Gilded Gradients

As I'm sure a lot of you know, today the new Zoya Fire & Ice collection came out, and man, is it incredible! For a collection with 4 reds/pinks, a blue, and a purple, even this girl will wear all 6. (yes, even the pinks!) I reeeeeeally wanted to utilize them in today's nail design, so I decided (after 4 attempts to create a design that I didn't end up liking), on today's nail art- a super gildy gradient! I actually reallllly love this look, I think it is super classy and chic, unlike most of my designs. lol. The polishes in this line are superb for sponging gradients, the different sized flecks and colors of foil in these create an easy and really pleasing gradient! Go Zoya!!! I'm going to get the review of the collection posted on my review site tonight or tomorrow morning, along with a few other polishes from various places.

I used Essence Pointbreak as a base (but you COULD use Zoya Kelly!!), then sponged Zoya Crystal on the tips. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat to seal in all the sparkly goodness.

Damn, I feel sexy! I love this mani. lol It's SOOOO sparkly.


Disclosure: Zoya Crystal was provided my the manufacturer for my consideration. It can be purchased from their site at Zoya.com

REVIEW: Sally Girl Mini Polishes

Okay, these little polishes are awesome! At Sally Beauty Supply you can get these little bottles of polish for $1.50 (a little less with the membership card). I personally like them for striping and other nail art because they are inexpensive and pretty good quality for the price. They are meant to be used for your whole nail but I prefer them for detail because they are so small.  I find that the Stripe Rite polishes they sell at Sally's dry out way to fast (2 weeks, I kid you not), and they range from 7 to 10 dollars! I would recommend these to everyone because there is such a wide variety of colours (I would guess that they have around 75-100 different ones).

  I recently bought a bunch to replace my Stripe Rite's so here is a little haul!