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Color Club Wild At Heart & Zoya Thea
Monday, January 18, 2016
Hello! My first post on this blog! Yay!
This is one of those manis I did last year & never posted anywhere…
This was a very simple manicure with Color Club Wild At Heart as the main color, & Zoya Thea for a sparkly accent nail.
Wild At Heart is a grape purple holographic; & Zoya describes Thea as
a deep amethyst Magical PixieDust with an orchid flash, packed full of holographic hex glitter. ♥
I loved this combo so much that I’d definitely wear it again.
This post has been updated as of 1/25/24
Zoya Thea
Since Wild At Heart by Color Club is no longer being sold, Eternal Beauty by Color Club is another solid alternative.
Color Club Eternal Beauty
Illamasqua Creator
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Another manicure from last year is two coats of Illamasqua Creator with black & silver rhinestones.
Illamasqua Creator is loaded with tons of small silver & holographic glitters in a black-cream base.
Polishes like this are right up my alley. ♥ I love them so much.
This post has been updated as of 1/25/2024
Illamasqua ‘s Creator has been discontinued for a few years now. So I did some research and found what seems to be a pretty solid dupe for it:
China Glaze Under The Stars
1440 Piece 1.5MM Flatback Silver Rhinestones
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1440 Piece 1.5MM Flatback Black Rhinestones
Valentine’s Day Nail Art
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Happy Valentine’s day everyone! Today I have this Valentine’s day nail art design to share with you!
The nail polishes I used for the nails with the water marble were: China Glaze Red Satin, China Glaze White Cap, Sinful Shine Wisp, & Sally Hansen Cha-Ching.
For the half-heart nails, I used: Zoya Aspen, black acrylic paint, Zoya Ginni, & Sally Hansen Cha-Ching.
The half-hearts aren’t absolutely perfect, but overall I like the way everything came out.
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.
This post has been updated as of 1/25/2024
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Links to the items used in this post:
China Glaze White Cap
China Glaze Red Satin
Essie Blanc (The best dupe I could find for the now-discontinued Sinful Shine’s Wisp
Zoya Aspen
Apple Barrel Black Acrylic Paint
I was able to find everything but Zoya’s Ginni from a source I would also personally order from… It’s been discontinued and I had no idea until I was just looking at it! I thought sure I just saw it on Zoya’s website and on Amazon not too long ago but apparently, I had to have been wrong because it appears that it’s been discontinued for quite a while now… crazy but not that crazy since it did come out like nine years ago haha. But I’d thought they’d keep it around since it did seem to be a decently popular nail polish. Well, anyway, do let me know if any link doesn’t work or if anything is sold out since some of the polishes I did find links for are discontinued as well. UPDATE: Well now, it’s not just Ginni but Cha-Ching by Sally Hansen as well. Dang. That’s unfortunate.
Glittery Multi-Chromatic Nails
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Hello everyone, I hope you all doing well!
Today I’ve got this glittery multi-chromatic manicure to show you. ^_^
On the thumb, index, and pinky fingernails I applied one coat of Zoya Dagmara and one coat of Nubar Star Sparkles. On the middle & ring fingers, I did a water marble & glitter border.
For the water marble, I used Zoya Ki & Revlon Chameleon; and for the glitter border, I used Nubar Star Sparkles, once again. 🙂
Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with the way these turned out!
This post has been updated as of 1/25/2024
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Nubar Star Sparkle
Zoya Ki
I’m honestly not 100% sure if Revlon’s Chameleon is discontinued or not but I know for a fact all Nubar nail polishes are because the brand Nubar no longer makes nail polish. I seriously wonder why because they’ve made some all-time next-level amazing nail polishes. As of this update, Zoya’s Ki is currently not discontinued, thankfully because it is an extra gorgeous polish. 🥰
UPDATE: Revlon’s Chameleon is a very unique shade, that I do believe is now discontinued. So not only do I not have a link for it, but I don’t have an alternate recommendation for the time being.
Kiko Pearly Golden Green
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Hello! I really need to post here more often… I feel like it’s been thirty years.
Anyway, today I have swatches of a Kiko polish to show you!
Kiko is becoming a favorite brand of mine.
Their polishes are inexpensive & the quality is excellent.
Here is Pearly Golden Green by Kiko:
I absolutely love this polish! The formula was fast-drying and was very easy to work with. ♥
This post has been updated as of 1/25/2024
So while Kiko’s Pearly Golden Green is no longer sold, one nail polish that’s still available comes to my mind that’s similar, but just more cool-toned:
Zoya Ivanka
Butter London Muggins & Sinful Colors Love Sprinkles
Monday, April 11, 2016
Hello there!
