Monday, March 17, 2014

NOTD: Zoya Holly & Zoya Opal

Hi, you guys! How was your weekend? Mine was pretty uneventful. It was raining and gray the whole weekend, so I mostly holed up inside and caught up on tv shows and movies, emerging outside only in search of food. :)

In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd show you a recent gorgeous green mani of mine:




This is one coat of Zoya Opal over two coats of Zoya Holly. Holly by itself is already one of my favorite green looks, but adding Opal on top made it catch the light from every angle and just glow from within. Up close, you can see the individual flakes in the green, but from an arm's length, it gives the impression of dancing green fire on the nails... totally amazing! :D

Do you guys like flakies as much as I do? If so, what's your favorite combination? :)

** Zoya Opal is a press sample.

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  1. What a great combo for today, I love flakies!

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    1. Thanks, I'm glad you like this! I love flakies too... they're so easy to add on top of a mani for extra sparkle and fire. :)

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  2. Wow those two polishes look stunning together!

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  3. That's really beautiful, I love it! :)

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  4. That's an absolutely gorgeous layering - indeed perfect for the day :)

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    1. Thanks Maria, I'm glad you think so. I really love this layering too. :)

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  5. This is so pretty! I have Opal and love it in a Frida jelly sandwich. :) I bought Holly as a present for somebody who has yet to wear it....grrrrrr. Together these are crazy beautiful. <3

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    1. Thanks, I love this combo too. It's really quite stunning in person. Hehe maybe you can steal Holly back lol. ;)

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  6. Gahh! Love this. Love the green! Wish flakies would come back Big Time - just recently came into the nail polish obsession community and not many of the flakies left for purchasing, especially the really nice ones. Bring Them Back!

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    1. Ah, thank you so much, I'm really glad you like this! :D I love flakies too. They're so easy to layer on top of any mani to add fun and sparkles. Oh, I just realized Zoya no longer sells Opal (or any of their other flakies). That's a bummer! You may still be able to find them via ebay or amazon. Good luck. :)

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  7. That's gorgeous! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  8. Ah, the lovely Holly! What a beautiful combo! Holly almost beat out Pretty Serious VT100 for my St. Patrick's Day manicure today -- great minds!

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  9. My weekend was as low key as it gets, lol. C worked all of it and I stayed indoors and worked on CE for work, as in, in pjs and bathrobe till 4pm, lol. I LOVE YOUR MANI, holy shmokes!! I wish I'd been around when the flakies were out.

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    1. Hehe I love lounging about in pjs... so comfy. Thanks, I'm glad you like this combo! I totally didn't realize that Zoya no longer carried the flakies until after I put this post up. That sucks, cause I really love their flakies. Womp womp.

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  10. it sure is gorgeous!!!! Hope you had a great holiday! =)

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    1. Yay I'm glad you think so! Thanks, I had a good day, though it was just a regular work day for me. Hope you had a great one too. :)

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  11. Hi Yun - oh gosh that green is perfect on you (ghasp)! I should dig out that flakie again - it sure morphs that green into a pulsating glow!!!

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    1. Hi Christine! Thank you so much, I'm glad you approve of this look. You described it perfectly with "pulsating glow"... it really is gorgeous. :)

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  12. That's a very pretty green. I'm getting a bit over the flakies topcoats. I want something different . Something I never seen before:)

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    1. I'm glad you like the green. Holly's one of my all-time favorite greens. :)

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  13. These are both lovely and together they are stunning.

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  14. Yes, yes, yes!! I love flakies!! This one is especially pretty *___* And of course perfect for St Patrick's Day.
    My weekend was uneventful as well, only worked and worked. -.-" But it's ok, I had a great start into the week yesterday hihi
    Wish you a wonderful, eventful week dear! :x

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    1. Thanks so much, I'm really glad you like it! I'm a huge fan of flakies myself. They're just so fun to add on top of an existing color and I love how easy they are to remove. Thank you, I had a good week. It was busy, but the relaxing weekend made up for it. <3

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  15. It was hot where I was this weekend. Cloudy actually sounds kind of nice. Love this combo. So green! I did not wear a themed mani yesterday but kind of wish that I had.

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    1. It hasn't been hot here since last summer, so I'm missing that. :) I'm glad you like this combo. Green's one of my favorite colors to wear on my nails hehe. :)

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  16. I love the color change! It looks beautiful on top of Holly -- perfect for St. Patrick's Day!!

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    1. Thanks, I think so too! The combination's just amazingly gorgeous. :)

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  17. This is gorgeous! I love those flakies.

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    1. Thanks, I'm glad you like it! I'm a huge fan of flakies too. :)

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  18. OOOOoooooo! I've been wanting Zoya Opal for some time, and now that I see the effect it has on even the lushest color.....I want it even more! :D

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    1. I'm so glad you approve of the combination! I'm a huge fan of this combo too. The green flakies against this rich green is just amazing. :)

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  19. Perfect layering!. Really pretty :')

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  20. Oooohhhh so preeetty! It's perfect for St. Patrick's. I haven't tried any combos except for the usual black and flakies. I might try one soon after seeing this.
    (^^,)

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  21. Wow, this manicure looks gorgeous

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  22. Love this colour! Looks so mermaidy and mysterious!
    Little Red x

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    1. Thanks, I really like this combo too. You're right, it does look mermaidy hehe. :)

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  23. Gahhhh! That's just gorgeous! Totally in love with your combo! I love love love flakies! It seems to me I really enjoy layering flakies with similar colour bases. I like how flakies have that ability to give random sparks as it catches lights ^.^

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    1. I love flakies too. I'm going through a phase where I've been adding flakies to everything hehe, and I haven't had a combo I don't like yet. This is definitely one of my favorite flakie combos. :)

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