Swatch and Review: NYC New York Color Crystal Couture Collection

Hey, everyone! Up on the blog today is a new, limited edition collection from NYC New York Color called Crystal Couture. All Crystal Couture shades are jam-packed with glitter particles for some mega sparkle.

Swatch & Review: Zoya Magical Pixie Dust Collection for Spring 2014

Hello, everyone! Today, as part of my catching up on swatches, I have the trio of Zoya Spring Pixie Dusts for you to see!

Normally, I'm not a fan of these, but I really think they've won me over!

Zoya Cosmo is a silver crystal texture polish with fine and hex holographic glitter particles. The above is with two coats. I have to sy that I definitely have the non-textured version of this polish as sold by a ton of different other brands, but the textured Pixie Dust version just has so much more pop!

Zoya Lux is a rose quartz texture polish with with fine and hex holographic glitter particles. The above is with two coats. I'm not usually a fan of pink glitters because they just scream super duper girly girl. But this was delicate and eye-catching at the same time.

Zoya Vega is an opal blue texture polish with fine and hex holographic glitter particles. The above is with two coats. And I think she's a beauty that reminds me of the ocean in the tropics!

Overall, I was bowled over by this collection. The shades had such depth and sparkle to them and I loved them so much more than the original line of pixies!

All Magical Pixie Dust shades are available at Zoya.com for $10, as well as local beauty suppliers such as Ulta.

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.  

Zoya Earth Day Exchange Swatch Spam

Hey everyone! With the Zoya Earth Day Promo here, I thought it might be a good idea to compile a list of some of my favorite Zoyas to recommend for this amazing offer!

These are just a bit of a hodge podge from a ton of different collections!

 

Gei Gei

  

Aurora

 

Storm

Blazr

 

Suri

 

Tomoko

 

Ray

 

Sarah

 

Song

Peyton

 

Pepper

 

Anja

 

Belinda

 

Breezi

 

Chyna

 

Dream

 

Josie

 

Liberty

 

Mira

Check out the Zoya Earth Day Promo by clicking HERE and use the code ZDay2014!

Let me know what shades you picked out or if you agree on any of my personal picks!

Swatch and Review: Zoya Fall Pixie Dust 2013 Part 1

Happy Hump Day, everybody! Sorry for the prolonged absences. My semester is winding down and law school is killing my soul slowly, so thank God for nail polish!

Today, I have the first half of the Zoya Pixie Dusts for Fall 2013 to show you!

First up is Chita!

Announcing: Zoya Pixie Dust - Summer Collection

INFUSED WITH SUMMERY MAGIC AND WONDER
ZOYA PixieDust - Summer Edition
Because everyone wants more of it...
the color experts at Zoya went back to the lab and created six more beautiful, long-wearing textured, matte and sparkling Zoya PixieDust Colors!


This incredible and best-selling formula is sure to captivate with a magical sparkle and sugary finish like no other.
Zoya PIXIE DUST - sUMMER edition

ZP683 - Solange: EXCLUSIVE PIGMENT!!! Gold Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP677 - Beatrix: Tangerine Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP676 - Destiny: Coral Metal sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP682 - Miranda: Rose sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP675 - Stevie: Violet sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

ZP681 - Liberty: Blue sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula.

Ultra long-wearing, nail lacquers by Zoya are BIG5FREE - all formulas are completely free of harmful industrial chemicals such as toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

PixieDust Application: For BEST RESULTS apply 1-3 (for full coverage) thin coats of polish. Allow product to dry completely for full effect. Do not use a base coat or top coat.

Find over 300 stunning Zoya colors on www.zoya.com. Each and every color has a name as unique as the women who inspired it.

ZOYA IS THE NEW COLOR OF FASHION!

$9.00 ea. (US)
Available on Zoya.com

So what do you all think? Are you ready for some summery Pixie Dust?

Announcing: Valentine's Day Giveaway

Hello, everyone! I hope you all did well in your Superbowl pools last night! (Mine was completely messed up by the safety.)

I know we all despite Mondays, so I thought I'd help brighten your day with a giveaway! I've teamed up with the lovely ladies behind nine other blogs for a really fun giveaway filled with great prizes!

The Rafflecopter entry widget is at the end of the post!