I have a ton of manicures from last year that I never posted anywhere on the internet… and this is one of them. This is Butter London Muggins & Sinful Colors Love Sprinkles.
Muggins is a very cool-toned lilac with slightly gray undertones, and Love Sprinkles is a clear-based polish with matte white and pink hexes, and matte white hearts in a clear base.
I remember Muggins had a very creamy, easy-to-work-with formula just like all the other Butter London polishes I’ve tried. Love Sprinkles was a pleasure to work with, as well. As you can see, in one coat you get pretty good coverage.
Thanks for reading. Xoxo.
This post has been updated as of 1/5/2024
Yeah, I tried to find dupes for Muggins, but couldn’t. If I ever find one, I’ll be sure to update this.
Love Sprinkles by Sinful Colors was a limited edition release for Valentine’s Day in 2015. I searched, but couldn’t find it anywhere online, so no links for this post. 🙁
Julep Lydia
Monday, April 11, 2016
Hello there! Today I have some photos of Julep Lydia to share with you.
Julep describes Lydia as a pyrite-textured polish… I’d say that’s pretty accurate.
This polish has a very thick opaque formula, and if you’re careful enough you could actually get away with one coat.
I wore this polish for about four days and had little to no chips. More than anything else I was very impressed with how well it wore, (mind you I’m extremely hard on my nails, so the fact that it lasted that long without any top coat is very impressive.)
I think Juleps textured polishes are amazing. They wear well, and they usually have really good formulas. I love them.
Sinful Colors Sugar High
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Hi there! Today I have another textured polish to show you.
This one is from the Live in Color Land collection that Sinful Colors released for spring this year.
Sugar High is a textured deep blue with pink, blue, & purple shimmer.
Oh my goodness. It is so pretty! These photos don’t do it justice, it looks way prettier in person!
Because it is a textured polish, it dries very quickly, and it has a formula that is very easy to work with.
My only (very small) complaint is that it is a bit on the sheer side and did take three coats.
But because it’s such a pretty polish, I really don’t mind at all!
I wore this polish for about five days with little to no chips, which is extremely impressive for a drugstore-textured polish!
Overall, I am delighted with this polish. It has a good formula, dries quickly, and wears well.
I’m very impressed!
Color Club Love ‘Em Leave ‘Em & Zoya Bar
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Hi there.
Today I have another one of those manicures I did last year and never posted anywhere.
Here is Color Club Love ‘Em Leave ‘Em & Zoya Bar!
Love ‘Em Leave ‘Em is a warm light gold with a subtle holographic effect, and Zoya describes Bar as a glittery nude topaz in the ultra-textured matte, holographic Magical Pixie formula.
I absolutely love this combination! It’s so glam, yet neutral at the same time. ^_^
Love ‘Em Leave ‘Em was an easy two coats, whereas Bar is definitely much more on the sheer side.
As you can see in the pictures, you can still kind of see through to my nail a bit, even after three thick coats!
But this polish is so pretty, I really don’t mind it being so sheer.
I don’t have a dupe/alternative to Color Club Love Em’ Leave Em’ as of right now. If you have any suggestions for something similar, do let me know in the comment section down below near the button on this page!
My Glittery Birthday Mani
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Hey everyone! Today I have the manicure I’m wearing today for my birthday!
I wanted something really sparkly, so this is what I came up with!
Yep, that was my birthday manicure!
It was extremely easy to create. All I did was a one-color glitter gradient on all of the nails… that’s it. Oh, and I made sure that the color I used for the gradient was in the same color family as the polish I used for the base! I did that because I wanted the gradient to be subtle.
Thanks for reading! xoxo
This post has been updated as of 1/25/2024
Zoya Arlo
Nubar Star Sparkle
Zoya Cosmo
Zoya Vega
Sally Hansen Bling-Tastic
Zoya Lux
Makeup Sponges
Note: I can’t always list every nail polish used or even sometimes dupes due to not being able to find any, but I honestly try, haha.
Zoya Muse
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Hello everyone!
Today I’ve got this gorgeous Zoya nail polish to share with you!
Zoya describes this as a blue raspberry fizz with a subtle vein of gold.
It’s soooooo pretty. ♥_♥
I’m just sitting here wondering what took me so long to wear it! I’ve had it for well over a year, and I’m just now getting around to wearing it!
It’s crazy… but anyway, this polish was a very easy two-coater. ♥ I love it.
