Hello ladies! Hope you are all having a great new year and enjoying the season!

This winter I really love wearing variations of red nail polish and so for today's post I decided to gather up some of my recent most favorite reds. Keep on reading to find out which are my picks for this season!

Hello ladies! It's been a while since my last decent swatches post, and today I have the Magical Pixie Collection from Zoya to share with you. I got this trio about two weeks ago with a help of a friend, and although I waited for a long time to finally get them (and in this time I changed my mind about this collection a hundred times) I though now is a good time as any to try them out and let you know what I thought of this collection.

Hello ladies! In today's Jewelry & Nail Art post I have an amazing ring which I truly adore, and a matching nail art of course! I received this lovely amethyst ring from Delezhen a couple weeks ago, and I can't get enough of it. This ring is absolutely beautiful and it's way prettier in real life, so I hope that trough my photos you can see just a bit of it's beauty. If you liked this ring, you will be happy to know that I have a little surprise for you at the bottom of this post ;)

Today was the first snowy day here in Israel (well, I didn't see much snow from where I live, but there are some colder cities like Jerusalem which were covered in white), and I think it's the perfect timing to share with you my snowy nail art!

For this design I decided to stamp white snowflakes over a textured base. I chose Zoya Nyx as the base for this nail art and stamped the snowflakes with Konad's White stamping polish. The plates I used are Bundle Monster BM-323 and Gals GA41. To preserve the textured effect I did not apply a top coat over this design.

I found that Zoya Nyx was a quite sheer for me, even with two coats, so I decided to layer it over a light blue base. Lucky for me the color on the nails turned out to be pretty close to the color in the bottle, so I was pretty happy with it eventually.

I really like this textured effect combined with the snowflakes stamping, it sparkles nicely and really makes me think of snow covered places. I love how this macro shot shows the texture of this polish and even of the stamped design that has a bit of texture too. I don't know if you can see the glitter in the polish on the nail, but it was very sparkly in the sun, which unfortunately didn't really translate to the photos.

Zoay Nyx is a pale dusty blue with a textured effect. It has a jelly like base with fine square silver glitter, and once dries it has a sand/sugar texture. This polish was one of the first colors that Zoya released under the Pixie Dust line, their textured effect. 

I wasn't sure if I loved this color at first, and when I saw it was relatively sheer I was a bit disappointed, but when I tried it with a similar color underneath I instantly loved it!

Although it might not be my most original design, I really loved the final look and I think this polish gives a nice touch to my snowy manicure.

You probably remember seeing this gorgeous polish  Zoya Payton in my blog a while ago, but since this was such a great color and this shade has a beautiful effect, I had to show it once more time before I let it sit in my Helmer's drawer for a while. (Oh I wish I could use it more, but I have so many new and unswatches polishes to play with, I can't resist it!)

Just like I did with Zoya Dream, I decided that some stamping will bring a bit more glam to it, and so I used one of the Nailz Craze plates to create this manicure.

For this design I applied two coats of the fantastic Zoya Payton, then used Barry M Gold Foil to stamp the diamonds designs from the Nailz Craze NC04 stamping plate.
Zoya Payton is really beautiful on it's own, but I do think that these delicate golden diamonds were a nice addition to this manicure. I love the gold against this dark berry shade, and the holographic flakes of Payton sparkling right trough the stamped design were so pretty!



This probably isn't the sharpest image I could get (I hate it when I am finished taking photos and them realize that some images are completely unusable), but I just wanted to show you how gorgeous the holo flakes up close. This is such a rich color and the effect is a stunner, one of my all time favorites.
I hope you liked this post although it was a short one! Let me know what you think about this mani.
I also want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgivukkah (Hanukkah and Thanksgiving), and for those of you who are not celebrating anything at the moment - just have a fantastic weekend! ;)

I decided it wasn't enough to show the amazing Zoya Dream only once at the blog, so today I'm going to share with you the dreamy mani I did with this dreamy polish. You are welcome to take a look at the full review of Zoya Dream at my previous post.

Although this polish is beautiful on it's own, I felt that adding some stamping over it could give a nice touch and make it even prettier!

