Zoya~Fleck Effect

Don't adjust the device you are viewing this on... it is me, Cindy and I am actually posting!  Life has consumed me lately and I apologize for my lack if posts and all around involvment in the nail polish and blogging world. I thought this post was perfect, since I feel like a total flake lately,  Zoya's amazing Flakies!!!  Fleck Effect from Zoya is 3 seriously flaky, and I mean that in a very good way, amazing polishes!  The Fleck Effects collection can be worn alone or over your favorite polish to give it a different look. 

Chloe is a pretty pink base with iridescent green and gold mylar flecks.

Opal is a sea foam green with iridescent green mylar flecks.

Maisie is a bright blue with iridescent green mylar fleckes.

Shortly after I swatched these pretties, I cut my finger pretty good.  So I will spare you the nastiness of my poor cut finger and show you how amazing the Fleck Effects are layered over other polishes.  Behold, the polish wheel.

How are you all enjoying Zoya's beautiful Fleck Effect?

OPI~Muppets

Happy Friday the 13th!  I had all these huge plans for posting all of the great holiday/winter collections I have and December came and went too fast for me.  So, I know these are late, but they are definitely worth a second (or 50th) look and if you haven't picked any of these up yet, maybe I will inspire you :)

Also, don't forget to enter my Holo 2012 Giveaway!

OPI's holiday collection, The Muppets is an amazing collection of glitter, red, and neutral polishes.  The Muppets have a special place in my heart, not only because I grew up with them, but my youngest told me a couple of years ago, that he wanted to be Kermit when he grows up.

Rainbow Connection is a amazing display of multi-colored and multi-shaped glitter.

Divine Swine is a magenta glitter with silver hex scattered throughout.

Fresh Frog of Bel Air is a Kermit green glitter that also has a silver hex scattered throughout.

Gettin' Miss Piggy With It is a great red glitter and it too has the large silver hex.

Pepe's Purple Passion is a gorgeous plum base with glitter.

The next 4 are from the Muppettes, the mini 4 pack.

Designer...de Better is a light gold metallic with gold glitter.

Excuse Moi! is my favorite of this collection.  I actually went out a bought a few for full size bottles, just in case.  It is a pretty pink mauve glitter with larger pink, silver & light blue glitter.

Warm & Fozzie is a brown-copper metallic with gold & copper glitter.

Wocka! Wocka! is a pretty red with a pink iridescent wash.

Sally Hansen~Salon Effects, Day 1 Comparison

Nail strips/appliques/stickers or whatever else they go by, are quite popular and for the most part an awesome alternative to painting your nails.  There are many different types and brands out on the market, and I decided to test a few of them out.  Way, way back in April 2011, I started a test.  I had four different brands of nail polish strips/appliques/stickers.  I thought that I would test all four and post on what I found.  I am going to post in each one individually and then on Friday, I will compare and let you know my choice for the best of the four.  Luckily, I took very good notes and can't wait to hear what you guys think!

First up is Sally Hansen~Salon Effects in Booty Camp.  These are so cute!  Pink camo!   In the box of Salon Effects are 16, individual strips in 8 different sizes, a cuticle stick and a mini file/buffer.  I got these at Ulta and they were $9.99, but I saw them at my local Walmart for $8.50.  These are pretty easy to find and if you have a coupon or find them on sale, they can be a bargain.  The core line is 24 shades that include several adorable designs.  Oh, and the Halloween ones, are a must!  I did a full, three day test and here are my results for Sally Hansen~Salon Effects. 

Day 1~Application.  The Application went  really well and it only took me a couple of nails before I got the hang of it.  I only had to trim 2 of the nails to fit.  Then I realized I could have turned the strip around and use the other end.  One of the things I really liked about these strips was that they stretched just enough to be able to pull it down over the free edge and seal it down tight to your nail.

 Day 1

I was amazed at how well these held up.  I easily could have left these on for several days.  The only thing I noticed was a slight shrinking of a few of the nails.

 Day 3

Day 3

I must say these are amazing and super cute!  Well worth the money.  Have you tried these yet?

