Zoya Charla + China Glaze White Cap

*Zoya Charla with China Glaze White Cap On Top*
(2 coats Charla, 1 coat White Cap)

Being the mermaid-esque awesomeness that it is, Zoya Charla really screams summer to me! After about day I decided to add China Glaze White Cap over top and see what happened! In inside lighting at first it hardly looked like it had changed the color at all...maybe just lightened it up a tiny bit. But then when I went out in the sunshine White Cap really gave Charla an extra oomph of gold.

By the way, every single time I wear Charla (I do wear it quite a bit compared to other colors in my stash) I was get tons of compliments! One of my friends was like "Why do you always have the BEST nail polish?"

...I didnt want to answer I have a whole blog about it LOL


Have a great day! I'm back to watching the Tour De France (another obsession of mine!)

Shattered ! And Zoya Sale

*OPI Austin-tacious Turquoise + Black Shatter*
(2 & then 1 coat)


Hey there! I havent posted in forever it feels like! Life has been so massively crazy it feels hard to keep up with it all! Anyway I'll still been doing mani's of course and taking pics :) I really like the Black shatter and I'm most looking forward to the silver shatter coming out in the Pirates collection- that seems really awesome looking!

Have any of you guys taken part in the current Zoya sale? I kinda feel bad for Zoya because they keep having such awesome promo's but people still complain and I mean...I dunno a company can only have so many sales haha. Here's what I got:

-Phoebe (I thought I would get all the mattes but the other two ended up not interesting me)
-Kimmy
-Faye
-Reva
-Rica
-Sooki

I know Sooki isnt anything special but I loved the name and the bright red so I went for it haha


Hope you all are having an awesome week! I really wanted to love the Mod Mattes (and I do think Phoebe is freaking gorgeous) but the Pink reminded me of just any other pink neon that dries matter and the yellow seemed like it was giving people bad application and such. Though I seriously hope Zoya keeps churning out Matte colors because their's are the best in my opinion and I love them for when I'm in a rush (like I am now haha :)

Zoya Sarah + Zoya Price Raise

*Zoya Sarah*
(2 coats)

Love this red! Has the same texture as a lot of Zoya's recently like Edyta, others in the flame collection, Dannii, Jules ect ect. The gold flash is gorgeous and deepens the color a lot. Here you can see after 5 days wear which I think is okay. I get really bad tip wear...so this is typical. Application was of course, flawless.

If you havent heard, Zoya has raised their prices to 8$ a bottle. While I want to be angry with the company, I simply can't. Zoya nail polishes are worth the 8$ in my opinion, though I do wish they had kept it at 7$. Also, I think it makes sense because they economy is so bad and Zoya always has the best sales, (the 3 Free promo, b1g1 and stuff like that). So yeah...a little miffed but I know I'll still pay the money for them. How do you feel about the price increase?

Hope you all are having an awesome night! I'm about to go take a nice long nap because lord knows I need it....hopefully Friday will pass by quickly and mercifully haha :D

Zoya Gilda

*Zoya Gilda*
(2 coats)

Sorry about the tip wear...didnt wrap my tips when I wore this which spells disaster for me! Polishes usually never chip on me (Probably because I change every 3 days or so) but I always get really bad tip wear.

Anyway! I got Gilda because I had tried Zoya Kiki and I just totally feel in love with Zoya Pinks! I love the texture on the Sparkle collection...it gives a lot of bling without the painful removal of full on glitter.

I got my Zoya Intimate Collection which is total LOVE, so look out for those slowly coming up! Also I got my Ulta rewards thing today & I was level 4 which means I can get two free OPI's! Its good because me, my sister & my mom share one card so I get points from anything they buy. I think I'll be getting Black Shatter for sure haha...but if they don't have any I think I'll get Austin-tatious Turquoise and Houston we have a purple.


Have an amazing night guys!

p.s. my stomach is growling like CRAZY right now.

Zoya Charla + BurbBeauty Giveaway

*Zoya Charla*
(2 coats)

LOVE LOVE LOVE. And mermaids. I think thats all?