On top of two gorgeous coats of Zoya Dream, I added some stamping - I used the swirly stamp from the Nailz Craze NC02 plate, this is one of my favorite designs that I have used so many times already, and I can never get enough of it. Obviously my color choice for the stamp was silver to match the silver holographic particles in the polish. For stamping I used Essie No Place Like Chrome.

I think this combination works really well and the holo particles sparkle so pretty through the stamped design. I just love it!

Before I finish this post I had to add this macro shot to show you how beautiful Zoya Dream is up close. It's just spectacular and I feel like I can stare at it all day long.

Hope you enjoyed this post and liked this mani, thank you for reading!

Today I'm showing you swatches of two beautiful Zoya polishes, these two are my picks from the Zenith Collection that Zoya released as their holiday collection this year.
I knew I have to get these since I first saw their swatch (love at first swatch?), and last week they finally arrived to me so it didn't took long before I tried them myself.

Zoya Payton and Dream are very similar by their formula and look to Aurora, Blaze and Storm from last year's Ornate Collection, and since I already have these three and I absolutely loved them, I knew I couldn't go wrong with these two. I wish there were more colors with this exact effect, but who knows, they might just make more of these next year or sooner.

Dream has a blue base with a scattered holographic effect. It's effect is very impressive and the holographic particles were just amazing in the sun. It's just too pretty to describe in words. The effect was a bit stronger than in Payton, but both are very pretty.

The formula was a bit more on the jelly side and was sheer at first coat, but I managed to get a satisfying coverage with two generous coats. The finish was very shiny and glossy, so I didn't use a top coat for the swatch photos below.

Payton has a dark berry base with scattered holographic effect. This color is just fantastic, I very into berry / maroon colors at the moment, so this was just perfect in my eyes. The holo effect in it was weaker than in Dream, but I figured it was because the formula was more opaque and the color is darker. Regardless this fact, this color is just amazing and I think it's my favorite Zoya polish at the moment. For these photos I also used two coats alone, no top coat.

The macro and bottle shots below were taken in shade, so you can see it's less sparkly and the holo particle look more silver than holographic. Still, these are too beautiful to pass on, and I couldn't be happier about the new addition to my collection.

I already have two more posts on their way with a stamped design over these colors, I can't wait to show you these pretties.

Have you tried Dream and Payton already? What did you think about these two? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Oh how I wish we had this awesome holiday here in Israel, it always looks so fun and I just love the spooky decorations and costumes.

So I thought I should try to create another Halloween inspired nail art while I still can, and this is what I came up with.

I created this textured spiderwebs nail art with black and orange textured polishes, and stamped silver spiderwebs design over it. I really love how this turned out, and I hope you'll like it too. 

My previous Halloween manicure got many great comments and was shared by so many people, which I really appreciate and was super happy about by the way, so thank you all so much!

For this manicure I used two textured polishes - Zoya Destiny and Chic Sugar Baby 07, and created a gradient with these two colors. This was my first attempt creating a gradient with textured polishes, I was prepared for a hard and messy work but this turned out to be quite easy. I decided to use a bit different technique for this, I painted each half of the nail with a different color. Once the polish was relatively dry, I sponged both colors over the middle to merge the colors. I have to admit that I am pretty pleased with this gradient.

Once the base was dry, I stamped a spiderweb design from Bunny Nails HD04 plate with Essie No Place Like Chrome. I didn't use any top coat for this design to preserve the textured effect.

I wanted to show you a little closeup of Chic Sugar Baby 07, just to show you that it's not a regular black sand polish, but it actually consist of tiny shreds of glitter / micro flakes in various colors like orange, blue and pink, all mixed up in a black jelly base. I tried to capture the polish on the brush so you could see how beautiful and interesting this colors is. When it dries it also shows all these colors, but it's a bit hard to capture. A while ago I posted a macro shot of this polish on Instagram, so you can check this photo to get a better idea of how this polish looks like.

I hope you liked my Halloween nail art, and that you are having a wonderful and fun holiday!

I would love to hear what you think about this design, also feel free to share with me your Halloween manicures, I would love to see what you are wearing on your nails for this holiday.