Check out what's up for grabs:

Prize 1 - Princess Polish

Top of 2012: Brown

I will admit that I rarely wear brown polish. And as summer passed by and I started contemplating my favorite shades of the year, I didn't have a single favorite brown.

Then fall rolled around and gave me not one, but two.

Nailtini Sidecar looks like I dipped my nails in caramel. Just looking at it makes my sweet tooth ache for candy! It was the first brown of the year I really loved.

And then came Dakota, a reddish-copper metallic with teal and red sparkle. Do I love it because it shares a name with my dog? Yeah. But what other brown have you seen pack this much wallop? Loved it!

What's your go-to brown?

Top of 2012: Orange

Now, I'm not really an orange person. So it's rare for me to find any that I like. But there were three in 2012 that really caught my attention.

The big brand trophy goes to China Glaze Desert Sun, a dusty mandarin creme. It was just orange enough to make a statement, but subdued enough that I can rock it any day of the week.

The indie crown, without a doubt, goes to SoFlaJo Pendragon. You can wear it as a dainty peach shimmer or layer it over black for a smoldering orange-bronze sparkle. Either way you choose, it's still awesome.

And the best bargain brand orange, weighing in at a steal at $.99 a bottle, is Essence Wake Up! It's a little more tangerine in person, but it was bright and summery and GREAT to wear if you have a sports team with orange as a color. (I have both the Mets and the Knicks... score!)

Orange you glad you checked this one out? (Cue: rim shot.)

Zoya Ornate Gradient

Good Monday morning to you all! I hope your weekend was more enjoyable than mine. I have midterms this week, so need I say more? Didn't think so.

Before all hell broke loose and my brain became a jumble of criminal law statutes and jibberish I'm convinced doesn't actually mean anything, I had a little fun with the scattered holo shades from Zoya's brand new Ornate collection!

Here are the three shades I used (left to right): Blaze, Aurora, and Storm!

I started out with a base of Aurora and then lightly sponged Blaze from the tip of my nail to just before where the half moons start. I repeated this about two or three times per nail until I was happy with the blend. Then I sponged Storm until a little below my visible nail line. I applied Storm lightly, but dabbed polish just at the tip a few times to make it a little more opaque.

Here was the end result:

What do you guys think of the finished product? I'm in LOVE with it!

Princess Polish

Swatch and Review: 365 Days of Color Hocus Pocus Collection

Happy Friday! (Unless you're like me... sick and studying for midterms. BLECH)

Now that Halloween is less than two weeks away, I wanted to bring you two polishes from the Hocus Pocus Collection by 365 Days of Color! BUT I had to wait until they were re-stocked so you could enjoy them too!

The Hocus Pocus Collection is named after the famed Disney movie, starring Bette Midler, a pre-SATC Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Naijimi.

So let's take a look!

Swatch and Review: SoFlaJo Ghost of a Chance

Happy Monday! (Yeah, I know.)

I'm going to post a little more on NYFW and Fashion's Night Out in a few days, but today, I have for you a wonderful creation from SoFlaJo.

Halloween is a little over a month and a half away, but Jody's Terrified Collection is bringing the scary spirit to your nails!

Here is the full collection above... STUNNERS!

I had the opportunity to try out Ghost of a Chance, a crystalline shimmer polish that doubles as a blue-green top coat!

Here, you can see the ghostly-presence of the green and blue shimmer.

Because of the undertones of the glitter, I chose to layer Ghost of a Chance over a range of dark blues and black. From left to right, there are two coats over Zoya Indigo, Zoya Ibiza, Zoya Song, and Zoya Tart.

I think it gives them all a gorgeous depth that a plain creme or frost just can't portray on its own. Though, I think it looks the BEST over the black because it gives the green the most pop!

While this definitely has the look of fall, I think this will be amazing for an icy winter look too!

Like all of SoFlaJo's polishes, the application was outstanding. She really knows how to do awesome, transformative top coats!

Handcrafted, all polishes are made from natural pigments and glitters with bases free of the chemicals Toluene, Formaldehyde and Dibutyl Phthalate and Formaldehyde. You can purchase any and all of the Terrified Collection now at the SoFlaJo Etsy Shop. Mini bottles are available for $5 (7mL) and the full size bottles are available for $10 (15mL). The 5-piece Terrified Collections (available in mini or full size) have deep shipping discounts too. BONUS!

