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OPI Lights of Emerald City Swatches & Review (Layered Over Zoya Wednesday)

OPI Lights of Emerald City Swatches & ReviewOPI Lights of Emerald City is one of the most highly anticipated glitters from the Oz the Great and Powerful Collection because it contains square glitter, which isn’t commonly seen in mainstream lacquer.

What Wizardry Is This?, the taupe Liquid Sand from this collection, was the first shade I wore. Lights of Emerald City was the second!

Lights of Emerald City is best suited for layering, and I thought long and hard about what to pair it with. I wanted to create a dreamy/sleepy effect, so I ended up reaching for the lovely Zoya Wednesday.

What would you pair with Lights of Emerald City?

** This post is rudely interrupted by a sicko. **

So…I’m sick. 🙁

As I’m typing this on a Friday evening, I’m coughing up a storm, and my throat is extremely sore. If you thought that the Liquid Sands look like sandpaper, maybe you should look at my throat, because it feels like it’s coated with sandpaper.

I was knocked out by this crazy cold, and I had to take a sick day from work! (My immune system is usually a beast, so I was surprised to fall under the weather. Then again, a lot of people I know have been coughing like crazy.) It sucks to have to stay in on a Friday night, but getting better is my top priority.

I’ve been sleeping for most of the day and drinking plenty of water and soup, but I still very much feel ill with that fuzzy-head feeling.

Thankfully, I had all the photos for this post already saved and cropped on my computer, so I didn’t have to spend as much time on this post as usual.

So, please bear with me as I’ll be replying to all your sweet comments and tweets much slower than usual. Also, I do still plan on picking the winner for the OPI Liquid Sands giveaway as promised, so stay tuned. (Hehe, and before I ship the winner’s prize, I promise to sanitize my hands before touching it!)

You should really hear my voice – it sounds insane. I imagine this is what the Grumpy Cat’s voice would sound like – very deep, swerving different octaves randomly, and dying out after a few words. When I called in sick, I’m pretty sure the only way they knew it was me was because of caller ID!

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Zoya PixieDust Collection Press Release & Video Clip

Zoya PixieDust Press Release & Video Clip smallerIf you’re a fan of the latest matte-texture nail trend like I am, you’ll be excited to hear about Zoya PixieDust!

Yesterday when Zoya sent me the press release with new information on this, I was really curious to find out what colours they would be putting out.

I expect a lot from Zoya because they’re brave to explore new colour territory, and they’re always on the pulse of fashion trends.

In this special-edition collection, there are 6 Zoya PixieDust shades, and I was really happy to see that one of them is periwinkle! (I feel like there aren’t enough periwinkle polishes in general, and to have one with this unique texture would be really special!)

This post includes descriptions of each colour as well as a link to a video clip put together by Zoya that shows you how to apply PixieDust.

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Zoya Suri Swatches & Review

Zoya Suri Swatches & ReviewGuess what I found while going through some old folders on my computer? Zoya Suri from the NYFW 2012 Collection!

Although I forgot to review it on here earlier, what I do remember is really loving this manicure.

You really can’t go wrong with a saturated purple.

This is the case for me, and that’s probably why when I first got into nail polish more seriously, purple was the shade I turned to. It was like an old friend who never lets you down.

Do you feel the same way about a certain colour? And what general hue made you take polish more seriously?

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Blog News: My Nails & Review Featured on Zoya’s Blog

Yesterday I found out something pretty cool! Zoya featured me on their official blog and even directly quoted my review about their lovely polish, Daul! 🙂 What a lovely surprise!

If you’d like to see my Zoya Daul swatches and review, click the link. If you want to see the article on Zoya’s blog, click here or on the below screenshot.

Swatch And Learn Featured on Zoya Nail Polish BlogZoya-Blog-Swatch-And-Learn

The article is a bit fuzzy at that size, so I included a larger version of it:

Swatch And Learn Featured on Zoya Official Nail Polish Blog

Edit: Haha, only now did I realize a typo in the first sentence, so I edited my original Daul review. Oopsie!

Support from my amazing readers and from companies that I believe in really make my day. I’m so thankful and extremely flattered! 🙂

P.S. Yesterday I posted press releases, and today is ‘blog news’ day. Tomorrow I’ll try really hard to get up a review about a limited-edition nail polish that I bought very recently. 😉

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Zoya Daul Swatches & Review

Zoya-Daul-Swatches-ReviewZoya Daul is an incredible must-have from the NYFW Collection. If you don’t have a purple with gold like this, you ‘need’ it!

It’s funny, but every single time I see the name Zoya Daul, I immediately think of Indian food.

It’s one of my favourite cuisines to chow down on because it’s filling and incredibly tasty. (Middle Eastern or Mediterranean food would be next.)

It was during the 4 to 5 years when I was a vegetarian that I discovered the joy of eating Indian food. Not sure how I managed to survive without it before!

Yellow dal tarka is one of my favourite dishes. The reason I’m bringing this up (other than the fact that I enjoy rambling occasionally) is that every time I see ‘Daul’, I get a mental image of a piping hot, yummy dish of yellow dal tarka…and I get hungry. Yes, this nail polish makes me hungry. Should I be concerned? 😉

P.S. I anticipated questions about how it compares to OPI It’s My Year, so I included bottle and swatch comparisons to help you decide if you ‘need’ it. 😉

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Zoya Toni Swatches & Review

Zoya-Toni-Swatches-ReviewIf you were a kid growing up on the 1980s like me, you’ll probably remember Saturday morning cartoons and how awesome they were.

You’ll also probably remember The California Raisins commercial and the brief “After These Messages” snippets.

Oh, those were the days! *She says while her rocking chair squeaks*

Zoya Toni from the NYFW 2012 Collection reminds me of The California Raisins. No, it doesn’t sing or dance…but maybe if I keep looking at it late at night, it will start to. 😉

(And don’t tell any of the Raisins about this polish because they’ll get scared. After all, the bottle is basically their Raisin ‘blood’.)

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Zoya FeiFei Swatches & Review

Zoya-FeiFei-Swatches-ReviewSome nail polishes, like Zoya FeiFei from the NYFW Collection are absolutely stunning in person, but once you hold a camera up and try to snap its glory, something falls flat.

Perhaps this polish needs a ‘smizing’ lesson from Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model.

It’s really too bad. Despite me capturing it in sunlight, natural light, and with my camera’s flash, I still don’t feel like I did this polish any justice. So, you may have to just take my word – this is a spectacular polish that looks better in person.

Allow me to go into further detail…

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