Zoya Beatrix

pixie dust



This is a quick post for the new Zoya Pixie collection. I don't know why but orange and coral seem to be my go to colors for this summer!  I really loved the two that Zoya has in this new collection.  Even better than that they're beautiful is that they wear like a dream.  I literally wore this manicure for seven straight days and at the end I still had to scrub to get it off.  Virtually NO chipping.  They're really pretty on the nail too. Sparkly and shimmery and in fresh, vibrant colors.  The only one I didn't love was Stevie, the purple, who is coming up later this week.  At any rate this one is Beatrix and she's the true orange of the bunch.  I'm normally not an orange person and I expected to love the blue one, Liberty, the most but I went straight for this one and it's easily one of my most favorite ones!  It's sort of a jelly-ish color (but opaque) and it has gold and orange shimmer throughout it.  It looks amazing top coated as well but I love the texture so I didn't bother with it!  Which one is your favorite?




With Liberty and...

DDBling


Today's post is kind of a two-fer. It's day four of the Digital Dozen's bling week and it's also a chance to show off two of the new Zoya Pixies! These are VERY blingy but in a really nice, subtle way.  I love that they're opaque in two coats, unlike the last round of Pixie Dusts.  They're also really sparkly and even though they are textured it's not a super obvious or annoying thing. I used Liberty and Solange for this mani! Don't forget to check out what the other ladies came up with for this challenge!!




You can't have it both ways...

caviar


...or can you?  So it's no secret that the hot new trend in the polish world is texture.  With flocked, sandy, caviar and leather effect nails popping up everywhere, it's difficult not to notice.  While I love trends like crackle and spotted and now texture, I also hate that they're just that; trends.  We all end up buying tons and tons of these and let's face it: those 15 bottles of crackle polish you bought last year are just sitting in a drawer now getting zero use. Who wants last years trend on this years nails? I've tried to find new and exciting ways to use these effects polishes but this go round I thought it might be more prudent to find ways to get in on the trend without shelling out a lot of cash.  So here's a little experiment I did for you. :)  Above you see a combination of both Models Own Coral Reef and Zoya Godiva.  I chose Godiva for this experiment because she is a neutral color and therefore seemed the least likely to interfere with the color of the Coral Reef.  On the index, middle, and pinky finger I used two coats of the Coral Reef followed by one coat of Godiva on all nails but the middle, and two coats of Godiva on the middle finger.  As you can see, there is no texture.  On top of a flat polish Godiva simply looks like a gold glitter.  A pretty one, but a flat one.  So then I decided to turn the tables. On my ring finger we have two coats of Godiva (allowed to fully dry) and then a single coat of Coral Reef.  Bingo. Now we have a flat color with a textured look. This is similar to the look of the Milani's, Barry M's, and Nails Inc textures which have no glitter, but rather, a flat tone effect.  Here's a close-up comparison:



Again on the left here we have two coats of Coral Reef topped with two coats of Godiva. I'm guessing this is why they tell you not to use a base coat because it just looks like glitter on my polish. It was not raised in any way.  On the right we have two coats of Godiva followed by one coat of Coral Reef.  See how it's textured but the color is there?  Now you can turn any polish into a textured polish without ruining your bottle by mixing it or shelling out for a million different colors of polish! Magic!  If any of you try this with different colors, I'd love to see the results!!

All Layered Up...

layer


Today I have a quick post for you!  After I bought the first four colors from the Zoya Pixie Dust collection, I started to see them layering up the colors and I decided to go ahead with the other two!  This is the first layering combo I tried and it's one coat of Zoya  Dahlia and two thickish coats of Zoya Nyx.  It makes a gorgeous navy shade!  I really can't wait to play around with layering these up more and I have a really cool layering post coming up for you that will show you how to make the  most of these polishes!!  Have you tried layering the Pixies?

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