Zoya Tiana Swatch and Review

Tiana is from the new Spring collection by Zoya, Delight.  I restrained myself this time and didn't order the entire collection, though I may end up with the remaining 3 when all is said and done. Tiana is a gorgeous minty green cream shade perfect for a subtle nod to St. Patrick's Day without going all out or adding any art.  Simple, crisp and screams of spring!  Two simple coats, topped with HK Girl as usual.

St. Paddy's Day Dotticure

Kind of in love with how this one turned out.  This wasn't exactly what I had in my head when jotting down ideas but once I started this is what happened and I am pleased with the result. Base is Zoya Snow White with dots in Starbord from China Glaze and Zoya Jancyn.  These dotting tools are a great way to get starting with dotticures!

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St. Patrick's Day French Manicure

Keeping with the St. Patrick's Day theme I wanted to do something quick and simple that anyone could do.  First up is a simple swatch of Zoya Shawn, a gorgeous olive green cream shade. This color does have a bit of a yellow undertone and was really hard to get the color right, second is more color accurate.

Next I used some tape to make a straight line across the top of each nail and painted the tips gold using Ziv also by Zoya, followed by Glisten and Glow H K Girl topcoat (seriously the BEST).

Zoya Veruschka for St. Patrick's Day

Ok folks, I have finally made some changes in my life that will (hopefully) let me get back to blogging.  I have a bunch of "untrieds" that need swatching but also a lot of ideas for nail art especially related to St. Patrick's Day, so that's what I'm going with first.  Some may (likely will) include polish that I haven't tried before and while they may not be "new" they have been sitting on my desk for some time just waiting..
First up is Zoya Veruschka used in this mani along with Snow White and Shawn, Bundle Monster holiday plate BM-H05 used for this look then I added NYC matte topcoat to the accent nail to give it a matte finish as well.  I must say, Veruschka went on very well, two easy coats, and dried fairly quickly and of course the color is gorgeous.

St. Patrick's Day Striping Tape

Last year I was much better prepared and ready for St. Patrick's Day, I managed to do several themed manis.  This year, I almost missed it!  Things have just been crazy lately.  I wanted to get pics of the evolution of this mani but that didn't work out well either! At any rate, I started with a white base then did an orange/white gradient using OPI A Roll in the Hague.  Once that was dry, I added random designs with striping tape and painted on two coats of OPI Don't Mess With OPI and peeled the tape off.  After I applied the topcoat, I added the little gold jewel to the middle finger in the center of the design.

Orange/white gradient pre-cleanup

Green Tips

I used to French tip my nails all the time because I really like the "classy" look of it but I haven't done it in a while so while I was trying to come up with ideas for this weeks Green Theme, I thought I would have one of them be a French. I have seen several versions of a green French tip mani out there over the past several days. I think it's still classy enough that really about anyone can pull it off. With so many different shades of green out there you should be able to find one that will suit your style! For mine I chose Sinful Exotic Green. Beautiful shade really though I don't think I have worn it alone, for this the formula was great. I just painted the tips with it and then covered the whole nail with Seche Vite and then used Sephora's Aluminum Gold with a dotting tool for the accents. The little gold flower is from a package I got at Sephora around Christmas.

Irish Flag Nails

So for today's nails I went with the "Irish" theme and decided to try the Irish flag. Luckily for me, it's a pretty simple design. I started with two coats of Sinful Snow Me White and waited until it was totally dry and then used a strip of tape down the center of each nail and then painted one side with NYC High Line Green and the other with essence Wake Up! I waited about a minute and took the tape off and topped the whole thing off with a coat of Seche.

What do you think? Let's hope I can come up with a good idea for tomorrow!

Going Green

With St. Patrick's Day coming up this weekend, I thought it would be fun to do a week of green/Irish themed nails. I'm not sure if I will be able to keep up with daily posting, but I will try to get one in every day. Up first is a fairly simple mani with a base of Wet N Wild's SaGreena The Teenage Witch. Very pretty color...very bad formula! I lost count of how many coats I had to do with this one but somewhere between 4 and 5 which really isn't worth it to me. At any rate, I then stamped the clover design with Sephora's Aluminum Gold on all but my index finger, on that one I applied one coat of China Glaze Blonde Bombshell. Stay tuned for more green!