Thank you for reading!

This year I decided to participate in the Halloween spirit and came up with this graveyard manicure. I am sooo happy with how it came out, I'm really excited to share it with you and hear what you think about this design. So let's get to it!


I started this manicure with two coats of Zoya Storm, a black scattered holographic polish. I wanted to create a bright background for my stamping, so I sponged Sinful Shine Royal Flush on the tips. It looks like a bright pink in the sun, but in shade it has a dusty berry color. I chose this polish because it's very pigmented, so I don't end up using a lot of it to achieve a good coverage over the black base.
For the stamping I used Konad Black and stamped the graveyard design from the Bunny Nails Holiday plate HD04, from last year's holiday collection.
I decided to add some glitter above the stamped design, where the two colors were overlapping, so it would look a bit more sparkly. I applied a bit of GK 734A over it, which is a fine silver holographic glitter. I topped it all with one coat of Poshe.



For me it was a very successful manicure, I really enjoyed creating it and the finished look was just awesome! It's been a while since I used stamping for my nail art, and I really missed it. I've been too busy swatching and reviewing lately, that I forgot how much fun it is just to create a design for myself.
I hope you will like my Halloween design as much as I did, and I would love to hear your thoughts about it! Hopefully I will get the chance to create another Halloween inspired manicure soon, before this awesome holiday is over (because posting Halloween manicure on Thanksgiving is a bit odd).

Hello to me lovely readers!
Today I have a delicious swatch for you to start this lovely summery weekend.
Zoya Destiny from the PixieDust Summer 2013 collection, is a bright orange (or coral) shade with golden shimmer. The PixieDust collection includes textured polishes with a gritty finish, which makes them really sparkly and pretty in the sun.
The formula was quite good, pretty thick but I didn't have any problems with the application. I applied two coats, no top coat. It look a bit longer to dry than normal creme or jelly formulas, but it wasn't that bad.
I'm still not sure how I feel about textured polishes, I love how they look on the nails, but it always feels weird to touch. Sometimes the texture makes me shiver lol. Still, taking this fact in mind, I really wanted to try the polishes from the PixieDust collection because they look so gorgeous on the nails!
Hope you will enjoy the photos, thanks for reading!

This beauty has been waiting in the untried stash for so long, and I just couldn't take it anymore! lol
I had to put it on and enjoy this pretty polish. I already swatches two other colors from the gorgeous Zoya Ornate collection - Blaze and Storm, and this is the beautiful Aurora I kept for last.

Zoya Aurora is a gorgeous red toned purple with scattered holo flakes. The holo effect is so pretty in real life and a bit hard to catch on camera (surprise, surprise). The sparkle of the holo flakes is so pretty in the sun, and even indoors it has a pretty look while the flakes are just silver in the purple base. The formula was great, very good coverage with just two coats. The finish was quite shiny too but I applied one coat of Poshe, as I do with almost every design and manicure.
Since I love purple and holo effect, this polish is just perfect for me because it combines these two elements into one fabulous color. I believe that most of you already have their favorite colors form the Zoya Ornate Collection, but if you are only now getting to know this polish, I'm pretty sure you will like it.

In this post I'm going to share with you a swatch of the beautiful Zoya Roxy, it's a dark pink berry jelly with glitter. This one is amazing on the nails as it's amazing in the bottle. I was very excited to try this one, and I was really surprised with how gorgeous it looked on the nails.
The jelly formula combined with this fine glitter gives a beautiful depth to this nail polish, and to me it's just amazing!
For the photos below I used two coats of Zoya Roxy, application was really easy but had some bald spots here and there. I wouldn't say the formula was bad, it really wasn't, and personally I was satisfied with only two coats thought it's a bit sheer jelly base, and some of you might prefer to go for three coats. For me two coats were enough this time, although most of the time I'm not that forgiving.
I applied one coat of Poshe top coat and it made the polish even glossier and prettier.
I really loved this one on my nails, it has a great depth and color, and the glitter in it just amazing. This one has defiantly became one of my favorite dark pink polishes, I can't wait for the next time I'm going to wear this. A true pleasure to my eyes and nails.