This post has been updated as of 1/25/2024:
Zoya Muse
Pink & Nude Glitter Mani
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Hi, guys! Today I have another one of those manicures I did well over a year ago!
Yeah, I did this manicure so long ago that don’t even remember what I used exactly, and unfortunately, I didn’t write down what I used.
I know for sure I used Wet n Wild Yo Soy for the nude base, and the holographic glitter on top is Revlon Holographic Pearls.
As for the pink nails, I think I used China Glaze Hang Ten-Toes for the base, and I can see that I layered Orly Shine on Crazy Diamond on top.
As you can see on the middle nail, I created a border around the entire nail using pink rhinestones. 🙂
I love doing border nails with rhinestones.
Thanks for reading. Xoxo.
This post was last updated on 1/25/2024:
I searched to try and find a link for Revlon’s Holographic Pearls, but couldn’t find it anywhere… so here are the links I do have for the other nail polishes:
Wet n Wild Yo Soy
China Glaze Hang-Ten Toes
Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond (could be used as a Holographic Pearls replacement as well. Just double up on coats)
An assortment of various rhinestones that include some very similar to the pink ones I used
Sinful Colors Sweeten The Teal
Friday, May 13, 2016
Hello everyone! Today I’ve got another polish from the Sinful Colors Live in Color Land collection to show you!
Sweeten The Teal is a teal green textured polish, packed with a bunch of green & gold metallic shimmer. Very pretty.
The formula is decent… it’s a little on the sheer side (it needed three coats) but it dries super fast so I don’t mind.
This is another great textured polish from Sinful Colors! I love it. ♥
Sinful Colors Sweeten The Teal
At the time of updating this post, there is only one left by a reliable seller. This nail polish has been discontinued for many years now, so once that one sells out, I won’t even have a dupe to provide for you because I seriously don’t know of any nail polishes that look remotely close to this one. If you know of any, definitely let me know!
Dark Seafoam Green
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Hi there! Today I’ve got another old manicure from last year to show you!
I used two coats of Chick Nail Polish Gavie Green for the base of this entire manicure.
For the water marble, I used Wet n Wild Black Creme, the same polish that I used for the base, and for the glitter gradient, I only used one nail polish, and that was Orly Sparkling Garbage.
Lastly, I ended up layering some Pixel Nail Polish Pixel Dust, and Orly Green Flake Topcoat on all the nails.
♥
This post was last updated on 1/26/2024:
Hi there, I didn’t see Pixel’s Pixel Dust or Chick Nail Polish’s Gavie Green being sold anywhere, so here are the links I could find for each nail polish:
Wet n Wild Black Crème
Orly Sparkling Garbage
Orly Matte FX Green Flakie Top Coat
Links to my water marble supplies:
Toothpicks (to draw the water marble designs in the water):
The type of cups I used for water marbles
Tape + Dispenser (for making clean up easier)
Cotton Swabs
Morgan Taylor Under The Stars
Monday, May 16, 2016
Hi there.
Today I have this stunning Morgan Taylor polish to show you.
Under The Stars by Morgan Taylor is a navy blue jelly with metallic silver glitter and holographic silver glitter.
Words can’t express how much I love nail polishes like this!
It looks like you have a night sky on your nails, and to top everything off, it had an amazing formula! It was very opaque and easy to work with, I almost didn’t need a second coat.
Because this polish has such a nice formula and is so pretty, this might be an all-time favorite nail polish of mine, and that’s really saying something.
I said it before and I’ll say it again, I LOVE IT!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Morgan Taylor Under The Stars
Kiko Cranberry Microglitter
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Hello, everyone!
Today I have some swatches of Kiko Cranberry Micro Glitter to show you.
Cranberry Microglitter is a pretty metallic reddish pink with a bright pink metallic shimmer.
I like it.
I honestly don’t have much to say about it except that, It’s a tad on the sheer side requiring three coats, but aside from that it dries quickly and isn’t streaky like some metallic polishes tend to be.
This nail polish, like quite a few of the nail polishes I’ve featured in my art and swatches, is no longer available. So at this point, as I try and update these posts, I’ll try to include something similar that you can try for a similar look.
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
To find Kiko’s Cranberry Microglitter is extremely hard now, so I have a nail polish I will recommend in its place. It’s not an exact dupe, but it’s a decent match.
Zoya Ash
One day I may revisit this post and see if I could come up with an even closer match, but that’s what I’ve got for now!
Thanks for reading, xoxo.
