Zoya Awaken and Monet Collection Swatch and Review

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Hello Lovelies! Happy Tuesday, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Today I've got for you, swatches and my review of the new Zoya Awaken Collection with the new Monet topper.

First up, is Cole. Cole is described as a "full-coverage peach whisper cream." I used 3 thin coats for my swatch here. The formula was a little streaky but the third coat evened it out perfectly. My camera had a hard time picking up the true color of this polish but with a tad bit of editing my photo is pretty true to the color it comes out on the nail. Topped with HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up, we have Rebel. Rebel is described as "full-coverage blue sky metallic with a silver shimmer." I don't see a lot of silver shimmer in the bottle, I pick up a lot of pink and green shimmer as you can see in the photos.

I used two coats of Rebel topped with HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up is Hudson. Hudson is described as "a full-coverage, purple orchid metallic with a silver shimmer." Again, the shimmer I pick up is pink and green. I used two coats of Hudson topped with HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up is Brooklyn. Brooklyn is described as "full-coverage, white-gold shimmer metallic." Oh man, this polish was less than easy to use. The color was extremely streaky and the metallic is more of a frost.

For Brooklyn I used 2 coats topped with HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up is Dillon. Dillon is described as "a full-coverage, green mint metallic with a silver shimmer." Once again, I picked up pink and green shimmer in my swatches.

I used 2 coats of Dillon topped with HK Girl Topcoat.

Next up, we have Dot. Dot is best described as "a full-coverage pink petal cream." I love this pink, it's definitely a great pallet cleanser.

I used three thin coats of Dot topped with HK Girl Topcoat. This one, like Cole, was streaky but evened out after the third coat.

Lastly, we have Monet. Monet is best described as "a multi-colored, cellophane holographic special effect topper."

I used one coat of Monet over Hudson. I love the effect this had. I tried it over several of the polishes but I loved the way it looked over Hudson best.

Overall, I absolutely adore this collection. The colors are perfect for spring, and makes me wish I lived somewhere other than Arizona, since most of the time we go straight from Winter to Summer ;). The ones I loved most were definitely the shimmers, because of how pretty they were and how easily applied. My favorite of the entire collection is Rebel, because it is so unlike anything I have in my collection.

You can purchase the Awaken collection from Zoya here, each bottle retails for $9 and Monet retails for $10.

Do you have a favorite of the collection or be purchasing any of these colors?

Until Next Time!
-Sammi

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Zoya Magical Pixie Dust Collection Swatch and Review

*Press Sample* Hello and Happy Hump Day Friends! I've been away for a short break, my health has kind of been kicking me down lately but I'm not letting it stop me! I received the Zoya Magical Pixie Dust collection today, and couldn't wait to put them on! Let's get started shall we?

The Magical Pixie Dust Collection consists of three beautiful textured polishes packed with holographic glitter in three shades. I really hope that they deepen this line of polishes because HOLY MOLY, they are gorgeous.

The first polish I have to show you is Cosmo. This is described as "a silver crystal sparkle, textured PixieDust with mega hex iridescent particles."

I practically fainted putting these on today. This is a beautiful silver, with chunks of hex glitters making this unlike anything I have ever seen before.

This is two coats of Cosmo with only base coat underneath.

Next up in the collection we have, Lux.

Lux is described as "a rose quartz sparkle textured PixieDust with mega hex iridescent particles."

Again, Lux is unlike anything I've ever put on my nails.

This is two coats, with only topcoat underneath.

Lastly in the collection, we have Vega.

Vega is described as "blue opal sparkle, textured PixieDust with Mega Hex Iridescent Particles."

Vega comes out a little darker on the nail then it looks in the bottle.

Again, two easy coats with only base coat underneath.

When I first looked at these I thought that application was going to be a nightmare, with glitters packed into the base of different sizes and textures, there was bound to be something up with the formula right? WRONG. I was SO impressed with the formula of these, two EASY coats. Vega if I had been careful I would have been able to get a one coater.

Wearing these polishes made me have this feeling in my stomach, kind of like a first crush type of thing.

If there is anything making you doubt buying these, don't let it fool you. These are absolutely stunning in the bottle, on the nail, even when you run your finger over the nail after it's dried. Perfection is one thing Zoya is known for and they didn't fail me this time.

You can purchase the Zoya polishes here.

Which is your favorite from the collection? Will you be purchasing?

