Rue21 Anchors Away!

Hi everyone! So, spring is finally here! I’m so happy that the weather is finally starting to warm up here in North Carolina. It was weird for a while there. Anyway, spring is all about new things, and thats a good excuse as any to buy more new polishes! Today I have to show you one of new favorite spring and summer colors!

So I was on my polish facebook group, and someone posted about some gorgeous Rue21 polishes. For those of you who have never been, they have the cutest polish bottles ever. Heres a look at the few I had gotten previously from there.

When they posted about some pretty new ones that they have out, I knew I had to make another trip. So I was in the store, and these caught my eye.

These are from the new Anchors Away collection. I’m not usually all in on the cool anchor nautical trend, but seriously, how cute are these? I quickly snatched them up and I used one of them for today’s mani.

Unfortunately it has no name. I searched the website but it wasn’t even listed. The formula was decent, I used 2 to 3 coats. The only problem was that it was a bit thick, and I might add a little bit of thinner in the future to fix that. There was also some bubbling that I noticed, but I think that was the topcoats fault and not the polish. I paired it up with Zoya Ziv for an accent nail.

I think I might have to buy more creme polishes i the future. Most of my collection is shimmers, but i’m starting to love solid colors too! Also, I apologize that this post is a bit short and a day late, I was up really late finishing a research paper.

Zoya Staasi! Beautiful Green For St. Patricks Day!

Hi everyone! So..St. Patricks day is tomorrow! It's my favorite holiday. Mostly because it's my birthday! I also adore everything about Irish culture and mythology, and my favorite colors green! It's the perfect day for me!
So, today I'm going to show you one of my favorite green polishes!

Meet Zoya Staasi, she's from the Summer 2014 Bubbly collection, which you might recall is one of my favorite collections! It's a gorgeous green jelly full of iridescent glitter and gold shimmer!

Application
I used three coats for this. Because it has a jelly base it was a bit on the sheer side, but it built up nicely.

Look
I was worried that it might clash with my skin tone as yellow leaning greens tend to do, but it actually looks good! I love how glittery and metallic it looks! Especially in the shade!

Price
These are on sale at Ulta for $1.99. I couldn't track this one down at my local store so I asked someone to send me it from her store.

Overall
I've been wearing this color for a week and I still adore it! Plus the wear time is great! No chips!

So, what are you wearing on your nails for St. Patricks day? I'd love to see!

Zoya Dillon Review and Swatch

Hi everyone! So, Spring is finally starting to creep up on us! Here in North Carolina we got a bunch of snow last month, and the weather since has been insane. One week it's below freezing and snowing, the next its 70 degrees. That happened, not an exaggeration. So I'm very much looking forward to Spring and consistent warm weather.  

So, today's polish is a Spring one, and I've wanted it since the day it came out last year. Zoya Dillon, from the Spring 2014 Awaken collection. I bought Hudson when the collection was new, and regretted not getting Dillon. Now it is finally mine and I'm reviewing it for you today.

Zoya Dillon Sunlight

Zoya Dillon Shade

It's a beautiful soft green shimmer. Although it's very cool toned it has gold shimmer in it too.

Here's my review:

Application

This went on easily in 2-3 coats. I had no issues with it at all.

Look

I love how soft and pretty it is. For some reason is reminds me a little bit of decorative soaps, although I'm not quite sure why. I love it. It dries smooth and pretty and is flattering even on my red toned skin.

Price

I got this on sale at Ulta for $1.99, great price. It's worth it if you don't have it already.

Overall

I'm very pleased with this polish and would purchase again.

My Favorite Pink Polish For Valentines Day! Zoya Binx!

Hi everyone! So..tomorrow is the big day. I'm really looking forward to it. I have date plans. But whether you have big romantic plans, are hanging  with friends, or spending the day sitting at home in protest of consumerism, maybe you'll still like this polish.

Prior to this post I went through all of my pink polishes, trying to decide on my favorite. I have a lot of pink polishes, so it took a while. But I narrowed it down and finally chose this one! Zoya Binx.

Binx is from my favorite Zoya collection, if not one of my favorite nail polish collections of all time, the bubbly collection. I adore iridescent glitter jelly polishes. They're my favorite finish, and Zoya nailed it so awesomely. I only have three of them as of now, but someday I will have the whole collection(my budget didn't allow me to buy it when it came out, so I'm stalking Ulta for the ones on clearance now).

Anyway..back to the topic. Binx is a gorgeous raspberry pink jelly filled with golden shimmer and iridescent glitter.  Here's my review..

Application

I had no problems here. Because of the jelly like finish I used three coats for opacity.

Look

You can probably see why this is my favorite pink polish. She's a stunner.

Price

Right now the bubbly collection is on sale at Ulta for $.99 to $1.99.

Overall

Take a wild guess.

So, I want to see what colors you'll be rocking tomorrow? Link up in the comments!

Zoya Pixie Dust Carter Swatch and Review!

Hello everyone! So..let's talk finishes. How does everyone feel about textured polish? For me..it highly depends on the type of texture. I love shimmery or..for lack of a better describing word, "sugary" textures. For example, the Nicole by OPI Gumdrops collection. It was actually that collection that began my nail polish addiction. But I'm not a fan of creme textures. I've gone back and forth on it for a long time.

From what I've seen, a lot of people seem to love how certain brands do textures. One of those big brands is Zoya with their pixie dusts. Specifically the original pixie dusts, since I've heard mixed reviews and opinions about the newer ones.

I also heard recently that Zoya is now discontinuing their entire pixie dust line. That was a surprise to me, since the Pixie dusts still appear to be really popular, but I guess they've decided that it's time to move onto other things.

Anyway, I thought I'd take this opportunity, before they all go away, to show you my one and only Zoya Pixie Dust polish, Carter.

Zoya Carter Sunlight

Zoya Carter Shade

 I received this polish as a RAOK(Random Act Of Kindness) from Michelle over at Manic Talons last year. I actually hadn't tried it on myself until now. My mom had me paint her nails with it a few weeks ago and I loved it on her, so I knew that I should swatch it while the polish is actually still available.

Application

This was two coats. The first coat tried to go on patchy so I recommend a thin first coat, followed by a thicker second one. That worked well for me.

Look

It's gorgeous. I would describe this as pink leaning purple micro glitter in a dark purple texture base. I love how it looks. The pink glitter really catches light so it looks so sparkly.

Price

$9.51 with free shipping on Amazon

Overall

If you love purple and glittery textures, then you need this in your life. But it's a bold texture so if you're on the fence about textures then look through swatches carefully to make sure that you like the effect. But hurry, they'll be gone soon!

Happy painting!