Zoya Chita
Friday, May 27, 2016
Hello, everyone. Today I have a swatch from a couple of weeks ago to share with you!
Zoya describes Chita as a forest green in a matte, textured, sparkling finish.
It is absolutely stunning, and I love how it’s fully opaque in one coat.
This wasn’t my first time wearing this polish.
I’ve worn this polish at least five times, not including when I’ve used it for nail art.
It’s certainly an all-time favorite textured polish of mine, however, there is one thing I don’t like about it… It doesn’t wear very well. 🙁
It usually chips off within a day, but that doesn’t stop me from wearing it! It’s too pretty, haha.
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Zoya Chita
Sinful Colors Surreally Sweet
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have a swatch of another textured polish from the Sinful Colors Live in Color Land collection to show you!
Surreally Sweet is a textured deep magenta with pink & bluish-purple micro glitter.
It was a very easy two-coater, and like most textured polishes, it dried fast.
Although this polish is really pretty, it’s still my least favorite textured polish that I’ve tried, so far from the Live In Color Land collection.
It’s just not as pretty as the others in my opinion…
This post has been updated as of 1/9/2024
I don’t have a link to this one nor do I have a dupe.
♥
Thanks for reading!
♥
Kiko Pistachio
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Hello, everyone! It’s been a while… I’m sorry I keep disappearing at random for like, two weeks at a time.
I swear I don’t do it on purpose!
It’s just that I think I haven’t posted in like two or three days, and then I check and it says I haven’t posted in two weeks, and I’m like, what!?
The year has been going by so fast for me! I can’t believe we’re past half of the year already!
Anyway, today I have a Kiko polish (which I don’t really like that much) to share with you! ^_^
This post has been updated as of 1/8/2024
Kiko Pistachio is a pastel green polish with sprinkles of dark green, & orange glitters, and as you can see, it dries with a textured finish as well.
It’s not a terrible-looking polish, but I just don’t think it looks good on me.
The formula being a bit patchy and difficult to work with doesn’t help anything either.
Overall, I don’t like this polish, unfortunately. 🙁
But even though I don’t like it, I thought I’d share anyway because someone else might love polishes like this!
This post has been updated as of 1/9/2024
I do not have a link to this one or even anything remotely similar, lol.
Thanks for reading!
Morgan Taylor Sweetest Thing
Friday, June 17, 2016
Hello there.
Today, I have swatches of a Morgan Taylor polish to share with you.
Sweetest Thing by Morgan Taylor has rosy-pink glitter with holographic glitter sprinkled throughout it in a clear base.
As you can see in the photos, it’s a bit sheer to wear by itself (see the bald spots?)
It’s one of those polishes that are a bit too sheer to be worn alone, but too opaque to be layered over nail art without smothering it.
Overall, I really like this glitter polish; it has a very easy-to-work-with, fast-drying formula.
I’m noticing Morgan Taylor’s polishes have really good formulas, and they have a pretty broad color selection to choose from; I’m certainly becoming a fan.
Thanks for reading! ^_^
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Morgan Taylor Sweetest Thing
Wet n Wild Lay Out in Lavender & Color Club Sugar Plum Fairy
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have a springy manicure that I did a few months ago to share with you!
The main problem with posting old photos of manicures is that you tend to forget what you did. Haha.
I’m really trying to remember if I used two coats of the Lay Out in Lavender, or three… I’m pretty confident it was just two, and I know for sure that I used three coats of Sugarplum Fairy!
Anyways, Lay Out in Lavender is a nice, simple lavender cream, and Color Club Sugarplum Fairy is a light purple-based holographic glitter.
Lighter, more pastel colors can sometimes be difficult to work with, but I’m happy to say that Lay Out in Lavender is totally not like that! It has a very creamy, easy-to-work-with formula, and Sugarplum Fairy has a pretty nice formula, too; It dries very fast and is very opaque, as you can see. My only complaint is that it’s one of those top coat-eating glitter polishes! I’m sure I had to apply three layers of top coat, and it’s still not really shiny.
But yeah, I love these two polishes, on their own and together.
I’d have to say Sugarplum Fairy is an all-time favorite glitter polish of mine, and Lay Out in Lavender is one of my all-time favorite pastel polishes, as well.
This post as been updated as of 1/26/2024
Essie Skip The Track (Wet n Wild Lay Out In Lavender Dupe)
Closest thing I could find to Color Clubs Sugar plum Fairy, Zoya Cosmo
1.5 MM Silver Round Rhinestones
♥ Thanks for reading! ♥ xoxo
L’oreal Masked Affair
Friday, June 24, 2016
Hi, everyone! Today I have swatches of a legendary nail polish I haven’t worn in over a year!
