Zoya ‘Daul’ with Models Own ‘Disco Heaven’ glitter gradient.

Another special texture polish - Zoya PixieDust in ‘Destiny’. Has anyone else noticed that Zoya polishes have stripper sounding names? Just an observation.

I am loving my new Zoya polishes - I just received my haul from the Earth Day sale. I will have more swatches with stripper sounding names posted soon!

Tequila Sunrise Nails

For the next week Zoya is doing a promotion where you order up to 6 polishes for 50% off, then you send back 6 old polishes and they dispose of them for you. This is an amazing deal considering their polishes are typically $8 each. Visit Zoya Nail Polish Exchange for full details.

Today’s nails: the super shiny ‘Paloma’ from Zoya’s 2012 NYFW Gloss collection.

Not typically a big gloss/jelly polish person but I love how shiny this polish has turned out. I used 3-4 coats to get good coverage.  

Tonight I have a lovely textured polish to show you all - here is ‘London’ by Zoya. This one is from their winter PixieDust line - their new summer PixieDust set should be released this month (April 2013)

The Zoya website says not to use a basecoat or topcoat with these colors which saves a lot of time if you want a quick manicure. I used two coats here and got great coverage.

What does everyone think of the new textured polish trend? For me it is like glitter polish- I absolutely love it but because of the extra time needed for removal I probably won’t use it all the time. 

These are my snowed in nails. I have spent the day watching tv, eating, and painting my nails - and I feel really great about it (and not lazy at all)

Bling finger

Finally got an Ikea Helmer to stash my nail art supplies in. I left out the top drawer so I could put taller items (like remover) into the second highest drawer. In the back of each polish drawer I put small boxes to keep the polishes from sliding around. I am really happy I finally organized them!

Long weekend nail art

(Please excuse the use of flash - I’ve yet to find good natural light in my new house for nail art photos.)

I am loving the OPI Euro Centrale Collection - here is ‘My Paprika is Hotter than Yours’ with Models Own ‘Champagne’ accents

For Christmas my lovely husband got me a Butter London set - I was nicely surprised with the base and top coats shown here. I typically use Seche Vite quick dry top coat but the way it shrinks the polish annoys me - the Butter London Quick top coat dries just as fast but doesn’t shrink up the polish underneath. Love!

I also got a few cool glitter polishes that I will swatch soon!

Pseudo Thanksgiving inspired nails. 

I must admit, I am not a big fan of Thanksgiving. Seeing as I don’t eat meat or dairy, it pretty much grosses me out. Hate to be a buzz-kill for anyone who enjoys it. My bad. 

Anyway, I am starting a new job next week which means no crazy nails for awhile. I have been working from home the past year - no dress code, obviously. This also means I will need to wear something other than yoga pants everyday, and maybe consider brushing my hair and wearing mascara.

Perhaps I will focus on amazing new cruelty-free cosmetic brands instead of striving to be the next Chalkboard Nails or Pshiiit. I might go buy some new Nubar polishes now…

Nails inc ‘Sugar House Lane’

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