Matte Glitter Triangles for Avon

Matte Glitter Triangles for Avon

avon Black Geometric Glitter Gold Matte metallic Nail Art Silver sponsored triangles

Hey everyone! I've had such a busy week, my life normally seems to revolve around sleep and work but this week I've managed to catch up with friends and I've just been to see Spectre tonight. I enjoyed it but I must admit I think I prefer Skyfall, although it seems like I'm alone in my opinions. Today's nail design is not a Halloween design, instead I'll be posting Halloween nails for the rest of the week. Unfortunately I haven't finished editing my pictures yet so they'll have to be squeezed in somewhere else. These are just some simple triangle nails combining glitter, matte and regular nail polish to create a multilayer effect. I dont think I've ever really used all three in a design together so I was pretty happy with the outcome

I used Avon - Matte Black* as the base, and then I used Avon - Copper* and Avon - Titanium* for the centre, along with topcoat over the matte black. I didn't add a topcoat to keep the different textures as they were

What do you think? Let me know in the comments!

Alice

Dotted Thanksgiving/Autumn Nail Art

Dotted Thanksgiving/Autumn Nail Art

Copper dotting Gold metallic Nail Art Red

I know, I know, it's not Thanksgiving yet, but this is what I will actually be wearing on my nails for tomorrow. I do have something adorable ready for tomorrow's post, but they aren't what I actually went with for my Thanksgiving nail art so I wanted to post these today. I've been loving dotted designs lately, so I figured I would try one with some autumnal colors!

I started out with a base of my favorite neutral, OPI My Vampire is Buff. I used a medium sized dotting tool to create half moon shapes with China Glaze Harvest Moon and then another half moon shape inside of the first ones with SquareHue Crown Street. To finish the design, I dotted Zoya Ziv with a tiny dotting tool inside the larger dotted arches and applied my top coat.

I love dotted nail art because it looks so intricate but is so simple to create! What are you wearing on your nails for Thanksgiving?

China Glaze All Aboard Collection Swatches & Review

China Glaze All Aboard Collection Swatches & Review

Blue Brown China Glaze creme Glitter Green metallic Purple Red shimmer

Hello! This morning I have the China Glaze All Aboard collection from fall to share. I'm going to go ahead and spoil it, but this collection is so awesome! I feel like I do usually like fall collections, but this one is so diverse and excellent that I absolutely love it!

Nice Caboose! is a warm magenta with lovely shimmer. I'm wearing two coats and the formula was fabulous.

Conduct Yourself is a burgundy shade with almost non-existent hidden shimmer. I love this color, but this would have been a knock out if the shimmer was more noticeable on the nail! This is two coats.

What Are You A-Freight Of? is one of my favorite types of colors, a grungy grayed out purple. This is two easy coats.

Well Trained is a fabulous muted teal that covered great in two coats.

All Aboard is a medium purple with a slight bit of gray in it to make it more muted and wearable for fall. I'm wearing two coats.

Stop That Train! is a stunning orangey red metallic with golden shimmer. I have two coats on here, but I didn't let that middle nail dry long enough before I applied top coat, so ignore that!

One Track Mind is a beautiful navy blue shade. It had a great formula as well and covered well in two coats.

Loco-Motive is a glitter topper with silvery shimmer and light pink glitter. This is one coat over One Track Mind.

Mind the Gap is easily my least favorite of the bunch, although it is unique so it gets some points for that. This icky olive green has some pretty shimmer, but the formula is lacking a bit and I needed three coats for what you see here.

Choo-Choo Choose You is a very pretty shade with gold to green duochrome shimmer in a navyish base. This one has a slightly sheer formula as well; I went with two coats here but would do a third if I was going to wear this as a full mani since I like my polishes opaque.

Lug Your Designer Baggage is such an interesting shade! This slightly-grayed brown has golden flakes and shimmer in it and was perfectly opaque in two coats.

Don't Get Derailed is an awesome muted olivey army green shade. I love greens like this and I feel like we don't see them that much so it's great to have this in my collection! This is two easy coats.

The All Aboard collection is available wherever China Glaze is sold and should still be available now. My top picks are Don't Get Derailed, Stop That Train!, and What Are You A-Freight Of?. Which ones are you loving? Did you pick any up already?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

Zoya Zenith Collection Review/Swatches

Zoya Zenith Collection Review/Swatches

Blue burgundy gray Holographic iridescent metallic Purple shimmer Silver turquoise Zoya

Goooood morning! Today I have the Zoya Zenith collection that I'm excited to share with you. This collection is amazing; Zoya really knows how to deliver!

Cassedy is a beautiful pewter metallic that leans slightly green. This is two easy coats.

Seraphina is the most delicate pale silver shimmer to ever grace my nails. This is three thin coats.

