Envious

I have been all over the place with polish choices lately. Through most of December and early January I was all about glitter! I actually would be wearing glitter all the time if it wasn't such a pain to remove.  I think I have been wearing more due to the fact that it has been wearing very poor on me lately and I switch it earlier (to another glitter, lol) than I would any other polish. I have moved on to some neutral, glitter-pallet cleansing cremes, and today I have another, Zoya Envy.

In the bottle Envy is a gorgeous deep moss green. When applied to the nail the first coat is thin, which is to be expected, but the texture of the polish is not what I would have expected. It must have something to do with the deep pigmentation of the polish, but it appears to be grainy, almost as if it needs to be shaken to recombine the pigmentation to the base. I don't think this is the actual case, but it is the only way I can think of describing it. This does not effect application or the final look of the polish at all, it is only visible on the first coat. The second coat evens out everything to a nice, smooth shine. The final colour is a deep dark moss green. In low light is may appear black, however the green in the polish makes it look softer and not so stark as a straight up black. As in most cases with Zoya polish, it applied perfectly!

I really love this shade. I have a soft spot for dark/black-like polishes, it used to be all I wore in high school. Darker shades like this are great to be worn on their own or as a base for a glitter/flakie topper, nail art and stamping... which is what I intend on doing after wearing this beauty for a few days.

A Vampy Jelly and Some Exciting News!! - I Need Your Help!

Finished with reviews for this week, on to some polish I've been wearing!

Today I have a great jelly from Orly's holiday collection, Le Chateau. This deep, dark teal almost applied fully opaque in just one coat! I went over most again again with a thinner second coat to even out any slightly bald patches. It's super shiny and glossy and dark. It looks pretty black, but not quite. You can see the true colour in the bottle. It stops just before being black. The perfect base for some layering...

The layering combo will come in tomorrows post, but before I end this one I have some exciting news! I have been approached to create my own polish that will be sold and named after me! I am super excited, but almost don't know where to start! Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? I'm pretty sure anything goes. I'm trying to come up with something that has rarely been done and is fairly original. I'm thinking something with a duochrome or holo!

Let me know what you think.