Zoya Blogger Giveaway!

Hi everyone!  I'm excited to announce that I've joined some of my favorite bloggers in giving away Zoya's new summer collections!  The giveaway ends May 30th at 11:59pm EST, so be sure and enter using the rafflecopter below!

Zoya Whispers Collection

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Hi everyone! Today I have Zoya's Whispers collection to show you.  This is a collection of 6 cremes that are intended to be kind of an interlude between winter and spring.  These colors are subdued and four out of six can be worn in a conservative work environment.

The formula on these was pretty nice and pretty easy to work with.  The first coat did tend to be streaky, but the second evened everything out.  All photos show 2 coats with top coat.

Zoya Lake.

Zoya April.

Zoya Eastyn.

Zoya Cala.

Zoya Ireland.

Zoya Misty.

These are available now from Zoya.com!

**Products in this post were provided by Zoya for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Zoya Focus Collection for Fall 2015

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Happy Friday!  This week has been an interesting one and I'm glad it's over.  Time to relax.  So let's bring in the weekend with part of Zoya's Fall collection, Focus.  Maybe it will tell this SoCal weather it's pumpkin spice late time and this 90+ degrees stuff is NOT working.  Focus consists of 6 colors and is the creme side of the Fall collection.

So without further ado, swatches!

Zoya Paradise Sun Summer 2015 Swatches and Review

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Yesterday I showed you Zoya's Island Fun, the creme side to the summer collection and as promised, today I have Paradise Sun, the shimmers.  All of these are shimmers with little flecks that shift colors a bit depending on the angle.

On to the swatches!

Zoya Island Fun Summer 2015 Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone! I'm a little late with these, but sometimes the blogosphere gets to saturated that it seems like it's a little better to post them as a reminder.  Especially these because they're gorgeous!  Island Fun is the creme part of the summer collection and tomorrow I'll be showing you the shimmery side.  (Check out Paradise Sun!)

Let's get started!

Spring Nail Art Featuring Zoya Tiana

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Hi everyone!  About a month ago Zoya asked some bloggers to create some nail art with polish from their Delight Collection.  My color is Tiana, a beautiful pastel green creme which was one of my favorites from the collection.  Since it's spring, I decided to go with some simple flowers.

Colors Used:

• Zoya Tiana
• Zoya Dana
• Zoya Pippa

How I did it:

1. Paint your nails with Zoya Tiana and allow to completely dry.
2. Put a few drops of Zoya Dana on a piece of plastic, or paper plate, etc.
3. Using a dotting tool or a bobby pin place five dots of Zoya Dana in a circle on the corner of your nail, then put a dot of Dana in the center.  Do this on all of your nails.
4. For your accent nail, repeat #3 until you have the desired amount of flowers.  Then place random dots of Dana and Pippa between the flowers
5. Top coat it and you're done!

You can always skip the accent nail and  just have a flower in the corner on all of your nails.  Have a great weekend!

**Products in this post were provided for an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Zoya Delight Spring 2015 Swatches and Review

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Happy Friday everyone!  Today I have the Zoya Delight Collection for Spring 2015.  It consists of 6 polishes: 3 cremes and 3 shimmers.  I know a lot of you are dying for winter to be over, so whats better than some spring inspired polishes to cheer you up!

Twinsie Tuesday - Match Your Nails to Your Purse

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Hi everyone! This week's Twinsie Tuesday I about matching our nails to our purse.  Well, most of my purses are black because I'm boring like that.  My purse that is currently in rotation is an Anne Klein crossbody purse.  It's black with gold accents.  So for today's mani I decided to go with black with gold tips.

For this look I used:
-Zoya Willa
-China Glaze 2030
**Zoya Willa was provided by Zoya PR for review.

And the purse that inspired the look:

Picture from Macys.com

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies and their purse inspired manis!

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

​Lisa at The Polish Playground

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Zoya Naturel Satins Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have Zoya's Naturel Satin Collection.  These aren't your normal glossy polishes.  Instead they have a satin finish which is somewhere in between glossy and matte.  Instead of being shiny and reflective, they have more of a sheen.  The colors in the collection are very lowkey and neutral.  Some of the paler colors pop more against my skin tone, but would look more subdued on someone with lighter skin.  Let's get on to the pictures!

First up is Brittany.  This one is light pink.  Zoya calls it rose mauve.  Application was good.  Slightly thicker than the rest of the collection.  This is 2 coats.

Rowan is nice taupe color.  This is 2 coats.

