ZOYA Bevin

Hello, girls! My June Birchbox has inspired me to go back and dig out a polish I received in my April box, ZOYA Bevin. I thought this was a pretty shade in the bottle and all, but I don't think I would have ever picked it out for myself. Well, I'm glad that it was picked out for me because I love this shade now that I'm wearing it.

Bevin is a dusty teal-ish sage green cream. It applied very easily and even in 2 coats. I think Bevin is a fun color for summer to take a break from the bright in-your-face shades with. It's also very similar to ZOYA Wednesday. I don't own Wednesday, but I have its color spoon to compare. While they are not dupes, they can seem more or less similar depending on the lightning. Bevin is a bit more deeper and leans more towards green where as Wednesday has a bit more blue to it.

ZOYA Bevin

ZOYA Bevin and Wednesday compare

Similar indeed. As far as stash size-control goes for me, I probably won't be picking  up Wednesday anytime soon. I do love the lighter look to it though... *sigh*

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for popping by!

ZOYA Mitzi

Hello, lovelies. I hope you are all doing well today. I have some stew stewing up for dinner tonight, yumm.

Today I'm sharing ZOYA Mitzi from the Mod Mattes Collection. This was actually my first Zoya purchase ever! I picked the set of 3 up last year and I was hooked on Zoyas. I know, I know...I have been doing a LOT of Zoya lately. It's my favorite brand though!

Ok, so Mitzi is a unique & funky yellowy-green matte. I have nothing else in my collection that is even vaguely similar to this color. This particular shade of green gave me a small case of lobster-hand, but it's such a fun shade for spring/summer that I enjoy it still.

Mitzi w/ Topcoat                                            Mitzi Matte

Matte

Topcoat

ZOYA Mitzi

Very fun and retro color for sure. As with any matte, your tips will wear a bit faster than a normal polish. If you want to extend the wear and change it up just a bit, try adding top coat on your second day.

Thanks for popping in!

CHINA GLAZE Emerald Sparkle

It's birthday month!!! My husband and I are both May babies. We are two bull-headed Taurus. His birthday is the 17th and mine is the 19th, though we are 2 years apart. To kick off our birthday month I chose China Glaze's Emerald Sparkle in honor of our birthstone which is, take a wild guess, EMERALD. :-)

This color was my first ebay nail polish purchase and it cost only $3! The first time I saw a swatch I HAD to have it. It's complete gorgeousness! Emerald Sparkle is a beautiful dark green jelly squished full of emerald glitter and sparkle. It's a knock-out color that comes to life in the sun. It dries pretty quickly too, which is a bonus. I used 2 coats and topped with Seche Vite.

Emerald Sparkle - Direct Sunlight

Emerald Sparkle - Shaded Light

This is one of my absolute favorite China Glaze colors! Isn't it amazing?! It's one of those colors that I can't stop looking at my hands when I wear. Beautiful.

What's your birthstone?

Thanks for popping in today, ladies!

A Wicked Weekend Polish

Hi again. Popping back in to show you the mani and pedi the sister and I did. I will start with Jessica's green ombre mani first.

Cute, huh? I've never done ombre nails yet, but it's definitely on my to-do list!

I did a pedicure in a suitable color scheme for St. Patrick's Day.

For my toes I painted 2 coats of Paper Mâché then free-handed the stripes.

All-in-all we had a great girl's weekend. :-) Thanks for stopping by again!

Laser Lime Gradient

Hi ladies. It's almost March! That means I can get ready to decorate for St. Patrick's Day! I LOVE holiday decorations, and that includes sprucing  up my blog for the holidays. I decided that this occasion called for a green manicure.

So, I want to share with you my first gradient attempt. This is a manicure I did mid last year and took pictures of but never blogged on. My oldest sister was the one who got me into polishes and one of the first polishes she gifted me was China Glaze Laser Lime. I used this as my tip over OPI Stranger Tides.

all photos take in direct sunlight

Laser Lime (from the Tronica collection) is still the only Holographic polish I own. It was absolutely gorgeous in the sunlight! I don't exactly know if this really would pass as a gradient, but that was what I set out to do. I think it turned more into just a nice tip color, but regardless I really liked the final result.

See you next time ladies!