BB Couture Green Goblin

I love this color! I found it very easy to apply, this is 2 coats and no topcoat. We have been using nail polish as rewards for accomplishing goals while starting our business and this was a surprise present from Ashley for making it to the next round of the Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award competition. Thanks Ashley! The first 2 pictures are indoors and the rest were shot outside.

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OPI Shorts Story

Hey! Good morning! This is just a quick post because I am supposed to be leaving in a few mintues and I didn't want to leave you deprived for a few days n_n

This is OPI's Shorts Story. My sister absolutley hates the name as it really makes no sense. Well of course you have 'short stories' and then this pink comes from a jeans/shorts collection... But really they make no connection.

Just two coats here. Extremely pigmented, could almost get away with one.

Have a good weekend!

Also... I chose Purple With A Purpose to wear to the 70's party tonight... Violet Fire is a little more painful to use lol.

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BB Couture Electric Avenue

We did a order from Overall Beauty and now have our first BB Couture's!
I ordered Electric Avenue. I fell in love with it when I saw it on The Polish Addict's blog. I couldn't get it out of my head, but I wasn't quite sure what to expect since I knew a lot of people were having application issues. But I'm so glad I bought it. It's now one of my favorite colors!
It is a gorgeous pale light blue color. I didn't find it hard to apply, but it did take 5 coats to build bottle color.
April will post her pictures of her BB Couture Polish very soon! Hint it's a green creme, which are my favorites. I will definitely be trying it soon!
-Ashley

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Matte American Manicure / Future Swatches

So I've been dealing with an American manicure for the past 4 weeks. Just one more week to go and I will be able to do all these crazy swatching. I received more goodies in the mail. I've decide to try matte on the American manicure. I have yet to see one, and I'm curious as to how it will look like. And I must say.. it looks.... interesting?




I've use the same polishes I used last time; Essie Mademoiselle as base, Essie Marshmellow for tips, and Essie Pink Glove Service as top coat. This is the neatest manicure I have ever done.


And here it is in matte. It looks kind of "ghostly" if you understand what I'm saying. But it's quite unique in a way. I don't know..what do you guys think?

And of course, here are MORE pictures of future swatches. I know you're as excited as I am!


OPI Matte collection


Nubar Modern Matte Collection


Nubar Moon Shadow, Pasadena Purple, and Pink Flame


My first purchases for Milani nail polishes.
Purple Passion, Totally Cool, Pink Out Loud, Breezy


My first purchases for Lippmann Collection;10th anniversary set, and Call Me Irresponsible (could this be the one purple creme I've been looking for?!)


And alas, my favorite purchases of all:



Essie Ruby Slippers and Viva La Vespa

As much as I don't want to admit, I bought these off eBay. Once I saw it, I gotta have it. I didn't have to pay a lot extra for these. They were at a decent price (Ruby Slippers was $15, and Viva La Vespa was $13). I mean I spent $23 on designer nail polishes that I will probably never wear again, so why not spend a tad extra on polishes I REALLY want and know I will wear again, agree?

Now, I will complete my goal if I can get my hands Essie Starry Starry Night. I really hope Essie will re-release it again, but I highly doubt it.

Well that is all readers, thank you for your patience on my other swatches. I still haven't received my other purchases yet so I can't take pics to show you the exciting new colors. Until next time. <3

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Zoya nail polish plays the name game and so can you

At Zoya Nail Polish we love women... in fact we give every polish we make a lovely ladies name. Each gorgeous color is as unique as the women we know.

To see Irene, Anaka, Carmen, Marilyn, Bekka, Layla, Ginessa, Zara, Suvi, Tallulah, Elodie or any one of our other beauties now, use the search field at www.zoya.com. Even if we don't have your exact name we've got something to suit you just right or maybe be your alias tonight (wink, wink). Have fun, experiment with our exclusive Zoya Color Finder to transform yourself with a fresh new shade - date color, look at me color, beach color, wedding color, work color, land that job color, fantasy color, impress the inlaws color, holiday color, signature color - With over 300 long-wearing, formaldehyde, toluene, camphor and dibutyl phthalate free shades to choose from Zoya has the color for the wonderful woman you are today.

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Summer Yellow by Zoya Nail Polish

Like the daisies all around us now Zoya Pippa is pure summertime nail color love, love, love! ...and here's the best part, it goes with almost anything! We really love it with summer whites.

Not the right color for you? Check out the Zoya Color Finder to find your dream shade.

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CheezCake Nails

I really, really, really wanted to make those nails look like a CheeseCake, but you see how it came up. Only now, looking at those pictures i understand what was my fundamental mistake - i think i made too many marbles. Anyway ,at least a big finger looks the way it supposed to :)
May be i ll remake this mani one day. I used to be good at making marbles, but i guess i just forgot, last 20 marbles i made were a total mess. May be i need more practice .

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More fun With Zoya Pinta

Here is another design that i made using Zoya Pinta. This color is so lovely. For stamping i used Essy "Punchi Pink", and the gold tip is made using Zoya "Penny" from Truth Collection.

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Zoya "Demi" + Zoya "Isla"

Some Zoya swatches. Those colors are just gorgeous, did not even wanted to add any design.

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Happy National Day!

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OPI Shootout At The O.K. Coral

This was another one that OPI re-released for their Colorcopia collection, Shootout At The OK Coral.

Coral really is a stunning shade... just not on me. Mum has worn it about 100 times already, it just looks so bright and vibrant against her skin tone. It appears much more subtle on me.

I used just two coats here.

The formula was impeccable, nothing to complain about :D

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A Girls Gotta Spa visits Zoya and Qtica at Cosmoprof

Smiles all around for a great showing of Zoya and Qtica at Cosmoprof Las Vegas.

Read more about it on a girls gotta spa!

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Bright & Jester-y

I'm just fickle this summer for some reason. I was going to do green this week, but ended up doing "bright". No worries though - I think these turned out just fine.

I used Avon's "Fuchsia" for the base pink color - two coats, though one would have sufficed as far as coverage goes. Then I used my Nubar gold nail art pen to create a lattice on each nail, and fill in random diamonds just for some variety. I like it, though I think the fill color of the diamonds should have been different than the lattice lines. This would be a great manicure for Mardi Gras in green, purple & gold.

This week, I'm placing another Zoya order. They have a new color out in their fall collection called "Copper Penny" that I am just dying to get!

What's on your fall nail "must haves" list?

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Zoya Vanessa

OMG! this polish is probably my favorite from all the fall collection - it is so deep and sunny and creamy. I liked it so much that even made a matching toes.Check out gold flakes that i added on edge.

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Sally Girl - Peabody

This is a very pretty color, but I didn't really like it with my skin tone. You can pick them up for about $1 at Sally Beauty Supply. That is my dog Wally Thor. He makes me happy everyday! Ashley used this color to do her first french manicure. I think it turned out pretty sweet.

Thanks for looking.
-April

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