Zoya Song + DRK-B

So, a couple months ago I got engaged. My ring was custom-made by the fine folks over at Art & Gems Jewelers. When the Mr. announced to me that he'd picked out a TARDIS ring for me, I was floored; I had secretly wanted this ever since I saw the first renders, but since he's very traditional I never in a million years thought he'd be OK with me having anything but diamonds, or a Doctor Who ring for that matter.

Anyway, it got here, I love it to death, so the first thing I did was coordinate my nails and do a shoot! I used Zoya Song for the base color and stamped using DRK-B and OPI DS Radiance. DS Radiance is an amazing stamping silver, and the DRK plates are so worth it. The below is 2 coats of Song.

 

Again, thanks for reading!

K x

Loch Seaweed

This post is rather late, but this was last week's ABC Challenge: F. I've been dying to jelly sandwich with one of the new Zoya Gloss colors, and was determined to use Elixir Lacquers' We Sisters Three as something other than a simple topper. I chose Zoya Frida, a greenish teal jelly. We Sisters Three is green, silver and holographic glitter. What I like about this combo is that Frida obscures the plain glitter in We Sisters Three and lets the holo glitter shine through. It's like sun sparkling through the seaweed at the bottom of a lake, I love it this way.

This is two coats of Frida, two coats of We Sisters Three and one more coat of Frida. 

See what I mean? Look at that depth.

 

I didn't get a good macro bottle shot of WS3...my camera couldn't handle the sparkly.

 

Elixir Lacquers can be purchased at elixirlacquers.com for $10 each, if you order 7 polishes you get the secret shade Buzzworthy for free (I believe it's a yellow color). I've gotten one of her secret shades before, Calypso, and it was gooooorgeous. WS3 is no longer sold, but With a K and Kind of Connery are a similar kind of ridiculous sparkly. She also just released her Lov-a-Bully collection and 10% of every bottle sold (or 20% if you order all 7 bottles) goes to the Atlanta Bully Rescue. I love this, the polishes are adorable and any intersection of dogs and polishes is right up my alley! Follow her Facebook page for more updates and swatches. Zoya of course can be purchased at zoya.com. 

What's your guys' favorite Frida sandwich?

Thanks for reading!

K x

NOTD: Zoya Daul + DRK-A

My Zoya BOGO order came yesterday; first order of business? Wear Daul. (I also got Gaia, Ray, Bijou, Reece, Pheobe, Frida and Cheryl.)

I'd heard some assorted complaints about it being flat, or not covering very well, etc. etc. but happily I didn't experience any of those things. I did three coats because I was stamping black over it. Unfortunately, I chose INM Out The Door topcoat and this might be strike three- it dries slowly and dulls whatever I put it over. Back to my SV.

From the DRK-A jumbo stamping plate (I got this from Llarowe a while back, Ninja Polish has it currently) I chose the leopard print, I don't normally like leopard print but for some reason it was appealing to me today. I used Konad special polish in black, I know everyone says you don't need to use the Konad polish but I get better results. YMMV.

This looks so much better in real life. It WOULD NOT photograph. Plus I accidentally brushed my hand against something while the Out The Door was still wet, because it sucks and it won't dry. Your bad, OTD. So please ignore both the streaking on my ring/index finger and my crappy stamping ability :)

Thanks for reading, lovelies! 

K x