Zoya Opal

Mondays feel so long and dreary to me, with the end of the weekend and five whole days until the next one. It takes me a day to get out of my relaxing weekend mode, and to adjust to getting up early for work again. So to cheer myself up, I thought a sparkling flakie polish should do the trick! :-) Opal is another one from Zoya's Fleck Effect Spring 2012 Collection. It is a sheer green base filled with lots of green and blue flakes.

Just like the other two polishes in the collection, Opal's base is mostly sheer, resulting in only a hint of green on the nail when applied by itself. It really come alive when it is applied over another color. I tried Opal over Bevin in my swatches, and you can see that the green and blue flakes look sparkling and interesting on Bevin's more muted green color.

One of the reasons I reach for flakies when I am looking to add a bit of sparkle on my nails and not for the more traditional glitter polishes is because of the effort involved in removal. Flakies are so much easier to remove than glitters, and are almost as easy as a metallic or glass fleck polish. They don't need the foil method. If you have held back from glitters in the past because of the painful removal process, flakies just might be the substitute for you. :-)

Do you have Opal? What colors have you worn it on top of that you particularly like? Do you find flakies easier to remove than glitters?

You can find Opal on Zoya.com for $8 for 0.5oz.

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