Zoya| Naturel Satins

Hello and Happy Friday!

It has been a crazy week, many new cool things to swatch/review over here, but I am not complaining.

Zoya has released six new neutral nail polishes, very wearable, low sheen, with a chic satin finish.

Once these are completely dry, the look of these are so delicate and honestly I could not stop staring. I usually wear one for at least a day, not wearing gloves or anything while doing house chores, and let me tell you, it stood strong.

These polishes are not intended to be worn with a top coat, I mean who would want to add sheen to these?

I achieved full coverage with two coats for each, unless otherwise noted on the description for each color.

On to the swatches...

She Nail Polish Winter Collection|2014

Hello lovelies,

 

She Nail Polish has released their Winter collection and the quality is really great. It consists of five shades that are perfect coverage and beautiful colors.

The names of this collection are just perfect for this time of the year.

Lacquered Polish "Black Collection"

Hello lovelies and Happy New Year!

May 2015 be a year full of health and love.

Today's post is about the new collection for Winter by Lacquered Polish and I will go ahead and say that I love this collection a lot! These colors were made to go together, so you can do your own mix and match and have lots of fun. The photo below is an example ;-)

Zoya Wishes Winter Holiday 2014

Good evening,

Today I have the new Zoya Wishes collection for the winter/holiday 2014.
This collection is a densely pigmented assortment that have traditional and magical pixiedust formulas. The combination of these are perfect for the coming holiday season.

Please note that magical pixiedust polishes dry matte. No base coat or topcoat is required. For more tips on how to apply and remove magical Pixiedust polishes please look in HERE.
Now to the good stuff...

Zoya Matte Velvet Swatches & Giveaway

Hello again!

I am certainly on a roll today with this second post today.

Back in November 2013 I did my second post and it was for the matte velvet from Zoya, back then it was only four., and let's be honest my photos were bad, but I am proud of how much I have improved :-)

This year Zoya has re-released them plus two new ones (are they?) giving a total of six matte velvet polishes.

These type of polishes are not be worn with a base coat or any kind of top coat (unless you decide to). And due to the unique matte formulation, color is not long-wearing as a traditional nail color.

Let's get to the fun...and a surprise giveaway at the end...

Zoya Ultra PixieDust

Good afternoon loves!

Today I have a quick and very textured post to share. Zoya has released a new trio of Pixie Dust, three shades featuring both fine macro and mega hex particles for tone on tone 3D effects.

To apply these no basecoat or top coat is recommended and keep in mind that they dry matte, and although textured polishes are really a pain to remove, Zoya has provide an easy tutorial on how to remove it here: how to remove.

First up is Oswin, a true red textured pixiedust with crimson mega hex particles. This is two coats. On the second photo I show how it would look if a top coat is applied.

Gradient Nail Designs

Good morning loves!

Today I wanted to share a couple of designs I did using items from BornPretty Store.

I will have more coming up during the next two weeks. You may also check my YouTube Channel as I post longer tutorials there.For details on these two keep on reading...

Bonita's You Mint a Lot to Me

Happy Friday!

Today's post is about the new Bonita 'You Mint A Lot to Me' collection.

Very beautiful shades and even better formula. If you're not already following them on Instagram I urge you to, they are always having giveaways and they are super super generous! They currently have one for this collection...

Now off to each shade from this collection...

Essie 'Dress to Kilt' Fall 2014

Good Evening lovelies,

I have a late post tonight as I could not really wait!

On my most recent trip to NY, and as a routine, I went to my spot in Brooklyn and what did I find? The new Essie Fall 2014 collection! Yay! I bought two, wonder what I may do with the extra set?? :-D

Well my dears, I have to say, Essie hit a homerun with this line, I mean, SERIOUSLY! I don't own any of last fall's collection, so the colors are new to me, at least from Essie.

Let's get to them... I may have taken more than one photo of each... ;-)

Lacquered Nail Polish

Hello Again!

Today I have a new indie polish. YAY!

Although I posted these a couple of weeks ago on my Instagram. This is Lacquered Polish , these are 5-free: which means they do not contain camphor, toluene, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), formaldehyde or formaldehyde resins.

I will post the description for each polish along with a regular shot and macro.

