Zoya Bubbly Collection Summer 2014

*PRESS SAMPLE*

I have the gorgeous and highly anticipated Zoya Bubbly Collection-Summer 2014 for you today. This collection is jam packed with glitter and sparkle and I am loving these colors. They are great for summer! This collection consists of 6 shades of glittery goodness...

This is Alma, a warm golden peach jelly with iridescent and holographic glitters and a nice golden shimmer.

I used 2 coats for Alma and no topcoat.

Artificial lighting in all pics with no flash.

A nice close up for you to see that beautiful glitter packed inside these!

Jesy is a fiery orange jelly with iridescent and holographic glitters and golden shimmer.

I used 3 coats of Jesy and no topcoat for these pics.

All pics were taken in artificial lighting with no flash.

Harper is a cotton candy pink jelly with iridescent & holographic glitters and golden shimmer.

3 coats of Harper and no topcoat were used.

All pics were taken in artificial lighting with no flash.

Binx is a orchid purple jelly with iridescent & holographic glitters and golden shimmer.

2 coats of Binx and no topcoat were used.

All pics were taken in artificial lighting and no flash.

Staasi is a citron green jelly with iridescent & holographic glitters and golden shimmer.

2 coats of Staasi and no topcoat were used.

All pics were taken in artificial lighting with no flash.

And finally the last one in this collection is...

Muse is a blue raspberry jelly with iridescent & holographic glitters and golden shimmer.

2 coats of Muse and no topcoat were used.

All pics were taken in artificial lighting and no flash.

Here's another close up so you can see how jam packed with glitter these are!

Overall these had a great application, no clumping or hard to work with because of the glitters. I was very surprised at how easy these were to work with considering how much glitter is packed into these. I did apply topcoat to one of them to see how well they coated and it just took one regular coat of my topcoat to make them smooth, but even without the topcoat they were fairly smooth to the touch. I had no issues with any of these and loved how well they covered!

I think my favorites of this collection were hard to pick but if I had to pick one or two I would pick Binx and Muse. I don't know, for me these just popped on me and stood out. I loved them all though and can't wait to try some nail art with them. Hopefully I'll have some nail art with these soon for you all! I hope you enjoyed!!

Zoya polishes can be purchased at Ulta stores, select salons, and of course Zoya's site. They retail for $9 each. The Bubbly Collection is not available at Ulta stores yet but are available on Zoya's site.

Zoya Paint Splatter Mani

I thought I'd try another paint splatter mani this week. I decided to do this mani on myself again when my daughter asked for it on her nails. We had a great time doing manis together and since I couldn't figure out what to do on myself I just decided that a spatter mani would be a good choice.

Colors I used were Zoya Lola (hot pink), Raven (black), and Purity (white). I put my base of Lola down and let it dry. While I was drying I gathered my supplies that I had sitting off to the side and got them ready for the splatter. I had a drinking straw cut in half, Purity, Raven, a few paper towels laid down to catch any splatter from going on my table, tape, acetone, and my trusty clean-up brush. Plus a couple cotton balls for just in case.

Once my base of Lola was dry I used the tape to tape around my nails to keep the clean-up to a minimum, one stip around the finger just below the cuticle and then one strip going up the sides and around the top just behind the nail. Then I put down on a paper plate drops of Raven and Purity for me to dip my straws in, one straw for each color. I then dipped my straw in Purity, held it over my taped finger just over the nail about 2-3 inches and gave it one hard, quick blow! SPLAT!! Since I didn't get much on the nail for splatter I repeated the process again. The second one, as you can see on my ring finger, I must have had a lot of Purity in the straw because that was quite the splat. I again repeated the process on my pointer finger with Purity. I then did the same process with Raven on my ring and pointer fingers.

Once I was finished making my splatters I removed the tape carefully and took my trusty clean-up brush and dipped it in acetone to clean up what little bit was around the nail and cuticle. I then made real sure that everything was very dry (or so I thought, my ring finger smeared a little) and then added a coat of Out The Door to seal and protect.

What do you think? I wish I would have taken pictures of my daughter's nails because hers turned out really cute. We used Zoya Carmen (red) as her base and then did splatters with Raven (black) and Blue (a pale baby blue).