Masked Affair by L’oreal is a scattered holographic gray with slight purple undertones.
This polish has such a nice formula and only needed two easy coats to become fully opaque.
I love this polish, and I think it’s very easy to see why it was so popular; It’s just an all-around awesome nail polish in every aspect.
Unfortunately, this nail polish was a limited edition and is now very hard to find.
So sad. 🙁 It was such an awesome polish!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024:
(Somewhat of a dupe for Masked Affair) Revlon Hologasm
Thanks for reading. Xoxo
Sephora Formula X Vortex
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have swatches of a lovely textured polish to show you.
Vortex by Formula X for Sephora is a textured cobalt blue with metallic golden flecks of shimmer.
The formula is quite thick but still easy to work with; it was almost fully opaque in one coat, and I can’t forget to mention that it dries very fast.
Aside from its beautiful color, finish, and formula, I don’t really know what else to say about it!
It’s just an awesome textured polish. I love it.
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Thanks for reading! Xoxo
Zoya Cassedy
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Hey guys! Today I’ve got swatches of a beautiful metallic polish to show you!
Zoya describes this polish as a full-coverage, celestial pewter metallic; I think that’s pretty accurate.
I picked it up from Whole Foods a couple of weeks ago and it’s stunning!
I always have high hopes for Zoya’s metallic polishes because they seem to do those best in my opinion, and this one doesn’t disappoint.
It has a pretty good formula; It only needed two coats and wasn’t streaky at all, like some metallic polishes tend to be.
Another lovely metallic polish!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Zoya Cassedy
Thanks for reading! Xoxo
Abstract 4th Of July Nails
Monday, July 4, 2016
Hello, everyone! Happy 4th of July to all of my fellow Americans.
Today I have the nail art that I wore today!
For the splatter nails, I used Zoya Aspen for the base; Orly Star Spangled, Zoya Dream, and the super hard, powder brush (pictured above) to create the splatter effect.
As for the water marble nails, I used Zoya Aspen (the base of these nails, too), Rimmel London Stiletto Red, Sinful Shine Wisp, & Zoya Sailor.
After I finished the water marble, I felt like it needed something more, so I topped it off with some of Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond.
Even after that, I still felt like the nails were lacking something… So I added some rhinestones!
Then I was satisfied, haha.
I really enjoyed creating these!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Zoya Aspen
Orly Star Spangled
Zoya Dream
A Synthetic Blush Brush
I was only able to find one listing for Rimmel Londons Stiletto Red on eBay, but since it’s only a red with a cream/jelly finish, I will tell you it’s super easy to find dupes for such a common nail polish color; so I will not only link the original nail polish I used, but a dupe as well.
Rimmel London Stiletto Red
(Something similar to Rimmel London’s Stiletto Red) Sally Hansen Pucker Up
Essie Blanc (the closest replacement I could find for Wisp)
Zoya Sailor
Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond
Toothpicks (to draw the water marble designs in the water)
(To create a barrier around the nails to make clean-up easier) Tape + Dispenser
The type of cups I used for water marbles
(If need be, to clean up around the nails with remover) Cotton Swabs
(The nail polish remover I use (my favorite nail polish remover of all time) Zoya Remove+
Thanks for reading! Xoxo
OPI My Pal Joey
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Hi, everyone! Today I have swatches of a beautiful blue cream polish to share with you.
My Pal Joey by OPI is a primary blue cream with a really nice formula.
It applied very nicely and was fully opaque in two coats.
I love primary blue creams like this! I honestly don’t know what else to say about it, haha.
I guess I’ll end the post here!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024:
Of course, this post is very old and so is this nail polish lol. It was a limited edition as part of a Hello Kitty-themed collection (hence why the caps have Hello Kitty all over them.) I was able to find a listing for this nail polish on eBay.
OPI My Pal Joey
Something similar that’s just a tad darker, but essentially the same would be
Zoya Sia
Thanks for reading!! Xoxo
Sinful Colors Sweet Tooth
Friday, July 8, 2016
Hi, guys! Today I have the final textured polish from the Sinful Colors Spring 2016 Live In Color Land collection, to show you.
Sweet Tooth by Sinful Colors is a hot pink with coral undertones and pink iridescent micro glitter in a textured finish.
I really like this polish; I think it’s very vivid and happy-looking.