Haha this bottle was to replace Catch me In your net by OPI which broke. I know that they are dupes, and maybe my memory is just faulty but I SWEAR that Charla dries way glossier/not as gritty as CMIYN did. Also this polish is a big compliment getter...so many people mentioned it while I had it on. Yep. Beautiful!

I ordered the Intimate collection and its on backorder :( BUMMER. But I was cheered up because I got a package today from Lola of Burb Beauty!(www.burbbeauty.com) In it contained OPI From A to Zurich and Nars Torrid blush which I won in a giveaway she had. Which brings me to her current giveaway, the OPI KP collection! Run & check it out...her blog is awesome!

Unfortunately I had literally just painted my nails Zoya Gilda when I got the package so I couldnt put From A to Zurich on, I can't wait to try it with Barielle Elle's Spell. Also I was pleasantly surprised by Torrid...when I looked at pictures on Nars Site it looked like it was hot HOT pink (maybe I was looking at the wrong picture haha) but its actually a really nice coral-y gold pink!

In other news I'm slowly becoming a MUA Nail Boarder haha! My name is kookiekathleen (don't ask) so yeah, thats me! Maybe I'll post a NOTD soon haha...I don't know, I'm kind of scared people will be like "OMG your nails are freaking hideous!!!"

(Okay this post is going all over the place but whatever) Annnnnd, OPI Texas is releasing tomorrow. From what I've gathered the Texas Collection release will be more...prepared? then the KP collection. Like remember the KP release date was actually pushed back because so many places didnt have them on time and what not. Yep. Originally I was super excited for this collection but with my budget it came between getting some Texas colors or the Zoya Intimate and the Zoya won easily. I may still pick up one of the "sorbet" colors. Psh. Sorbet? ITS JELLY. haha, yeah the sorbet thing bothers me only because I don't think sorbet is a good word to describe jelly polishes....jelly is a good word to describe jelly polishes lol!


Well I'm off to create a look for school tomorrow using torrid :D I'm thinking using my Benefit Her Name was Glowla kit for eyes.


EDIT: ^^Her name was GLOWLA. and LOLA sent me the blush. *twilight zone music*

Zoya Ali

*Zoya Ali*
(2 coats)

I love this shade! This was the neon I elected to wear for midterms (I always wear neons during standardized testing...I'll have to pick a super bright one for the SAT's haha) so I was wearing it for awhile. Ali is pretty tame is regards to neons in general...so I think it would be a good shade for someone who isnt as adventurous but still wants to try neon looks. Another cool thing about Ali is that it doesnt dry matte or even satin like most neons do. This is probably because it isnt totally eye searing, but it doesnt dry totally glossy, you'll still need topcoat to get it that way. Overall I'm really glad I picked Ali up and got a lot of compliments.

Today is my birthday and listen to the SWEETEST thing ever! My friends all chipped in and are getting me two RBL's! They ordered me Plie (LONG time lemming) and Dead Calm! So sweet! I luff them :D

Hope you all have a good saturday!

Zoya Gwin (Hello Again!)

Oh geez it feels like I've been gone for a long time! Of course it wasn't really that long at all haha

(Zoya Gwin)
*2 coats*

Pretty darkened orange coral. With strong gold shimmer. I've already shown you guys Zoya Ginger and looking back I probably don't need both. I think I prefer Ginger to Gwin. But for sure Zoya makes the best orange polishes I think! I'm so backlogged with my photos this is from maybe 2 weeks ago so I can't really remember exactly how I feel about it haha!

Because I'm crazy I'm already thinking about a 100 follower giveaway (God willing I EVER get there lol, because you never know)! I was thinking maybe giveaway half of the anchors away collection (like those sets) or let you pick 1 polish from RBL spring collection. Or let you pick any one of The Zoya Sampler Packs. OR giveaway some cult nails or a-england stuff. Sooooo, any thoughts on what would be cool? I'm not sure yet. I just get over excited too soon about this stuff!

