30 Day Nail Challenge - Day 6

Today is violet!

And I I had such a hard time making a decision. (>.<)

So my choices were Color Club's Wild at Heart, China Glaze's Mummy May I, or Essie's Sexy Divide. And because the weather was supposed to be nice I choseeeee...

Wild at Heart! :D

Wild at Heart is a purple holo that is subtle indoors but under a shining sun really comes into it's own. And flashes holo like nobody's business!

I was trying really hard to capture the beautiful holo and I think I did ok. :)

Outdoors

Outdoors

Outdoors

I applied Wild at Heart with base coat, 2 coats of polish, topcoat, and 1 coat of polish for optimal holoey goodness. lol It dries fast (as most holos do) And is allllllmost opaque at 1 coat.

Well that's all for today! Now I have to think of an idea for my black and white nails!

Collection Post: Zoya Part II

Here's the next installment of my Zoyas. And it's beautiful reds!

L-R: Posh, Blair, Kalista, Sloane

As for the swatches I have L-R: Posh (matte), Posh (with topcoat), Blair, Kalista, and Sloane.

Here they are with no flash under fluorescent lights.

Here they are with flash. ENLARGE! Look at that wonderful Zoya shimmer!

Posh: applies like a matte dream. And because it's matte, so fast dry time! Could definitely be worn as 1 coat and out the door. I always use 2. I love it matte and shiny. I actually did a post on this color all by itself. :)

Blair: PERFECT darkened red for fall. I love it on my toes...and on my fingers. Flawless application. 2 coats to perfection.

Kalista: a nice pretty brown. Zoya describes it as: Dark espresso brown with plum-purple undertones and strong golden shimmer. SPOT ON! It's really pretty for fall and winter. 2 coats for opacity...like most Zoyas. lol

Sloane: a really dark purple with Kalista-esque shimmer. It can tend to look too dark in some lights but under lights it's a beautiful purple. I think you can wear at 2 coats but 3 adds depth.

Well that's all for now folks. Stay pretty and polished! :)

Collection Post: OPI, the purplies and blues!

Here are my darker OPIs.

Purples and a random DS! :D

Well here are pictures. :)

L-R: Pamplona Purple, OPI Ink, Russian Navy, Linkin Park After Dark, and DS Extravagance.

Flash

Fluorescent lighting.

Flash! :)

Pamplona Purple is similar to some off the purple Zoyas I see floating around. I've had it for a while now. :)

OPI Ink was definitely a great find. So glittery!

Russian Navy reminds me of OPI Ink but a little less purple with more of a shimmer. I wish I would've gotten it in suede too though!

Linkin Park After Dark is a great vampy shade but I wish I would've gotten Linkin Park After Midnight instead. :(

DS Extravagance is a holo! I love holos. Nuff said. :))

Well goodbye my pretties. Until next time my fellow polish fiends. :D

Zoya Ki (aka my rainy day go to)

Let me just say I've never talked about how magnificently Zoya nail polish applies. Perfection and this one is no exception. It applies so smoothly.

I usually apply a coat of black to insure opacity. But that's only to preserve my bottle. :)

If you've never seen this color it is a wonderful smokey duochrome. Flashing purple, green and every color in between. WARNING: Picture Heavy. :)

This photo shows it's duochrome-ness well eventhough it's blurry.

This is the most purple picture I caught of it.

This is the most green I could catch it. Beautiful right?!

I love the green side oh so much. :)

Here's the smokey side I was mentioning earlier.

And here are some smokey purple undertones.

Overall I love this polish for fall. All this week it's supposed to be rainy here in Baltimore so I'll be wearing all my fall colors that really shine on days like these.

Until next time my fellow nail bloggers! :)

Back! and With Mummy May I!

Omg. I know this is way late but I've just been swamped. Can't wait til winter break. Their will be TONS of posts! Ok well if you haven't seen this polish yet (but you probably have) this is Mummy May I from China Glaze's Awakening Collection. (Sorry I forgot the bottle pic...I always forget. lol)

As you can see in the pictures with flash very very very deep blackened purple base with pinkey purple glitters. It's a jelly but relatively easy to apply. In order to stretch my bottle I top Mummy May I over a coat of OPI's Linkin Park After Dark. Until next time ladies! :)