Zoya Spring 2014 Magical Pixies

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Good morning, lovelies!  I'm a little late to the party on these, but today I have the Spring Magical Pixie collection from Zoya!  I am so glad I'm finally getting around to my Zoyas!  The last two collections have just been fab!  So let's take a look, shall we?

First up is Cosmo.  A super chunky silver texture polish with large silver holo hexes.  This is so much prettier than a regular silver texture polish!  The holo pieces add a lot!

 Vega is basically blue Cosmo.  So pretty!  Two coats cover perfectly.

Last up, Lux.  This is two coats.  I feel like my bottle wasn't as pink as some others?  I'm not sure, because I see swatches that are WAY more pink, and swatches that look like mine.  Either way, in the bottle this reminds me a lot of OPI Teenage Dream!  On the nail, it's the opaque (and chunky) version!  Super pretty.

I have mixed feelings about the Magical Pixies.  They are so pretty, and I LOVE the holo pieces!  On the other hand, they are much chunkier and the texture is much more apparent on the nail.  The feel kind of skeeves me out a bit (especially when they rub against something!).  They are gorgeous, though, and I feel like they will be worn quite a bit.

Zoya Magical Pixie polishes are available on their website for $9 each.

What do you think about these chunkier textures?  Let me know!  Thanks for dropping by!

The Rest of the Zoyas

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I'm going to make this week a catch-up.  That means, Zoyas!  I guess it's Zoya week.  :) Today I have the rest of the Fall Pixies!


Dhara is another gorgeous Pixie from this collection.  At first, it reminded me of China Glaze's Riveting (which I am dearly in love with), until I realized they don't look alike.  That doesn't keep me from really, really adoring it.  It's a darker orange base with yellow glitter/shimmer in it that makes it look much brighter.  Two coats.

 Chita-- First off, the name.  Wow.  Now, this one is interesting.  It's a grass green, with glitter that looks silver sometimes and sage sometimes.  I don't understand it, and every picture I've seen of it looks different.  This is one coat.

 Sunshine reminds me of the opposite of sunshine.  lol  It is a pretty denim blue with silver glitters.  I like this one.  I'm wearing one coat.

 Arabella is not color accurate in this photo.  I'm not sure why, but I could not get true color on this one.  Basically, it's the same pink you see, but darker.  It's more of a magenta shade.  And it is amazing!

The only polish in this entire collection that I wasn't really sold on was Chita.  The rest are gorgeous! I wear them quite often, actually.  What do you all think of them?  Let me know!  Thanks for reading :)

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Zoya Carter

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Three posts in a row?  WHAT?  Yeah.  I'm doing really well.  ;) It takes 21 days to make a habit, though!  Today, I'm showing you Zoya Carter.  This is from the Fall 2013  Pixie Dust collection, and happens to be my favorite!  

Pictures do not do this polish justice.  The amount of sparkle is unbelievable.  It is a dark purple base with magenta glitters.  In real life, the base is a dark matte, with the glitter just popping.  It almost looks like I spilled glitter on myself, like it's not part of the polish!  

I am wearing two coats in the picture, no base, no top.  I don't like the textured polishes with topcoat, so I didn't take pictures with one.  The only problem that I have is glitter herpes when I try to clean my cuticles.  You can see that on my pinkie, and random glitter on other places lol.  

Now that I've seen the pictures this new camera takes... I definitely need to work on my cuticles!  Sorry about them being so dry and icky... I thought they looked good! HA! 

Zoya pixies are available on their site, zoya.com for $10 each.

I have also noticed that Zoya raised their prices this year.  I'm a little disappointed, but I guess sometimes that's what it takes!  

What do you all think?  Which is your favorite pixie dust so far?  There MIGHT be some super amazing ones coming up!  

Last but not least, here's the picture of the day!  My Town:

Do you have any suggestions for getting used to my new camera or the light tent?  I could really use them!  Hoping my pictures get better at some point.  Anyway, thanks for reading, and see you soon! 

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Zoya Pixie Dust

Hi ladies!  I'm finally back!  Again.  ;)  Don't worry, I have lots of things drafted.  I just need to get them finished up.  Perfect for my "vacation!"  I have a few days and I'm planning on catching up with all the photos I already have lined up.

What I have for you today is something you've seen a lot of lately.  Zoya sent me their brand new Pixie Dust shade to review!  I was super excited about these after OPI came out with their liquid sands and they were amazing.  How did I feel about them after receiving them, though?  Let's find out!  

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Godiva

Godiva is a classy nude shade that reminds me of a "sandy" version of Jacqueline that came out with the Lovely collection.  It actually looks great on my skintone, and I'm wondering when I can wear it!  Unfortunately, it takes 3+ coats to be fully opaque, but I imagine it could be layered quite successfully.

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Vespa

This is a sage green beauty that I LOVE!  It isn't quite as "dusty" as other sages we've seen from Zoya lately, making it perfect for me.  Vespa also required 3 coats to full coverage.

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Nyx

One of the favorites that I was sent to review, Nyx is a gorgeous periwinkle shade that contains silver glitter like the rest I've showed.  In natural lighting it shows more blue, but actually leans more to the purple side on my skin tone.  Love!  This one took three coats as well. 

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London

I like to think of this as being named after one of my gorgeous nieces.  Her name is London as well, and she was born in October.  Her Mommy has been waiting for this shade ever since it was announced!  I feel like the color represents a stormy day in London, dark and gray, but still gorgeous!  London could almost use two coats, but I ended up with three. 

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Dahlia

First of all, can I comment that I am so happy they finally named a polish Dahlia?  I LOVE that name!  Ok.  Moving on.  This was only one of two in this set that I'm reviewing that doesn't require three coats.  Dahlia is a simple black with silver glitter. 

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Chyna

Finally, we have my favorite of the review sample pack, Chyna!  I think I like this so much because, despite being a red, it is the only polish with glitter matching the base color.  No silver in here!  I used two coats to get to the rich red that you see in the bottle. 

The formula on these polishes was pretty incredible.  Some of them were a little sheer, but I had no problems with bald spots, streakiness (is that possible with pixies?), or any other issues.  They all built up well by three coats.  I've seen some gorgeous gradients using these, I just haven't been able to reproduce them yet!  I'm just SO bad at nail art! LOL  I am very glad I chose to accept samples to review and I can see me wearing at least half the shades quite a bit!  

In related news, Zoya is coming out with a Summer Pixie Dust collection!  They are all bright and amazing colors, so I'm super excited for those too!  Here are the first pictures of these: 

Don't they look incredible??  They look like most of them may be like Chyna, with glitter that matches the base.  If so, I will be DYING over these!  

Sorry if this post sounds a little disjointed.  We all know by now that the FTC is require bloggers to inform readers in several places throughout the post that things were sent for review.  I'm not sure how I will make that sound better in the future, but it is what it is.  

That being said, the Spring Pixie Dust shades are available for $9 (yes, a one dollar hike from regular Zoya products) at zoya.com.  The Summer sets are available for preorder and will be shipping prior to April 15th.  Are you going to pick any up??  Let me know, and thanks for reading! 

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