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

China Glaze Immortal & Make a Spectacle

Hi everyone!  Quick post for you today.  Since I first saw the China Glaze Halloween collection photos I knew I needed to have Immortal and Make a Spectacle.  I suck at waiting though so my friend Janelle from Heartfully, Janelle was kind enough to hunt them down for me at a local supply store.  Immortal is a cool gray with some multi colored shimmer in it.  The colored shimmer is hard to see but it gives the polish some nice depth.  Make a Spectacle is a cool glitter kind of like Snowglobe but colored similarly to Luxe and Lush.  I put two layers of Make a Spectacle on two fingers.  MAS is a little thick and my topcoat shrunk it up a bit because I forgot to wrap my tips.  That's what happens when I try to carry on a conversation with Mr. MLiP while doing my nails and watching tv.

All the photos were taken in the shade or under overcast skies.  The sun pictures I took completely washed out MAS so you couldn't see it at all.  I can't wait to try out MAS with CG Riveting.  I think it's going to look really cool.  Have a happy Tuesday!

Sara

Nails Inc Baker Street & Zoya Maisie

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Hello!  Is everyone having a good afternoon?  I know it's almost fall and a lot of folks are starting to transition to fall colors but here in Phoenix it's still really warm.  Supposed to be 105 or so tomorrow.  I'm still wearing a lot of bright, bright colors.  Today is Nails Inc Baker Street (pretty much the best bright blue ever) and Zoya Maisie.  My nails look like little water scenes.  Love might be an understatement for this mani.  Baker Street has the most perfect formula ever.  Two super easy coats and it was flawless.  Maisie is a blue/green flakie in a translucent blue base.  I used one coat of Maisie.

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The shade pictures came out so much better.  It was so hard to capture any of the blue/green shift of the flakies.  I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.  Feel free to stop by my facebook page and share your mani pics with me.  

Sara

Sassy Lacquer Pick a Pumpkin

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Hi lovlies!  Today I have a polish that I am super excited about.  Sassy Lacquer is an indie brand created by Carrie from the blog Reflections, Sassy Nails and Silly Diversions.  Carrie released her first collection this past April and has been going strong ever since.  She has new collections out every few months or when the inspiration strikes her.  All the polishes are made by hand in Florida and are 3 free.

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Today's polish is from her new fall/Halloween collection.  This is Pick a Pumpkin.  Basically it is a pumpkin in a bottle.  This just screams fall to me, which living in Phoenix might be as close as I get.  Pick a Pumpkin is a clear base with micro brass and yellow glitters, small orange and green glitters, and small orange matte glitter.  Since it has a clear base I layered it over a darker color.  To give it more of a fall feel I used Color Club Rebel Spirit, a dark brown, on three fingers and Color Club With Abandon on my ring finger.  I used With Abandon to see if the sparkle in it made any difference in Pick a Pumpkin.  It really didn't, maybe just a touch more shimmer showing.  I used one and a half coats of Pick a Pumpkin.  I wanted just a hair more glitter than one coat gave but didn't want to over do it.

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I know it's a lot of pictures but I just couldn't pick my favorite.  You can purchase Sassy Lacquer here and find it on facebook here.  Carrie also does custom orders, so if you have something in mind drop her an email at sassylacquer@gmail.com.  I'll have a review of one of her winter polishes in just a few weeks.  It's amazing and I can't wait to share it with you.  Go check out Sassy Lacquer and tell her I said hi!

Sara

*Pick a Pumpkin was sent to me by Sassy Lacquer for review.  My review is my honest opinion of the product*