Overall, this polish is great, but the formula was a bit disappointing.
As I mentioned above, it needed three coats, which isn’t too bad, but even after three coats, you could see the nail line a little.
Out of all the other textured polishes from the collection, this one is probably my least favorite; but don’t get me wrong, I really like it, but it’s just not the best one in my opinion.
My favorite textured polishes from the collection:
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4.
So tell me, which ones are your favorite, and in what order?
As you can see above, my favorite was Sugar High!
Yeah, it required three coats just like Sweet Tooth, but at least it was fully opaque!
Also, blue is my favorite color so it’s not surprising it’s my favorite. ^_^
Thanks for reading!! Xoxo
Kiko Pink Flambé
Monday, July 11, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have a swatch of another Kiko polish to share with you!
Kiko Pink Flambé is a deep pink with a beautiful metallic shimmer.
I ended up liking this polish a lot more than I thought I would!
Pink nail polishes usually aren’t my thing, but this one is beautiful!
Pictures really aren’t doing the metallic shimmer justice; It’s beautiful.
I would have to say I do prefer it without a topcoat versus with.
Tell me, do you prefer it with, or without a topcoat? Let me know in the comment section below!
Thanks for reading!! Xoxo
Kiko Anise
Friday, July 15, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today, I have another polish from Kiko to share with you!
Anise by Kiko is a pastel baby blue polish with dark blue sprinkles & a textured finish.
This polish is a little too textured in my opinion; it being overly textured makes it difficult to apply.
I sort of wanted to like this polish because it’s my favorite color (blue), and it does look kind of cool, but the formula is a huge turnoff for me.
If I had to give this polish a rating out of five stars, I’d give it 2 out of 5.
It looks interesting, but the formula is crappy.
Thanks for reading! Xoxo
Zoya Linds
Monday, August 1, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have a swatch of Zoya Linds to share with you!
Zoya Linds is a cherry red, textured PixieDust with red and fuchsia glitter.
Another lovely textured polish by Zoya that has a good formula and only requires two coats.
I honestly don’t have much to say about this polish; I’m just glad the Zoya Pixiedusts aren’t going anywhere!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Zoya Linds
Thanks for reading!! Xoxo
Zoya Bay
Thursday, August 4, 2016
Hi, everyone! Today I’ll be sharing Zoya Bay from the Summer 2016 PixieDust collection with you!
Zoya Bay is described by Zoya as a sky blue, textured PixieDust with fine silver and gold glitter creating a dreamy effect.
Yeah, I would have to admit that this polish does look pretty dreamy, especially in person.
The only thing I was a little disappointed in was the formula. As I mentioned above, this polish required three coats to achieve full opacity, which isn’t bad, but all the other polishes in the collection only needed two, so I was a little disappointed in how it was a bit more on the sheer side.
Overall, it’s a very nice polish that I would surely recommend, and if I had to give it a rating out of 5 stars… I’d give it 4/5!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024
Zoya Bay
Thanks for reading! XOXO
Zoya Tilly
Friday, August 5, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have Zoya Tilly from the Seashells collection to share with you!
Zoya describes Tilly as a starry gray, textured PixieDust with a small holographic glitter interwoven with a darker gunmetal.
Ah, this is such a beautiful silver-textured polish!
I think the sparkles in this one really stand out compared to the others, and I think this one looks more textured compared to the others, as well.
The formula is nice, and like I said above, it only required two coats! I love the Zoya PixieDust polishes. ♥_♥
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024:
Zoya Tilly
Thanks for reading!! XOXO
Pokeball-inspired nail art for INAD
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Hello, everyone! Happy International Nail Art Day!!!
I honestly just found out today that it is INAD!
Because I found out on such short notice, I wasn’t able to create anything in particular for the holiday, so what I have is the manicure I am currently wearing! My Pokeball-inspired nail art! Haha.
I was actually planning on posting these after I finished posting all of my swatches of the Zoya Summer PixieDust collection. Still, because today is INAD I decided to go ahead and post them now!
For the manicure, I used Zoya Aspen for the base and black and white acrylic paint for the details of the Pokeballs.
After I finished the details, (which were only a line and two dots) I went crazy with the glitter!
I applied Sinful Colors Decadent to the red part of the Pokeball, Color Club Snowflakes to the white part, Zoya Imogen to the black line, and layered a coat of Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond all over the nails. 🙂
Sorry, this post was rushed, but Happy International Nail Art Day! I hope you have an awesome one!
