Tag: Zoya

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Today I’m going to show you the Zoya Wanderlust collection. This is a collection of 12 polishes with creme and shimmer finishes. While the colors in this collection are pretty (except for the greens…) you really don’t need to buy all 12. There are a lot of very, very similar colors in this collection. It’s basically a collection of mostly pink with a couple greens thrown in. Sorry, Zoya! This isn’t your best work. L\

Zoya Journey

Zoya Scout (I seriously hate this color. The formula was nice, but I can’t get over how much I hate this green.)

Zoya Sonia

Zoya Winnie

Zoya River. This is probably the standout in the collection. It’s a gorgeous shimmery blue that isn’t like any of the other colors in the collection!

Zoya Esty

Zoya Lois

Zoya Sawyer

Zoya Arbor…not as bad as Scout but definitely not a cute look for me.

Zoya Mandy

Zoya Cora

Zoya Byrdie

Byrdie is probably my favorite besides River, despite the stupid name. (Oh man. I’m being really hard on Zoya today!)

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Zoya sent me their Charming collection to swatch for you! I also have some nail art posts with some of these colors coming up…so make sure you’re following my on Facebook so you don’t miss it!

The Zoya Charming Collection consists of 6 spring shades with three cremes and 3 shimmers. All of my swatches are two coats.

Zoya Abby is a lavender creme

Zoya Amira is a dusty blue shimmer

Zoya Jordan is a baby pink creme.

Zoya Lacey is a light green shimmer

Zoya Millie is a hot purple shimmer

Zoya Tina is a dark purple creme

LOTS of purples in this collection. Half of them are purples, in fact! I think that’s a little overboard on one color for a single collection…but they didn’t ask me, now did they? ;)

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I have four Zoya Pixie Dust polishes to show you today. These are from the holiday 2016 collection. At that time, I was so busy and hardly blogging at all so I had Zoya send the samples to my dear blogger friend, smackerlacquer. Well, she made the collection look so beautiful that I stole the polishes back, LOL. (Sharing is caring, right?)

As you may know by now, I’ve been having trouble with some nail breakages but they’re almost all fixed now. So, just bear with me a little longer on some of these wonky shapes.

All swatches are two coats and no topcoat. They are all dried to a matte, texture finish.

Zoya Waverly

Zoya Elphie

Zoya Lorna

Zoya Alice

I know not everybody likes texture polishes, but I’m a huge fan and I think all four of these are freaking gorgeous.

Senegence Sunday Update

Since it’s Sunday, it’s also time for a Sengence update! In the past week, I recruited one more person to join our amazing team. Welcome, Melinda H.! If you want to join our amazingly successful team, simply go to Senegence.com/BettysBeauty and click on “Sell Senegence.”

To buy the most incredible lip color in the world, visit BettysBeautybettysbeautybazaar.com

In the past week, I had my 3-month anniversary with Senegence. I am pleased to say that I hit all the fast start goals and received $1,200 in free products from Senegence. :D

In this past week, I sold another $500 in products making my total sales reach $5,500 in just 3 months. As side income, that’s not to freaking shabby. I’m excited to be able to buy my husband a Nintendo Switch when it comes out in March. That’s one thing I definitely want to do with my extra money. I’m also looking at getting a Windows Surface Tablet/Laptop with some of my new, extra money. Because I’m getting paid to play with makeup. WTF. Is this even real?

Fellow bloggers!!! Jump on this crazy train with me. I’ve had 0 in-person parties. These sales are all from the comfort of my own home and my LuLaRoe Leggings. (Damnit, Malisa for getting me hooked!)

#lazyaf #showmethemoney

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Zoya has sent me the third iteration of their Naturel collection. The naturel collections are a series of nude-toned creme polishes. As usual, they have a great formula and are opaque in only one or two coats.

Zoya Debbie

Zoya Cathy

Zoya Jill

Zoya Gina

Zoya Tatum

Zoya Mary

A lot of these colors are pretty similar but there are clearly three dark purpley-browns and three light nudes. This is a great collection for people to try and find their perfect nude because there will be at least one color in this collection that will look great on any skin tone.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Zoya sent me their Urban Grunge collection to swatch and review for you! I do have some bad news, though. After wearing the very first polish in the collection, I had a terrible break on three of my nails – on my swatching hand! So I had to cut the fourth one down. :( :(

Zoya Finley is a gorgeous, shimmery purple. This is the only one I have swatched with my long nails that I miss so much!

