'Ello Lovelies!!

As you all know my love for Zoya seems to know no bounds, and their Pixie Dust polishes are no exception.  I have to be honest and say I've only tried two different shades, for some reason the brighter colors just didn't suck me in as much as the gold/champagne shades.

I bring you Tomoko.

Oh sparkely, glittery goodness!  I. Can't. Even.  This polish makes me so happy, it's like diamonds for your nails!  This is a texture polish,which at first I wasn't sure I'd be a fan of. But this one is UH-MAZING!  It goes on so flawlessly, this is two easy coats.  If you've not tried any of the pixie dust polishes then you should know that you shouldn't wear a base or top coat with it.  I've seen some pics of the pixie dust polishes with a top coat and they still look pretty, but I think they lose a little summin' summin'. 

I think this color will be lovely for the holidays!  Also the wear on these is incredible!  I usually get a good ten days with this pixie dust polishes.  I plan on using this before I leave for London at Christmas as I know it will last me a while and will add some sparkle to my travels!

The ONLY downside is it seems to slowly lose a little of it's pizzazz with every lotion or cuticle cream application I do.  I'm not sure why, but it's just what I've noticed.

What do you guys think?  Have you hopped on the texture polish train yet?  I'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions on any you recommend!

Also as I mentioned above I am going to be going to London for the holidays to see my in-laws and will be doing some shopping!! So stay tuned to some posts about different brands that are UK brands nail polish and make-up.  I will also be active on Instagram and Twitter posting pics of my travels so make sure to follow me and join me on our adventure!

cheers xx

Hello Dearies!!

I have to be honest that the new Zoya fall collection Cashmeres and Satins didn't really put me over the moon.  I ordered a couple of colors that are nice, but not killing me if you know what I mean.  Then in my Ipsy glam bag this month, I got Mason.  If you're not familiar with Ipsy it is a monthly subscription service and you get 4-6 beauty items, many of them full size.  I have to say overall I've been happy with my ipsy glam bag's, I like them waaaaaay more than Birchbox and it's the same price.  Plus with Ipsy you get a cute little make-up bag every month!

So one of the items in my glam bag this month was the Zoya Mason from the fall collection.  O M G this polish......I can't even.  On the website I think Mason looks more like a hot pink metallic, in fact this is the description from Zoya's website "Zoya Nail Polish in Mason can be best described as an exciting red violet or "Fandango Pink" metallic."  What do you think?

First let me say whatever color they want to call it is fine by me because I'm just going to call it LOVE!  Ugh....do you ever wear a polish that just makes you go....ugh? Like a good ugh!  I think it's a bit more purple-pink, and not only is it metallic but it also has tiny glitters in it.  This picture doesn't do this it's full justice.  It's just so beautiful! I think it is going to be a color I go to alot this winter and it's such a lovely jewel tone!

For those of you who don't know, Zoya is by far my favorite nail polish brand and if you haven't tried it I highly recommend it!  No this isn't sponsored and I don't get Zoya sent to me for reviews, unfortunately.  I buy all of my own polish and this is just the best to work with and they have the most amazing colors!

Do you have a favorite brand?  What will be on your digits this winter and holiday season? 

cheers xx

"Ello Loves!

So I had promised that I was back to blogging, and look what happened *sighs*.  I'm really sorry guys, not that anyone probably relies on this blog for anything but I should really try harder.  Had a crazy October which included a totally fun day at the office doing mani-CURES as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness!

Anyway I'm back today to show you what I did for my Halloween nails.  I was going to do some elaborate nail art and then I saw this post by Chelsea from The Nail Network and I was inspired! For those that don't know, The Nail Network was my first blog crush.  Her swatches and nail art is amazing and I always LOVE to see her pics.

And so I decided to do something a little different, and I loved how these turned out what do you think?

I used butter London Jaffa for my base and then using my smallest brush, I layered up different polishes that I felt were Halloween-ish.  The main colors I used were Zoya Mason (pinkish purple), China Glaze Def Defying (green) and Electrify (glitter), and OPI Lincoln Park After Dark (dark purple).  These were so much fun to wear and work appropriate!  I also think something like this would work for a mardi gras theme, they remind me of feathers a bit. I dunno I'll have to play around with this.

I'll have a post about the Zoya Mason soon, as this color is AMAZING! 

What did you do for your Halloween nails?  Anyone do anything ghostly or ghoulishly?  Let me know in the comments.

Also is there anything you would like to read or see from me?  I have plenty of polishes I can review and swatch, but am open to different types of posts as well :-)

cheers xx

Hello there lovelies!!

See I promised I would be back with posts, and here I am!  I was so excited yesterday when my Zoya order arrived!  I don't know about all of you, but oh how I love to get nail mail!  I was especially excited since it was a package of my absolute favorite polish!  For any of you that don't know about Zoya they are a Big 5 free polish that is ah-mazing.  Honestly for me this polish lasts longer then most others and the formula is always incredible.  You can check out there website here.

I ordered quite a variety some good fall/winter shades and also some lovely neutral shades. I will be honest I only ordered two items from their fall collection, I'm just not a huge fan of frosted style polish.  I just don't care for it with my skin tone, although some did sneak into my order!  I can't wait to do some fun nail art with what I got.

