuuper pretty Wet'N'Wild "Drinking A Glass of Shine" eyeshadow pallette, which I looove! It's definitely the exact kind of colors I wear! :)
Plus this pretty sparkly gold nail file, and some chocolate covered coffee beans (YUM) in an adorable little gingerbread men bag! (As you can probably tell, I already ate a bunch! So yummmyy! :D)

So thank you sooo much Sarah! I love it all!! Love you! <3

You can check out Sarah's blog here!: http://www.tunaynamahal.com/?m=0

Flip/Flop February Day 23: Lightning/Bows

Hello lovies! Time for Day 23 of Flip/Flop February! :)

So our Flip/Flop for this day was Lightning/Bows, and I went with lightning!

For the base I used Zoya - Storm, which I think works awesome because its basically a storm in a bottle! :p
Then for the lightning bolts I used Sinful Colors - Snow Me White.

Don't forget to check out the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 22: Plaid/Mustache!

Hello Lovelies! I'm all caught up on this Challenge, and now it's time for Day 22! :)

Today's Flip/Flop was Plaid/Mustache and... I did both! I did plaid with a mustache accent nail!

For the plaid I used:
Sephora by OPI - What Aura Gonna Wear?, I'm Wired, and Read My Palm.
For the mustache I used: Zoya - Storm (because why not have a sparkly mustache?! If I could grow one I'd totally cover it in glitter all the time. :D)
Then I sealed with Seche Vite top-coat. :)

Make sure to check out all the other bloggers manis! :)

Flip/Flop February Day 12: Drips/Matte

Hello once again, lovies! So today is Dy 12 of Flip/Flop February!

Today our flip/flop is drips/matte.
So what did I do? Matte Drips, of course! :D

I love matte, I love drips, and I looove them together!

For this mani I used:
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Twisted Pink
Zoya - Mitzi

Mitzi is the matte in this mani, as you can see, Twisted Pink is not. But I really really loved the colors together, so I went with it! :)

I did 2 coats of Twisted Pink, then added on the Drips of Mitzi, and then for my accent nail I reversed it and did 3 coats of Mitzi and added on the Twisted Pink Drips.

I sooo didn't wanna take this one off! I love pink and green together! :)

Don't forget to go check out all the other bloggers amazing manis!!

Flip/Flop February Day 4: One Stroke/Ombré

Hello again my lovelies! :)
It's time for Flip/Flop February Day 4!

Today's Flip/Flop is: One Stroke/Ombré.

I went with the flop today, since I've never done one stroke before. Plus I don't have any acrylic paints at the moment, at that's really the best way they come out. Excuses excuses. :p

So I went with a simple pink ombré! :)
(P.S. Is it just me, or does anyone else automatically think of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S episode where Joey was a cologne sprayer whenever they hear the word ombré? Cuz it makes me think of Hombre. No? Just me? Moving on...)

The polishes I used for this were (in order from lightest to darkest, or thumb to pinky.):
Sephora by OPI - A True Romantic
Wet'N'Wild Shine - Tickled Pink
Zoya - Happi
Sephora by OPI - What Aura Gonna Wear?
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Twisted Pink

Make sure to check out all the other bloggers creations as well! :)

Zoya - Opal Swatch!

Hello Lovelies! So today I'm sharing another Zoya beauty with you, this is Opal.

Opal is from the fleck effect top-coat collection, it's a clear jelly base with a green tint, and all different sized blue-green duo-chrome flecks throughout it!
My one and only complaint about this polish is that it's terrible to photograph, pictures don't do it justice! In person it's soo beautiful, the effect is definitely unique.

The first shot is Opal swatched all by itself, this swatch is three coats.

The second is two coats of Opal over Zoya - Happi.

The third is Zoya - Mitzi with one coat of Opal on the accent ring.

I can't wait to play with this and experiment with it over other polishes!! :)

Zoya - Happi Swatch!

Hello lovelies!
So when I did the Zoya "Try 3 Free" promo, this was the second one I got! :)

Happi is an absolutely gorgeous, almost duo-chrome, sheer polish. It's so pretty, and has a really good formula. It's opaque in 2 coats, (though I did 3, because I'm OCD about coverage LOL) normal drying time, no streaking at all, and has a really nice, shiny finish. :)

The color is a beautiful coral/pink, and what I didn't realize just from the bottle is that in certain lighting, it has a bit of green in the shimmer! Pink + Green is one of my favorite color combos so I looved discovering that!

Below the swatch of this beauty, I added Zoya - Opal on top of it. I reeeeaaaaallllly love this polish combo! Not only does it make them sparkly, but the blue-green color of opal really brings out the green shimmer of Happi! :)

Love this polish by itself, and paired with opal! Perfect for warm weather! (Which needs to hurry up and get here already! :p)