Zoya Posh

Finally catched up on all the new polish collections! I haven't been up-to-date with the nail polish world in a while, so it feels good to look at the new colors!! Some are absolutely gorgeous and have gone straight to my shopping cart!! Fall collections are my favorite to look at (and to buy!), since I love dark colors.
Gosh, I can't wait to put my order in!!!!!


In the meantime, here's Zoya Posh, a gorgeous matte red shimmer.

This was 2 coats!

Have a great week!

Zoya Miley

Happy Friday!!

Hope you all had a good week! I'm certainly looking forward to the weekend, since the weather has been sooo incredibly nice!

Here's Zoya Miley, a jelly-like sheer lilac cream. This is very pretty. I used 3 coats (without top coat), but could be worn with an additional coat for bottle color. It's very soft, subtle, and very appropriate for the nice weather!!!!!! I showed this to my cousin, and she really liked it! Now we just have to try it on her to see what it looks like, because she is more tanned than I am, but I think it'll look very nice.

Now, go outside and enjoy the great weather!!
Have a great weekend!

Blue Comparison

Index and ring fingers: Orly Cashmere Cardigan
Middle and pinkie: China Glaze Secret Periwinkle.

The two are similar, but Cashmere Cardigan is noticeably more on the purple side, and Secret Periwinkle is more blue.

Pinkie: China Glaze Sky High-Top
Ring: OPI Teal the Cows Come Home
Middle: OPI Sea? I Told You!
Index: Zoya Tallulah

The two OPIs look very much alike. Sea? I Told You! is slightly darker than Teal the Cows Come Home, and is more of a true blue than the other, which leans more toward teal (surprise, it says it in the name). The real difference, I think, lies in the shimmer. Sea? I Told You! is filled with medium blue microglitter while Teal the Cows has silver microglitter. You can enlarge the pictures to have a closer look!

Zoya Tallulah

From the Summer 2009 Ooh-La-La collection.

Zoya Tallulah is a bright blue shimmer. Such a nice summery blue, isn't it?

I really like Zoya's formula it's very easy to apply. I also like the variety of colors they have. Unfortunately for me, I can't find it anywhere in Montreal. They're supposed to be sold at Trade Secrets, but mine don't have it (cries) and they don't ship to Canada!! Not fair :(

Zoya Zara

How gorgeous is this color?

Zara is easily one of my favorites!! It's a light purple/lilac with tons of gold shimmer that flashes hints of green and copper in bright lights. It has a subtle jelly-ish finish to it, which makes it even more special.


Application was flawless! You could get by with two coats, I'd suggest three, just because three bring out the gold flecks even more.

Get Zara at Art of Beauty for $7!

Konadicure with Zoya Harley

I used Zoya Harley for the base - it's a soft grey shimmer. It's simple and subtle! 2 coats to achieve opacity.

For the motif, I used Konad plate M74 with Konad special polish in black. This was my first time using a black polish for the motif... I didn't think clean-up was going to be that messy!!! The black kept smudging on my finger, but I found out that scraping the excess off was much easier and cleaner!!! I guess I'll know for next time!!

Last week's manis...

Hi all! I'm sorry for the lack of updates!
Last week was my first week of school so I've been busy waiting for a spot to open up for me in the classes I wanted to take. Plus, I needed additional information about my program transfer so I met with several academic advisors!

This past week, I had ManGlaze The Death Tar, Zoya Alix and OPI Catherine the Grape on my nails. Not together, of course, I did manage to change mani during the week.

The Death Tar I have is the "original" version, which is less black and less matte than the new, vegan version, called Matte is Murder. Please excuse the dry hands here.. I had just gotten back from school when I took the photograph.

Next is Zoya Alix, a gorgeous dark red creme. I have to say that this is probably my favorite red polish from my collection. The photograph doesn't do it justice though, for some reason, I had a hard time capturing its true color...... So I'll leave you with 2 Alix pictures!

Finally, we have OPI Catherine the Grape, a purple shimmer. I'm a sucker for anything purple, so I love it!

So that's all! I promise I'll update more regularly now, since I have 2 days off during the week :)

Anything new with you guys?! Any nail polish hauls?!

-X

Zoya Lael

It's almost Christmas time!!

I hope you all did your holidays shopping! I didn't... yet. Everytime I go to the mall, I end up buying for myself, which is not good!!!



Lael is described as a rich eggplant plum cream. I'll just add "gorgeous" to that.:)

It's a shame I can't find any Zoyas around here. I really like their range of color and their formula. Fortunately, I have family in the States so I can get my annual dose of Zoya!

Zoya Kalista

Boy am I glad my first semester at University is almost over... It's been chaotic!!
Right now, I'm not sure if I want to stay in the same program anymore, but we'll see...

Anyways. This is my mani from 2 days ago, so please excuse the tip wear! It's been two full days of typing on the computer and doing statistics...


Beautiful reddish brown shimmer! I absolutely love this, and I don't normally wear brown (whether it's nail polish or clothes). Zoya's formula is also great so I have no complaints there!

Have a fun weekend!

Zoya Loredana

I went out with some friends a few weeks ago and got a mega bruise on a toe :(. I am now crippled. Worst thing is, I'm not sure how it happened.....

Anyways, I left the house in a hurry, but I was able to slap on a new color!
Pretty pretty. I know many don't like the matte trend, but I'm totally loving it! I don't like chalky (most of the OPI mattes) but anything satin-y, I love. Plus, this one has some shimmer, so it's a winner in my book!.

Pink Round Up 2

More Pinks!! Here is the second part of my pinks!

Zoya Dita

OPI That's Hot! Pink

Essie Short Shorts. (Neon in real life and a bit darker)

Zoya Renee (neon pink)

China Glaze Sexy Lady

Zoya Emme


All of these were 2 coaters, no problems with application.

Pinks Round Up

October is over, same goes for midterms :) Hoorah!!
So I've been doing pinks this month and realized that I don't have many of them. Haha makes sense, since I don't like pink on my nails all that much.

Here they are:

OPI La Paz-Itively Hot matte

Zoya Ali


Essie Status Symbol

Sally Hansen HD Hi-Res

China Glaze Mom's Chiffon

OPI Kreme de la Kremlin

Zoya Katy

MAC Lola Devine

I have a 3 more pinks in my stash but they're all neon and with the weather right now in Mtl, it's pretty hard to get the color right. I tried, but they all look the same in the pictures... I'll wait till we have a bit of sun, and I'll swatch them again :)

Zoya America

One of the colors I wore last week was Zoya's America, from the La-Di-Da collection.


A bright tomato red creme (on me at least). I'm actually not sure if I like this one. The color is nice and all, but just not me...

Like for Tallulah, I had a little bit of a hard time with brush but otherwise, the formula was good.

Some Pinks!

Here are some more pinks!

OPI La Paz-itively Hot Matte. Like the name says, HOT!
See for yourself:
This was from OPI's matte collection. I really like this one, it's matte alright, but not chalky. The other thing I wanted to point out is that with matte polishes, ridges are really evident, so don't be shy to use a good ridge filler (which I didn't do). Just remember to let it dry fully because putting on color.

Zoya Ali.
Holy neon!!! I tried to capture how flashy this polish was and you can definitely see it glow in the first picture. As always, I have to say, I LOVE Zoya's brushes! Makes application so much easier!
As you know, I don't like pink but these two are exceptions!!