Zoya Harlow

*Zoya Harlow*
(2 coats-Pre CleanUp)

Harlow is the purple-y pink matte velvet shade from Zoya! Depending on how you look at it, I could see it being purple OR pink. As with all of the matte velvet shades that I have, its really amazing! Application was great and dry time was uber quick! I know some people say that it dries so fast you won't even be finished painting the nail...but that only makes me wonder how slow they are painting their nails haha :) or maybe how fast I am. Either way Harlow is simply gorgeous and if you are into mattes you should definitely get it! Though I would suggest Savita or Verushcka before Harlow...but they are all amazing!

I've set a budget for spring nail polish (hoping to limit what I get) and it's hard narrowing it down, so many awesome collections! I'm SO enthralled with the new a england brand, with all the mythicals. Because like a lot of people it seems, I'm really into that time period. But converted to USD, they are like 15-16$ dollars each...ouch :/
Also, speaking of expensive polish, have you guys seen the new RBL polishes yet? What do you guys think? I really love the purple gray one but the others not so much. Which is good for my wallet I guess.

Zoya Valerie

*Zoya Valerie*
(1 coat)

Okay. So this is a pretty bad picture. I only did 1 coat which looked pretty opaque in person but the camera flash revealed otherwise haha. Let me just say the formula on valerie is FLAWLESS. The pic is pre cleanup...notice the lack of polish all over the place! Seriously it only went where I put it and was just awesome. The color is a super pretty dark purple that flashes gold! Pretty much if you even like nail polish a little bit, you NEED this polish. Yep. Just a bottle of awesomesauce.


In a bizarre twist of events...I have off again! We got a snow day! So amazing :D Especially since it really isnt snowing that bad and in my area we are used to pretty large amounts of snow. BlahBlahBlah. Midterms are this week. Annnnnnd RBL's spring collection is going to be up on ALU and some other blogs tomorrow! I think maybe Scrangie? I dont know, but that is what Ji said on her facebook! I'm really excited for that :D

Zoya Gaia

*Zoya Gaia*
(3 coats)

This reminds me of snow with sunlight hitting it! :) Gaia is pretty sheer, but on my short nails it covered well in 3 coats...but you can see on my middle it showed the VNL but it didnt really bother me. It's a marshmallow white with gold sprinkled throughout. It's just a really pretty delicate white which I really like. I would NOT recommend it however if you have major issues with VNL or colors that don't build very well. Because after 3 coats I didnt feel Gaia would get to point where it would cover VNL..but maybe it would at 5-6. Sooo yeah, I really like it though despite its flaws. I can't wait to try it with $OPI Only Gold for Me on top!

Well....I'm going to return to being a hermit covered in blankets watching TLC wedding shows haha :) Have a great day all!

Oh wait, also I'm going prom dress shopping tomorrow which I'm really excited for! I'll keep you guys updated on how it goes...only thing I'm worried about is I get so tired just trying on lots of clothes so hopefully I'll be good haha

Zoya Shawn

*Zoya Shawn*
(2 coats-Pre Clean Up)

Creamy smooth yellow murky green shade! Application was standard Zoya awesomeness, and I really like this color...it made me feel badass (don't ask why haha). I know some people felt this shade was a little too 'weird' for them, but I think anyone could pull it off. In this pic you can see by looking at the bottle that it does have a strong yellow undertone. Yeah. Can't really think of anything else to say.


Midterms are next week, so posting will most likely be sparse. I'm trying to decide what color I should wear. I was thinking Zoya Flowie, because it is a very neutral shade. Or Zoya Ali, which is a super bright neon pink haha. During Finals last year I wore ChG Pink Voltage (also very neon) and people complained my nails distracted them during the test haha! So I'm thinking maybe neon should be a tradition

Hope you all have an awesome day...I'm off school again for MLK day so I'll probably be catching up on my sleep for the rest of the day :)

Zoya Haul + Updates

Here's my loot from the 3 free FB thing! I, of course, could not be restricted to only 3 and ended up getting 4 and ridge filler.



