A Zoya A Day - Deidra

Hey

Today on the blog we meet Deidra

Available on USA website - No

Available on the UK website - No 
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No

Name - Deidra

Year - 2000

Number - ZP0193

Coats - 2

Finish - Metallic

Collection - Classic

Colour - Nude/Purple

Topcoat - None

Deidra is a discontinued polish from Zoya, its a purple toned nude with strong golden shimmer. This has a great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. I was going to put this with my purples but when I did it looked far too nude/brown. This is a really pretty polish and one I wish Zoya would bring back. It reminds me of Faye and Daul both of whom I own and you'll see later.

On the weekend I decided I wanted something bright! Well I think we can say I achieved that, I did two coats of PoP Polish Lemon Zest a creamy pale yellow, I then stamped with Sunlight also from PoP Polish. I used plates BM-XL201 & BM-XL04 both from Hello Maniology, with my Clear Jelly Stamper Big Bling stamper. My topcoat is Barry M Plumpy topcoat as it doesnt smear stamping.

Dont mind the messy paint joy of just Lemon Zest, I knew I was stamping over the top and could do clean up at the end.

Instagram Challenges for March

Happy Wednesday.

The lovely Claire on Instagram holds a little monthly nail art challenge and I've managed to take part in two for March so far.

Link to March comp --> https://www.instagram.com/p/Buei1uQle6d/

Link to Claires challenge account --> https://www.instagram.com/clairestelle8challenge/+

This is a great way to keep your nail mojo going if youre a little stuck for what to do with your nails.

So the first challenge was Unicorn :)

I starting by attempting to water marble, which went okay-ish, its quite difficult figuring out which polishes will water marble, you have to have the right water too, room temperature, the water in the East Midlands is as hard as the road so I got a bottle of spring water 30p from Iceland (shop not country).

I used a bunch of Cupcake Polish polishes, I then painted the remaining nails with Bloom Bloom Room the peach, I then grabbed my Maniology plate BM-XL214 which is a unicorn plate and stamped using Sally Hansen White On, topcoat was Barry M Plumpy topcoat.  Continues after the picture.

The next prompt was Dragon, so I knew I had to do Game of Thrones inspired dragon nails! I'm rewatching it all from the start to get ready for the new and final season staring April 14th here in the UK on Sky.

So I started with one coat each of Virago Varnish Oktoberfest the green and Speedo the red, the white is Sally Hansen White On also one sweet coat.

I then used Powder Perfect plate Kings and Castles 01 plate as it has a really great dragon scale stamp, so on the red I stamped using Revlon Stiletto, over the green I used Models Own Chrome Copper and over the white I used Models Own Chrome Gold, I topcoated with Barry M Plumpy as it doesnt smudge stamping the used Zoya Matte Topcoat to bring out the scale detail. Please do ignore the cat hair on my index finger, I didnt even notice it until last night when I took my contact lenses out.

The prompt for the 9th March is Mermaid and I have the perfect plate for that, just need to think about colours.

Nail Art Challenges

Today on the blog I have some Nail Art Challenges I've been taking part in on Instragram.

If you'd like to follow me there, I dont just post nail polish, theres cats and alsorts.

https://www.instagram.com/thegoodbyegirl1804/

The first challenge for February was lace, so I started with a base of 2 coats of Virago Varnish She Cries Everyday, a lush bright pale blue.  Then I grabbed my fav stamping plates from Maniology aka Bundle Monster as I knew of the perfect lace stamp, I love the ripped design with the rose and Zoya Ryan stamped like a dream, I much prefer having duel purpose polishes than buying into the whole *you must use stamping polish* thing, I own some actual stamping polish and quite frankly I wish I hadn't wasted the money on them. I topped my design off with Barry M Plumpy Topcoat, best drug store topcoat, its shiny it dries fast and it doesnt smudge stamping.  Then I threw on matte topcoat, using Zoya Matte topcoat. My stamper of choice is always the original Big Bling from Clear Jelly Stamper, mine is beat up but the heads are replaceable so its all good.

Carries on after the pictures.

The nest prompt for the challenge was Wedding, this was kinda tricky as well what does Wedding mean? Is it the flowers, rings, expressions of love? Who knows, I went with love birds, rings, hearts and abstract.

I started with a base of Zoya Anchor the only basecoat I use, then one sweet coat of Zoya Ruthie, this is a deep mauve pink I then grabbed various stamps from several different plates, 3 Maniology plates and 2 El Corazon plates.  I stamped using Sally Hansen Pronto Purple which is an Insta-Dry formula and it stamped really well, I hope you can see the flash of blue shimmer in the shiny pictures. I then once again topped with Barry M Plumpy and then Zoya Matte topcoat.