Spark My Heart on Stunning

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! It's back to the work/school week :( rawr. But anyways here's two polishes from Misa that I've been lusting over and I finally ordered them last month!

Misa Spark My Heart That's A Start, which is a cute frosty red pink with pink shimmer and it's shown 2 coats. 

Misa Phazers on Stunning is a dark frosty purpley-gray base with green duochrome shown in 3 coats. AWESOMEEEE♥

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing! :)
Katherine

Star Gazer 308

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having a good week so far. Today's post is on one of the two polishes that I purchased off eBay as soon as I saw Nihrida post about her haul with them. The price wasn't so bad either, it was $8 for both polishes :).

This one is Star Gazer 308 which is a darkened black base with purple shimmer and it is shown in 2 coats with 1 layer of tc. I love the color and the "duochrome" in this polish isn't noticeable much on the nails as you can slightly see in the bottle. Nonetheless, a great color and there's probably similar polishes to this one though. You can kind of see the duochrome in the bottles in the first and last pictures.

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing! :)
Katherine

Blue Satin Layering

Hello everyone! I know it's been a long time since I've last posted about my nails, I admit it was really hard to balance 2 jobs and school. I've recently quit my first job (kept my second) because the hours were too little and I was earning more at my second job. So now I have two days a week to have my nails whatever color I like, but the rest of the days, I'll be in "neutral adult" colors for my job. It's retail and it's a bit higher end so they want it to be more professional, but whatever! I still love all my nail polish colors♥ especially my BLUES AND GREENS!

So this is the mani. I'm currently sporting until tomorrow night, before I have to take them off for work. I received on my birthday Chanel Blue Satin and Chanel Peridot. The funny thing is that I already bought Peridot and when he saw them on my nails, he thought to himself, shit... lol. But thankfully he still has the receipt so I can exchange it for another Chanel polish. But nonetheless the thought was sweet. :) He knows what colors look good and he has good taste as well haha.

I used one coat of Chanel Blue Satin on my nails and it's definitely a one coater! :) It's a dark sapphire blue with a hint of blue shimmer. You don't see it much in real life but you definitely see it in the bottle -__-. But I felt it was a bit vampy for me so I layered it with CND Sapphire Sparkle and my bf loved it as much as I did. The other two photos were taken outside even though it was cold, it was sunny so I thought it was perfect to show them off. And the best thing about taking them outside was that you see the blue to purple shift of Sapphire Sparkle!♥♥

Thanks for stopping by and happy polishing! :)
Katherine

WNW Fast Dry

Hey everyone! Hope all is well :) Today I have a nail wheel swatch of my Wet N Wild Fast Dry. I still am hoping my nails will grow quicker, but enjoy these for now :D

from left to right:

Blue Wants to be a Millionaire - 3 coats - light sky blue with dispersed holographic shimmer

Gray's Anatomy - 3 coats - shimmery light gray with purple duochrome

Hannah Pinktana - 3 coats - light red-purple with dispersed holographic shimmer

Party of Fiver Glitter - 2 coats - clear base suspended with multi-colored glitters; possible dupe or close/similar with Milani Gems & Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday

from left to right:

Sage in the City - 2 coats - medium leaf green with yellow shimmer

Teal of Fortune - 2 coats - medium blue with light blue shimmer

Teal or No Teal - 3 coats - light blue with shimmer

The Gold & The Beautiful - 3 coats - gold/bronze microglitters

hope you enjoyed and happy polishing!

<3katherine

My Space Nails

I've been meaning to do these nails for a while. SPACE NAILS and credits go to Asami's Space Nail tutorial. I hope you enjoy, they don't look much like space to me (compared to Asami's) but it reminds me more of a nebulous cloud in space, maybe because I sponged too much =P

Materials I used:

OPI Suzi Skis in the Pyrenees Suede (since I didn't have ManGlaze Matte is Murder or Zoya Dovima)

OPI DS Original (for the holo part)
Misa No Shrinking Violetta (for the sheer duochrome part)

Pa Nail Color A125 (for the stars)

I got a compliment today when I wore them out for the first day. :)
Hope you like them as much as I do!~

happy polishing

and don't forget to enter into my CSN giveaway (ends March 12) and my 300 follower giveaway (March 26)! Just to clarify, the picture is from google and it is not the actual polishes that I will be giving away :P
<3katherine

Love Pink

Another awareness post for this month. PINK! for Breast Cancer Awareness. I've become more aware of this because my mom was diagnosed with it early this year. Thank God the doctors found out about it early that she doesn't have to go through Chemotherapy. So this awareness is closest to my heart♥

from left to right:
- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Flashy Fuchsia - fuchsia creme with blue duochrome. 1 coat and 1 coat of top coat
- Nox Twilight in Citrus - coral pink with gold frost. 2 coats and 1 coat of top coat
- OPI Pink Me I'm Good - barbie pink jelly with gold glitters. 3 coats and 1 coat of top coat

hope you enjoyed

<3katherine

Accomplished!

Well, this was sooner than I thought. I didn't plan to post a second time but I did!

