Zoya Reece

From the Zoya Reverie collection, I decided to wear Reece out tonight.  Zoya calls this color "gilded rose metallic" but I'm calling it purple mauve with a yellow orange shimmer.  Again, I have NO SUN, so you really can't see the beautiful duochrome that this is.  Here's a badly focused indoor picture so you can see the yellow orange shimmer.

I must admit, getting used to the Zoya brush takes a bit.  It's shorter than China Glaze but that also leaves less room for pooling in the cuticles.  I had to go back and paint just the sides of my nails since I missed those the first few times.  I probably could have gotten away with one coat with just a bit of VNL, but I went for two coats over Seche Natural and topped off with one coat of Seche Vite.


One "sun" picture - you can see a bit of the shimmer.

One shade picture - you can see more of the base color in this one

And one icky inside picture so you can really see the duochrome (!).

Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website.

Zoya Reverie

When I first heard about Zoya's "metallic spring 2010" collection, Reverie, I was intrigued but it wasn't until I started to see swatches that I started jumping for joy.  Although Zoya calls these "metallics", I'm calling them all duochromes (!).


Official Press Release from Zoya
Laney - moonlit silver metallic
Adina - duochrome violet metallic
Reece - gilded rose metallic
Happi - pink blush metallic
Gwin - sunny melon metallic
Lana - rich red metallic


Zoya's ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers are free of harmful industrial chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.  Zoya 2008 Awards - voted the longest lasting polish by Women's Health Magazine (beauty awards, US), named longest lasting nail polish by Lucky Magazine (green guide, US), named best nail polish by 9 AM with David & Kim (morning show beauty awards, AU) and voted best nail polish varnish by Lifescape Beauty Awards (UK).

I bought the whole collection online but haven't had a chance to take pretty pictures yet because THERE'S NO SUN.  What on earth is going on with this weather?! Grr.  I decide to make a blog, and I have no sun.  For weeks...


Well I did take some pictures myself but it's in no way showing off the amazing duochromes that each color shows.

Happi is a Barbie bubblegum pink with yellow orange shimmer.  Laney is a silver with a tiny bit of greenish purple shimmer.  Gwin is an orange with the same same yellow orange shimmer that Happi has.  Reece is a purple mauve with the same yellow orange shimmer as Gwin and Happi.  SURPRISE - Lana is a reddish orange with again, the same yellow orange as Reece, Gwin, and Happi.  Finally, Adina is a purple with the same green shimmer from Laney, but with loads more of it.  Adina looks like it could be a dupe of Ki, but I've seen a comparison before and they aren't dupes but I may have to blog about it later for you.  

Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website.

Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 1/29/10

* A few fellow bloggers help Babbling Brooke come up with a Konad of the Day that's a dazzler.

* Lavender lady bugs in silver spacesuits, Naive Nails shares her very cute, but accidental mani.

* Bright Lights Big Color brings out the Vampy Varnish as she shows off the stunning OPI Blackberry Chutney

* Blogger Euridice continues with her Rescue Beauty Lounge binge posts and shares a limited edition polish we lacquer fiends love.

* To help those of you who might be taking advantage of Models Own's special 72 hour sale and in celebration of the fact they now ship internationally, Helen's Nice Things has decided to compile some of her personal Model Own Swatches, for reference and your polish viewing pleasure.

* Polished Beauty Blog brings an old color back to life and shows a good thing can never go bad

* Cucumpear shares with us her "applicious" mani that will surely leave you thinking about a Golden Delicious apple.

* Polish Galore shows a shade I've deemed her new lucky polish and a few personal highlights as well. <- that's me!

* Manicure Mommas has received her first Diamond Cosmetics package and shares with you the 8 new editions to her collection.

* Polish Up breaks out a diamond dust polish and shows just how diamonds sparkle in the light.

* Chromatic Misadventures continues her "Week in Red" and shares with us different shades of this classic hue.

And now, on to the Network Giveaways....

* Tuli's Nails is having a fabulous V-Day giveaway for all her fabulous followers, so be sure to check her blog for the details.

* Also, Babbling Brooke is having a contest to Thank all of her wonderful followers and has tons of goodies she plans to share as well.

China Glaze Drive In

I got the job!  Starting tomorrow morning, I'll be working for a local high school (!) with their Media Technology program.  Considering I got my bachelor's degree in Radio/TV, this excites me, greatly.


While Gelato was a good interviewing color, tomorrow is my first day with the kids, so I wanted something that would pop, without being too off the wall and scary.  I liked the vampy colors of Retro Diva, so I decided on China Glaze Drive In.


This color is a very shiny shimmery red almost the same color of Ruby Pumps sans glitter.  It also reminds me a lot of Cherry Pie from the Summer Days collection (glass fleck).  Either way, I think it's a nice introduction color to these kids, who are going to be seeing a lot of different nail colors in the coming year ^___^


Sadly, I painted my nails at 9:00 p.m. so no outdoor sun/shade or bottle pictures... instead it's just my "sunlight" bulb from my lamp.  I got my light box in, but I still need to pick up some lamps for it, and iron the backdrop - I don't even think I own an iron :o


I can't wait until my nubbins grow out.  I used Seche Natural this time to help smooth out my ridges, and two coats of Drive In.  I could have gotten away with one, as this is a very nice smooth and highly pigmented shade, but I like going for two just to make sure I didn't miss anything.  I topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite.  Despite how orange it photographed, there's very little orange to it , more stop light red than tomato red.

And an original picture from the first time I threw this shade on.  My best friend really liked this color - it's such a come hither color!

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

150+ Followers Giveaway [Winner]

Thank you to the 110 wonderful readers that all signed up for my 150+ Followers Giveaway!  To make it simple and easy, you were each assigned a number by the way you comments (first person was #1, etc).

Then I went to my rusty trusty Random Numberizer located at http://ma.tt/tools/random-number/ and asked for a number between 1 and 110 and I got this:

YAY #19 aka Flavia http://www.blogger.com/profile/12188655207393958559

I've sent you an email from krystal[at]polishgalore.com  so I can get your mailing information.

If for some reason, I haven't received a reply by next Tuesday at midnight:01 GMT, I will redraw for another winner.

Thanks again and I'll be holding my 300 followers giveaway if/when I get there!