OPI~Pink Shatter~Pink of Hearts 2011

OPI has released a limited edition pink, yes I said pink, shatter!  Pink of Hearts 2011 will be available in September and October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.  I found mine a few weeks ago at a local beauty supply, so that tells me that they should start popping up in salons and at other OPI retailers any day now.
I layered it over China Glaze~OMG! (index), Wet n' Wild~White (middle), China Glaze~Good Witch? (ring), & American Apparel~Hassid (pinky)

This pink is a 'light' shimmer and it has a slight irredescent cast to it.  I think it leans toward the peachy-pink side.  Except over the Hassid-hello amazing!  I LOVE this shatter over black polish.  On a side note, this OPI shatter doesn't play nice wth China Glaze.  I didn't get that great of a shatter effect over the OMG! or the Good Witch?.  Who cares, look at it over the black!

Hard To Find Friday

Happy Friday and welcome to my new idea to change things up a bit here on Nail'd & Polish'd.  Have you ever seen the the letters HTF?  Well, in the nail polish world they stand for Hard To Find.  I thought I would start a once-in-awhile Friday post called Hard To Find Friday and share all my nail polish treasures.  This won't be a weekly thing since I don't have that many.  But hopefully I can get some of my fellow bloggers to help me out.  I thought this might be a good resource in case you are ever out shopping and come across a HTF.  First up my small China Glaze OMG collection!

In 2008 China Glaze released one their most coveted collections called the OMG! collection.  12 stunning holos with cute little names like QT, L8R G8R, & OMG.  China Glaze can do holographic colors.  Don't let the Tronica collection fool you, take a look at these.

~OMG~

~FYI~

~TTYL~

~2NITE~

~L8R G8R~

Gorgeous!  These are avaiable on Ebay, for refty price tags.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Zoya~Mod Mattes

Zoya recently came out with a really cool set of matte polishes.  Eventhough I think that 'matte' has ran its course, I really like these polishes  Phoebe, Lolly, & Mitzi are bright, fresh, and perfect for summer.  The application was okay, not great.  I am not a big fan of matte polishes and I have a hard time getting them to go on smooth.  I had good luck and bad luck with these.  Some nails are good, and some are lumpy.

Phoebe is my favorite of the three.  It is a gorgeous bright Caribbean blue with a slight shimmer to it.

Lolly is a beautiful bright hot pink.

Mitzi is a lime green that I love.  However this shade of green does not love me. 

What do you think?  Do you like the Zoya Mod Mattes?  If you do, you might want to check back tomorrow for a chance to win your own matte trio.

OPI~Serena Grand Slam Rally Pretty

OPI and Serena Williams have teamed up again to bring us some great duo packs of polish.  I spotted this at the beauty supply today and had to share. 

Rally Pretty Pink has a pink base with a heavy gold sparkle.

Red Shatter is just that.  Red polish that shatters after a few seconds on the nail.  you never really know what you are going to get with this Shatter effect, and I am not much of a fan.  I was really excited to see the red and I think over a white or black, it will be beautiful.

OPI~Texas Collection

Happy Thursday!  I have a few polishes from OPI's Texas Collection to share with y'all :)  These all have the sorbet finish.  (That's fancy talk for jelly finish)  These three colors are bright and cheery and make me smile.  This all are 2 coats of polish with NO top coat. 



Y'all Come Back Ya Hear is a bright, tangerine orange creme.  Probably the most sheer of these three, but I just love the finish!  So shinny!

                                     

Too Pink To Hold Em is a raspberry pink creme.  Perfect for Spring toes!

Don't Mess With OPI is a light jade green creme and it is stunning!  You know me and greens, but this one is a keeper!  Love it!

OPI~Katy Perry Collection

OPI and Katy Perry teamed up to create a really great collection of four polishes and a shatter finish.  The shatter or crackle effect is all the rage right now and OPI's is wonderful.  This collection has sparkle, shimmer, and duochrome!  You can find these at your favorite OPI retailer.

The One That Got Away is a beautiful magenta base with magenta sparkles.

The One That Got Away with Black Shatter

Teenage Dream is a sweet sheer pink base full of tiny pink glitter and larger iridescent glitter.

Teenage Dream with Black Shatter.

Last Friday Night is a bright sheer blue base with tiny blue glitter and larger iredescent glitter.

Last Friday Night with Black Shatter.

Not Like the Movies is a silver shimmer base with a light purple/green duochrome.  I was hoping this color would be a little darker.  It's actually pretty sheer.  But it is pretty.

Not Like the Movies with Black Shatter.

Tha Black Shatter takes a nail or two to figure out, but once you get the hang of it, it's really pretty easy to use.  I do recommend a top coat.  If you want the mate look, try a thin coat of a regular top coat and then ttry a matte top coat over it.  What do you think?