So, my brother was downloading and is still downloading a game on his computer. The point in the previous statement was to say the source of my boredom in not being able to do anything on my laptop, such as watch movies or tv shows online. With that being said, I decided to swatch the rest of the Zoyas that I haven't swatched.

But I'm glad these are the last few bottles that may interest you in deciding what colors you might want to exchange for - if you've decided to do the Zoya Exchange (which ends June 30th by the way). I might even consider doing the exchange again for more bottles! :D

Zoya Midori

lime green and gold yellow shimmer. the swatch is two coats and no top coat. omg i'm absolutely in love with Midori! It's so amazing the color <3.

Zoya Pippa

bright yellow creme. the swatch is two coats and one coat of seche. bright normal yellow. i love it but it comes out uneven when applied :x also looks a little funny on my skintone - i don't think yellow cremes work on me, lmao. nonetheless i love the color and maybe it would work if i had pale skin LOL. T_T maybe pastel yellow will look nice :x i wish i could get banana bandana!! :'( i wonder how that would look on me.

Zoya Raven

black creme. the swatch is two coats and one coat of seche. amazing easy to apply black that i have. the only other black i've used was sinful colors black on black. for the formula comparison, raven was by far easier to apply and it didn't make the skin around my nails black whenever i applied too much on the edges. love the black! <3.

Zoya Shivon

red purple with golden orange. the swatch is two coats and no top coat. ohmygod this is unbelievably beautiful – the golden orange undertones are sooo hard to capture. my camera and my phone can’t capture it’s beauty *cries* I thought Shivon was pretty nice but I think it’s so much more beautiful now, especially irl. :’( I’m sad I can’t share the exact swatch with you but I’d definitely recommend Shivon if you’re looking for something unique. this is definitely one of my favorites in the bunch. simply took my breath away<3.

Zoya Suvi

dark green with green shimmer. the swatch is three coats and no top coat. three coats to reach bottle color but still beautiful <3.

Zoya Veruschka

close to suvi, dark green with silver green shimmer but it’s matte. the swatch is two coats without top coat & with top coat (second set). dries pretty quick for a matte about 15~30 seconds. very close to suvi but a little different in terms of the shimmer but still beautiful. looks great without top coat and with top coat <3.

Zoya Zara

light purple with strong golden duochrome shimmer. the swatch is three coats without top coat – formula is a bit sheer. the golden duochrome doesn’t show as much in my pictures because my camera isn’t capable of caputuring most of it. it is a beauty irl. definitely recommend if you’re looking for light purple that’s unique for those who are unsure about the Zoya exchange.

I’m finally done with all my Zoya swatches! I feel so accomplished XD! Overall, I’m OVERLY satisfied with my exchanges and would definitely exchange for more – if I only had old polishes lying around, lol! Anyways, I’ll be thinking of more nail ideas to come up with since school is almost over (one more day and then finals).

see you soon,

<3katherine

Zoya Group 2

Today was 'supposed' to be rainy & thunderstorms but it ended up being really SUNNY AND HOT. I wore sneakers out of my house thinking it would rain and it would come in handy but no it did not -.- I got my a hair cut today - just a trim but I really needed it since my hair was getting longer with split ends and my bangs were getting too long. Anyways, spent a lot of time in the Walgreens and Rite Aid in my neighborhood stalking for Hidden Treasure. Still haven't gotten my hands on it but I'm hoping I could get it through Katrina's giveaway (check my most recent giveaway post).

Anyways, so I'm feeling as if I need to make up for the days I haven't swatched so there'll be a bunch of swatches today.

Zoya Ivanka from Zoya's 2010 Summer "Sparkle" Collection

color: mermaid green sparkling metallic/glass fleck glitter

swatch: two coats and no top coat

review: love the color & the swatch picture does not do any justice! It shines different shades of green from the glitter but it's definitely a keeper! easy to apply and dries quickly. Not a hassle to take off ~ comes off easily and very smooth when it's dried. :)

Zoya Ki

color: duochrome of purple and black

swatch: two coats and no top coat

review: love the color! It's so different and unique. Easy to apply and dries quickly. :D

Zoya Kotori

color: bright blue shimmer over a sheer black base

swatch: three coats and no top coat

review: the black base is sheer so it took one more coat than usual

Zoya Lexi

color: shimmering multichrome shade of mauve, pink, silver and little blue

swatch: two coats and no top coat

review: an awesome unique shade of mauve and pink with shimmer frost of silver. It's darker than most pinks I have and it's definitely different from what I've seen.

Zoya Luna

color: light shimmering sheer silver gray with shiny silver glitter

swatch: two coats and no top coat

review: very shiny and glittery glam. Two coats but you have to make sure it's even or else your nail lines shows.

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American Apparel is going to have 6 new polishes coming out!

I'm so excited I want to get them :)!

except for the top coat since I have my seche top coat. <3

Top Coat, Malibu Green, L'Espri, Summer Peach, California Trooper, Butter

I have 30 followers so far, and when I hit 50 followers, I will start my first giveaway! :) I haven't though of exactly what to give away yet but I will as hopefully my number of followers go up. So stay tuned for updates on the giveaway ideas!

see you soon,

<3katherine