This post has been updated as of 1/26/2024:
Zoya Aspen
Apple Barrel Black Acrylic Paint
Apple Barrel White Acrylic Paint
Striping Brushes (I used one for the line on the Pokeball)
Dotting Tool (I used one for the dot on the center of the line of the Pokeball)
Sinful Colors Decadent (this is a lot of two for the price of almost how much one is going for)
Couldn’t find Color Club’s Snowflakes or anything even similar that’s still out there, so no link for that one.
Zoya Imogen
Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond
As always, thanks for reading! XOXO
Zoya Zooey
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Hi, guys! Today, I am sharing Zoya Zooey from the 2016 Summer PixieDust collection with you!
Zoya describes Zooey as a classic pink, textured PixieDust laced with a fine thread of gold and medium sized holographic hexes for an added layer of dimension.
I love this, and I’m not usually a big fan of pink polishes, but I love this one.
The glitter and shimmer in this polish are just SO beautiful, it makes you want to stare at it all day long.
The formula was great as well it only needed two easy coats!
This post has been updated as of 1/9/24:
List and links to products in this post:
Zoya Zooey
Thanks for reading!!! XOXO
Zoya Levi
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Hi, everyone! Today I have Zoya Levi to share with you!
Zoya describes Levi as a beige gold textured PixieDust with medium-sized holographic hex glitter.
I absolutely love this polish. It’s so classy looking and has a pretty good formula. Honestly, at this point, I’m running out of things to say because all the polishes from this Seashells collection pretty much have the same kind of two-coat formulas, (except for Bay.)
So yeah… I’m done talking about this polish. HAHA.
Tomorrow will be the last polish from the Zoya Summer 2016 PixieDust collection!
I will say that all the nail polishes in this collection were very pretty, and fun to swatch! But after tomorrow it will be back to more random nail polish swatches, and nail art! Aren’t you excited!? Teehee.
This post has been updated as of 2/2/2024
List and links to products in this post:
Zoya Levi
Thanks for reading! XOXO
Zoya Cece
Friday, August 12, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I have the last polish from the Summer 2016 Zoya Seashells collection to share with you!
Zoya describes Cece as a full-impact green, textured PixieDust with a thin vein of gold creating a fizzy lemon-lime effect.
This polish certainly reminds me of lemons and limes, but of course, when I start imagining lemons and limes, I think about Sprite which is my favorite soda, although I don’t really drink soda often, haha.
Anywho, for this polish, I only needed two easy coats like almost all the other polishes in the collection!
I really like the bright spring/summer vibes this polish gives off; it’s very nice.
This post has been updated as of 2/2/2024
List and links to products in this post:
Zoya Cece
Thanks for reading!!! ♥ XOXO ♥
Zoya Sia & Sally Hansen Black and Blue
Sunday, August 14, 2016
Hey, guys! What’s up? Do let me know in the comment section below.
Today, I have more swatches! If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been trying to focus a bit more on swatching the nail polishes I have in my collection, because I have hundreds of polishes I’ve never swatched or worn! So, for today I have two polishes I swatched/wore together.
For this manicure. I only used one coat, yes, just one coat of Zoya Sia, which Zoya describes as a true, royal blue cream, and one coat of Sally Hansen Black and Blue which I describe as a deep, sheer teal with a multi-chromatic finish that shifts from green to blue, and purple to pink, depending on the lighting.
I will say that I’m very impressed by the formula Zoya Sia has! I wasn’t expecting it to have such full coverage in just one coat!
Now, I was expecting Black and Blue by Sally Hansen to be like a sheer multi-chrome topcoat, so I wasn’t surprised by it being sheer.
The one thing I don’t like about Black and Blue is that it’s a little streaky, but aside from that, it’s a nice multi-chromatic polish that I definitely see myself wearing again this Fall.
This post has been updated as of 2/2/2024
List and links to products in this post:
I’m so glad that after all these years, this beautiful combination is still very much so still available.♥
Zoya Sia
Sally Hansen Black and Blue
♥ Thanks for reading! ♥ XOXO
Maybelline Styled Out
Friday, August 26, 2016
Hello, everyone! Today I’ve got this nail polish I’ve had in my collection for almost four years to share with you!!!
Maybelline Styled Out is a medium-dark dusty aqua-leaning blue with flaky foil shimmer and a satin finish.
This is one of those polishes that I’m kicking myself for not wearing sooner because it’s so ridiculously pretty,
This polish has such a great formula; I still can’t believe I’ve had it for almost four years and never wore it.