What do you think of Ghost of a Chance?

Princess Polish

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.  

Swatch and Review: Hot Ticket Call Me Iridescent and Candy Apple a Day

Happy Fashion Night out, everyone! I'll be attending FNO here in NYC, for the first time, so I'm very excited. For those of you who can't make it, I'll be taking tons of pictures while I'm there and will do a post later in the week.

But... let's get back to the nail polish!

Today's brand is Hot Ticket by the Balm!

This is Call Me Iridescent, a beautiful champagne polish with gold sparkle and a hint of violet flash. This was only with two coats and surprisingly, it was entirely opaque. 

Application aside, I loved this polish. I can definitely wear it during the day or the night. It has the base of a neutral that makes it office appropriate and subdued, but a flash and sparkle to it in the light that makes it perfect for a night out too.

 

Candy Apple a Day is EXACTLY as gorgeous as it sounds... a beautiful rich magenta and gold shimmer that looks like I just coated my nails in berry juice. It's hard to capture, but it's actually slightly pinkier than above. Definitely a stunner in just two coats.

Overall, these shades are perfect. Call Me Iridescent would be a great Monday-Friday color, with Candy Apple a Day making its appearance on Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday. This is actually a perfect pairing!

Hot Ticket is available through the Balm's website. Their polishes are available in 31 different shades and retail for $10 a bottle.

Until next time!
Princess Polish

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.  

Swatch and Review: Zoya Diva Collection

Happy hump day, everyone! You're halfway through the work week... celebrate!!! 

Today, I'm going to show you the Zoya Diva Collection, the last of the three fall collections and honestly, my favorite. The other two fall sets are the Designer and Gloss collections.

So without further adieu, let's take a look!

First up is Daul, an amethyst polish with gold foil glitter. I LOVED how rich and dimensional this shade looked on my nails. I think this one is great with any skin tone. I used three coats to ensure maximum opacity.

When the collection was first released, I think everyone wondered if this was a dupe for Zoya Faye, or at least a close relative a la Tart and Tallulah.

Well, let's take a look...

 

The index and middle fingers have three coats of Daul and the ring and pinky fingers have three coats of Faye. As you can see, the difference is STARK. Faye has much more of a rose-tone, though the gold glitter is admittedly the same. That doesn't make much of a difference in terms of similarity... both are gorgeous.

Elisa is a tomato red metallic shade with a gorgeous luster. This is without any top coat and it absolutely shines. It's really a tie between this and Rekha for my favorite true red of all time. Don't make me choose!

Fei Fei is a very unique shade of nail polish. It has a sort of bruise-like blue-purple base with blue and gold foil glitter mixed in. It's really unique and very pretty, for sure. I think this is the most unique of the collection. This was three coats, just to make sure its vibrancy and opacity were top notch.

Suri (yes, like Suri Cruise) is a drop dead gorgeous grape polish with blue shimmer. This was two coats of awesomeness!

 

Above, you can see the blue flash of Suri much better. I wore this one for a week.

Ray is a forest green with hints of frost and shimmer mixed in. It's actually quite different from any other greens I own and I own quite a few. I think it's that combo that real does it.

Last, but certainly not least, is Song, a royal blue foil polish. I DEFINITELY do not own anything like this. DYING for it! I also wore this one for a while and you may remember it from my Five Shades of TARDIS mani on Saturday.

 

Look at that pop! This was with two coats of polish. BUT I used two coats of base underneath, just to make removal easier. I honestly have bad luck with blues and staining, so this was a precaution. But I'd rather not know if a polish stains than know if it does.

So there you have it... the Diva Collection. I LOVED them all, even Ray and Fei Fei were stellar. I didn't originally think I'd like either. But I loved them all and have worn them all to law school already. The application, per usual, was stellar. I only used three coats for the glitters to be safe.

What ones were your favorite?

The Zoya Diva Collection, along with all other Zoya polishes, are available at Zoya.com for $8.

Until tomorrow!

Princess Polish

Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the manufacturer or their PR company for consideration. For more information please visit my Disclaimer page.