Nails

My toes needed re-painted (I had the same color on for 3 weeks!), so I decided to try out a new Essie polish I got a while back. They were Buy 2 get 1 Free at Ulta, so I picked up Peach Daiquiri, Playa del Platinum & Matte About You Top Coat. I'm not sure if was because my A/C was on (it's summer!) or what, but the application of Peach Daiquiri (on my toes) wasn't very fun... I have noticed polish drying fast and gooping up in the bottle when my ceiling fan was running, so I made sure that was off, so that's why I wonder if it was because of the A/C. It would get stringy coming out of the bottle and seemed thick. I hate painting my toes anyways, awkward angles, especially my big toes! My right one is the worse, I swear I re-did it 3 times! After I had on my topcoat, I decided to add some flowers - I always seem to not think about nail art until my topcoat is on. So I used Zoya Raven & Playa del Platinum for some flowers, with a couple of rhinestones.

On my fingers I switched things up a bit. Now, I'm not sure the combo goes together that well - but it was a good intention! I started off by applying a base coat to the tips of my nails, followed by 2 coats of Playa del Platinum. I then used a nail brush and Acetone to remove the excess for a french tip. I then applied the base coat to the rest of the nail followed by 1 coat of Zoya Bailey. I then put a regular top coat over Bailey and Matte About You over Playa del Platinum. Yea, it looks a tiny bit funny, hehe!



Oops, I forgot to clean-up my right toe before the pic! It's all better now!

St. Patty's Day

This was my quick look. I hardly have any face makeup on as I didn't have much time, but I still wanted to be festive. I did my nails when I got home from work.

Face:
Clinique Pore Minimizer T-Zone Shine Control
MSF Natural - Light
Select Moisture Cover - NW20
Studio Finish Concealer - NC20
MSF - By Candlelight

Eyes:
MAC Shadows - Omega, Wedge & Espresso (Brows)
UDPP
MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
MAC Shadows:
- Mylar (Brow Bone)
- Dreammaker (Inner Half of Eyelid & Inner 1/3 of Lower Lash Line)
- Swimming (Outer Half of Eyelid, Crease & Middle 1/3 of Lower Lash Line)
- Humid (Crease & Outer 1/3 of Lower Lash Line)
Laura Mercier Eye Liner - Black Ebony applied w/ MAC Water Based Mixing Medium
Studio Fix Mascara - Black Fix

Lips:
Tendertone - E-Z Baby










Zoya Midori over Veruschka

10-14-09 Zoya Haul Pt. 1

I ordered some more Zoya, when they had their Buy 1 Get 1 Free... I received all but 3 polishes today, which are on backorder, due to being new shades.

 

Astra, Nova & Veruschka

8.20.09 - Zoya

I ordered 3 "free" polishes from Zoya's Twitter promo, and got a few other goodies...



Qtica Papaya Star Scrub & Lotion


Qtica Solid Gold Cuticle Gel/Oil, Natural Nail Growth Simulator and Zoya Hot Lips in Smoochie


Zoya Polishes in Freja, Lo, Loredana Matte, Posh Matte, Dovima Matte, Drew & Juno




I totally forgot to post the Zoya's I got from their exchange back in May...




Sparkle Gloss Topcoat, LA Pop, Lucy & Snow White


Sabrina, Bailey, Cassi, Kiki & Lindsay


Vegas Freeze, Rea, Ki & Yasmeen


Trixie & Raven



And some Zoya Swatches:


Loredana Matte, Dovima Matte & Posh Matte


Sparkle Gloss Topcoat, LA Pop & Lucy


Snow White, Sabrina & Bailey


Cassi, Kiki & Lindsay


Vegas Freeze, Rea & Ki


Yasmeen, Trixie & Raven


Lo, Drew, Juno & Freja

5.16.09 - Zoya Renee & Dita

Yep, totally late... hehe, Dita is still on my tooties, but Renee has been off my pingers for quite some time...

5.14.09 - Zoya

So thanks to Scrangie's wonderful post of Zoya's latest TweetBuy, I was able to pick up the full set of their Color Lock System for $48 and recieve their Oh-la-la and La-di-da collections FREE!!! They will arrive tomorrow (Friday) and I can't wait!!! I am going to try them out ASAP, with the CLS and see how they do. Yippie! After that, I just might have to participate in their Nail Polish Exchange. Now through June 1, you can send in a minimum of 6 old polishes (any brand but Zoya) and they will send you your choice of over 300 of their polishes, bottle-for-bottle for only $3/each (shipping and processing). These polishes are regularly $6/ea so you basically get them for 1/2 off! (I assume you have to pay for shipping to them, but hopefully it won't be too bad.) I have quite a few of Sally Hansen bottles just sitting around so I will send those off... I'm going through the Zoya polishes now so I can see what I might want... though I'm not sure how many SH's I have. :o)