Until Next Time!
-Sammi



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Zoya Satin Collection Swatch & Review

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Hello my beauties! Today I have for you Zoya's Fall Satin Collection. What a beautiful collection this is, I mean seriously, I almost died doing every one of these swatches. Well enough chit chat, your here for the swatches right;)

First up we have Giovanna. This is described as "a stunning emerald green metallic" spot on Zoya, spot on. This color is so beautiful in person, when the light hits it, Holy Hell.

This is two EASY smooth coats of Giovanna with a coat of Seche Vite. I love that these were not streaky and so easy to apply.

Next up, we have Neve. This is described as "a metallic sapphire blue". Gorgeous, just simply gorgeous.

This color was so full of life, pictures can't capture how truly beautiful it is. Two easy coats, topped with Seche Vite.

Next up we have Claudine. Best described as "a striking dark meteorite metallic grey" this one looks more slate grey to me on the nail, but none the less BEAUTIFUL.

This was 2 easy coats, topped with Seche Vite. I love that this color is so universal! It would be great for nail art *wink wink*

Next we have Mason, described as "an exciting red violet or "Fandango Pink" metallic." HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS. This had to have been my favorite of the collection, I couldn't believe the shift this color had. I was so amazed at the color pay off, UGH I DIE.

This was two easy coats of Mason, followed with Seche Vite, AGAIN, look at this color!!!

Next we have Channing, described as "a rusty red or coppery red metallic" I'de say this leaned more on the copper side especially at different angles, this was my second favorite in the collection, pure perfection.

This is two easy flawless coats of Channing followed with Seche Vite. SO GORGEOUSSSS!

Next I will show you Maria-Luisa, described as "a gold cellophane accent topper. This is so beautiful, beware for picture over load.

Giovanna with one coat of Maria-Luisa followed by Seche Vite

Neve topped with one coat of Maria-Luisa followed by Seche Vite

Claudine topped with Maria-Luisa followed by Seche Vite

Mason topped with one coat of Maria-Luisa followed by Seche Vite

Channing topped with one coat of Maria-Luisa followed by Seche Vite



Overall, this collection really did blow me out of the water, the formula, the colors, everything about it was pure perfection for me. Zoya fairies, you've done it again. Another beautiful collection.

What were your favorites from this collection? I can honestly say that I loved them all but Mason and Channing stole my heart.

You can find this collection on Zoya for $9 each.

I hope you loved this one as much as I did! Don't forget to enter my giveaway here! There are two winners to win the entire Color Club Halo Collection!

Until Next Time!
-Sammi

Leopard, why are you so bright?

Good morning loveys and happy wednesday! Life is crazy hectic like usual, I've got some great stuff coming my way in the next week or so that I can't wait to show you!

Today I have a mani that was inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Cristina at Let Them Have Polish! She did a bright leopard skittle and I thought this was so fun and summery! And in Arizona I thought this would be a perfect mani to try out. I used Sarah from Chalkboard Nails tutorial for the leopard and this was a quick and easy nail day for me!

For my mani I used zoya-charisma (I got this off of copious for a penny!) And zoya-renee. I can't say enough good things about zoya polishes. They always apply like butter, and they have a wide range of shades. For the spot outline, I used china glaze- liquid leather.

I hope you enjoy and until next time!

-sammi

Flashback flames

Hello everyone! Can you believe this year is almost over? It seems like it flew by, my son will be two soon! On Christmas, my dad and I were talking about things we remembered from my childhood.

Let me tell you about my dad, he is the strongest hardworking person in the entire world. I can go to him for anything and he is my rock when I'm feeling down. My dad has been through a lot, he was in a motorcycle accident when I was a kid, had bark from a palm tree stuck into his eye, practically cut his finger off, and just recently had surgery to remove a skin cancer spot from his arm. He loves drag racing and he used to paint cars for extra cash. He built his own race car from the ground up and just recently retired. My dad is my world.

Anyways, we were talking about when I had sprained my wrist rollerblading and he painted flames on my cast. Well when thinking of everything that's happened I thought ide make a manicure dedicated to my dad.

I did a flame manicura with julep nail therapy as my base coat, three coats of zoya-paz, a very neon orange with an insanely amazing formula, the color is so squishy and I scored this baby for 3.99 on clearance at ulta! I painted the flames with black and yellow acrylic paint, followed with finger paints new special effects in asylum. It has purple and orange and some angles of green flanked, with a coat of Orly sec n dry and a thick coat of color club top coat.

This mani was so much fun to do, I even cried when doing it! Hope you like it and tell me your thoughts! Until next time!

-sammi