Belinda is a deep, juicy purple that radiates blue shimmer when the light hits just right. This is two coats.

Payton is a warm deep maroon shade with flecks of holographic glitter. Gorgeous color and great formula; this is two coats.

Dream has the same finish as Payton, but is a rich royal blue shade instead. Same great formula and coverage: two coats here.

Mosheen is a distractingly pretty top coat consisting of iridescent bar and round glitter in shades of turquoise. This is two coats over Sailor from Zoya's Cashmere collection.

The Zenith collection is available now on www.zoya.com and each polish retails for $8. You can also purchase the set packaged together for $48. I'm curious what you guys think of Zoya's take on holographic polishes. Do you love them or wish they were more holographic?

Products in this post were provided for my honest review.

China Glaze Autumn Nights Collection Review/Swatches

China Glaze Autumn Nights Collection Review/Swatches

Blue China Glaze creme Gold gray metallic Pink Purple Red shimmer Silver Teal

Good morning everyone! I'm so excited that the holiday season is officially upon us (yes, in my world the holiday season starts right after Halloween). The stretch from Thanksgiving to Christmas is my very favorite time of year and it will be here before we know it! I'm a little late with this fall collection, Autumn Nights from China Glaze, but these colors fit perfectly with this time of year, so it works!

Tongue & Chic is a stunning shimmery teal. Absolutely fantastic formula; this is two coats.

Queen B is a blue/purple creme shade. Cremes are one of my very favorite finishes and this one is just great. The formula was awesome. I did two coats but easily could have gotten away with one.

Gossip Over Gimlets is a shade of silver that is a bit darker than we typically see. Very shimmery and reflective. This is two coats.

Rendezvous With You. Sweet Jesus. Are there even words? Absolutely amazingly stunning faded purple shade with insane shimmer. Two coats. 

Kiss My Glass is a frosty shade of blue-leaning gray. This is two coats. I'd be perfectly happy if this finish was never made again. >.<

Strike Up a Cosmo is a shimmery warm rose metallic. This is two coats, great formula as per usual.

Public Relations is another frosty shade, this time lavender-leaning gray. Two coats here, watch out for brushstrokes!

Goldie But Goodie is a warm golden metallic shimmer. This is two coats.

Charmed, I'm Sure is a deep purple creme. Another one with a fantastic formula, this could have easily been one coat but I use two out of habit.

Red-y & Willing is a beautiful shimmery glowing red shade. A red that I actually love! Perhaps because it's the only red in this collection. China Glaze knows what's up!! This is two coats.

Scandalous Shenanigans is another glowy shade, this time in a shade of sapphire blue. Perfect in two coats.

Don't Make Me Wine is a glowing, shimmering shade of deep magenta. Again, absolutely perfect in two coats.

The Autumn Nights collection is available now wherever China Glaze is sold. I haven't been impressed too much this season, but this collection definitely hit the ball out of the park. My top three (and this was hard to do!) are: Rendezvous With You, Tongue & Chic, and Red-y & Willing. Have you picked any of these up or do you plan on it? Which is your favorite?

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Ozotic 912 (Scatter) Review/Swatches

Ozotic 912 (Scatter) Review/Swatches

Duochrome Glitter metallic Ozotic Purple

Hey everyone! This is sadly the last installment of my nine week piCture pOlish/Ozotic series, but it's a pretty one so don't be sad!

912 (Scatter) is a beautiful metallic purple with a slight duochrome finish and fine silver glitter that sits on top of the polish. This is two easy coats.

The duochrome effect is hard to capture but you can see it in the upper corner of the bottle in this photo.

Ozotic and piCture pOlish are sister companies, so you can order Ozotic shades from the piCture pOlish website or you can find a more local distributor on their network page. You can also keep updated with them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Youtube.

The products in this post were provided for my honest review.

Zoya Satin Collection Fall 2013 Review/Swatches

Zoya Satin Collection Fall 2013 Review/Swatches

Blue gray Green metallic Orange Pink Purple Red shimmer Zoya

Good morning everyone! I have swatches of the Zoya Satin collection for you today. The Satin collection is the shimmery opposite of the Cashmere collection for fall 2013.

Claudine is a shimmery gunmetal metallic that I'm absolutely in love with. Perfect in two coats.

Maria Luisa is a golden flake top coat meant for layering. I layered two coats here over Claudine.

Giovanna is a metallic emerald green with a hint of blue. I used two coats here.

Neve is a breathtaking sapphire blue with a touch of purple and plenty of shimmer. This is two coats.

Mason is a shimmery magenta that was also good in two coats.

Channing is a red rusty orange shade. Also perfect in two coats and my second favorite in the collection.

The Satin collection is on sale at www.zoya.com now and each polish retails for $8. Do you own any? Do you want any? My favorite is definitely Claudine!

Products in this post were provided for my honest review.