SheNail Polish Swatches

Hello Lovelies!

This is the first of several posts I will be uploading this week and the following. These are way overdue!

I also have a surprise coming very very soon...

These are a variety of swatches from She Nail Polish that were sent to me as their website is being updated.

I don't want to be writing too much, but all of these are two coats and have top coat as well, if there is anything different I'll list it next to the photo. :-)

Press Release: Zoya Naturel Deux Collection

Inspired by the desire to expand the popular neutral palette of the Zoya NATUREL collection, six (6) NEW, full-coverage creams in deeper hues were born.

 

Perfect as every day go-to colors, the Zoya NATUREL DEUX (2) collection bridges the transitional gap between late summer/early fall 2014 with three, rich brown family shades and three plum based beauties. All in the long-wearing, BIG5FREE formula Zoya is known for!

Nail Art Using nail studs and gradient (Tutorial)

Hello! I have not posted in a short while!

Today I have some nail art using some great nail art supply sent to me by Born Pretty Store.

Studs can be applied to the nail while the nail polish still wet, or use glue, I prefer to use the nail polish and then seal it by adding a top coat.

These are pretty, easy to use and the price is really great compared to the prices at beauty supplies, it's well worth the wait for the delivery.

They also offer discounts when you spent a certain amount and have hundreds of items available on their site.

If you want to receive 10% off your purchase you can use my code SEAG10 and free shipping worldwide.

She Nail Polish Summer Time In The City 2014 Collection

Good afternoon loves!

I have to confess that I was waiting for this new collection for weeks! What can I say, I love nail polish.

I mentioned before that She Nail Polish really has a great formula, excellent quality and this new collection did not disappoint at all. So I won't repeat myself throughout this post all formulas are great, and I used top coat on all photos.

Press Release: OPI Releases Six New Neon Nail Lacquers with Accompanying White Base Coat to Boost Bright Color‏

OPI Releases Six New Neon Nail Lacquers with

Accompanying White Base Coat to Boost Bright Color

 

OPI Adds Its First Full-Size Neon Shades to Permanent Collection

 

Zoya Summer 2014: Tickled (Part one)

Happy Saturday!

I am really excited for this post today; can you tell by the tittle?

I was recently accepted to be part of the media for one of my favorite nail polish brand, Zoya.

Today I will be sharing part one of the tickled & bubbly collection. We will be starting with tickled; I am a sucker for cream polishes, who doesn’t love cream polishes? I like anything cream, ice cream, sorry off we go…

Wendy, as described by Zoya, is a juicy summer melon, only thing I don’t like melons but this I’ll have anytime. I have discovered recently that medium to dark coral orange colors makes my skin look tan and it’s not even summer. Formula is a good type of medium thick, two easy coats plus top coat and voila!

She' colors that brightens up any mood

Good afternoon lovelies!

Hope you had an amazing weekend.

Today I have a few nail polishes from different collections from She Nail Polish, and honestly I am in love already! What is best? These are four-free, does not contain ‘formaldehyde, toluene, camphor and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) which are harmful to humans and also, not tested on animals.

Rashetta, the founder and CEO who is from New York, as I am, have really something great working for her. The formula is great; I could not be more pleased. For all swatches I did only two coats and top coat for a little extra shine.

First we have End of Summer from their Falling into Fall 2013 collection. This lovely purple is a cream polish with very subtle shimmer. Two coats plus top coat.

JulieG Cruise Collection Summer 2014

Good Morning and Happy Thursday,

 

Today I have swatches for the new JulieG Cruise Collection for this Summer 2014. I bought these on www.groupon.com  for USD$12.99 plus shipping! Hurry up before it's over.

These are so perfect for this Spring/Summer so vibrant and so good to look at. The formula for all of them is good, may seem a little thick at first but its good to work with. I applied two coats for each color plus top coat.

You really feel like in a cruise when you see the names of each polish, totally love the names.

How to do Water Marble Nails

Hello and Happy Friday!

 

 

I did this photo tutorial for Nail It! Magazine a couple of months ago. Here it is again.

Enjoy!

The HairSpray Technique

Recreated this technique for a tutorial for Nail It magazine. Please check it out.

Thanks

Nail Tutorial