Zoya Paradise Sun Summer 2015 Collection

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Here is the other half of Zoya's Summer 2015 Collections. This is the Paradise Sun collection and this one is some beautiful metallics! I love these new summer colors!!!

Fully saturated with a gorgeous micronized metallic sheen, these shimmering beauties are much like sunshine sparkling onwater. Meant to be used as an independent color, these shades feature afull-coverage, densely pigmented formula.

Genesis is a crystalline white with a micronized metallic pearl finish. Designed to look like micro-fine diamond dust! I like a good white but I am really not sure of how I like the metallic white. It might take me a little getting used to but overall I was pleased with the performance of this one.

Selene is a true teal with a micronized metallic pearl finish. A unique shade with an aqua fleck that resembles deeper layers of ocean water. It is really more of a teal in person but my pictures turned out with it looking more green than anything. I wish I could have gotten pictures that are more true to color but my camera just wouldn't cooperate.

Oceane is a true turquoise with a micronized metallic pearl finish that reflects the clearest blue ocean waters. This blue is breathtaking! I was completely blown away by this one.

Isa is a deep blue-based purple with a micronized metallic pearl finish and an aqua flash that embodies the beauty of exotic island flowers. This purple is more of a blurple (blue/purple) and I really liked it. Purple is another one of my favorite colors.

Mae is a warm magenta pink with a micronized metallic pearl finish, reminiscent of vibrant Mediterranean flowers. This is one of my favorites from this part of the collection. I always love a good pink!

Aphrodite is a vibrant summer red with a micronized pearl metallic finish and multi-hued flash that brings it to life. I had heard from other bloggers that the label on this one was misspelled so I was curious to see if mine was too. When I got my package and I looked, sure enough the label is misspelled but this one is called Aphrodite. Again, my camera didn't cooperate with the pictures for this one but it is more red in person.

I had no issues with any of these in this collection. The only one that went on a little streaky was Genesis but I think that was just because it was a white. Once I put the second coat on it was all good!! I used 2 coats for all of these and pictures were all taken indoors with artificial lighting. Overall I am very pleased with the performance of all of these in this collection. They had a great formula and all went on pretty smoothly, they weren't thick or goopy. I did not use a topcoat on any of these for my swatch pictures.

These are available at Zoya.com and retail for $9 each. You should be able to get them at select salons and Ulta stores in the near future.

Zoya Island Fun Summer 2015 Collection

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Zoya has came out with their Summer 2015 Collections and I am just dying over them! They are so bright and beautiful! I feel like these are going to be a huge hit this year.

These shades will make you ready for an island vacation, they are playful creams that embody a tropical getaway! They are strong in color to balance thebrilliance of the summer sun, with a flawless cream formula.

Jace is a modern tropical green in a full coverage and densely pigmented cream formula. A green that is more muted than lime and surprisingly wearable! This is one that I wasn't real sure on because it is such a different green but I do like it more than I thought I would. I would describe it more like a dusty lime green than a tropical green. For some reason when I hear tropical green I just think bright.

Cecilia is a classic teal in a full coverage and densely pigmented cream formula. This one I think is one of my favorites out of this part of the collection! This one also could have gotten by with one coat but I applied 2 coats anyway.

Talia is a true turquoise in full coverage and densely pigmented cream formula. This one is really more turquoise in person than it shows in the pictures and it went on so smoothly. I really liked this one!

Serenity is a summer purple in a full coverage and densely pigmented cream formula. Reminiscent of beautiful blooming irises, a harbinger of summer! This is such a fun purple for the summer! I can totally see myself wearing this one a lot this year.

Nana is a deep summer fuchsia in a full coverage and densely pigmented cream formula. I love this fuchsia, it was prettier than I expected and I probably could have gotten by with just one coat on this one but I used 2 anyways.

Demetria is a vibrant poppy red in a full coverage and densely pigmented cream formula. This is a really pretty red and it's perfect for the summer.

This part of the Summer 2015 collections is my favorite. Usually I am all about the metallics but these ones this year really blew me away. I had no issues with any of these, the formula was amazing and they weren't thick or goopy at all. Some of these I could have gotten by with just one coat because they are so full coverage but I used 2 coats anyway. I used 2 coats on all of these and the pictures were all taken indoors with artificial lighting. All of these are so shiny without a topcoat (Which is how I showed them all here) so you could go without but I always add a topcoat for protection and to try to prolong my wear of my mani.

