Zoya Destiny

Good afternoon! Today I've got my final pick from the Summer 2013 Zoya PixieDust shades! This is Zoya Destiny.

Destiny is a lovely coral with an amazing gold shimmer underneath. The gold shimmer makes the color really pop! I was not at all surprised that this came close to being my favorite. (I'm so in love with Stevie because purple is my favorite color!)

This is three coats in indoor lighting. 

The gold was so hard to capture. 

I'm just in love with Zoya's take on the texture polishes. These are, by far, my favorite of the trend. 

What do you all think of the texture polish craze? Love it? Hate it? 

Instagram sneak peek!

Just a quick peek at some swatches you'll see soon! I couldn't wait and had to put these beauties on as soon as I opened the package! I'll have these up in a few days! I wasn't ready to take yesterday's post all the way off!

Pretty, right??

Zoya Miranda

Hello! Today I have for you my second swatch from the Summer 2013 Zoya PixieDust polishes: Miranda. This is a beautiful, red matte sparkle. This baby really shimmers with little spots of silver and red. It's gorgeous. This is two coats. 

Salon Perfect: Kaboom

Hello all! Hope everything is well! I was originally going to post another polish from the Zoya PixieDust shades but I picked this baby up and decided to show it instead. 

I don't have it to compare, but I think that Kaboom is very close, if not a dupe, to the very cool looking Floam by Nail-Venturous. It's got teal and chartreuse neon glitters! This is probably a polish that you could wear on its own with 3 or 4 coats but I preferred to layer it over OPI Fly. This is two coats over Fly. 

And a macro of the glitters!

I can't stop looking at my nails! ^_^ I picked this up at Walmart. There are 5 other colors in the collection and I ended up with 3 of them, but this is the one I was after. 

That's all for today! 

Zoya Stevie

Hello all! Hope your day is going well! Today I have some swatches of Zoya Stevie from the Summer 2013 PixieDust collection! I picked up a total of three from the collection and love them all. Pictures of the others will be up soon! 

I used two coats for these pictures and they are all taken in indoor lighting!

Some nail art

Hey all! Today I just have a quick Nail art NOTD. I used Sally Hansen Butterscotch and Hot Lava. Got both of them on sale so all-in-all, this is like a $5 mani which is pretty exciting.

Illamasqua Speckled

Sorry for the hiatus guys! I've been pretty busy with work and preparing for a trip I'm taking to Canada later this year and just haven't had the time to post any pictures for you.

Today I'm coming back with a polish that I've been lemming for since I first saw it's swatch! First though, a story. We have a very small Sephora here. It's in a JC Penney in our Mall, which is itty bitty compared to other malls. The closest dedicated Sephora was an hour away and was the one that carried all the nail polish. It was so disappointing that I could never go because I don't have time for the minimum two hour trip there an back. Imagine my excitement when I saw the Nail Station at our local, baby Sephora!! I think my friend thought I was nuts! Haha

Anyway, I picked up Illamasqua Speckled, a neat, lilac purple with small black hexes and micro glitter to give it a... you guessed it... SPECKLED look. I love it! Now, the polish is great. I used three coats for full coverage. Dry time was pretty quick. From my limited experience, I expected no less from Illamasqua!

I think my camera made the color a little more pink toned than it actually looks in person.

I'll definitely be picking up some of the other colors, mainly the mint green and the neutral cream colors. One reminds me of mint chip ice cream and the other of cookies and cream! So yummy!