Friday, 15 April 2022

Easter Weekend Manicure

Hey Friends

Today I'm sharing my Easter weekend manicure with upi, this has a lot! of polish involved so hang tight.

List of plates used:-
Whats Up Nails B017, Nicole Diary 108 and Moyou London Festive 77.

Polishes:-
Zoya August, Zoya Tieran and Zoya Tweedy, Virago Varnish  Mango Madness, Virago Varnish Cannon Ball and Virago Varnish Blood Orange Chill, Whats Up Nails Neither Noir.  

The base for my thumbs was Fancy Gloss Once Upon A Time, fingers were Fancy Gloss Spook-tacular.  The smoosh stamping was Fancy Gloss Orange Sherbet, Coral Dreams, Neon Pink, Minty Fresh and Neon Blue.
Spook-tacular is a deep violet purple (cold) to clear (hot) thermal with multichrome flakes. Once Upton a Time is a blue (cold) to pink (warm) thermal cream. 

I started with two coats each of Spook-tacular on my fingers and two coats of Once Upon A Time on my thumbs. I then stamped the black reeds using Nicole Diary 108 and Whats Up Nails Neither Noir, next it was the layered rabbit using August, Tieran and Tweedy, the chick used Mango Madness, Cannon Ball and Blood Orange Chill, the chick I messed up a teeny bit and it now looks a bit demonic but thats ok :) 

Then came the messy fun bit, I blobbed all the Fancy Gloss onto the Whats Up Nails plate and did smooshes for the eggs and the flowers, cleaned up using my Nail Artisan cleanup brush and pure acetone, topcoated using Barry M Plumpy Topcoat and then Barry M Matte topcoat to finish it all off. I also fixed that damage on my thumb with a little acetone to make the polish liquid again.

I am really happy with how these turned out, I love them hot with the thermal gone clear as the rainbow smoosh stands out and I love them cold as the black reeds stand out.







Thursday, 14 April 2022

A Zoya A Day - Apple and Stassi

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Today on the blog we meet Apple and Stassi.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Apple
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0548
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Sunshine 2011
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Apple by Zoya can be best described as a luminous yellow-toned apple green packed with gold metallic sparkle.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Stassi
Year - 2014
Number - ZP0736
Coats - 2
Finish - Jelly/Glitter
Collection - Bubbly
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Stassi by Zoya can be best described as a brilliant citron green with a gold metallic glaze and holographic finish.

Two more stunners, Apple is gorgeous a bright mid-toned green, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. Check out how faded the swatch of Apple is, its turned a golden yellow.

Stassi is so pretty, its a slightly brighter green with lime undertones with tons of metallic glitters in different sizes, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, if you think these look funky its because I used my latex peel off base coat as I had a Easter weekend manicure to do and it was a lot of work, there will be a post tomoro.










Wednesday, 13 April 2022

A Zoya A Day - Rikki and Shawn

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Today on the blog we meet Rikki and Shawn.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Rikki
Year - 2013
Number - ZP0674
Coats - 1
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Irresistible
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Rikki by Zoya can be best described as a full-coverage, fern green metallic with flecks of silver and gold.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Shawn
Year - 2010
Number - ZP0524
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Wonderful
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Shawn by Zoya can be best described as a warm, mossy yellow-toned medium green cream with olive undertones.

Rikki is gorgeous, a more blue toned green than Meg who I compared her too in the pics below, Rikki has a great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Rikki also stamps nicely.

Shawn is one thats such an interesting murky green, it applies much deeper than it looks in the bottle, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Shawn also stamps well, I've used Shawn a lot to stamp.











Tuesday, 12 April 2022

A Zoya A Day - Cece and Meg

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Today on the blog we meet Cece and Meg.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Cece
Year - 2016
Number - ZP0844
Coats - 2
Finish - Pixie Dust
Collection - Seashells
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Cece by Zoya can be best described as a full impact green, textured PixieDust - Textured with a thin vein of gold creating a fizzy lemon-lime effect.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Meg
Year - 2012
Number - ZP0624
Coats - 1
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Surf
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Meg by Zoya can be best described as a light yellow-toned mermaid green with heavy gold and silver metallic shimmer and a sparkling foil finish.

Cece is so pretty, I hope my photos show that this has little deep green sparkles running through the lime green as well as the golden, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Meg is stunning, a bright metallic, I dont think I see gold in this, definitely silver, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Meg also stamps.

The last pic shows how both polishes had settled while sat on their shelf, a good shake and they were both good.












Friday, 8 April 2022

Weekend Mani

 Hey Friends

Today I'm sharing my Easter-esque inspired nails with you.

I started with a base of Zoya Jacqueline, 2 coats, then I pulled out the following Virago Varnish
Mango Madness (yellow)
Oktoberfest (green)
Not A  Happy Camper (blue)
Beet Ice (pink)
The plates I used were Whats Up Nails A020 & B017,  I did start with plate Uber Chic Hello Spring but I just couldnt see to do the layered stamping so gave up.

If you look closely at my left hand you can see the first stamping I did, I couldnt be bothered to take it off and start again.











Thursday, 7 April 2022

A Zoya A Day - Midori and Ness

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Today on the blog we meet Midori and Ness.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Midori
Year - 2009
Number - ZP0482
Coats - 1
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Ooh-La-La
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Midori by Zoya can be best described as a glowing medium apple green with yellow undertones and strong gold shimmer. 

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Ness
Year - 2016
Number - ZP0852
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sunsets
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Ness by Zoya can be best described as a softened jade green with a hint of blue to make it wearable for all skin tones.

Another pair of stunners, Midori which is green in Japanese, is gorgeous, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Midori also stamps.

Ness is very like Josie but a slight hint more blue in a lighter base, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Ness also stamps. I had totally forgotten Ness came from the original Sunsets collections, well it was the Seashells and Sunsets collections in 2016. Come on Zoya be original with your names! The bottle shot is totally not O.o colour accurate, the best is the sunshine shot.

Comparison of Tangy and Midori, no dupes, comparison of Ness and Josie, no dupes, Ness has more blue in a lighter green base.















Wednesday, 6 April 2022

A Zoya A Day - Josie and Tangy

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Today on the blog we meet Jace and Link.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Josie
Year - 2013
Number - ZP0667
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Stunning
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Josie by Zoya can be best described as a full-coverage grassy green cream.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Tangy
Year - 2007
Number - ZP0406
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Candy
Colour - Green
Topcoat - No

Tangy by Zoya can be best described as a bright apple green shimmer with peachy-orange duochrome.

Josie is so pretty, this has a hint of blue undertone, as you can see when compared to Jace in the stamping test pic along side Ness. Great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Josie also stamps.

Tangy is stunning, I adore this one so much, I hope you can see that duo-chrome in my pics, this does show brush strokes, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.