Zoya fun

Since I've bought a billion Zoyas recently, I've been trying to use some of them in my recent manis. I got my mini haul from the 3/$12 promo, and now they've released a promo code for a free Monet(Spring glitter topper) with purchase of any 2 from the Spring line or new Magical Pixies line. I'm not at all into glitter toppers, but I will probably get at least two of the three pixies so I might as well get the topper, right?? Ugh.

Here is my mini haul, L-R: Chyna(red pixie), Arabella(pink pixie), Liberty(bright blue pixie), Blaze(berry with holo glitters), Aurora(deep pink with TONS of holo glitters), and Hazel(blueish silver foil)

I started with Aurora first since I've been wanting that more than the others, and added a Dream accent nail. I used one more coat of Dream than I did in my previous mani, and it gave it the deep blue I was looking for.

This is 3 coats Aurora and 3-4 coats Dream indoors and in sunlight to show off HOLO!

I didn't want to take it off since Aurora is just so gorgeous, but I had a tiny chip in one nail after a couple days so switched to another unused, Chita. Chita is an army green pixie. I decided to top coat it with a thin layer of Seche Vite so it would dry a bit sooner as I did my nails right before bed. It didn't take away all the texture, but it did make it extra shiny/sparkly and deepened the color a bit.

Two coats Chita, without and with top coat

And to keep with the Zoya theme, here is another pixie, Sunshine, that I used a couple weeks ago and never posted. This was my first pixie dust, and really my first texture polish with glitter, and I loved it. I didn't top coat this, and got about a day and a half of good wear on it, so I'm hoping Chita will last a couple days with the top coat added.

Two coats Sunshine, without top coat

I had been using one of Sally's pro brands ridge fillers as my base coat, but I've heard great things about Orly Bonder so picked it up during their BOGO Orly sale. I've only used it for two manis so far, but it's holding up pretty great. Two days to get a chip out of Aurora is pretty amazing wear time for me.

Today I should hopefully be getting a small haul in the mail as well, so I'll have to break out of my Zoya shell for a few days I suppose. Until then!

-T