Tove is the gray of the collection.  This is 2 coats.

Ana is a very pale pink color.  Zoya calls this one almond, but on my skin it looks more pink.  This is 2 coats.

Sage is the green of the collection and the one I was looking forward to the most.  It did not disappoint!  This is 2 coats.

Last, but  not least is Leah, a lavender taupe color.  This is 2 coats.

The formula on all of these was nice.  I will say that it's important to use thin coats.  When I was applying, it felt like everything was applying uneven and I honestly got a little frustrated.  However, once it dries, everything levels out perfectly.

Overall I like this collection and the neutral color choices.  They were all pretty flattering.  My favorites are Brittany and Sage.

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**Products in this post were sent by PR for consideration.  All opinions and thoughts are my own.

Twinsie Tuesday - Inspired by Shoes

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It's Tuesday, so that means it's time for Twinsie Tuesday.  Today is all about shoes.  Now I have to admit that I prefer classic shoes.  Most of mine are black and not super inspiring, so I decided to search for something with a little more flair online and found some Christian Louboutin Mandolina booties called  that are black with gold etched in pattern and this is what I came up with.

For this look I simply painted my nails black with Zoya Willa and stamped over it with China Glaze 2039 using one of my Red Angel plates.  I'm still practicing my stamping, but I'm getting better!  And the shoe that "inspired" this look (they retail for $1,495 USD!):

Christian Louboutin Mandolina Booties

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**Zoya Willa was sent to me by PR for consideration.

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Throw Back Thursday: Zoya Astra

Hope everyone is having a great week!

I was sorting through my Zoya collection the other day and came across Astra.  It came out for Winter 2009 as a part of their Ultra Glitter collection.  I did a post about Luna from the same collection almost 4 years ago!  I believe Zoya discontinued these, but you can find them on Amazon and ebay for a pretty decent price.

Astra is a bright magenta pink glitter in a jelly magenta pink base which was pretty unique back then.  I'm really enjoying this on my nails.  It's been a while since I put this on.  The formula on this is nice.  It's actually pretty thin, but builds up really well.

This is 3 coats.

Zoya Wishes Collection for Holiday/Winter 2014 Swatches and Review

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Hi everyone!  Today I have Zoya's offering for Winter 2014 called the Wishes Collection.  It consists of 3 Magical PixieDusts, 2 shimmer/frosts, and 1 cream.

Read on for the swatches and review!

Zoya Ignite Collection Fall 2014 Swatches and Review

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Hope everyone is having a great week so far and happy Veteran's Day to all the vets out there!

Today I have the second half of Zoya's Fall Collection.  (Check out Entice.)  Ignite consists of 6 polishes, all of which are shimmers with gold flecks and shimmer.  Let's get on to the swatches!

Remy is the blue of the collection with lots of gold shimmer.  Because of the deep blue base, the shimmer almost looks turquoise in the bottle.  Simply put, it's gorgeous (I'll be saying this a lot).  Application was great and it's a 1 coater!

Teigen is a "pink toned cranberry" with more of those gold shimmer flecks.  Application was nice.  No complaints.  This is 2 coats.

Sansa is a dark purple with lots of gold shimmer.  This is definitely one of my favorites.  No complaints about application. This is 2 coats.

Autumn is somewhere between a metalic and shimmer.  It's a reddish orange color (reminiscent of fallen autumn leaves) and has gold flecks throughout.  This isn't a polish I'd normally pick out, but I ended up really liking this one.  I love how it has flashes of gold twinkling through it.  Application was nice, but it does require a little more finesse so to avoid brush strokes.  This is 2 coats.

Yuna is the gray of this collection and an instant favorite.  This dark gray is made special by the greenish gold shimmer in it.  Application was good.  This is 2 coats.

And last, but for sure not least, is India.  This is such a classy color to me.  It's a deep red with lots of gold shimmer and in the bottle there seems to be hits of bits of blue shimmer (which isn't visible on the nail).  Nice application.  This is 2 coats.

Overall, this collection is a definite winner.  Zoya really does do these types of finishes very well.  I can honestly say that I enjoyed every single polish in this collection.  My favorites are Yuna, Sansa, India, and Remy.

The Ignite Collection is currently available on Zoya.com and retails for $9 USD.  Zoya is currently running a special on the Ignite, Entice, Naturel, and Naturel 2.  Polishes from these collections are buy one get one free with the code BFF.  This special ends 11/12/14 (11:59 ET).


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**The product in this post was provided for my honest review by Zoya PR.  All opinions are my own.