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!

PRESS RELEASE: Milani Fall Textured Creams

A new limited edition collection has arrived from Milani!

The Textured Creams collection consists of six dramatic, fall-inspired cream nail lacquers with a textured, matte finish. They are similar in texture to the Texture Collection released this past March.

Shades are currently available at HEB, Meyer, and any other retail outlets at which Milani Cosmetics are sold. Additionally, you can check out and purchase these shades on the Milani Website.

The polishes retail for $4.99 each.

Keep on the lookout for a swatch and review of the Textured Creams here on Princess Polish in the next week!

Gradient Dot Stripes

Happy Thursday, everyone! I'm sorry I haven't been around a lot the past few weeks. Law school is kicking my butt lately!

But today, I have a unique twist on polka dots and racing stripes. Polka stripe? Perhaps. Though that sounds like a really old record.

For this manicure, I used Zoya Louise from the Cashmere collection and Zoya Giovanna from the Satin collection for the dots. I have a thing lately for jewel tones and neutrals because they seem to compliment each other really well.

 

This was fairly easy to do, as well. I started at the base of my nail with a large dot and just kept moving in a straight line. As the polish starts to wear on the dotting tool, the dots get smaller. So I just kept with that trend.

What do you thing? Would you rock this mani?

Gold Fleck Racing Stripe

Hi, everyone! Today I'm bringing you some simple and easy nail art!

What I love about this design is that it doesn't require any form of precision. All you need is a base color and a flaky top coat. Remember all of those 24k gold flake top coats that were out there? How about the translucent flakies?

Well, here's your chance to break them out again!

For this manicure, I used Zoya Pepper (from the Cashmere Collection) with Zoya Maria Luisa (from the Satin Collection).

I had been wearing Pepper for a few days by this point and wanted to freshen up my look. So I painted a single stripe of Maria Luise right down the middle. The great thing about flakies is that there is no need to be perfect. They cover up the mistakes because of their sparseness.

So for all of you ladies looking to spruce up your manis this coming weekend, break out your flakies and get ready to race!