Glitter Gradient

Hey guys! Sorry for not posting in awhile, college is keeping me busy and I haven't gotten around to editing/cropping mostly any pictures until now- even though I should be doing my homework. Yesterday was crazy, I planned on posting but after school I had to go to the doctor for my wrist- turns out I have tendonitis, and my mom made me get a flu shot, which stung like crazy, no other flu shot I've gotten has hurt that bad! And then we went out to try to find an outfit for our Fall Band Concert on the 30th, my first concert at Capital and I get to spend it being in the Symphonic Winds at Capital University- I'm so excited! And I got a 95% on my auditation test- which I was freaking out about because I thought I did poorly on it. woo! And then I got to spend from 7:30-11 helping my brother with his chemistry homework- not exactly how I planned on spending my night.

Now. Onto the nails!

Pictured is two coats of Zoya Caitlin (I think, possibly 3 coats) sponged with China Glaze Skyscraper. 

I really love glitter gradients. They're gorgeous, and just so simple to do. They're now my default way to wear glitter! haha

Pink Glittered Framed Nails

I'm really digging the framed nails trend...and the fact that you can do it with glitter makes it so much more awesome! Especially since I tried it with just regular polish before.I could not get good lines around my nails, it was pathetic.

Pictured is two coats of Zoya Ali and gold glitter from bornprettystore.com 

Black and White Polka Dots

My camera really refused to get a good picture of this! I don't think it liked the GORGEOUS shimmer in Zoya Ginessa!

Base Color- Zoya Ginessa
Dots- OPI My Private Jet (non holo version, sadly.)

I apologize for the blurry pictures, none of them weren't blurry and I really loved the way this looked..oddly the best one was on my phone, see!

Zoya Feifei Studded Accent Nail

I'm going to be putting a couple things in my queue for the next couple days right now, so be prepared for short posts for the next few days! Besides, no one reads all my mumbling, right? hahaha :)

Today's nails are the same as yesterdays....except with a strip of Zoya Feifei down the side of one nail with some round studs on it to hide the line! I was going to do all of them this way, but it was late, and I was tired, so accent nail it was! 

Zoya Meg Swatches

Hey guys1 I'm so sorry for my lack of posts the past few days! Being a music major really is much more demanding than I thought! I just added clarinet quartet to my schedule on friday so now I'm up to 18 credit hours..fun, right?

Today I have a little beauty I got from the recent Zoya promotion they had a couple weeks ago, I got 8 which I'll show you all of them later once I get pictures of them all together, but today I have Zoya Meg to show you! Meg is from the Surf Collection and is described as a mermaid green foil metallic. I would probably describe Meg as a green apple foil, but I guess I could see it as a mermaid green also. Very pretty either way!

Pictured is 3 coats of Zoya Meg (I think!) 

Zoya Ivanka

Pictured is three coats plus one coat of Seche Vite.

Like all the other Zoya's in my collection, the application and formula were great. The polish goes on smooth and doesn't get chunky like other glass flecks/glitter tend to do. Honestly, I can't tell if this is a glass fleck or a glitter. In the bottle it looked like a glass fleck but when i went to apply it it looked like very fine glitter. There is some VNL, but that was most likely due to my application, my room was dark when I applied it so I may have missed some spots.

Don't forget to wrap the tips though! I didn't and it's painfully obvious. 

NOTD: Essie Big Spender and Zoya Kissy

I actually only wore this for about 5 hours before I decided I didn't like it and changed it, but I thought I'd share it anyway, despite the poor lighting. I really tried to get a good picture but at 5pm the light from my window just doesn't cut it apparently. For the base color I used two coats of Essie Big Spender, and for the accent nail I added two coats of Zoya Kissy over two coats of Essie Big Spender. I topped it all with one coat of seche vite. I found out later that even though I thought I could get away with two coats of Big Spender, it was really a three coater, it was spotty and I really did not want to look at it any longer than I needed to. The combination is a nice one though.

Essie Big Spender has great application, you MIGHT be able to get away with two coats if you don't do thin coats and take your time with it, unlike what I did. I was at my grandparent's house and it was very dark where I was painting them, I don't recommend doing that, it looked great in the dark, but once the light hit it, the bare spots were revealed. Zoya Kissy is one of my favorite Zoya's. I recommend layering this polish over a similar base color, I've worn it by itself before and it's very spotty and sheer, so it requires at least three coats.

Teal and Purple Color Block French Manicure

I absolutely ADORE this color combination. Teal and purple just look gorgeous together! Over top of Zoya Zuza from the previous post, I used  the Nailene Perfect Tips French Polish Guides I purchased a few months ago and added two coats of Zoya Dannii on the tips. 

Afterwards I made the mistake of putting Seche Vite over dry polish so the ends shrunk a bit, I attempted to fix it but it didn't quite work, so please excuse the mess!

Swatch & Review- Zoya Zuza

Outside, full sun

Indoors, indirect sunlight from window 

I'm wearing two coats of Zoya Zuza and one coat of Seche Vite in these pictures. The formula on this was fantastic, as with almost all the other Zoya's I have. No complaints on the formula at all. I need to figure out how to properly photograph this color, the indoor color does it more justice than the outdoor one does. It's a blueish teal with a metallic looking shimmer. I posted on my Instagram earlier that Zuza just became my favorite Zoya polish, it had been Zoya Kissy, but this just blows that one away. I highly suggest this color, especially if you like teal, blue, or green polishes. 

I also want to note that this polish seemed to dry pretty quickly compared to other polishes I own, while I didn't wait for the second coat to dry before putting Seche Vite over it, the first coat was completely dry by the time I put the second coat on, which usually doesn't happen.