Leslie Love

LOOOOVEE! I love this polish! I purchased Zoya Leslie, apart of 2015's spring Delight collection last year likely during one of Zoya's promos and waited until now to finally try it.

As you can see, Leslie is a pastel lavender creme with an electric blue superfine shimmer running throughout. The formula is actually quite great. I figured that the formula would likely be thin for shimmer visibility on the nail, however, I was able to build up the polish to full opacity in two easy coats.

This is such a perfect shade for spring, and it actually got me excited to try other other polishes I purchased that are apart of the Delight collection. This shade is so unique and the blue shimmer against the pastel lavender base is so delicate and pretty!

Sally Girl Being Discontinued?

So it appears that spring has come back around again. No more Winter in April please!

This is actually a polish I wore around Easter but didn't feel the need to post with the weather the way it was. This is Sally Girl, Zing a Ding. I was lucky enough to find this on clearance, which the rest of the Sally Girl products looked to be on as well. It looks as though they may be discontinuing this brand, anyone know for sure?

Zing A Ding, what a name by the way, is a pastel lavendar creme with various sizes of matte white glitter suspended within. The formula was creat and easy to apply needed two coats for full opacity.

I don't think I have actually ever purchased a Sally Girl polish before. There was once instance I purchased the glow-in-the dark topper because I needed to add an extra $1 to my purchase to get a coupon or free gift or something!

That being said, I decided to try this polish out since it was cheap and pretty. I'm actually pretty impressed, both with the quality and amount needed for a full mani, however I do prefer the old bottles which held more product (5.3ml/.18 fl oz, compared to the new bottles, 4ml/.13 fl oz). that being said if they happen to be discontinuing this line I will have a closer look at what is available during my next Sally's visit.

Glitter Tips

Today I have a quick and easy mani refresh with Zoya's Miley.

I am still loving my French refreshes lately and wanted to try out another Zoya from my untrieds that I thought would be a good companion, Tomoko. Tomoko is a light gold pixie dust glitter that tries to a gritty finish on it's own.

Using my striping tape I marked off each nail and applied a generous coat of Tomoko. I Thought of leaving Tomoko as-is with a textured finish, but decided on adding a glossy topcoat to make the glitter shine.

Feeling Springy!

Spring is so close and I found myself really craving a lavender pastel. I finally had the chance to try out Zoya Miley.

Miley is a soft, slightly blue leaning lavender polish. It is not quite a creme, not quite a jelly, totally crelly territory! The formula was smooth and easy to work with. I applied two thinner coats and one thicker coat for full coverage, the thinner coats sandwiched the thicker ones. I did't have any issues with running and it self-leveled well.

I got a comment on my nails the other day with the suggestion that I was wearing a gel! It's that shiny and squishy looking. I'm sure the top coat of Seche Vite I applied over top helped.

Stevie

I have another Zoya polish today from the last purchase I made from their Earth Day promo. They just recently had another promo over the weekend for three free with $15 shipping. I DEFINITELY took part in that promo as well, but was disappointment it wouldn't let me add Daisy to my cart :(

Back to the polish at hand, today I have Stevie.

Stevie is a gorgeous light lavender Pixie Dust with a silver glitter. I have always shared my love of the Pixie Dust formula and this is no exception. The first coat was a bit sheer, however I only needed two easy coats for full opacity.

It also wore awesomely! I'm still wearing it now and it's been a week and three days! I have some tip wear now and I think it's at the point where I'd like to remove it and wear a new shade.

Wanderlust Spectacle

I have a quick and easy mani refresh to share. It's been a while since I have had any urge for any kind of nail art. I have come to the conclusion that a lot the the bloggers that got me going back in the day and inspired me to do nail art are either no longer blogging or mostly just swatch polishes for reviews.

Once I came to this realization it kind of made me sad. So many great blogs gave me so much inspiration and I want to inspire you as well! Have a look below at some of my favorite blogs from from past and present:

Getcha Nails Did
Chloe's Nails

Kronicles of a Konad-er

Chalkboard Nails
The Nailasaurus
Nails by Asami (no longer up, which is unfortunate because there was AMAZING inspiration, however she has started a new blog that I was happy to find for nail art and crafting here.)

 Of course this is just a short list off the top of my head. If you have a blog or know of a great one for nail art inspiration please share with me in the comments below! I'd love to see them and get inspired!

On to today's mani, I have a simple update to China Glaze Wanderlust, I simply created a slight gradient using a cosmetic sponge and Color Club Wicker Park.

I sponged on the gradient two times each for each nail and applied a coat and a bit of China Glaze Make A Spectacle to the tips of each nail. I topped it of with a coat of Ask Nails top coat which is thin and quick trying for manis like these.

