China Glaze Week!

And so begins my week of China Glaze!

I am on a mission to swatch ALL of my polishes for you guys. That means tried and untried.. imma swatch em! I'll post the pics here for your viewing pleasure, of course!!

Here are a few to start you off, and then I'll try and do at least 3 a day. I'm not sure at this point how many China Glaze's I actually own, so I might need to swatch more than 3 a day, but I will get them ALL done this week!

AVALANCHE


I loved this one. I just think it looks really cool. DH picked it because it matches the color of his car lol

SACRED HEART


This one was pretty, but didn't wow me. It was supposed to be a Neon but it really wasn't Sorry it's messy. I didn't leave it on long so I didn't clean it up at all. The gal I gave it to adores it =)

FOR AUDREY


ok really... who DOESN'T have For Audrey?? Any Tiffany's gal knows that this is a must have. It is just a gorgeous shade and matched the Tiffany's box perfectly. I keep hearing people say it's LE but my Sally's has it in their Perm section. So go get it ASAP!

CHERRY PIE


Totally gorgeous! I have a ton of reds, but Cherry Pie just blows my mind. It's juicy looking with lots of fun glitter.

That's it for today, dolls! I'll give ya at least 3 more tomorrow ;) xoxo

NOTD ~ Zoya Pinta

Heyyyy! Sorry this took all day to load, I was cleaning and didn't want to do the nails early and ruin them. I didn't end up going to that picnic so it gave me a chance to get some stuff done here then paint my nails. I did it in some BAD lighting so I was worried about the application, but it didn't turn out too badly!

My hand is a little skewed in the pic BUT it showed the color better than the other one. The first pic I took made the polish look black. Zoya Pinta is really a VERY dark purple cream. So dark I thought it was navy at first, but like I said, my lighting isn't very good here since I did this late. It may look lighter in the sun, I'll have to edit this post tomorrow and let you know about that.

I can't say I'm in love with it. Sometimes I look at it and it looks SO pretty... then other times I want to take it off. I'm hoping it grows on me since it's staying on until Monday!



Edit - in the sun you can definately tell it's purple. It's growing on me. I thinks I likes.

Zoya Part 2

Hello!

Today I'm swatching 5 more Zoya polishes. I am saving Pinta for tomorrow's NOTD because I want to wear it to a picnic and for the rest of the weekend. I'd like it to be as fresh as possible since I don't change it until Monday.

Speaking of Monday... what would you guys like to see swatched?? OPI DS's or my China Glaze stash?? I want to eventually get my WHOLE stash swatched!

On to the Zoya's! I'm learning a lot about the polish. MOST only require 2 coats AND they are pretty fast drying, even without Seche Vite top coat!

Up first today is Drew:



Drew is simply divine. Such a gorgeous color. Girly and hip! I'm pleasently surprised with this one. When I saw the bottle I was like mehhh... even though swatches from other blogs were gorgeous. This one is a fall must have!

Next we have Shivon:



From what I understand people love this one. Me... not so much. I don't hate it. I just don't love it. Maybe it's my skin tone but it doesn't look right on me =(

Next is Demi:



Oh my... what a gorgeous cream. Can you even stand it?! I never thought I could love a purple creme, but Demi certainly proved me wrong!

Next is Yasmeen:



I was on the hunt for a blackened shimmery purple. Yasmeen, while gorgeous, did not fit the bill for that. It's a dark shimmy purple but the blackened effect I was looking for is not there. Not as much as I wanted anyway lol It's still a keeper.. I mean LOOK at it! The search is still on!

Finally, today, we have Ibiza:



True to it's name, Ibiza is GORGEOUS. I'm not a blue wearer. But I'll wear me this blue. Slight shimmer and was almost perfect in just one thicker coat! I did 2 coats for sanity's sake but you could definately try and work it out with only 1. It does look a bit more blue IRL. ** Please please please use a base coat with this. I only kept it on for about 5 minutes and my nails are stained blue. When I keep a color on I always use Zoya Anchor Base coat. It is my fav base coat and will save you nails from looking like you're morphing into a smurf =P

Till tomorrow! I'll be posting my NOTD, Pinta, and then taking a break til Monday!

Zoya Part 1

This will be the first of MANY Zoya swatch posts within the next few days. I plan on posting 3-4 more tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday are extremely busy for me so nothing will be new then, but Monday I'll be back with at least 3 more.

I did hear back from Zoya via Twitter regarding the Mattes I ordered. They stated some Matte orders needed to be refilled. Those Mattes sure are popular this season! I'm saving them for my Matte week so no rush =) I still need to call about that Remove+. UGH. I hate the phone lol I was too late to call today so it'll have to be tomorrow.

Onward!

Up first we have Emme:



I did Emme a few months ago, but seeing as how it is a Zoya polish and never before posted on this blog, I wanted to include it.
Emme is a gorgeous bubblegum pink shimmer. After I applied this I went for a walk with my DH and could not stop staring at my nails. I'm sorry for the poor quality of the picture, but it still doesn't take away from the beauty.

