Pru + Bryant Park

Nail polish. What!! A nail polish post from me. Yes, it has been ages. My nails were not so healthy and I wanted to get them back on track hence limited use of polish. You have seen Zoya Pru before on here so I am just going to show you what I did when I was supposed to be doing something else!!

Zoya Pru

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NYC Bryant Park

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Unsuspecting Bobby Pin

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I had already painted my nails on Sunday with the Zoya Pru but as I was sitting at my desk, no doubt procrastinating, a bottle of NYC Bryant Park and a bobby pin caught my eye. Hmmmm. Having no idea how these colors would look together I just went ahead. Not horrible. The bobby pin as a dotting tool was so-so but I will say it was actually better than the dotting tool I have which was made to be a dotting tool. Funny how that works. I’ll be taking this off in the AM though since I’m really not feeling it.

Later,

Sinful Colors Innocent Konad-ing With M60

I am trying to get my nail polishing back on track.  The last time I did a Konad was...ummm...oh my...back in August.  That doesn't seem right but the pictures and dates don't lie.  But that is the past let's talk about the present.

I love argyle and I have done this print before with different colors but argyle is what I was in the mood for so here you have it:

Sinful Colors Innocent- base
Zoya Veruschka- argyle print
Konad Plate - M60

You can see where the stamping didn't quite make it in some areas but overall I am pleased.  Who really ever gets all that close to my nails anyway.

Charla Never Disappoints

Zoya Charla made an appearance for my daughter's Homecoming dance. She was mucho excited and wanted some sparkle with a pop of color to go with her outfit. All of the girls looked so pretty. I say girls but I should probably be saying young women.

She spent the night at her friends house but when I picked her up her first words were, "I had so much fun!"

All I could ask for.

Fall- Hayrides, Bonfires, S'mores!!

It seems like there was an immediate jump from hot summer to cool fall days where I am.  One of the things we look forward to every year is going to a get together hosted by our real estate agent at a local farm.  I haven't been in 6 years because of scheduling conflicts with soccer but this year the whole family was able to go. Yea!! That doesn't happen to often.

We went on hayride around the farm and then had a bonfire with S'mores.  Yummy!

Here a few shots I took:

View of the lake

Animals doing what they do!

Hayride-- our wagon was very creaky. It sounded like we were going to be disconnected from the first wagon.

S'Mores-- don't mind my daughters nails. I fussed with her about taking that polish off. BTW it is Zoya Suvi.

 


Messy, messy, s'mores!!

We had a good time. Can you believe I have never made S'mores before. It was so much fun. Figuring out how much I like my marshmallows toasted. Some people had their marshmallows burnt to a crisp on the outside. I like mine to be browned but not black. It was quite messy but who cares.  That is part of the fun.  

Thanks for letting me share our little outing with you. We all had a great time together.

Zoya Raven

It's is black.  Like my mood.  Death sucks.  Unexpected death of a young person sucks even more.  I couldn't bring myself to do any other color.  I am human.  It always takes me a while to process things like this.  As much as I know I shouldn't question things I just don't get it.  It seems so unfair.  I wish someone would tell me there has been a mistake but it seems I am out of wishes. :-(

Blue Gradient Attempt

Not to many words because I am not sure how I feel about this.  So much so the left hand is done and I am probably going to remove it in the next hour.  Gradient manicures are so pretty and since I have never tried one I thought I'd give it a go.  Total failure because I didn't have the makeup sponges to do it.  What else do people use or is that pretty much it.  I just used a regular sponge, lol, and hoped for the best.

Not horrendous but I will get the makeup sponge and try it again another time.  I took the picture close enough but far enough!!

From the cuticle to tip I used:

Zoya Ginessa

Funky Fingers Mad Hatter

Funky Fingers 220 Volts

Funky Fingers Alice

Zoya Ibiza

Water Marbling- It Has Been A While

Hi everyone, hope your week is going well.  In my previous post I showed a quick swatch of Sinful Colors Snow Me White.  Perfect base for water marbling.  I went with a purple's theme this time.  I really like water marbling but usually don't have time for it.  Hence only one hand was done and I was off to something else.

