A Few Zoya Reds From Wicked & Wonderful Fall Collections & Nail Art

Zoya Kym is a lovely rusty red with glass-flecked, gold shimmer. This is 2 easily applied coats. Not my favorite with my skintone but a great color for fall nonetheless.


Next up we have Zoya Stacy. I think this one is gorgeous! This is 2 coats. I tried a french manicure with Zoya Cheryl.



Zoya Kristi is my new favorite red! Flawless, 2 coat application. Perfect red creme, neither to cool or too warm, just perfect! I used Zoya Kelly and my smARTnails stickers too for this manicure.


Here are my overall thoughts on both of Zoya's fall collections, Wicked & Wonderful.

Thanks for reading!
April

All opinions are my own & were not influenced by Zoya! For more information you can read my disclosure policy.

Toma Purple Mist To Grey Mist & A French Manicure

I've never posted NINE pictures of any polish before, but this one deserves it! Toma Mood Changing Purple Mist to Grey Mist is one of the most unique colors I've ever seen! I have no idea how to describe it so I'll just let you look at the pretty pictures. Gorgeous!






I did a french manicure using China Glaze LOL. I didn't end up liking the color combination as much as I thought I would though
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I would buy this in a heartbeat if I could find it anywhere!!! What do you think ladies, should we petition Mad Beauty, who took over Toma, to bring this color back?

Thanks for reading!
April

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Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lickety Split Lime & a French Manicure

I love this color and I'm in the minority who love the wide Insta-Dri brushes. But I almost threw this bottle across the room in frustration! I don't even know how to describe what the formula was doing. It was kind of like trying to spread Elmer's glue in really thin layers with a paint brush. I used a super thick coat of Insta-Dri Clear and everything mostly evened out. I tried adding thinner and it helped some, but not enough for me to pick this one up again any time soon.

I haven't heard about anyone else having problems with this color and I love the other Insta-Dri's that I've tried so maybe I was just having a bad polish day. Do you ladies have any recommendations for a fabulous lime green? I don't want a neon, just a nice bright lime creme.

I used the brush option of one of my Migi Nail Art pens for the french manicure. Nowhere close to perfect, but not bad without guides.

Thanks for reading!
April

Queens Metal Jewelry Giveaway! (Closed)

I won this necklace from the Queens Metal blog. I gave it to Ashley as a late Christmas present and she did her nails to match. She used Maybelline Gold Aluminum & China Glaze Millennium for this awesome french manicure.

This is a great simple piece that works well alone or layered with other necklaces, something Ashley is good at doing. Queens Metal has an amazing collection of unique pieces available on her Etsy shop. This Chrysler Ring is my favorite!

I asked the lovely Krista of Queens Metal if she would like to sponsor a giveaway for my readers and she said yes! Woohoo! it's open to EVERYONE WORLDWIDE and you can pick ANY item in her shop $40 and under!!!!
RULES:
PLEASE READ ALL OF THE RULES BEFORE ENTERING.

• This giveaway is open to everyone worldwide! Yay!
  
• This giveaway starts today, March 14th, and will end Sunday, March 21st, 2010 at 11:59PM Central Time.
• We'll select the winner with random.org's random number generator and notify the winner by email on Monday, March 22nd.
• The winner will have 24 hours to respond. If the winner doesn't reply within 24 hours, that winner will forfeit the prize and an alternate winner will be selected via random.org.

HOW TO ENTER:
I'm going to keep this one super simple. One entry per person.

• Go to the Queens Metal Etsy shop and tell us which item you want to win. Think carefully and explore all options because this will be your prize if you are the winner! Use the form below to enter. This works MUCH better than comments, so I've turned them off for this post to avoid confusion.
  

I did not receive any compensation for this giveaway in the form of product or payment of any kind. I won my necklace fair and square .

Thanks for reading!
April & Ashley

Happy Sloth Necklace & A French Manicure

I won the Happy Sloth Necklace from the Steals, Deals and Heels giveaway that I posted in one of my Giveaway Roundups! I love him so much!! This necklace is available from MaryMary Handmade on Etsy. Everything in her shop is unbelievably adorable!!!! Here's a link to her blog as well. Look at this amazing Pinwheel Ring that actually spins!!!
I decided to make some sort of tree nails for my happy sloth. I haven't named him yet. Any suggestions? I tried a couple of different ideas for some tree nails but ended up just going with a simple French Manicure design. I used China Glaze Chocdisiac for the base and Sinful San Francisco for the tips.
Once again entering blog giveaways paid off for me! Have you entered my giveaways yet? Enter here for your chance to win $70 worth of organic skin care products from Melvita or enter here to win your chance at a $70 CSN Stores shopping spree. Both of these end tomorrow night!!!
You can also enter our follower appreciation giveaway. Thanks to everyone who has entered and helped spread the word so far!

Just for the record, no one paid me to do this post. I won the prize fair and square and was so happy with it that I decided to share it with you.

Thanks for reading!
April

Sally Girl - Peabody

This is a very pretty color, but I didn't really like it with my skin tone. You can pick them up for about $1 at Sally Beauty Supply. That is my dog Wally Thor. He makes me happy everyday! Ashley used this color to do her first french manicure. I think it turned out pretty sweet.

Thanks for looking.
-April