These are available on Zoya.com and they retail for $9 each. I believe in the near future that you will be able to purchase them in select salons and Ulta stores.

Zoya Spring Floral Accent Mani

Today I have some Spring Floral Nail art that I did using the Zoya Spring 2015 Delights Collection. I only did an accent nail for the nail art because I wasn't sure how I was going to like when it was finished.

I started out with a base coat of my Sally Hansen nail strengthener and then I added 2 coats of Zoya Eden on all my fingers except my ring fingers.

For this floral nail art I wanted it to be negative space (meaning that you don't completely cover the nail with color and you leave some of your natural nail peek through). I took my dotting tools and starting dotting different sized flowers on my nail using Zoya Eden (pink) and Zoya Rayne (metallic blue) for the flowers and then for the centers of the flowers I used Zoya Trixie. I also added some random dots in those same colors throughout the nail as well.

Once it was all dried I added my topcoat of Out The Door to all of my nails and let them dry. This is also a really easy mani to recreate and you don't necessarily have dotting tools to create the dots and flowers.

All these Zoya shades are available on Zoya's site and retail for $9 each. You can also find Zoya polishes at select salons and Ulta stores.

OPI My Voice Is A Little Norse

Today I have a nice little glitter polish from the OPI Fall 2014 Nordic Collection. This is "My Voice Is A Little Norse". This is a clear base with small silver holographic square glitters. You can wear this on it's own or as a top coat over another color. I should have taken some pictures of it over another color to show you how gorgeous it is.

I used 3 thin coats for these photos and 2 coats of Out The Door top coat to smooth it out.

I had no problems with this, it wasn't chunky or gloopy when I was applying and it really does have a beautiful sparkle that just didn't come through in the pictures. Please excuse the look of my cuticles in the macro picture but I had been having some major issues with dry skin and hadn't gotten it under control when I did these swatches. Thankfully it's much better now and my hands and nails are looking back to normal. The pictures were all taken indoors under artificial lighting and no flash.

OPI products are available at a number of stores such as Target, Walmart, and Ulta. It's also available at salons and beauty supply stores, numerous online retailers and Amazon. They retail for $9 but some places may have slightly different prices.

NYC New York Color Strip Me Off

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Do you love to wear glitter or textured polishes but hate the removal process? Now you can wear glitter or textured polishes and have super easy removal without any damage to your natural nails! NYC New York Color has come out with it's own super affordable peel off base coat called "Strip Me Off". I love the name of this, it's a little racy.

NYC New York Color was kind enough to send me a bottle of this to try out and review. I will tell you that when I heard they were coming out with this I was so excited because I love wearing glitter and textured polishes but I hate how difficult most are to remove. I know that there are other indie brands out there who have a base coat similar to this but I want something that is super affordable and I can get at my local store if I happen to run out. This product really fit the bill and when I was asked if I wanted to try it out I was very eager to say yes!

This base coat can be used under any polish to make it peelable. You can now change up your nail color anytime you want with no remover needed. It has a unique formula that protects nails while smoothing ridges and imperfections.

To apply this you generously apply Strip Me Off base coat to clean nails. Once the white coat has dried to a transparent finish you can paint you nails with your favorite nail color, glitter, or textured polish.

To remove this polish you just simply peel it off. As you can see in my pictures that I started peeling mine off at the edge and peeled it across the nail to the other side. There were just a couple tiny spots that still had some on my nail but I simply just caught the edge of it with my nail and it peeled right off.

As you can see that it peeled off in pretty much one piece and you can see on my nail that it did not leave any damage to my natural nail. In fact my nail was in the exact same condition it was in when I applied the Strip Me Off base coat. I love this base coat so much that as soon as I saw it in my local store I grabbed another bottle just so that I had an extra one on hand for just in case. You never know when you are going to run out and need to have some more.

This is available in chain drugstores and mass merchandisers nationwide. It retails for $1.99. This is so affordable that I think I am going to pick up another bottle or two the next time I'm at the store. To find a retailer near you, please visit NYC New York Color's site.