Zoya’s glittery red Pixie Dust Nail Polish in Chyna ($9), available now on Zoya counters and online.
What do ya think?
I’m diggin’ it, but I’m getting more of a holiday vibe.
Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in Chyna
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Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in London
Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in London, a gray with silver glitter ($9). Available now at Zoya counters and online.
Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in Nyx
Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in Vespa, a periwinkle with silver glitter ($9). Available now at Zoya counters and online.
Yes, no, maybe so?
Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in Vespa
Zoya’s Pixie Dust Nail Polish in Vespa, a mint matte with silver glitter ($9). Available now at Zoya counters and online. Do you like?
What’s Your Take on Textured Nails?
I had a very long, very beauty nerd-seque conversation with a friend a while back about nail polishes with unconventional textures, ala bumps and grit.
I was wearing Zoya’s $9 Pixie Dust in Godiva on my tips at the time, walking around with nails that looked like they’d been dipped in sugar.
New for spring, Godiva’s brimming with fine bits of gritty glitter.
My buddy said the feel of the finish gave her the heebie-jeebies — like clawing a chalkboard or sandpaper — and I can see where she’s coming from. I mean, why purposefully put something lumpy and bumpy on a smooth set of nails?
But then there’s also the question, “Why not?” 🙂
Nails, Meet Neely’s Lovely Sisters in the Zoya Lovely Spring 2013 Collection
Pardon me as I swan dive from the top platform into a full-on pastel nails obsession…
SPLASH!
Sorry about that. I couldn’t resist because the pool is just so lovely — lovely as in the six-piece Zoya Lovely collection. 🙂 Remember creamy mint green Neely from last week? Yup, these are her Lovely (ba-dum bum) sisters.
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Zoya Neely Nail Polish Makes Me Seafoam
First new favorite thing of the day/du jour: French toast 2.0! I made it again, this time actually for breakfast (I’ll explain the 2.0 version in a minute).
Second new favorite thing of the day/du jour: Zoya Neely nail polish, a creamy seafoam green, and the only thing I’ve been wanting to wear on my nails lately.
Every time I glance at my hands when I’m wearing it, I smile. 🙂 It’s just so cheerful.
Two coats provides pretty complete coverage, but I’m wearing three for these pics.
Last time I applied Zeely, I didn’t use a base or top coat, and it lasted three full days before I started seeing tiny chips appear along the edges of my nails, so it seems durable. And it made it five days before the really honkin’ chips appeared.
Next time I’ll wear it with a base coat, at least, because it naturally emphasizes the ridges on my nails, which I actually think looks kind of neat, but a base coat applied before Neely should smooth things out, and improve the wear time.
It’s a Giant Halloween! Here’s My Hodgepodge Mani Mix of Glittery Copper, Black and Orange Shades With Zoya, OCC, Deborah Lippmann and Sonia Kashuk
I did a couple of different things last night. One, I painted my nails orange and black, both for Halloween and to cheer the Giants winning the World Series, and two, I (kinda) watched The Last Exorcism on Netflix.
On that last one…good grief! What was I thinking firing up a movie about a teenager possessed by a demon 30 minutes before bed?!
Come on, Karen, wake up!
I actually didn’t make it through the whole thing on account of a terrible scene involving a little barn kitty…
I couldn’t take it! But thankfully my nails were dry by then, so I just ran away from the TV screaming “No! No! No!” and went upstairs to bed.
For my nails, I knew I wanted something more complicated than a single color but easier than a fancy work of nail art, so after digging through my drawer of polishes, I settled on a hodgepodge mani mix of glittery copper, black and orange shades…
There’s a big rally/parade down in San Francisco today for the Giants, and I’m heading down, but please don’t tell Tabs. I know he’d want to go, but he’s such a cat diva. With the time it takes him to get ready, we’d never make it on time.
My plan is to distract him by mixing a handful of Greenies in with his gravy. Then I’ll quietly sneak out the door. 🙂
In candy news, do you ever crave chocolate in the morning?
I don’t know if it’s hormonal (probably), or just because there’s a big bag of Fun Size Snickers on the kitchen counter, but every day lately I wake up ravenous for chocolate.
What’s up with that?