Next we have Lulu:



I purchased this one for mom. Her name is Luann so Lulu was the closest thing. My nails look SO bad here. Dirty even. I didn't prep them really in any way before this swatch fiesta. Sorry =\ I was excited. LOL
Lulu is a lovely sheer nude. This color actually fits my mom perfectly. I told her I picked this up for her so she is extremely excited. She's peeved I didn't tell her about the Tweet code lol I didn't know she'd be interested!! I promised to make her aware of the next one.

Next is Clara:



I picked this one up to give to my Dad's fiancee after I swatched. I am sorry I even told her about it because I want to keep it for myself. This is honestly one of the most gorgeous polishes I've ever seen. I'm shocked, to say the least. It's going to look lovely on her too, perfect for her coloring! Zoya is really knocking it out of the park with these names! This one is definately on my next order.

My final swatch of the day comes from the new fall line. Kalmia:



This color is totally me. I just adore it. Though it looks suspiciously similar to China Glaze Street Racing, shown below. This is a great shimmery orange-red color. I absolutely adore this shade. I don't care who makes it or what season it is, it'll always be one of my most used!

Comparison pic of China Glaze Street Racing and Zoya Kalmia:



And, just for kicks, a french mani I did using Essie Brandie Alexander & Zoya Midori... kinda watermelon like ;)

Haul! New OPI Spain & Zoya!

WOW! This was certainly a day for nail polish!!!!
I ordered a few of the OPI Spain and a few of the Designer Series from TransDesign.com when they released the Spain collection on Friday.



L-R: DS Couture, DS Classic, DS Illuminate, Here Today... Aragone Tomorrow, Give Me Moor!, Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees, and Barefoot In Barcelona.

Zoya had their tweet code going on around the same time as well. I was SO excited about this one. I love Zoya's but don't own many. The code was good for 3 free nail polishes of your chosing. Zoya does some AWESOME Tweet deals, so if you aren't already make sure you follow them by searching @Zoya_NailPolish!



L-R: LuLu, Clara, Drew, Kalmia, Shivon, Demi, Yasmeen, Pinta, and Ibiza

I also ordered the 3 matte polishes but they haven't shown up yet =\ I ordered them first before any of these other ones so I'm a little nervous that I won't get them. They are definately my top 3. I also ordered the Remove+ (this nail polish remover is INSANE. It is so good and the only thing that will remove my glitters quickly) and that didn't show up with the polishes I ordered it with... so I guess I need to call CS about that one. From what I can tell, their CS is awesome, so hopefully it'll be an easy fix ;)

I plan on testing ALL of these and posting swatches within the next few days. So stay tuned!

Street Racing .... 2 Fast 2 Furious!

Wow. Everyone is raving about Stroll but I think Street Racing should have the number one spot in this collection. China Glaze, you have outdone yourself with this one. This polish came out with the Retro Diva collection. My BFF Lindsay sent me some AWESOME polishes and this was one of them. I immediately did a pedicure with it and was blown away. WHAT a color this is. Not red... but not orange. The pic below makes it a bit more red than it is. I had no intention of making this my manicure as well (I had Dior Lemon Balm out for that), but when I saw how beautiful it was on my piggies I just had to!!


Pick this one up ASAP. I've never seen anything like it. While my collection isn't as extensive as some, it's pretty big.

NFU Ohhhhh Baby!

Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated. Weekends are always so hectic here and then it takes forever to bounce back into something normal. You don't even want to know what my nails looked like before I took the old polish off this morning =\

First today I redid my Pedi (I'll spare you the feets pics) into a yellow from BB Couture. My very FIRST BB Couture polish... Little Deuce Coupe. Now... I don't know if it's because I tried it as a Pedi... but I found the polish to be streaky and not easy to handle. I don't expect to keep this color on my toes long. Hopefully it'll make a nice Mani. Yellow is a harsh mistress... hard to work with. I may need one with a shimmer.

My NOTD is Dior Black Plum (courtesy of one of my BFF's Tracy. She went to Vegas and got me the LAST one!! WOOT! Loves her!)


I absolutely ADORE this polish. Dior makes some goodies, let me tell you. They may be expensive, but I think if you can find a nice color they are totally worth it. This is only two coats, as I added a coat of NFU Oh #60 on top. Really two coats does the trick anyway.

I bought NFU Oh #60 because I can't seem to get my hands on Sephora OPI in 212. The NB swears #60 is better and since I haven't seen 212 I'm inclined to agree. I'm blown away and can't wait to try this over other polishes like black or gold.



The pic totally doesn't do it justice. I could NOT get a good pic to show the flakies in this. Sometimes they look gold, other times rainbow... it's just gorgeous. Totally worth the $12.50. Free shipping right now makes it even easier to buy!!

Also... I don't know about you, but I CRAZY took advantage of the Zoya tweet buy and have 12 polishes coming my way. 10 are for me. I'll have to do a week or two of Zoya to catch up with myself. So be prepared for that AND I want to do a week of mattes since I just got my OPI mattes and 3 of the Zoya's are Mattes... fun times. Stay tuned!