Zoya Arizona & Stamping

I own very few orange polishes so this was a nice addition to the stash! I'm also quite surprised that oranges (at least this one) aren't absolutely putrid looking on me either, so maybe I should get more.

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This is 3 coats of Arizona, some nails are 4 though. It has a really nice formula but it is a bit on the sheer side. I tried swatching it again and I was able to get 3 coats for each nail, so I may have been a bit too stingy the first time.

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This is over Orly Bonder and sealed with Out the Door. I used BM-224, which is one of my favorite plates. Even though the design is a "full nail" design, and I have a lot of trouble with them, this one is pretty forgiving.  I used Konad Special White polish for the stamping and added a little rhinestone for sparkle.

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I wore this all day at work with only one little chip on my thumb.

OPI Pink Friday & Zoya Chloe

I'm such a sucker for a pink creme.  That has got to be my ultimate color and finish combination, closely followed by pink holos.  I was pretty bummed out when it was revealed that Pink Friday was a creme and not a holo as anticipated.  But nevertheless, I still love a pink nail polish.

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If you're noticing the lack of smoothness, you're right.  This is with no topcoat because I wanted to add Chloe without adding too many layers to avoid chipping.  This is three coats (sigh, kind of one too many) over Orly Bonder.  It was splotchy in some parts, touchdown marks were hard to avoid.  Not the greatest formula on this one.

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I finished this mani with one coat of Zoya Chloe and sealed it with OTD.  It sparkles a lot more in real life; I've never been good at capturing flakies and I'm scared to alter my camera settings for fear of never getting them back.  I think Chloe helped turned what may be considered a boring mani into a fun one.  What do you think?

Lynnderella ChocoLotta Love

I did something incredibly wrong with this manicure.  It chipped on me within 2 hours which resulted in me peeling it all off during my Praxis test.  I'm not sure why it chipped so easily.  I know me and glitters don't mesh well but 2 hours?  Love Lace & Lilacs wore like iron, as well as Connect the Dots. I'm not sure what I did here but I'll have to try a different method next time I wear it.

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I'm thinking it may have just been too many coats of polish.  This is one coat of Orly Bonder, two coats of Zoya Dea, two coats of ChocoLotta Love, one coat of Glitter Tamer and then one coat of OTD.  I also don't think Bonder likes me either.  I've had bubbling issues with polish I've put over it.

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OOOOOOOH!

Zoya Dea makes a great pair of underwear for this one!  I need to tweak my treatment combinations though, I think that's a factor in the peeling and chipping.  I'm trying out Bonder but I don't think it is for me, at all.

Zoya Dea

Out of all the colors in the nail polish spectrum, I realized I didn't have a brown that I loved.  I don't have many, if any, true browns.  I saw swatches for Zoya Dea and it looked perfect, and it is!

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Thi is 2 coats of Zoya Dea over CND Stickey topped with NYC Grand Central Station.  My mom managed to get shimmers into my big 2 fl. oz. bottle of OTD, so I had to resort to back ups.  While GCS is wonderful for holos, it shrunk my Zoya.  It wasn't tipwear, it was tip pull aka shrinkage.  You can't see it in these swatches because I applied another coat of Dea before taking these pics, but beware, Zoya and GCS may not work for you either.

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Dea is a delicious milk chocolate creme.  It make have hints of red in it, I'm not entirely sure, but it does appear very brown to the naked eye and I love it!  Please excuse the fuzzy that got trapped in my final coat on my ring finger, I tried to mask it as best as possible!

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My First Zoya: Mira

After hearing such wonderful things about Zoya polishes but never venturing to get some, I decided to use my bloom.com voucher towards finally get my hands on some pretties.  I got Mira, Maya and Neeka and decided to try Mira first. I felt purpley.

Thanks for the edit job, Britty!

This is three coats of Mira over CND Sticket Base Coat (which I love by the way).  Two coats is all you really need with this one but I shlapped on a third after having some tipwear and realizing I hadn't taken pictures yet.  It's like, the perfect purple creme.  I really am thrilled with this one.  It's so simple but it's done right. No complaints!

 This is topped with a coat of SH Insta Dri (Red Bottle) and together they make such a shiny finish. I really like simple polishes like this, there isn't much to it at all, just a purple creme.  It's one of my favorite shades, too.