Zoya Island Fun & Paradise Sun

Zoya will be releasing 2 collections for Summer 2015 on 5/5/2015. All of these colors look so vibrant and will be perfect for summer mani & pedis! I'm all grabby hands! Gimme Gimme!

Images provided by Zoya PR

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday to do some super girly manis that you wouldn't normally do.
A few weeks ago, I posted a Valentine's Day watermarble mani, but I have 3 more festive manis for you. If you're following me on Instagram, you've probably already seen them. There are some quick video tutorials on my instagram as well.

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Zoya Naturel Satin 2015 Zoya Delight 2015

Last month Zoya’s social media team recommended me to be a part of their sampling program. When I got the email, I was beyond excited. I was jumping around screaming from the excitement. For two weeks I couldn’t stop talking about it and then I finally received the first collection in the mail. They sent me the Zoya Naturel Satin collection and shortly after, I received the Zoya Delight collection. Once I got the packages I started swatching immediately.

Zoya Delight

Zoya Naturel Satin

Sinister Evil

Any Disney fans here? How excited were you for Maleficent!? The movie was fantastic and Angelina Jolie played the role so well. I saw it with my husband and we both thought it was a really cool movie. It really lived up to our expectations. 

Can you guess who inspired this mani?

Zoya Matte Velvet

Zoya has brought back their popular Matte Velvet line! As soon as they were released, I called Ulta to make sure it was in stock and bought 3 of the 6 colors. I'm hoping for a sale or promotion so I can order the rest from this collection. 
The Zoya matte velvet nail polishes are not meant to be long lasting like regular nail polish. You'll get tip wear and chipping much quicker than usual.

Zoya Savita
Zoya Harlow
Zoya Veruschka

Red, White, and Blue

July 4th is perfect for barbeques, getting together with friends and family, celebrating, parades, and flag inspired nails! 

Flag nails

Beach Nails

It's almost Summer time! If you're going to the beach, you're going to need some beach nails. 

Seashells and starfish on the beach

Zoya Charisma & Mosheen

Here is Zoya Charisma and Zoya Mosheen. Gorgeous, isn't it?

Polish for Nail Stamping

I decided to compile a list of the nail polish I have that works well for nail stamping. I will continue to add to this list as I collect more nail polish. 

Neon Tribal Flowers

This is probably my favorite mani thus far. I spent roughly 2 hours on it. I have been wanting to do tribal print for a long time but was never confident enough to do it free hand. So I found a MoYou London plate that had a tribal print and a bunch of floral prints that I could play around with for advanced stamping. 

Essie : Vices Versa

Cupcake

I'm very excited to show you all this. It is my first time doing advanced stamping. It took a few tries but I think it looks pretty cool. 

Essie : Turth or Flare

Red, Gold, and Blue

In my attempt to create nautical nails, I created 4th of July nails instead. So, this is kind of a fail. 

Zoya : Dream

Yellow & Orange Floral

Another Spring mani. This mani was inspired by @lifeisbetterpolished from Instagram. 

I love how simple and clean it looks. 

I applied 3 coats of Essie Find Me An Oasis to all my nails. 
The flowers and leaves were created with a small nail art brush using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Zoya Tomoko, Essie Naughty Nautical, and Essie Mojito Madness. 

Essie : Find Me An Oasis

Then & Now

My first blog post was 9/29/2013. I posted these nails. 

So here I am, 6 months later, and I have to let you all know that practice really makes a big difference. 

My recreation of Marc Jacob's daisy nails. 

Pinky and index finger each have 3 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Constant Candy. I used a dotting tool and Zoya Tomoko for the golden dot. 
Middle and thumb each have 3 coats of Cover Girl Outlast Constant Candy. I used a dotting tool and Essie Blanc and Zoya Tomoko for the daisies and dots. 
Ring finger has 2 coats of Zoya Tomoko. 

Outdoors

Green

More green for St. Patrick's Day. 

Kept it simple with this mani.

Pinky, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Zoya Hunter. 

Ring and middle finger each have 2 coats of Maybelline Color Show Brocades Emerald Elegance. 

Zoya : Hunter

Pastel Floral

I pinned this gorgeous pastel floral mani on Pinterest and can't wait to show you how adorable it is. 

Pinky has 3 coats of Essie Play Date. 
Ring finger has 3 coats of Essie Blanc. Flowers were created with a dotting tool using Essie Play Date and Essie Mint Candy Apple. I used Essie Luxeffects A Cut Above for the glitter placement and flower centers.
Middle finger and thumb each have 3 coats of Zoya Pixie Dust Lux.
Index finger has 3 coats of Essie Mint Candy Apple.  

Essie : Mint Candy Apple

Mickey & Minnie Mouse

More Disney nails! 
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.

Pinky, middle, index, and thumb each have 2 coats of Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Gold Mickey heads were created with a dotting tool using Zoya Tomoko.
Black Mickey heads were created with a dotting tool using Essie Licorice.
White polka dots were created with a dotting tool using Essie Blanc.
Ring finger has 3 coats of Gwen Stefani O.P.I Hey Baby.
Minnie Mouse head was created with a dotting tool using Essie Licorice. I used Zoya Tomoko for her gold bow. 

Disney

Toy Story

I'm going to Disney World in a few days! To celebrate, I did Toy Story nails (inspired by thepolishsquirrel.

Thumb - 2 coats of Revlon Parfumerie Autumn Spice and Essie Licorice.
Index - 3 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Essie Licorice, Essie Aruba Blue, Essie Blanc, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl. 
Middle - 3 coats of Essie Blanc, Essie Mojito Madness, Essie Licorice, Essie Aruba Blue, Zoya Hunter, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Deep Purple, and Sinful Colors GoGo Girl.
Ring - 3 coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny and Essie Blanc.
Pinky - 2 coats of Zoya Dream, Essie Mojito Madness, Essie Blanc, and Essie Licorice. 

Essie : Mojito Madness

Basics FAQ

If you're new to the nail polish world you probably have some questions. 

Here are some tips and tricks that have been compiled for your reading pleasure.

There is one thing that will help almost more than anything else, and that is practice. Everyone’s nails are a slightly different shape, their cuticles grow differently, our chemistry is not the same. No one can tell you more accurately how to perfect your manicure than you, 100 manicures from now. So enjoy the process and know that after the fails there will be a fabulous success.

Blue & Green

Blue and green nails for the Seahawks.

I went to a Korean beauty supply store and bought a few new nail polishes. One of them is Essie Shake Your $$ Maker. It looks gorgeous in the bottle. Don't let that fool you. This is absolutely the worst nail polish in the history of nail polish. It's a weird jelly neon matte combination. According to Essie, you should use a white nail polish as your base before you apply Shake Your $$ Maker. I didn't know that. I applied 5 coats of this junk to my thumbs. It looks like someone smeared mint jelly on my nails. 

Now for my Seahawks nails. 

Pinky, middle, and index finger each have 2 coats of Essie Aruba blue and 1 coat of Essie Good To Go. Taped off and applied 2 coats of Essie Blanc and 2 coats of Essie Shake Your $$ Maker.
Ring finger has 2 coats of Zoya Dream and I dabbed on Essie Jazzy Jubilant for some extra fun. 
Thumb has 1000000 5 coats of Essie Shake Your $$ Maker.  

Essie : Jazzy Jubilant