But first for you today I have my all time favorite look, a glamorus red nail.  I L-O-V-E a nice simple red nail, there is just something sexy about it I think.  Years ago I would never had thought that I could pull off red nails, but I swear I probably have worn that more then anything else.  I went for a very retro look, and trimmed my talons to be lovely shorties.  The red I picked from Zoya is Gia *drools*.  I will give you all a moment to fall in love.....

Mmmmm I mean come on!  For me this is almost the perfect shade of red!  I can't say if it's more on the orange side or blue side of red, because it's pretty close to dead on red.  The formula on this was gorgeous, and almost could have done with only one coat.  This picture does have a top coat (right now I'm using KBShimmer Clearly On Top), but this seriously hardly needed it. 

What do you think?  Do you love red polish like me?  What's your favorite?  I'd love to hear!

cheers xx

Hi there friends!

So I have been a naughty blogger, I know I know.  

A lot has been going on the last few months, I had a health issue I had to sort out, then I got a promotion at work (yay!), and  also to be honest YouTube has taken over my life!  *sigh* But things seemed to have settled down now and so I'm hoping to get back at it!

Also I have my Zoya back to school BOGO order arriving soon so I will have some goodies to share! I did buy some polishes from different summer collections, but I'll be honest I wasn't over the moon.  For some reason I bought quite a few of the Essie spring/summer collection as I was drawn to all of the neons.  But just as many Essie polishes in the past, they were very disappointing. 

So now that summer is coming to an end and my life doesn't feel as chaotic, I'm going to really make an effort to keep up on blogging.  I think the one thing I learned about blogging after I started is how much work it can be when you're doing swatches and taking pictures.  Kudos to all of you beauty and nail bloggers out there who keep this up consistently!

And so on that note, thank you for your patience and understanding.  I hope you all had a wonderful summer and are looking forward to fall as much as I am!  I'm hoping to get more into the indie polishes out there this fall as well.  Oh and I'm going to London at the end of the year and can't wait to pick up some goodies from "over the pond".

p.s. on my digits today is Zoya Charisma which I'm kind of liking as a nice summer to fall transition color :)

cheers xx

amanda

Hello Lovelies!!

I know it's been a while and this is probably the fastest purchase to blog post I've ever done!  I've been eying the new Flower Beauty by Drew Barrymore for awhile, but I don't go to Wal-Mart that often if I'm honest. So today I made a special trip just to check it out. 

First I really hate shopping at Wal-Mart for the simple reason that it's always a mess and they never seem to restock and today was no different!  Also I've been a bit frustrated lately at the drugstore cosmetic areas lately because apparently people have no problems opening up product that is FOR SALE and testing it.  Then they put the cap back on, and put it back!! With THEIR GERMS all over it! GAH!!!!  When will the drugstores start putting out testers like the department store brands?????

Anyway enough of my moaning and onto this BEAUTIFUL nail polish!  OMG I'm so excited about this polish that I'm also on Wal-mart's website right now picking out more colors!!!  I picked up two colors and the one I'm going to show you now is Precious Poppy.

First off let me just say that I have had a long lasting love affair with red nail polish.  So when I find a good one I fall hard, and that is exactly what happened with this polish!  The color is a beautiful red maybe even a hot pinkish red, but red none the less!  And the formula on this stuff!  OMG again it's dreamy!  Nice and creamy, did not get gloppy at all!  The first coat went on well with little to no streaking, and it all evened out nicely with two coats.  It dried quickly and fairly shiny with no top coat.  In the video on their website, Drew says that there is a built top coat and I would say that it dried like it had a top coat.  I did however add top coat to it just for that extra shine!

Again, I'm in love!!!  I would totally recommend this polish, it's 3-free, cruelty free, and made in the USA which makes it a winner in my book!!!

Have you tried Flower yet?  I'm dying to get some of the beauty items now!  It's been a long time since I've fell in love with a polish it makes me so happy!  Oh and the price is awesome for the quality that you get!

cheers xx

p.s. Thank you Drew Barrymore for making some great products at affordable prices and standing behind a product you love xx

Hello Lovelies!!!

I have more butter London Spring loveliness for you today! Wooo I know you're excited! hehe  Anyway I'm pretty sure I mentioned in my haul post that I had picked up a bunch of polishes, and I'm still trying to get them all on here!

So today I have butter London Fiver for you.  I know, I know another mint green nail polish/beauty post....I felt the same way about all of the mintyness (new word I just made up that spell check doesn't recognize!) out there!  And to be honest I was trying really hard NOT to jump on the trendy band wagon, but alas I broke down and now I might be a convert!  If you're like me you've been thinking that pastels aren't really anything new, right?  I mean I was a teenager in the 80's, I remember what I was wearing and pastels were big then.  However I don't remember them being used in so many amazing ways!!!

Sorry for the yellow-ish tint to this pic, this was the best one of the nails of the bunch I took and I'm not wearing this anymore so I can't take new ones for this post, ugh I know bad blogger! Anyway, you can still how lovely this polish is.  I mean really it's like this summer's new white! And I think this color will look awesome with a tan!

What do you think? Have you jumped on the mint wagon yet?

cheers
xx