Showing posts with label sparkle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sparkle. Show all posts

Saturday, March 8, 2014

ZOYA Magical Pixie Dust Swatches & Review

Press Sample



If I had to guess what kind of nail polish Disney princesses and fairies wore, the Zoya Magical Pixie Dust collection would most definitely be it. I'm not sure the polish fairies at Zoya Headquarters could have packed any more glittery goodness in these three polishes! I really like the mixture of texture, holographic hexagonal glitter, and smaller holographic and regular glitter. It's kinda like a stripper exploded on my nails, but you know, in a good way.


See the swatches and review after the jump!


ZOYA COSMO

ZOYA COSMO CLOSE UP

ZOYA COMSO 2


Silver textured glitter

A disco queen's dream! This polish packs a serious silver punch, and is by far my favorite of the trio! It's gorgeous, and I can't help but stare at it. 

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Texture, 2 coats to be opaque




ZOYA VEGA

ZOYA VEGA CLOSE UP

ZOYA VEGA 2


Icy blue textured glitter

This is the perfect polish for this frigid, icy winter that we've been having! The pale blue glitter is reminiscent of frost sparkling on windowpanes, and unfortunately...the INSIDE of my car windows. :-D

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.5

Finish: Texture, 2 coats to be opaque




ZOYA LUX

ZOYA LUX CLOSE UP

ZOYA LUX 2


Pink textured glitter

A princess polish if I ever saw one! Pink, sparkly and feminine! This was the sheerest of the three, and I could see the tiniest hint of a nail line after two coats.

Opacity scale (1-5): 3.25

Finish: Texture, 2-3 coats to be opaque


Application and removal on all three of these polishes was trouble free! Allow time for the polish to dry between coats, and skip the base coat and (of course) top coat! :)



What do you think? Do these polishes bring out the sparkle junkie in you? Tell me in the comments below! :)


Zoya nail polishes, as always, are free of formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, dibutyl phthalate, and camphor and can be purchased at zoya.com and Ulta and Ulta.com for $9. 

Disclosure: Products in this post were provided for review by the manufacturer. See the legal page disclosure for more information.


Thursday, September 27, 2012

Bring that Bling!


Every once in a while, I feel like doing something that doesn't involve a nail art brush and several colors, and today/tonight was one of those times. In a twist of perfect fate, the bronze nail art jewels that Maria of Cult Nails sent in that fantabulous care package a while back inspired me to do a black and bronze gem-encrusted manicure. Figuring that all 10 nails might be a tad over the top, I decided to paint my fingertips with black polish, and do ring finger and thumb accent nails. Just enough bling to satisfy my need for sparkle at the end of two very mentally taxing days. I know I'm not generally one to wear glued on nail accessories/gems/whatnot, but this idea got in my head and I just couldn't shake it, so I went for it. I had tiny black Swarovski crystals left over from my Vegas showgirl Halloween costume a few years ago, and luckily I kept them- who knew that instead of ending up on my boobs, they'd end up on my nails?

The black I used for this manicure was also a Cult Nails product- Nevermore. I know I rave about American Apparel Hassid, and while I'll still keep that one around for my nail art, this Cult Nails polish will replace it for full nail coverage. :D This manicure was ONE. COAT, and it dried glossy as all hell. Now I have to figure out what to do with my 10 remaining bottles of Hassid. :-D More nail art?

I should mention that the bronze gems are far brighter in person, I just could NOT get a good picture of them!

Bring that Bling!

Bring that Bling! (2)

Bring that Bling! (3)

Bring that Bling! (4)

I used:

Black: Cult Nails Nevermore
Multi-sized Bronze rhinestones from Cult Nails
Jet 7s Swarovski crystals

Basecoat: Seche Vite basecoat


Quoth the raven, bling some more!