Zoya Zuza & Greetings from Virginia!

Originally, I had planned to write schedule posts in advance and have then trickle out throughout the week.  I forgot how bad I was a time management and wasn't even close to getting them done. We have internet access despite being in the mountains and I have some downtime right now considering its evening and raining.. I'm tired and want to do nothing constructive.  I like when vacations are low key then they feel like actual vacations.

I took some pictures and saved them before I left of Zoya Zuza so I have them to share today. I usually blog from my desktop, not my laptop, but I thought ahead. Zoya Zuza is just beautiful, I got some great shots of it.  Since I'm having trouble pinpointing the attributes of this polish, I'll just cite Zoya directly "Zoya Nail Polish in Zuza can be best described as: Deep, saturated, oceanic turquoise with gold and silver metallic shimmer and a foil-like finish. A beachy, colorful, foil-like shade with the perfect balance between blue and green." Pretty spectacular description! I almost called it glass fleck, which I know it's not.. foil didn't occur to me!

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All photos shown here are two coats of Zuza over Orly Bonder and sealed with Out the Door.

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I found a Ross here, the closest one to me in NJ is an hour away and the time I did go, had nothing even remotely interesting in terms of nail polish.  The Ross here had a ton of stuff, I got lots of pretty polishes to add to my stash.

Thanks for reading (=

Brucci Gianna's "Rockin" Blue

I'm obsessed with Brucci.  They love me and I love them.  I wore Gianna's "Rockin" Blue for three days- dishwashing, hairwashing, showering and counter scrubbing without a chip!  The formula is AH-MAZE-ING. It stays on until I take it off on my own terms!  It's the only brand that behaves so nicely.  They're cheap, too. About $3.50 in stores and $2.35 on Image Beauty.

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This is 2 coats of GRB over CND Stickey, sealed with OTD.  Such a stunning color. I'm sure I have many like it, but I really like this one.. oh so much. I'm just in love with the brand.  The bottles are fug but their formula makes up for that.

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As far as I can tell, they're only available at Rite Aid.  But Image Beauty has flat rate US shipping for about $8 and sells them even cheaper.  I can't tell if anyone else shares my love for these, I'd love to hear from you!

Essie Turquoise and Caicos

This polish really changed my opinion about Essie.  My first few Essies sucked; I believe the particular bottle of Knockout Pout took 5 coats to reach opacity.  That's too many coats.  Turquoise and Caicos is a particularly sheer polish, but only took 3 coats.  And it's a beautiful color and it lasted nicely on me.  No chipping. I always get chips.  I'm just really tough on my hands.  The manicures I give to friends and family last over a week, I'm lucky if mine make it a day.

Turquoise and Caicos is a semi-jelly finish.  The first coat had me laughing because I never thought it would reach opacity.  It basically just tinted my nails to turquoise and I was all "Oh, crap."  The second coat looked promising and by the third, I was in love.  It really is such a simple color but it is done extremely well.  I like the unique flare of it being somewhat jelly.