Zoya Julie

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Happy Saturday!  Today I have Zoya Julie from the LE Zang Toi trio.  I have been searching high and low for the perfect shimmery purple.  I had pretty much given up when Zoya released this trio for fashion week.  I normally shy away from showing you things that aren't easy to find but even though this is currently sold out, it may be out there for swaps.  Plus there is a good chance Zoya may bring it back for the spring collection.  This is two coats of Julie and it was amazingly perfect.  It is exactly the purple I was looking for.  Zoya describes it as an icy cool lilac and I think that's dead on.  Trixie came with the trio so I added a half moon accent to my ring finger.

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This mani prompted a five minute discussion with Mr. MLiP where I tried to explain accent nails.  He just doesn't get it.  Every time I do an accent nail he ask's "Why do you want one nail that's different?". Boys I tell ya!  I hope you are all having a great Saturday.  I unfortunately, have to go to work later today.

Sara

ManGlaze ILF

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Oh my!  Oh my!  Oh my!  You all know that I'm in love with all polishes teal/turquoise/aqua.  Love them!  I've wanted ILF forever.  Ever since the first time I saw it, I've loved it.  I recently participated in a super cool swap and this is one of many cool polishes I recieved.  ManGlaze make the most awesome matte polishes.  The formula is far superior to any other mattes I've tried.  This is two coats of ILF.  I had almost zero clean up with this one.  Originally I wanted to use my stripping tape on my accent nail but I've put it in a safe place as my mom would say, and I can't find it.  So half moon mani it is.  I used Fuggen Ugly for the accent nail.  The combo is awesome!  Even Mr. MLiP thought so and he normally doesn't care.

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The last picture is really poor but you can really see the sparkle in Fuggen Ugly.  I just had to show that to you.  I know not everyone loves mattes but I love this combo.  What do you think?

Sara

Catrice Return of Space Cowboys

Yay for Fridays!! Anyone doing anything fun this weekend? My husband has two family shoots on Saturday but they are for friends so we get to hang out with them afterwards. Should be lots of fun. Today I have an awesome mani for you that unfortunately didn't photograph so well. The bottom color is China Glaze Gothic Lolita (I'll show you this by itself for Shop My Stash Sunday) and the top color is Catrice Return of Space Cowboys from the Million Styles collection. The top picture is more color accurate and the bottom picture shows my half moon mani a bit better. This was my first half moon and I am less than thrilled with the definition of the half moon. I'm going to try something a little different with the hole reinforcements and see if I get a better result.

If you have any other suggestions for getting a better half moon please let me know. If you don't even like half moon manicures, well thanks for stopping by anyway :)

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I hope you all have a great day!

Sara