Zoya Shay

Zoya Shay is a good nude cream for me.  I'll probably use it mostly for nail art.  I'm not much of a nude polish person, but it is a good idea to own a good nude in case you want one.  Below I tried doing a French tip with my nail art brushes.   Not so much.  My unsteady hand made a wonky French tip.  Next time I'll just use the brush that comes in the polish.  I have better luck with that. 

Zoya Breezi

Zoya Breezi manages to somehow be bright and dusty at the same time.  It was from a summer collection but I think it is a great fall blue cream polish. I really like this one.

Zoya muse

I was thrilled with Zoya Hazel, two coats.  Hazel is a blued gunmetal gray with a foil finish.  Like almost all of Zoya's foil finishes, this one almost glows with glass fleck shimmer in the sunlight.  Below I added a navy french tip with Rimmel Pro Midnight Blue

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Wet 'n Wild Dream Poppy

 

This is Wet 'n Wild Dream Poppy. I think this is a good color for me.  Turns out, I just don't love pink-y corals.  Weird.  I should like them because this is cute.  The wear on this one was just O.K., but I don't remember how long it lasted.  Below is with Hard Candy Black Tie Optional over the top.  

Zoya Heidi

I finished off my favorite coral polish, China Glaze Coral Star.  I wanted something different because Coral Star is discontinued, I wanted a different brand that wears better on me, and Coral Star has a metallic finish and I wanted a cream finish.  I decided to go with Zoya Heidi.  It is about 3/4 cream and 1/4 jelly finish, so sort of a crelly.  It is very orange.  It is also closer in color to Zoya Elodie then I wanted it to be.  I do really like it though, even if it isn't my dream coral polish. 

Tape Manicure

I painted my nails with Zoya Elodie and let them dry.  I put scotch tape on the back of my hand to remove some of the stick.  Then I masked off my nails, painted them with Orly Luxe, and removed the tape.  I added a top coat.  I think I would like this design better with other colors.

Braided Nails

This was my first attempt at braided nails using a no name Sally Girl turquoise, Essie Trophy Wife, and Spoiled Deeper Dive.  The brush on Deeper Dive was a bit too wide for a braided manicure.  It is better to have traditional brushes and not the wide brushes.  And I smudged it because there were so many layers of polish on the tips.  I'll definitely attempt this again.  Maybe I can find some colors that aren't so bright.  :)