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Friday, August 31, 2012

Doctor Who Celebration Collaboration Mani Day!

Hello again everyone! September 1st is the premiere of the new season of Doctor Who in the UK and to celebrate several of my blogging friends/Whovians and myself decided to do Doctor Who manis!

I had several ideas for manis - a TARDIS (of course), a Dalek, the logo, etc. but I am not talented enough in my art skills to pull that off and have them look decent. But I love the background scene that plays during the opening theme song, I had thoughts before deciding to do a Doctor Who mani that that would make an awesome mani. So that's just what I did, and I think it turned out pretty darn well! If you don't know what I am referring to, here is a screenshot:

Doctor Who Opening Theme Song Image

For this mani I used a new-to-me technique, the "Saran Wrap/plastic wrap technique." The only problem was when I sat down to do it I realized I was out of plastic wrap! LOL So, I improvised and used a plastic baggie.I tried many different layering combos before I found one that I actually liked. I ended up using Pure Ice French Kiss as my base, followed by a layer of black that I used the baggie on and then a layer of Zoya Suri that I also used the baggie on. The two most important tips I can give you with this technique are 1) make sure your base coat is COMPLETELY dry before adding another layer and using the plastic and 2) do not "over dab" - this takes off too much polish.

Doctor Who mani

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Don't forget to check out all of my fellow bloggers manis below! There will be new additions through Monday!

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Zoya Designers and Divas Doticure!

I hope you all are enjoying Zoya Week! I have my first "nail art" post of the week and I think it turned out pretty cute! It reminds me a little of raindrops, which I happen to love and don't get to see nearly often enough.

For this mani I used polishes from the Zoya Divas Collection for my base colors and polishes from the Zoya Designers Collection for my dots or "raindrops." After applying the base colors I topped them with a matte top coat (which Zoya REALLY needs to make) and then applied the dots with dotting tools.

The colors I used are as follows:
Base colors - Suri (index), Ray (middle), Elisa (ring), Song (pinky)
Dot colors - Monica (index), Evvie (middle), Rehka (ring), Natty (pinky)

Zoya Doticure

What do you think of my "Raindrop Doticure?" I think it's pretty fun and it was super simple!

The Designers and Divas Collections are available for purchase now at zoya.com for $8 each. Zoya is an amazing company that runs sales and promotions very often. Make sure to catch those by following them on Facebook and Twitter. Zoya is 5-Free and Cruelty-Free AND makes amazing polish! What more could you ask for?

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Zoya Divas Collection for NYFW 2012 - Swatches and Review

Are you ready for the last of my Zoya swatches? The rest of the week will be dedicated to nail art and combos with these polishes. I am excited for that!

Zoya Designers, Divas and Gloss Collections

But up first are swatches of the Divas Collection. This is the shimmery, in-your-face part of the collection and each and every one of them is gorgeous.

Zoya FeiFei, Daul, Song, Elisa, Suri, Ray

Okay, now to get the formalities out of the way. Song, Elisa, Suri and Ray all have similar finishes and formula. They are shimmers that had easy application in 2 coats (some could have even *possibly* been one) and no issues with formula.

FeiFei and Daul are different than the other four. They are sparkly goodness in a bottle. I chose to show you these on their own for now but they are on the sheer side and because of this make AMAZING toppers. I used 3 coats of Daul in the pics. You will see VNL in the sun (as in the pics) but I could not see it inside under artificial light. FeiFei is more opaque than Daul. I used 3 coats on my index and ring fingers and 2 coats on my ring finger and pinky.

All photos were taken in direct sunlight and without top coat.

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Elisa is a gorgeous metallic red with what appears to be small metallic red flakes. This polish glows from within!

Zoya Elisa

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Now we have Song, a royal blue with the same small flakes as Elisa, just in blue. Another stunner!

Zoya Song

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Next up is Ray. Ray is a metallic/frosty forest green. This one had a few brush strokes because of the finish but nothing major. It also has a lovely shimmer of gold or silver and green as well.

Zoya Ray

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Now for Suri, a gorgeous purple that is fit for royalty. This one has flakes of purple, blue and pink and shimmers so beautifully.

Zoya Suri

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Now for Daul, a gorgeous lilac with gold shimmer.

Zoya Daul

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And last, but certainly not least, is FeiFei. As I stated earlier, this one is more opaque than Daul. A gorgeous light blue with silver and gold flakes that seem to change color in the sun. Simply AMAZING! I can't wait to put it over everything! LOL

Zoya FeiFei

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There you have it. What are your thoughts on the Diva Collection? I love all of them although I must say the Designers Collection is my personal favorite.

The Divas Collection is available for purchase now at zoya.com for $8 each. Zoya is an amazing company that runs sales and promotions very often. Make sure to catch those by following them on Facebook and Twitter. Zoya is 5-Free and Cruelty-Free AND makes amazing polish! What more could you ask for?