Living in the moment. Living my life. Easy and breezy. With peace in my mind, Peace in my heart, Peace in my soul.
Wherever I'm going, I'm already home. Living in the moment.
Imagine my excitement when I got up to a package from LBC yesterday! It arrived!! My bag of goodies from the beautiful and talented Jeiflyn of Polished Pinay! This is my first time to ever do a swap and it's so cool to find someone to do it with here in the Philippines!
Jeiflyn came up with this brilliant idea and shared it with me. She's never participated in a polish swap either! I'm just so touched that she even thought of me. :) I can't stress enough how the world of blogging and Instagram is such a wonderful world! They get you connected to people whom you've never met before but share the same interests, passions, and obsessions as yours! And you get to make new friends! :) <3
Here's what I received (from left to right, photo below):
OMG (Oh My Golly) Crystal Sand in Emerald
Color Club in Midnight blue (with striper brush)
Revlon Minted
Revlon Tropical Temptation
Nyx Matte Sky Blue
Nyx Matte Baby Pink
Etude House in WH702
+ the Prettify pouch (see photo above)
I can't wait to swatch these for you!
Isn't she thoughtful? She gave me the white polish and the blue striper for my nail art. Such an enabler! :)
And since I've been blogging so much about the OPI Liquid Sand and Zoya PixieDust lately, she thought she'd indulge me with the OMG Crystal Sand! :) What other names could they come up with to mean the same thing? Haha! OMG is actually a local brand here in the Philippines and they came out with this product even before OPI came out with its Liquid Sand. I guess we were just ahead of our time... or we really could've just started this trend, you know. ;)
Then some more matte polish from Nyx! Cute colors! :) And the Revlon mint green and coral polishes.. oooh... I really wanted to buy these for myself! :D
Thank you so much Jeiflyn!! <3
Have you participated in any swaps lately? Aren't they exciting? It kind of felt like Christmas! I didn't realize how much fun it would be! Enjoy your weekend ladies! :)
I'm soooo excited to share the Zoya PixieDust collection with you!!! As much as I loved my color block nail art, I had to remove them to give way for this. I couldn't resist! Look at that sugar-coated goodness! Boy, was I in PixieDust heaven! <3
It's my first time to buy an entire collection of nail polish. Usually, I just pick out my favorites and buy those. But this time around, I caved in. Every color just made sense. To me at least. This collection just has everything that I like! But then again, I probably like everything! Hehe! But seriously, I like my neutrals and Godiva covers that. I like my desaturated colors and I got those from Vespa, Nyx, and London. I like my edgy black (if you didn't know, I started wearing black nails in high school :) hehe) and I like my classic red! And everything looked good on my skin tone!! What more can a girl ask for??
I'm just so glad that I got hold of this whole collection!! This collection was released on the 1st of February. It's just the 3rd week of the month and I got it already! Woohoo! I ordered this from Monica over at Polish Please! and I think it's the last Godiva available in the Multiply site. I got them the day after I ordered. It was a long wait, but it made it to my doorstep! :D
Zoya recommends to use the polish on its own, without a base coat and a top coat. Just put on three thin coats and you're done! It's convenient to get a manicure just by bringing one bottle with you, especially when you're traveling. With that said, this is going to be my new travel companion! :) Here's a repost from the Zoya website:
Zoya PixieDust Nail Polish Collection
Infused with magic and wonder! The latest "must-have" nail polish finish - textured, matte and sparkling! This newly developed formula is sure to captivate with a magical sparkle and sugary finish like no other. The color experts at Zoya have created six, long-wearing stunners for the introduction of this enchanting look. IMPORTANT PixieDust Application Information - Do not use a base coat or top coat. Apply 1-3 (for full coverage) thin coats of polish. Allow product to dry down completely matte in between layers for full textured effect. The PixieDust textured formula may take up to 10 minutes to dry completely matte. Once dry, the textured finish is long lasting, matte and ultra-glittery!
So I followed the instructions above. The pictures below show the difference from coat to coat.
As expected, the dark shades Dahlia and Chyna (red) are the most pigmented. The least pigmented, in my opinion, is Nyx (periwinkle).
I might have done thicker coats on my left hand (upper half of the photo), which is why it came out darker than my right hand (lower half of the photo). Chyna hasn't dried up yet, so it looks semi-matte.
Everything looked perfect by the third coat! I couldn't help but use all of the colors at once and I ended up with a Skittle mani! :D I think the 5 colors (excluding the red Chyna) look good together! Is this something you would dare to wear? :)
I got a little conscious that they might chip off because they feel vulnerable without the protection of a top coat. Like, I worry that the polish might just melt off my fingernails after I wash my hands or take a shower. Haha! But I'm pleased to share that the wear is very good! My worries were put aside after seeing everything still intact after a few games of badminton and a good long shower.
This could possibly be my favorite collection of all time. It has the right mix of dainty, neutral, matte, glitter, glamour, edge, spunk, modern, you name it! The colors were all so easy to wear and so easy to apply! The polish didn't pool around the cuticles and I didn't have to do ANY cleanup after putting this on. Easy peasy!
If you're still reading, and you made it to this point (Thank you!), you'll realize that I can't stop writing about this! Hehe! And so, I have a couple more posts lined up. I'll be talking about custom shades (!!!), I'll be comparing this with OPI Liquid Sand, and maybe do some nail art with it! What else do you want to talk about? Are you as excited as I am?? :D
Stay tuned for more on this new trend! :) Hope you all have a good weekend!
You'll have to forgive me. I'm obsessed. And I just had to add... I got a chance to take pictures in the daytime today, in direct sunlight, and the colors are even more brilliant!! You can really see the texture. Nothing beats natural lighting. :) I think some mobile devices are not able to view the photo gallery above, so I'll just post the pictures below. I'm happy to report that it's day 4 and I'm still wearing this Skittles mani. :)
Godiva, Soft Nude sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Sparkle formula
Vespa, Mint Kiss sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula
Nyx, Perfect Periwinkle sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula
London, Fog Gray sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula
Dahlia, Black Beauty sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula
Chyna, Red Dazzle sparkle, exclusive Zoya PixieDust Matte Sparkle formula