Either way I am sharing the one hand with you.

Colors used:
Sinful Colors Snow Me White base and marbling
Zoya Perrie- OMG!! I have never used this before..I have to go check my pictures and see. 
China Glaze C-C-Courage
Sinful Colors Let's Talk

Sorry no clean up. Like I said sometimes it is off to something else.

Zoya Bekka

I am not disappointed with the color moreso the application. Zoya Bekka was unusually thinner than my other Zoya polishes which amounted to some flooding. Booo, I can't stand when that happens. For three coats this is less than stellar. Nothing that some nail art can't fix, but I really like this color and want it to stand alone. Maybe a coat of nude or white as a base may help. I will give it another go at some point because I still have hope for this beauty. Please also excuse the smudge on my index finger. I don't know how I did it but unfortunately I was in a rush and couldn't take the time to fix it.

Zoya Pru

I have had this polish on but kept trying and trying to get the best pictures. Zoya Pru is a mystery to me. It is not a duochrome but it looks absolutely different in differnt lighting. It can go from a a brownish purple to a bright purple. Here are a few shots that I got. I am wearing 3 layers.





While these pictures aren't wrong they aren't quite right to me either. I can't stand when polishes give me photo troubles.

I Totally Understand Now- Zoya Charla

There are some colors that people rant and rave about that I don't see why. Zoya knocked it out of the park with this color. How could anyone be a hater of this beautiful, glittery, goodness. I was excited to get it and when I did actually didn't try it for some time. What was I thinking. Two coats of absolute amazingness.



Nothing more to say other than, Thank You Zoya!!

Ouch Ouch and Ouch

Ok, it really was that bad physically but mentally it hurt to have to cut my nail off. I'll live. I think I was gardening or something and kept banging my thumb against something. Quite obvious that I lost that battle.

Mini Beautyfirst Haul

Score!!! No not as in World Cup but as in BeautyFirst sent me a $10 coupon in the mail. When I get a coupon like that I am ecstatic. Ten free dollars is better than nothing. I went practical and got Zoya Anchor basecoat and my first ever bottle of Essie polish. Can you see the little 50% off sticker? This color sums up where I am mentally right now because the name of it is Need A Vacation.



I took the Zoya Anchor out of the packaging so you could see the bottle. Standard Zoya bottle. It seems like a environmental waste to even have all of that plastic packaging around the bottle.

My out of pocket total for the day was $2 plus tax. I was a happy camper.

Lots of Dots- Ginessa Bundlemonster Mani

It has been forever since I posted a mani but I have been doing them, just no time to blog. I am going to try to catch up over the next few days with the older pics and manis and then get back on track I hope.

Remember a long time ago when I had Zoya Ginessa on my nails, here is the BundleMonster mani I did with it. The colors are Zoya Ginessa as the base. SallyHansen XTremewear in The Real Teal and Pacific Blue.



Looks like Easter eggs to me. I used two BundleMonster plates for this mani. The BM11 is the strip of dots near the base of my nail and the BM19 is for the polka dots. It was a little tedious to do the alternating colors but overall it was a fun mani to do.

Snow in June!!! Zoya Ginessa

The white shimmer of Zoya Ginessa reminds me of pure fresh fallen snow that is just beginning to melt. One coat gives you pretty decent coverage. I was pleased that it was not steaky like some of the wite polishes I have. Maybe because this isn't a creme polish. As a polish newbie I just know it isn't a creme, I can't tell you what it is though.

One coat provides pretty decent coverage as shown in the pictures below. It depends on the look you are trying to achieve.

Indoor Lighting	Sunlight

Two coats:

Another Zoya polish used and no complaints with this one either.

I tried to capture the effect of the Sally Hansen HD Hue polish that I used to stamp this design by doing a little video. It isn't as prominent as I would like it to be in the video but it is gorgeous in real life. You can see the changes somewhat mostly in the last few seconds of the video. Enjoy the lovely sound effects of nature.



This polish goes from yellow to green to blue. I think I am going to like it as a stamping polish more than a full mani polish but you never know.