1. Gaia
2. Gwin
3. Gilda
4. Charla
5. Ridge Filler

Lots of G's haha! I got Gaia (I prefer spelling it Gaea) simply for the name, because in my ancient myth class we had to dress up as gods/goddesses and pretend we were them and I was gaea. But it does look very pretty!

So, yeah I havent really been around because I was on my schools Model United Nations trip. If you are in Highschool and are interested in politics or just world issues: JOIN! It is so awesome! You get assigned a country and represent it in whichever committee you are in. I was in Political & Security representing Sudan. However Sudan had its referendum to separate into 2 countries right in the middle of Model UN so...yep.

Anyway thats whats been going on. The conference totally WRECKED my nails so they had to be cut even shorter than the were. I wore OPI Plum Full of Cheer and have to say, wasnt loving it.

Hope you all are having a great day! I have a backlog of untrieds that is soooo long and they are mostly Zoya...so expect a lot of Zoya coming up haha :)

(Zoya) Happi Christmas!

*Zoya Happi*
(2 coats...maybe 3 but I dont think so, Pre-Cleanup Sorry!)


Break and Christmas are finally here! I'm so excited :D Zoya Happi was with me all this week as I toughed out many, many tests. The week before break is one of those huge test weeks for me in school. Happi is a pale pink infused with gold and green. Yep, green! Though these pictures dont really show the green flash it has. The formula was average but as you can kind of see, Happi does leave faint brushstrokes. So if you really don't like brushstrokes, I'd stay away. But overall I personally really like it!



If any of you guys celebrate Christmas then I hope you have an awesome Christmas! And if you dont, have an awesome day anyway haha :D My family always goes out for chinese food on christmas eve which is always a lot of fun. I actually might post tomorrow because Christmas is held at my house so I have a couple hours between returning from church and when family gets here. I'll have my NOTD, OPI Dazzled By Gold (which I've seen a lot of people wearing as an xmas mani!) and hopefully some nail related christmas gifts :D


Have an AMAZING night everyone!

Zoya Free Shipping Code

Now through friday you can get free shipping on all domestic ground shipping! Use the code: FSF

Idiot that I am, I removed Zoya Crystal without taking pictures to post..gah! I love that Zoya always offers these discount things...except I wish there was more warning so I can buy visa giftcards (I use these when I order online).

Yeah. This is just kind of a random I wanted to post something. Super busy of course, it feels like school should be slowing down since its almost break but I still have loads to do before I get out.

Anybody know what 3 Zoyas you'll get with the free code in Jan? I'm thinking Gilda, Ivanka and Deirdre. Not sure though.

My mood is so blah right now. have a good night all :)

Quick Zoya Dovima + RBL vote+ Burb Beauty Giveaway

*Zoya Dovima*
(2 coats-Pre cleanup)

Kind of a bad pic, but I wanted to show it because I thought it really captured the shimmer in Dovima! Really pretty matte shimmer...though it is pretty dark. I think I would use Loredana (its more silvery sister) much more. Great option if like me you havent been able to get hands on Manglaze's Matte is Murder.


And, if you havent heard already, the RBL bring back vote is here! I'm totally going for Bikini Bottom! I REALLY hope it gets brought back...so if you dont really care maybe you should go give BB your vote :)

ALSO burb beauty is having a freaking sweet giveaway! Its got Urban Decay (seriously I think they make the best shadows) Nars, China Glaze and I'm forgetting some haha. Benefit maybe? Well anyway I just recently discovered her blog and its a great blog you should check out if you havent! Have a great night guys!

Zoya Ginger

*Zoya Ginger*
(2 coats)

My new favorite orange of all time! Application was great like most zoya's and this picture is super accurate which is exciting! Ginger is a citrus-y golden tangerine color, I bet it would look stunning on darker skin tones. Here's a pic that shows how much gold shimmer is in Ginger:


So pretty!

I've been really into Zoya lately and put a bunch on my christmas wishlist...so hopefully more will be added to my stash soon :)

What polishes are on your christmas wishlists? Have a nice night guys !

