I decided to go ahead and share the rest of the swatches I needed to post of the Zoya Sparkle Collection today due to numerous requests I had  for certain colors.  So, here you go ladies... Enjoy!  :) On my previous post showcasing Charla from this collection I was asked the question "how easy are the polishes to remove?" . I just wanted to answer and state that these polishes are actually quite easy to remove.

If you take your removal pad or cotton ball and saturate it with remover, then let it sit on the nail a few minutes, and make a downward sweep down the nail while gently moving side to side... most of the polish should come off in that one sweep.  If you still have polish left just repeat the steps and that should remove the polish easily without getting glitter all over your skin.

IVANKA

GILDA

ALEGRA

MIMI

NIDHI

 I was able to get my hands on Picnic in Central Park from Chi's Spring 2010 Secret Fantasy Collection.  The color is a gorgeous mint green creme and not a matte shade as some had originally thought.  The other colors that I had planned to purchase unfortunately were already gone.  Maybe if I keep checking back I can get lucky or at least request that they be placed on order.

Working with this formula was a little strange to me and certainly didn't apply how I thought it would.  For now I'll just say I'm leaning towards liking it, but I dunno, that could all change .  It's consistency is on the thicker side of the spectrum so I was certain it would apply opaque with two coats, but that just wasn't the case for me and it really suprised me for what that's worth.  Maybe if I had applied it a little more on the heavier 2 coats would have been enough.

Pictured I actually have on about 4 coats of polish which is unheard of for me, but the interesting thing to me about this polish is that it has a Seche Vite characteristic.  When applying this polish I noticed it seemed to be somewhat self leveling, with the ability to even itself out.  Drying time was definitely no "Picnic in Central Park,"  especially after having to apply four coats.

For me personally, this is a formula I'll have to get use to in order to be able to apply it well.  I think I'll try out a few more colors to see if this is a brand I'd like to keep adding.

Excuse my horrendous cuticles, but I'm way overdue for a "real" mani.  I could't however resist throwing in a closeup shot of the NFU Oh 56 Flakie goodness.  I created a look on my index finger I have affectionally dubbed "Mermania".  It looks like the scales of a mermaids tail or at least how I've envisioned it to look. 

I added two coats of NFU Oh 56 to my finger then I added "spots" of the Chi Picnic in Central Park on top, then topped with another coat of NFU Oh 56 and China Glaze's Matte Magic.

I am so loving the color combination of Sinfulcolors Mint Apple & Milani Neon Totally 80's.  The colors together are insane!  I have to thank Nicole from Magic Maid for creating my lemming for this color (Sinfulcolors Mint Apple).  For my brown beauties that read the blog this color is gorgeous against brown/warm skin tones and even has a hint of golden shimmer in it... RUN!, not walk, to the nearest drugstore to get this.  THANK YOU NICOLE! :)  Because I kept passing up this color and decided to go ahead and purchase it thanks to you.

polishSWATCHES: Sinfulcolors Mint Apple & Milani Neon Totally 80's = Spring Bling

Deciding to put these two colors together stemmed from some advice my really good friend gave me in order to keep myself in an upbeat mood today. She said to make sure that I surrounded myself with a lot of yellow since it's a happy color and known to lighten your mood and I added the green in because it's suppose to be a calming soothing color and that duo together is exactly what I need.  :)

I applied 3 coats of Mint Apple to my nails and had no issues at all with the coverage, formula, or brush.  If I had to describe this color I would have to say it's more of a teal green than mint green with those gorgeous hidden gold shimmers, because the the blue undertone is more obvious than the yellow..  As far as Milani Totally 80's I like this color as well, but noticed that the color varies a little.  Placed on a stark white french tip the color looks more like a neon yellow like on my index finger with no green in it in real life and on my other fingers it looks more like the neon yellow green it's suppose to be.

I didn't place my topcoat on before snapping these pictures, but today my topcoat of choice was CND's Super Shiney.  I've reached that point of the bottle where my Seche Vite topcoat has become stickey like syrup and hard to work with, so I decided this would be the perfect time to put the CND topcoat to the test.

So far so good with it and I think I may like it, but I'll be sure to update you and do a full review on it soon.

XOx0Xo,

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This is the story of China Glaze In the Limelight and the bottle that was...

So, many of you may know via Twitter that I spent the wee hours of my morning in the ER with my hubby this morning.  He woke up in the middle of the night to go to the restroom, couldn't see, tripped over the shoes I fussed at him about putting away, and ended up with a broken arm and a very irritated bulging disk in his back.

Needless to say my day needed a little brightening up so my new bottle of China Glaze In the Limelight was suppose to do the trick.  And actually the notion was working perfectly fine until my 2 year old got the same idea.  As I was putting away my supplies and cleaning up my area my little princess swiped my bottle of polish.

Me knowing she was up to something by the quick pace of her steps jumped up to quickly follow behind her.  In an effort by her to try and save herself and get rid of any incriminating evidence, she ran into my bathroom and hurled the polish... into my spa tub!  SPLAT!

I'm thankful that I was able to snap a few photos before the incident, but needless to say this bottle of polish's lifespan in my collection is done!  And after approximately 1 hour, a thousand cotton balls, and an entire bottle of polish remover later... I don't ever want to see this shade again! 

Just kidding!  :)

Anyway, I hope your Friday is going a little better than mine... anything planned out for your weekend?

Xox0X0,

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Sally Hansen Insta Dri Mint Sprint Nail of the Day

Applied with 2 coats

Dear Sally Hansen,

I absolutely adore this color as well as a ton of other Insta Dri colors, but I really have to be honest and state how I really feel about something.  After painfully applying this color to my nails, I vowed I would never buy Insta Dri again!  I just cannot deal with the brush anymore and it just makes applying color to my nails more of a hassle than a pleasure.

I would much more prefer a pleasant application than one that leaves me swearing and cursing about the brush.  Please Sally Hansen if you love us at all, please do something about the design of this brush!

Polish lovers and nail bloggers from all over the realm have had the same complaint and valid issue.  The brush is to cumbersome, doesn't apply the polish well, and the formula is just slightly too thick.

I guess until our polish prayers are answered I'll just have to use a nail art brush or find a replacement that will fit from another bottle of polish.  Because my battle with this brush just can't go on, it's literally causing me agony and grief.

XoXOxo,

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