My only complaint with this polish is that is smells like a skunk... not sure... why but I love the thin formula since it doesn't add much more bulk to the many layers of polish already on the nail.

Wanderlust

Another beautiful spring day, another beautiful spring polish! I have another one from the China Glaze Road Trip collection to be exact. I am really enjoying these a lot more than I initially did first swatching them. Today's polish is Wanderlust.

Wanderlust is a pale pink-leaning lavender creme with a faint gold/pink micro shimmer. When I first swatched this on my nail wheel I found it to apply quite sheer, however, on the nail it applied well and built up to opacity in two easy coats. The formula was great to work with and evened it's self out.

The shimmer is mostly hidden, like the others in this collection, but it really shines in direct lighting and outdoors on a sunny day. Considering this was one of the first I "had to have" from the collection I am happy it did not disappoint.

Let's Go to the Park!

I picked up a set of seven Color Club polishes and am having a heard time finding the collection name! luckily the bottoms of the bottles were labeled so that helped out, looked to me a mix and match set. I located the collection for two of the shades, East Austin and Wicker PArk are apart of the Girl About a Town collection, which looks to be an interesting collection. One would think it would be a spring collection full of pastels but it is actually mostly darker, fall shades made up of many different finishes and textures.

I chose to wear Wicker Park, a lovely magenta leaning lavender pastel. It is bright and cheery and I LOVE it! It is a welcome change from the China Glaze pastel I wore last, Spring In My Step. The formula was fantastic, I only needed two coats for full opacity and it was easy to control. The finish also impressed me, it appears to have a slight neon pigmentation, similar to Spring In My Step, however it dried quickly to a shiny finish. It was even more glossy with the addition of Seche Vite on top.

I can't wait to wear the other neon/pastel shades I picked up in this set. The wear so far has been great, no chips 3 days in! In a day or two I will probably do a mani refresh, something I have not been able to do in a long time since polish has been chipping so quick on me.

Holo Mani Refresh

Today I have a quick and easy mani refresh with my latest mani, OPI Panda-monium Pink. I was originally thinking of stamping a design in a lavender holo (China Glaze Get Outta My Space) but it was too light. On my polish table I had my Gosh Holograohic Hero laying around and I thought why not try that!

 I am very happy with the results I got from stamping with Holographic Hero!

Panda-monium!

This is one of the very first OPI polishes I had ever purchased! It is apart if the Hong Kong collection which was the latest one out at the time. When I first laid eyes on it I knew it was something unique, back then I didn't have a huge collection of polish but this shade was really different for me. I remember it being hard for me to find shades of creme polishes at the time and Panda-monium Pink was definitely interesting.

In the beauty supply lighting it looked to be a light pastel lavender, when I got home it looked to be pink! This is one of those pinky-purpley shades that is slightly blue based and appears to shift in shade depending on the light. Add on top of that that it is slightly dusty :) At the time I was disappointed that it leaned more pink on me, but I truly do love this shade, it is so mod and chic! The perfect pastel for spring.

I only needed two coats for full opacity. I have worn this polish in the past and remember having issues with application, but it may have been due to my initial inexperience. The formula may have also thickened up the slightly, so I added a few drops of thinner for some slight touch ups to one or two nails that got bumped to a little streaky.

A Simple Spring Mani Refresh

Today I have a simple mani refresh with China Glaze Dandy Lyin' Around, a white glass fleck shimmer. Originally I was thinking to do something specific to Easter, but once I spotted the cute nail design from Bundle Monster plate BM-302, I knew I had to try it out. This cute spring design is made up of birds, trees and snails. I decided to stamp in a nice bright colour, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, Lively Lilac, which is a bright Lavender with a white pearl shimmer. It worked perfectly for stamping.

This is a pretty quick and easy mani refresh, I finished off the look with a thin quick dry topcoat to add some gloss and  seal in the design.

Perfect Formula Review Part 2 - Futurist

Hello ladies,

Today I have another colour from The Perfect Formula/ Perfect Color. The second colour I have is Futurist, a nice pale dusty lavender that I am in love with!

Purples always go very well with my skin tone, so this one made me happy :) It is a little dustier in real life and not as bright, it's so perfect for fall.

This polish applied the same as the previous polish. Only 2 coats were needed and no clean up was required, the brush is awesome! I would consider this polish more of a jelly, it didn't apply as opaque as pop art, but the pigment is still there. I like the fact that it's a jelly also, look at that shine, no topcoat applied!

On a side note, one thing I left out of the previous post is that all of the Perfect Color polishes are big 3 free :)

I don't think I have anything else to say about this polish, it is great, I will definitely be wearing this colour as a full mani very soon.

For more information on The Perfect Formula and their polish collection, check out their website. Stay tuned for the final polish review tomorrow.

*this product was sent to me for review, all views expressed are my own