Zoya "Aurora"

Can I just gush for a second about how amazing this polish is? Of course I can, it is my blog, I can do what ever I want.

When I open the color chart sent with my pixie dust Zoya order, the polish Aurora stood out brightly among all the colors.

I could not imagine a more perfect polish, perfectly represented by the photo in the swatch chart.

There are a few things about this polish that I particularly love.

One, ultra high-gloss shine. You hardly need a topcoat with this polish because it is so shiny.

Two, embedded glitter in the polish. This formula is so perfect that it leaves you with a smooth finished. Unlike many other polishes which dry with minimal texture due to the glitter pieces.

Three, overall dimension of the polish. I got lost in my fingernails while wearing this. The gloss, the glitter, The cool last smooth finish.I just cannot. I love it so much.

To add a little style to this manicure, I used a dotting tool to place a few dots on my tips. The color used on my tips is by Orly and is called "Decades of Disfunction ." 

Zoya Pixie Dust "Miranda"

Hello again for another Zoya pixie dust. Today's magical pixie dust is named Miranda. Miranda is a glistening read pixie dust polish, with silver sparkle and texture.

As with all magical pixie dust polishes, you should not use a topcoat with these. Not using a topcoat allows the texture of the polish to show through.

Zoya Pixie Dust "Liberty"

Zoya Pixie Dust polishes continue to be a love lacquer for me. I know that's all that has been featured lately, but it's all I've been wearing lately.

Can you blame me for wanting to fully appreciate each of my six shades individually?

"Liberty" is a texture royal blue, with less silver glitter than "Vespa" or "Stevie."

The photo displays the color as a little washed out, thing deep sea royal blue. 

The formula on this polish was lovely with full opacity in two coats.

Available at Zoya.com

Zoya Pixie Dust "Stevie"

Hello!

Today I have for you Zoya's Pixie Dust in "Stevie." 

This polish is a fresh vibrant lilac with scattered glitter. Pixie Dust polishes by Zoya are designed to be textured. They do not have an overwhelming texture to them, instead an even formula which builds up to opaque in two coats, which levels it's self out nicely.

"Stevie" is also a reletivly fast drying polish, as was "Vespa" seen in one of my previous posts. 

So far my experience with the Zoya Pixie Dust collection has been nothing but sparkly goodness.

You may notice that my ring finger appears to have something strange. This was a nail art design that I thought would be cute, and was simpliy not cute. What you see is one layer of "Stevie" over top. 

Thank you for stopping by.

Zoya Pixie Dust "Vespa"

Hello Fiecreology followers!

It has been a very long time since I have made a post. This is mostly due to the fact that I have been out of the make up and polish loop, and I have not had a disposable income for cosmetics. 

However, with my brand-new job, and young professional lifestyle, my make up and polish interest has been restored.

Since I am not in high school anymore, and do not have all the time in the world to blog, I will be updating this blog from my phone. This will mean simple post with lovely Phone quality photos. 

Today I have for you Zoya's Pixie Dust in "Vespa." This polish came to me in a Zoya BOGO Texture Tuesday sale.

Applying the first coat of this polish, it appeared very sheer with little potential for buildup.

In the description on the website, Vespa is a number five on the opacity scale.

After applying the second coat the five level of opacity was clearly displayed.

This polish is a creamy pistachio base with silver and holographic scattered glitter.

Secret Valentine!

I recently participated in a "Secret Valentine" event on Polishaholics Anonymous. This was basically just like Secret Santa. Each girl singed up was given the name of another girl. Every one had about a month to shop for their Valentine keeping in mine a $15 budget. My Valentine was sooooo good to me <3 You may gawk at her blog, found HERE

Now let me show you all the goodies!

Essie "Sew Psyched" and Zoya "Dita"

I love Sew Psyched because of the name, i love sewing and fashion so this polish is more of a personal thing that an amazing color. And Zoya Dita is another one that got me giddy. I don't have ready access to Zoya and i loooveee creme pinks.

Orly "Ingenue" and "Androgynie"

Ingenue was one polish i passed on because of budget, i was so happy when i got this from her because i adore the Holiday Soriee collection and i think i almost have all of it. Okay i have all but one, but i kinda don't really care about the white one. Oh and Androgynie! I love this polish. If i had to pick one polish to wear for the rest of my life, this would be it.

NYX "Guilded Glitter" Sally Hansen "Black Tie"

Do you know how loud i squeeled when i saw she got me Black Tie!? Granted it't not super hard to find, or limited edition or anything like that, but i have not seen this ANYWHERE. And Guilded Glitter was another missing link in my collection. I do not even believe she pick these two specific polishes out for me that i've been wanting <3

Zoya "Charla" and Essie "Set in Stones"

Recently, i took advantage of the Zoya new year's sale in which they were giving out two bottles of polish to any one who was willing to pay shipping. If you bought $25 worth of product from the site, you also got free shipping. In the end i got five bottles of Zoya for a total of $25. It was great. Especially since these are my very first Zoya polishes, i was excited.

This mani features Zoya "Charla" and Essie "Set in Stones"

Behold, Zoya Charla. This beautiful glass flecked blue it what i imagine the sky would look like if it was scattered with a million tiny diamonds. The picture on the left is more true to the actual color. Like any stunning polish i found myself endlessly frustrated not being able to capture the true hues and shimmer in the polish. This is three coats in sunlight. I did find a little bit of a transparent quality in this polish, but it seems necessary to get the bottom of the Caribbean sea look. Semi-sheer/semi-opaque i love Zoya Charla.

To the left, you will see the sparkly amazingness that is Essie Set in Stones in direct sunlight. To the right the same stunner in the shade. Essie Set In Stones from the 2011 Luxe Effects collection was released along with such favorites as "Shine of the Times" and "As Gold as it Gets." Set in Stones is a pure silver glitter made up up large circular and even more tiny silver micro glitters. Shown in the photos above is once coat. This polish offers instant glam with an exceptional drying time.

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Sally Hansen "Wedding Crasher"

BEHOLD! My new favorite glitter polish, "Wedding Crasher" by Sally Hansen from the recent revamped Diamond Strength line. "Glass Slipper" seemed to steal the show at first form this line, but there are so many more dazzling gems in the collection. It seems every time i'm in a drug store i end up leaving with another part of the collcetion. In these photos i have it over Zoya "Zara" because i muffed up that mani by being to impatient and not letting it dry. In addition to being a perfectly stunning fuchsia glitter, sitting in a perfectly fuchsia jelly base "Wedding Crasher" offers a full coverage glitter mani, with out being a full coverage glitter. Since it sits in a pink jelly base, it covers up the empty spaces a pure glitter would leave. Because of this quality you can use two coats and have full glitter.

Personally, i love this glitter over purple. I started with a purple "Zara" mani and used "Wedding Crasher," one coat over the top. Like my saying "Glitter fixed everything" goes, all the bumps, knicks, and smudged spots were instantly covered with a fantastic fuchsia vale. I highly recommend this polish. It has a WONDERFUL formula and can be obtained at a reasonable price. The Diamond Strength line is one i look forward to owning much more of.