ipsy - October 2013

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Zoya - Color Your World in 2013

A few weeks ago, Zoya had a promotion to receive three nail polishes for free (just pay shipping). As a newbie to nail polish, I thought this would be a great opportunity to try out some more colors. Thank you, Zoya!!

 Here's the official promo ad from Zoya.

The colors I received are: 
Kylie 2
Sooki
Toni

{Kylie 2}

 In the bottle, Kylie 2 seems like a very coral pink. Once applied, however, it turns a bit more reddish. I think this one would look better if applied on top of a white base. 

{Sooki}

I'm a pretty huge True Blood/Southern Vampire Mysteries book series fan, so I thought it'd be cool to own a polish named "Sooki."I own a few reds, but none like this orange-tomato toned red. 

{Toni}

I picked "Toni," because of it's beautiful plumness. It's that oxblood color that everyone seems to go crazy over during Fall. I realize that we are just coming out of Fall, but I thought this color was so beautiful. 

You can purchase Zoya nail polishes {here}  

Did you pick anything up from this promotion? What are your favorite Zoya colors?

-Claudia

NOTD - Space Nails!

Hello all! I've been wearing nail polish pretty often lately and have been looking around for some neat tutorials to try out. I found this one on the space nails trend by Cutepolish that I decided to try out a few days ago. My nails still need a bit of cleaning up on the sides, but I wanted to show you guys because I'm pretty proud of how the design turned out.

I used quite a few nail polishes for this look (you can view Cutepolish's tutorial on this nail to get more details). 

{What I used}:

Cosmetic sponge

Tweezers

Essie protein base coat

Wet n Wild Ebony Hates Chris (black)

Wet n Wild 449c (white)

L'Oreal After Hours (dark blue, swatch above)

NYC Lexington Yellow

ZOYA Shelby (pastel, bubblegum pink)

Sinful Colors in Nail Junkie (blue-green with loads of glitter, swatch above)

Confetti Ice Ice Baby (glitter with white and blue flecks)

Essie Good to Go top coat

"Space Nails" doesn't sound as chic as "Galaxy Nails," but I like the sillyness Space Nails brings. There is no filter on the nail picture -- just thought I should toss that out there! I'll post a cleaner picture of my nails soon. Hope you liked them!

Have you tried the Space Nails trend? Share your pictures!

-Claudia