Zoya Savita + Oh Happy Day!

*Zoya Savita*
(2 coats-matte)

This is a pretty bad picture, pre-clean up, but I love this polish! Being in highschool sometimes it can be really hard to change your mani if it chips or something like that because I dont have time to let my nails dry...this polish fixes that! Like most mattes it dries super quick which is a giant plus in my book. You NEED this polish if your super busy and want to eliminate dry time..trust me haha


OH HAPPY DAY!

What's on my nails right now? Essie Sew Psyched!!! I think I've said before that ordering online is hard for me because I dont have any credit or debit cards...and when my Ulta was sold out hopes of getting this polish were dashed. But today I randomly wandered into this local beauty store while my mom was shopping nextdoor, I turn a corner and

BAM SHACK A LAKA DING DONG OMG I JUST DIED!

A huge wall filled with Essie, OPI, Orly and China Glaze!!!

I'm probably ranting but I'm very excited! I would always be sad when on other blogs people would say they found these HTF/really good sale polishes in their local beauty supply stores because I didnt have one. But now I do haha,

the prices were great also! 5.49 for essie, 6.99 for OPI and I think 3.99 for china glaze & orly. It took so much restraint to walk out with just 1 because I'm trying to save my money right now.

Have an AMAZING night :)

Zoya Zara

*Zoya Zara*
(2 coats)

I can't help but think of Zara from Never Unpolished haha :) I love that blog! But anyway Zara is a lighter purple shade PACKED with gold. Almost like equal parts purple and gold! I would highly recommend adding this shade to your collection if you are a fan of purples, I love it!

I still have so many polishes in my to swatch pile including more Zoya, RBL and Illamasqua Viridian and Scarab.

And in "what?? OPI is doing another collab?" news, I read from Belle Bath and Beyond that we'll be seeing an OPI glee collab! I like glee, but I dont really keep up with it. I'm really interested to see what kind of shades come with it. I actually kind of hope its not more ultra glittery shades (I could see them going that direction) because I'm getting a bit bored with them..(actually more like annoyed at removal lol)

Have a great night guys :)

Zoya Kiki !

Awhile back I hauled a lot of zoyas and I dont think I showed any of them! So the next couple days will most likely be zoyas.

*Zoya Kiki*
(2 coats)

So awesome! Kiki is a VERY bright pink with silver shimmer/glass fleck type things that run throughout it. Kiki freaked out my camera a bit and it kept photographing lighter than it truly is.

Application was great, like I've had with all my Zoya polishes thus far...though I love the brush itself, I wish the handle on them was a bit bigger, because the handles are kind of tiny! Or maybe I just have big hands...hmmm lol

I've Been A Bad Girl... (+OPI Diva of Geneva)

a VERY bad girl haha...not only have I totally neglected my blog, I pretty much smashed my no buy into thousands of pieces and then stomped all over it...oops LOL


-Dovima,Savita, Edyta, Ginger, Midori, Zara, Cassi, Kiki, Jo, Happi, TopCoat, Drip Drops (By the way the drip drops work great!!)



-Fiercely Fiona, Who the Shrek Are You?, Color So Hot it Burns, Princesses Rule!



-Essie Summer Collection Mini's (demure vixen, pretty edgy, haute as hello, knockout pout) to be fair these were on clearence for like 5 bucks so I couldn't pass it up



-Nubar 2010....SO EXCITED!!!



These really killed my wallet haha, but they are so gorgeous!!! RBL Tudor Polishes (Anne, Catherine, Catherine H, Jane) Can't wait to try out Catherine H!


Thats it haha...and here is OPI Diva of Geneva which I'm wearing right now and I cant wait to see what 2010 will look like overtop it!


2 coats. Pre-Cleanup (ew, I know) Shady Sun. Definitely my favorite from the Swiss Collection!



So yeah I'm back, school was pretty much eating up my entire life the past couple weeks :(

Any ones you guys would like to see me post??('cause I have no idea where to start haha)