Mondays suck - we all know that so I decided to make it a little better by  posting an awesome green polish. This is Zoya Suvi.

Three coats of awesomeness. This is a slightly dark forest green. The first coat is quite patchy, then the second evens it out, but is still sheer, so three coats is necessary for this polish.

It was released as part of the Downtown Collection in 2007. I also have Indigo from this collection and I adore it. I've seen swatches from the collection and I pretty much want them all.

So, that's Monday down for another week. It went relatively quickly without too many dramas. So that's always good. I was pondering what you guys might want as the prize for my next giveaway. Do you want nail polish? Makeup? I've got Benefit Justine Case Kits and BYS Animal Instinct palletts? Nail art stuff? Any requests?

That's it from me today.

Be awesome to each other. 

Hi guys. Sorry about the ridiculous slackness of my posting (or non posting) lately. I've just been having a hard time finding motivation since I got back from Thailand, but I cleaned out and rearranged my makeup and polish room and I feel like I'm ready to go again. I have a stash of swatches to show you, EOTDs to share and the winner of my Ulta3 giveaway to announce - which will happen later today. I also have another giveaway to share with you guys which I am totally excited about. I have tons of product reviews to post of things I bought while in Thailand too.

Another thing that I am incredibly excited to share with you is that I finally bit the bullet and enrolled into a Cert 4 in Makeup class and I start in a couple of weeks, so I will be able to share tips and tricks that I learn with you guys as well as posting pictures of what I get up to.

I really need to start working through my swatch library so I thought I would start with Zoya Kelly which perfectly fits the ridiculously cold weather we are having here right now.

It was released as part of the Zoya Wonderful and Wicked Collection Fall 2010. This is the only polish I got from the Wonderful collection. It is a stunning medium to dark grey creme with really strong purple undertones and often looks more purple then grey depending on the light. A perfect colour and possibly my favourite grey polish as it seems to work on just about any skin tone. I think it should be a must have for any collection.

The formula is smooth and the polish goes on almost opaque, I added a second coat to even it out, but could possibly have gotten away with just one.

I'll be back later with another swatch and the winner of my Ulta3 giveaway!

Be awesome to each other.

Hi guys!

Hope your Monday is bearable so far. Today I am going to show you Zoya Ivanka. I got this at the same time I got Charla so this one got shoved in my Helmer and was not really given a second thought.

It's a really awesome grass green that reminds me of spring and green jelly! I've been on a bit of a jelly kick lately. Actually I am eating a mango and passionfruit flavoured one right now. That's jell-o, not jam for all you Americans out there. That's right isn't it? Jelly is Jell-o and jam (the fruit spread) is jelly to you guys?

Anywho, back to the nail polish. This is two coats, relatively painless to remove and killer with a glossy top coat.

Quick poll - What do you want to see tomorrow?
 -Bloom Bianca?
 -OPI DS Mystery?
 -Orly It's Up To Blue?
 -Zoya Kelly? 
 -Hard Candy Beetle?

That's it from me today, be awesome to each other.

Hi Guys!

I have a wedding to go to this weekend and will be getting boring French Tips done for that, so I won't get a chance to do a cool mani like I normally do. So to make up for that, I thought I might post some photos of some manis I have done in the last few weeks.
I should warn you now that the photo quality is not fantastic. The pics were taken with my phone primarily to show one of my friends what I had done. The lighting is also not so awesome as most of them were taken at my desk at work. But anyway, here then come, in all their dodgy glory.


Ok, so this is what I am currently rocking, although it is somewhat chipped. However I have gotten about 5 days wear out of this one.
I love it, it reminds me a little of snake skin to tell you the truth.
The colour is 3 coats of China Glaze Paper Chasing with Konad Black and the use of templates m57 for the pattern and m19 for the tips.
I do realise it is upside down, but for once my right hand turned out better then my left. Go figure.
Also, the lighting for this makes the green look much darker than it actually is. I will have to swatch this one in better lighting. Actually, I will do that for all these as the lighting is just atrocious on these.



This one was Zoya Reece with Konad White and template m24. This lighting really does not do this polish justice. It is a stunning pink with a very strong gold shimmer to it. It looked fabulous.



This was Zoya Isla which is one of my current favourite colours, however that changes pretty often. Again with Konad Black on templates m57 and m19. This mani had a very predatory feel to it. I loved it.



This one was my first venture into the world of Konad, which I will detail more in later posts. I tried to do tips, as you can see from the thumb and second finger and failed miserably, so I gave up and put the design on different parts and actually loved the effect in the end.
This is one of my oldest nail polishes, so old that you can barely see the label on the bottle. Its Revlon Super Top Speed Chrome in 311, whatever that means. Then I put some Konad White over top using template m44. Not to shabby for a first foray, even if I do say so myself.

So that's all I have for you today. Maybe I'll post my wedding toenails for you. I will be using the fabulous Zoya Yasmeen and of course some Konad to liven things up. I'm not sure if you can tell I'm a Konad addict just yet.
Anyway, until next time, have a fabulously awesome day!