On another note and I know you may think this is lame, Zoya sent a link to one of my blog posts on Twitter. I was absolutely floored, excited, honored, excited, shocked. Yes I am lame but it was a big deal to me. Here is a pic:



I thought it was pretty cool!! Feel free to follow me on Twitter. I am TakiJ there babbling about this that and the other.

My First Bundlemonster Mani!!

So here it is. My very first BundleMonster mani. Honestly it is not a full mani, it is just the right hand. I tried so many different things on my left hand I just decided to figure out what I liked and do it on my right hand and take some pictures. If you remember my post on Zoya Dea I asked for suggestions on what colors would look good with this. My initial thought was a mint green or pastel pink. Rmcandlelight *I'm wearing China Glaze Stella* of Nails Beautiqued chimed in and though that adding white to either of those colors would make it "pop". ABOP from Another Bottle of Polish thought teal would go well.

Let me tell you, I tried for at least an hour to come up with a pink, mint green, or teal that actually showed up well on this polish. Everything seemed like it was washed out. ABOP was absolutely right about the white making it pop.

Anyway, I tried layering Hidden Treasure over it which looked very pretty but I wanted to use my BundleMonster plates. I also layered Sally Hansen HD Hue over it and that looked pretty nice as well. When it was all said and done this is what I ended up with.



So who knew this yellow holo polish over Zoya Dea would produce this subtle holo greenish color. For the record the Sally Hansen HD Hue looks more yellow if you do a normal layer over tope of Dea.



Anyway I am tired after experimenting around so much so I think I am going to call it at night. By the way these pics were taken indoors this evening. I'll see if I can get a sunlight pic tomorrow if the sun manages to peep through the clouds. Good night!!

Chocolate Mousse? Noo...It's Zoya Dea

Nobody can tell me this color doesn't look like chocolate mousse. Seriously, I want to take a spoon and eat it. It is Big 3 Free after all. Just kidding, no eating nail polish kiddies. This isn't the typical bright color with some sort of zing that I typically wear which is precisely why I bought it. Expanding your horizons goes for choosing polish colors as well. I purchased this as part of the Zoya Exchange program and I am glad I did. It is a nice brown the applies like butter. Two coats and you are done.

I tried something a little different with this mani that most polish addicts recommend and that is "wrapping your tips". I painted the free edge before painting my second coat and also did it for my topcoat. We'll see what kind of wear this mani gets. Enough babble, on to the picture.



Why I always think I can get in the bed and not fall asleep is beyond me. This has a layer of OPI Top Coat and Drip Dri Drops and I still manage to make a mess of them. Looks like I have a matte fingerprint on my nail. Grrrrr. I'll learn my lesson sooner or later. No worries though, I will just do a design on them to cover it up. What color do you think will look nice with this? I was thinking a pink or mint green.

Liquid Gold- Zoya Goldie

Happy Friday to my dear readers. For the last few days I have been wearing another Zoya that is amazing. This polish was a recent part of my Zoya Exchange haul. It applies like liquid gold (I really don't know that for sure but it just sounds good) hence the name Goldie!!

The first pic is no flash and 2 coats. I would have left it at two but I tried to do something 2 seconds after painting my nails so of course I got little nics. The second pic is flash with 3 coats. The second pic is the more accurate pic.

I think this would be a lovely pedi color as well. Right now I have Zoya Gabrielle on my toes. No feet pics so I will post once I do a mani with it. Do you mind posting pictures of your feet? I haven't quite gotten there yet.

Zoya Exchange Haul

Remember me saying, "Look what I got!"

Well goodness, I have been doing NOTD posts and forgot to let you know what I got.

Here is a quick shot of the goodies:


Top Row (l to r): Ginessa, Bekka, Gabrielle, Charla, Pru
Bottom Row (l to r): Adina, Perrie, Dea, Goldie, Raven

These were the best pics I could get because no picture I took caputured

all of the colors correctly. Stay tuned for actual swatches.

After this haul I think that I have more Zoyas than any other polish.

Pssst...Look What Came In the Mail

Not a lot of time right now but I will give you a sneak peek at the box I opened today. JOY!!! Zoya joy!! Smile with me please.



I'll be back later to fill you on what I got. Should I even be considering doing another exchange? Gotta run!!