Zoya Rory

I kept thinking all yesterday that it felt like Friday, so it's a relief that Friday has finally arrived today. I think Fridays are just my favorite day of the week. They are filled with the promise of two whole weekend days, filled with relaxation, yummy food, great books, and lots of fun! Hope your Friday is awesome, my friends! :-)

Enough with my rambling :P; let's get to the good stuff! Next up in Zoya's Surf Collection is Rory, a lilac pink with strong silver shimmer in a foil finish.

Rory is the perfect balance between pink and purple. If you are a pink fan like I am, you'll definitely love this color because there's enough girly pink to satisfy. But if you aren't normally a pink fan, don't rule out Rory just yet. There's enough purple and lilac tones to give it a lot of depth and character, and the silver shimmer adds a ton of shine.

Rory is another one-coater for me, and I swatched the pictures above as such. The color payoff is so intense that you can get full opaque coverage without needing a second coat. The formula is thin without being watery or streaky and it spreads out evenly, making it super easy to apply.

You can find Rory on Zoya.com for $8 for 0.5oz. If you are new to Zoya, you can get your first two bottles of Zoya for $8 total and free shipping! Info is HERE.

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Zoya Myrta

Hello hello! Gosh, is it the weekend yet? Work was pretty awful and frustrating today, and it's nice to finally escape to my happy polish world. :-)

Continuing with Zoya's Surf Collection, I have something to satisfy all you orange lovers! Myrta is a bright reddish orange with lots of golden shimmer in a foil finish.

Myrta is an orange with lots of red and coral undertones. The coral helps to make it extra bold and bright, and the red gives it a lot of warmth. The color totally reminds me of the vibrant color of orange sodas and the color of your tongue after you drink orange soda. :D

It has a great formula, just like all the others in the collection. The color payoff is so great and intense that you can get away with only one coat. In fact, I swatched the pictures with just one coat to show you guys. You can see that it is totally opaque, though a second coat would smooth over any little mistakes. I think Myrta is a must-have for your collection if you love orange. :-)

You can find Myrta on Zoya.com for $8 for 0.5oz. If you are new to Zoya, you can get your first two bottles of Zoya for $8 total and free shipping! Info is HERE.

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Zoya Zuza

Hi everyone! This week, I am just bursting at the seams with excitement to share with you Zoya's new summer time collections! We will start with the Surf collection, which is described to be a set of six shimmering sea foils. First up is Zuza, a bright turquoise with a good dose of silver shimmer in a foil finish.

Zuza is a very intense and saturated blue green, and the silver shimmer adds a lovely depth to the color. This is the sort of color that embodies summer fun: it's bold, cheerful and unique. It's the perfect choice if you want to be noticed and would look fabulous for a pedicure.

Zuza's formula is awesome. It flows nicely onto the nail without being goopy or runny. Color payoff is great. I did two coats for the swatches, but you can almost get away with just one. This stained the skin around my nails a bit as I went to remove it after swatching, so base coat is a must to prevent nail staining.

You can find Zuza on Zoya.com for $8 for 0.5oz. If you are new to Zoya, you can get your first two bottles of Zoya for $8 total and free shipping! Info is HERE.

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Deborah Lippmann Mirrored Chrome Nail Lacquers Preview

I have for you lovelies a preview of Deborah Lippmann's latest collection. Here is what Deborah Lippmann says about the collection:

I am thrilled to introduce my NEW Mirrored Chrome Flip Nail Lacquer. An elegant new formula that creates a true mirrored, chrome-like finish.

Previously something you could only achieve through pricey salon treatments, now you can get that luxe, highly-reflective look at home with my new formula. It’s like Minx in a bottle! The secret is an innovative mica pearl technology that imparts an ultra high shine, mirrored effect.

I developed three gorgeous new shades – Swagga Like Us in oxidized copper teal, Sugar Daddy in antique champagne lilac and Private Dancer in gilded ultra violet. These shades actually flip or change color when seen from different angles. It’s a cool, completely unique look that almost looks like you dipped your fingertips in liquid metal.

SWAGGA LIKE US
oxidized copper teal

SUGAR DADDY
antique champagne lilac

PRIVATE DANCER
gilded ultra violet

Price: $18.00 each, available now at www.deborahlippmann.com, Barneys New York, Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom

(All info and images are courtesy of Deborah Lippmann.)

These colors all look so pretty and unique, and the chrome finish sounds intriguing. And their names are awesome! All three are definitely on my wishlist! :D

What do you think of these colors? Do any of them make it onto your wishlist? <3

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Barielle Elle's Spell

Hope everyone is having a relaxing and fun weekend! :-) Today, I have another lovely polish from Barielle. It is Elle's Spell, a red jelly packed with tons of multi-colored flakies.

Elle's Spell looks to be a rich, dark red in the bottle, but it applies much lighter onto the nail, likely due to the jelly finish. What you see in the pictures is two coats, but you will probably need to do four coats if you want the color on the nail to be closer to what you see in the bottle. It's fun to see a flakie polish with a dark base color, so that it can to be worn by itself and not just as a top coat over another color. But in this case, if you want to take a shortcut from the four coats needed, layering it over a red polish will work just fine.

The red base does temper the shininess of the flakies a little bit compared to a clear base, but overall they are still quite noticeable. The flakies in Elle's Spell are various colors, ranging mostly from gold to orange to red. Occasionally you will even see some blue and green flashes, though those will be mostly at the outer edges of the nail.

You can find Elle's Spell on Barielle.com for $8 for 0.45oz, but there is an ongoing sale for buy one get one 50% off.

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Barielle Polished Princess

Hi everyone! Thank goodness it's the weekend! Work was crazy on Friday, and I ended up staying there quite late, so I didn't get a chance to update yesterday. I've been excited to share this polish with you guys, so I'm glad I'm finally getting the chance to today. :-)

I am talking about Barielle's Polished Princess. I fell in love with this color the moment I put it on. It's a mossy, plant-like green with the most gorgeous golden, coppery shimmer.

Isn't that just the most beautiful color? (Please click on the pictures to see the enlarged versions.) It reminds me of this fern outside my house, which is that exact shade when the sunlight hits it. The golden and coppery shimmers in the polish really shine through on the nail, and bring a lovely depth to the color. It's a gorgeous shade, perfect for spring and summer.

The formula of Polished Princess is great. It is easy to control and flows nicely onto the nail. You will need to do two medium coats or three thin coats to achieve opacity. Since this is my first Barielle polish, I did a wear test to see how it holds up. After five days (my usual time for wearing a polish before the nail growth gap becomes too noticible), there were no chips and just minimal tip wear.

You can find Polished Princess on Barielle.com for $8 for 0.45oz, but there is an ongoing sale for buy one get one 50% off.

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