Zoya Lotus

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Tomorrow is graduation! I'll be going to my Blue-White belt so keep an eye out for a matching manicure in the future. Last time I did Yellow-Black I got a lot of compliments and hints that I should keep doing my nails to match my belt. Besides, it's day two of my manicure anyways which means I'm painting my nails tonight anyways!

This is Zoya Lotus from their spring 2012 collection, Tru. This is the cooler, more blue-toned purple twin of the namesake polish Tru. Zoya describes Lotus as " a very soft, dusty blue-toned amethyst purple with colorful shimmer that reflects pink, red and gold." Which is pretty much exactly right! I like the murky purple cream base of this polish because it makes the shimmers stand out more vividly than if the whole polish had a shimmer base... If that makes any sense? This is two easy coats of Lotus with Sech QD topcoat. It wasn't perfectly shiny like I've come to expect with Seche but I think that's because the volume of shimmers made this somewhat of a hungry polish. This was a lovely manicure regardless!

Lotus was provided by Zoya PR for my honest review.

Zoya Arizona and Chloe

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My newest ailment appears to be a bout of TMJ issues in my right jaw *sigh* I would really love a normal, pain free week!  I'm hoping next week will be better. I'm spending the weekend at my parents' house for a little TLC.

Tonight I've got a combination I was surprised hadn't been blogged yet. I started off with three coats of Zoya Arizona from their Beach Collection. This was a very pigmented bright orange polish but it went on streaky like some neon colors are prone to. Zoya describes Arizona as "Softened bright citrus orange with a muted cream finish." Even though it isn't a complete neon, this color was very bright and did a good job giving me a good mood lift when I wore it!

I wore an orange shirt with this polish because they matched really well!

And then, because I thought this would be an awesome combination, I added a coat of Chloe from the

Fleck Effect Collection. This combination was amazing! The flakies caught the sun and reflected orange and green both; the end result looked like flickering flames on my nails. Hunger Games anyone?

Products in this post were provided by the Zoya PR team for honest review.

Zoya Skylar and Maisie

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Tonight I've got a pretty combination of two different finishes from Zoya's Spring collections. I started off with Zoya Skylar which is described as "a medium steel blue with a softened, dusty look and speckled by visible gold and silver shimmer flecks" I loved this! And I'm glad to know I wasn't going crazy when I thought it had silver shimmer in one lighting then gold shimmer in another lighting! This was a great color to wear when the sky was all cloudy because it reminded me of sunny days.

The formula on Skylar was as wonderful as I have come to expect from Zoya's level 5 polishes (1 sheer -> 5 opaque) Two coats that self leveled and were easy to manage with a great color pay off made this a very easy application process.

After wearing Skylar plain for two days, I added a the very pretty Fleck Effect shade, Maisie. I figured the blue jelly base was meant to compliment Skylar and I was right! Maisie is described as "a sheer turquoise blue base with reflective Mylar flakes that shift from green to blue" And the blue shift was awesome on this. Seriously, it didn't just flash blue, it flashed indigo. LOVED this combination.

Products in this post were provided by the Zoya PR team for.honest review.

Zoya Bevin and Opal

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In preparation for St. Patrick's day, I decided I'd show you a manicure I did that reminded me of a field of clover. I ended up wearing Bevin from Zoya's awesome Spring 2012 collection, Tru. Zoya describes it as "... a dusty, medium sage green with teal tones and a creamy opaque finish." I basically agree though I use less words, I just call this a sage green. I love sage! I love cooking with it, eating it, and just looking at it so I was thrilled to have this color on my nails. Bevin worked wonderfully with my skin tone and was opaque in two easy coats.

The color of Bevin also reminds me of the really pretty pale green succulent plants they have in a garden nearby:

Can you tell I have as thing for plants?

Anyways, After two days of wearing the wonderful Bevin by itself, I added the beautiful Mylar fleck topcoat, Opal, from Zoya's Fleck Effect collection. Zoya describes Opal as "...a sheer green base with reflective Mylar flakes that shift from bright green to blue." Which is pretty spot on. I loved this combination! I also couldn't take my eyes off my nails when they were in the sunlight, the shift from green to blue is stunning!

 

These combined colors are what reminded me of a field of clover:

Products in this post were provided by the Zoya PR team for honest review.