Mani Monday: zoya's "Stevie"

Welcome to Mani Mondays! A weekly post on my mani of the week. (I know this post is late but I have limited Internet access. Please forgive me >.<;) this week, my nails are adoring Zoya's "Stevie" from their PixieDust line. "Stevie" is a pretty lilacy purple with silver matte glitter. 

On the website, it says NOT to use a base or top coat & to allow to dry about 10minutea. Now, we all know that I am impatient as all hell so I do 2 thin coats, & let dry my normal mani time. Overall I like the pixiedust line, but I have a textural issue - not with the polish! With myself in general. Since it IS a glitter polish, it does have that "rough" glitter feel. 

The wear time on the PD line seems to be longer than average nail polish but it usually doesn't stay longer than 3-5 days on my nails before I change polishes again. Hahaha. Do you guys have any of the zoya pixiedust collection? If so, which colors do you have & what are your thoughts of them?

Hard Candy Nail Polish: Peach Pop

 I finally was able to get my hands on the new Hard Candy nail polish that can be found at your local WallyWorld {err... Walmart haha}. I ended up picking up 4 colors: 2 chromes & 2 glittery ones. This post is on one of the glittery ones I snatched up.

"Peach Pop" is a semi sheer pink based peach with red & white (or is it silver?) glitter. Now, I have never been one to like the scattered glitter look - its either all glitter or none - & this was no exception. That's not to say that the formulation is bad or anything; in fact it's quite good! The swatches shown are with 2 thin-medium coats, no undies or top coat.

 The drying time is surprisingly quick & my nails don't feel like they're caked in glitter either. Hard Candy polishes are $4 each at Walmart in their beauty aisle.

Have you been able to get your hands on any?

Zoya PixieDust: London

So, I know this is not a new polish but it's been sitting in my polish drawer since it became available... I just never got around to wearing it. I tried using "Godiva" but the color payoff didn't please me. That doesn't mean I won't try it again however. SO! I will get on to the beautiful-ness that is London.

London.  Natural lighting.

 Zoya describes London as "fog gray with a sugared sparkle, in the exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula". They couldn't have nailed it more spot-on if they tried. I applied 2 thin coats & the coverage is amazing. Even with one coat it was a pretty foggy gray but I could still see my nail line. + I always do 2 coats anyway.

Swatch Info:

1. 2 Coats
2. No Base Coat
3. No Top Coat

London. No undies or top coat. Natural lighting.

 Zoya on the PixieDust application:

Do not use a base coat or top coat.
Apply 1-3 (for full coverage) thin coats of polish. 
Allow product to dry completely in between layers for full effect.
The PixieDust textured formula may take up to 10 minutes to dry down completely matte. Once dry, the textured finish is long lasting,  matte and ultra-glittery!

I didn't wait that long between coats... Just long enough to do the other hand & it seems to have turned out all right. My drying time didn't seem to be 10 minutes either.... I'm thinking MAYBE 5. & that's a BIG maybe.

 London's bottle has the same shape as any of the other Zoya polishes but it has a rubberized type of top. Why? Yes. In other words: not a clue why but it does. Since applying London, I then purchased Beatrix, Vespa, & Stevie to try! I will get back to trying Godiva once this one starts wearing off to see if I like it any better.

PixieDust's are $9 a piece from Zoya.com & come in an array of colors & apparently different "formulations" too. I'm putting this bad boy to the ultimate test: BAR TENDING. Constantly having to shove your hands in a bucket of ice, dealing with money, cleaning, stocking, & all the things that come with the territory can really wear on a girls mani -- even with a great top coat!

Until next time...

 

New Years Eve Nails

HAPPY 2013! I know I'm a week late on posting this but I thought it's better late than never! ♥  I did Essie's "Smokin' Hot" with Sinful Colors "All About Me" on the tips. I wish I had a silver glitter polish to have done the tips.. I think that would've looked a lot better. What do you think?

With Flash.

Without Flash -- You can kind of see the way the glitter reacted here.

"All About Me" actually looked really reflective in different lighting which was pretty cool. ♥ What did you have on your nails when you rang in the New Year?