I unquestionably see myself wearing this again during the fall! I absolutely love this polish. ♥
This post has been updated as of 1/9/2024
List and links of products used in this post:
Maybelline Styled Out
Thanks for reading!!! XOXO
Red nails with White Polka Dots
Friday, September 30, 2022
A very very old throw-back manicure that I posted on various social media platforms, but never on here because this was long before I had this platform.
Here we have Red nails with White Polka Dots! 😀
This picture is over 10 years old 😲 You can easily tell by the quality lol. I took this picture on my Droid 3 camera phone haha. But honestly, I love looking back at my pictures like this. It goes to show how far I’ve come in terms of taking much higher-quality photos!!
I had to look back at my post on Pinterest to see what I used for this manicure.
Polishes used: Zoya America, Wet n Wild French White, & Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond.
America by Zoya was used for the red base, the white polka dots were French White by Wet n Wild, and I used a dotting tool to create the polka dots. Lastly, I topped the nail art with one coat of Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond. 😊 A very simple manicure I remember enjoying. It was around the first time I ever used a dotting tool, and I remember being so excited LOL.
But yes, I do plan on posting just about all of my older manicures from before I had this website because I want them on here and not just on other platforms, ya know? This isn’t the original picture This is a slightly remastered version of it that you can see a bit more clearly. I tried to make it look a bit better without ruining the original look and feel of the picture.
Anyways, that’s actually all I have for right now. Don’t be surprised if some days I’m posting 2-3 times because like I said, I have a lot of photos from the far past and present!
As always, thank you so very much for your love and support. 💖This post has been updated as of 2/2/2024
List and links of products used in this post:
Zoya America
Wet n Wild French White
Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond
Dotting Tools
Reminds me of Fall
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Hello everyone.😊
Today I have two very very old manicures to share with you!
These are both almost 10 years old.😊
Since Fall is basically here, I thought I’d share both of these; they’re very similar, as I used the same nail polishes and water marble technique.
The nail polishes used for both manicures were: Sally Hansen Cinna-Snap, Sinful Colors All About You, Sally Hansen Black Out & Wet n Wild Sunny Side Up.
This post has been updated as of 2/2/2024
List and links of product recommendations, and what was used in this post:
Sally Hansen Cinna-Snap
(A replacement for Sinful Colors All About You) Sally Hansen Shooting Star
Sally Hansen Black Out
(A replacement for Sunny Side Up) Wet n Wild Orange Blazed
The second time I did this manicure I added dots to the design using Dotting Tools
Toothpicks (to draw the water marble designs in the water)
(To create a barrier around the nails to make clean-up easier) Tape + Dispenser
The type of cups I used for water marbles
(If need be, to clean up around the nails with remover) Cotton Swabs
(The nail polish remover I use (my favorite nail polish remover of all time) Zoya Remove+
Thank you for reading. 💖
Strange Multi-chrome Water Marble
Friday, October 7, 2022
Hello everyone. Today I have another manicure from over 10 years ago! I initially called this manicure The Strange Duo-chromatic Water Marble; however, it was more multi-chromatic because it reflected more than two colors, so I’ve renamed it to the Strange Multi-chromatic Water Marble. 🙃
The nail polishes used for this manicure were: Zoya Reece, Zoya Adina, Zoya Ki, and Orly Shine on Crazy Diamond. I did the water marble design with the Zoya’s and I topped it off with the Orly.
Zoya Reece is described as a rose metallic duo-chrome, Zoya Adina is described as a violet metallic multi-chrome with a frosty hint of green and magenta, and Zoya Ki is described as a multi-chromatic shade combining silver, purple, blue, and green in a shimmery metallic finish.
All of the Zoya’s except for Reece are considered a multi-chromatic polish, so yes, this is definitely a multi-chromatic water marble design.
Although this water marble does look a bit strange, I still find it very beautiful, especially with the added holographic sparkle from Shine on Crazy Diamond. Anyway, I thought this one is also quite fall-appropriate so I thought I’d share this one for such a time as this, which is right now. 😉
As always, thanks for tuning in.💖
This post has been updated as of 2/2/2024
List and links of product recommendations, and what was used in this post:
Zoya Reece
Zoya Adina
Zoya Ki
Orly Shine On Crazy Diamond
Toothpicks (to draw the water marble designs in the water)
(To create a barrier around the nails to make clean-up easier) Tape + Dispenser
The type of cups I used for water marbles
(If need be, to clean up around the nails with remover) Cotton Swabs
(The nail polish remover I use (my favorite nail polish remover of all time) Zoya Remove+