And here start the swatches with my short nails. I have to admit, I was pretty upset about the break. I didn’t paint my nails for about a week. (Hence why this swatch post is so delayed!) But, I have to move on and move up so here are my stubby nails sporting the rest of the Zoya Urban Grunge collection.

First, I’m going to show you the cremes. These were all one-coaters, as advertised by Zoya. Hooray! I love it when formulas actually live up to the advertising.

Zoya Noah

Zoya Mallory

Zoya Courtney

Zoya Wyatt

Zoya August

Zoya Tara

Now, let’s take a look at the metallics. This is my favorite half of the collection. I’m a big fan of metallics. Perhaps it has something to do with me being a 90’s girl?

Zoya Troy

Zoya Alicia

Zoya Merida

Zoya Ash

Zoya Britta

I hope my shortie nails weren’t too unbearable to look at. I have to admit…I might keep them short for a while. I don’t have as much time to pamper my nails anymore. I’ve been focusing on getting my dog training business up and running. I’ve also been working on trying to get back in shape. I’ve gained a ton of weight since my peak fitness level in 2013 and I’d like to get back to walgging (that’s walk-jogging) my 5-6 miles per day. That doesn’t leave a ton of time for nails!

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Zoya sent me their Spring 2016 collection to play with. When the press releases for this collection first came out, the initial internet reaction seemed to be of the ‘not impressed’ category.

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I wasn’t sure what to make of the collection. I wanted to get them on my fingers before I made any judgements. Well…spoiler alert…I think they are rockin’ – for the most part. Keep reading to see what I’d change about the collection.

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Zoya Laurel is the only real, true creme of the bunch. And even at that, she has a tiny touch of shimmer that you can spot in my macro picture below. Since she does have shimmer, I think we should invent a new finish name. How around sheam? Or creimmer? I think I’ll go with sheam since creimmer sounds rather sexual. ;)

Zoya Azalea is a bright pink with lots of beautiful shimmer. This one is a real winner. So beautiful!

Zoya Zahara is another shimmer in the collection that is really so pretty.

Zoya Aster is the purple shimmer. I should have done three coats like I did for the other two shimmers. You can see some patchiness in these pictures – especially the macro. With a third coat, this would have looked great. As it is, Aster is quite pretty and you couldn’t really see the patchiness in real life.

Zoya Tulip is like Laurel in the sense that it’s a creme..I mean sheam…

Zoya Leia is pretty darn amazing. In these swatches, I layered her over black. This gorgeous polish has a ton of possibilities. Let your imagination run wild! I know I have a lot of plans for Leia!!

I think this collection is lovely. However, I do think there are too many of the same color family (pink/coral). I would have loved to see a mint green or a Tiffany Blue in one of those shimmer finishes. That would have made the collection more diverse. As it is, I would recommend picking up the few that catch your eye, but the entire collection isn’t necessary unless you’re an avid Zoya fan or an avid pink/coral fan!

Which one of the Zoya Petals polishes is your favorite?

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Zoya sent me their new Whispers collection to show you! This collection consists of six lightly colored creme polishes. These polishes are a little on thin side of application, but ended up being pretty easy to apply. These colors will have a lot of use as we transition from winter to spring. (Which will happen eventually, I’m told!!)

Zoya Cala is a peach-toned nude color. It very nearly matches my skin tone!

Zoya Eastyn is a dusty purple lilac.

Zoya Misty is a green-toned neutral color.

Zoya Lake is a pastel blue and is my favorite of the six. It’s very relaxing to look at!

Zoya April is a pink-toned nude that is another one that’s pretty similar to my skin tone.

Zoya Ireland is a lovely dusty light green. I did smudge a nail a tad before taking these pics so I hope you’ll overlook that!

This is a lovely collection and I would recommend picking up a couple of them if you don’t have these colors in your collection already.

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Zoya sent me their matte velvet collection to swatch for you! I love their matte polishes and these new six are no exception! All swatches are two coats and allowed to dry without a topcoat.

Zoya Amal is a gorgeous holiday red.

Zoya Yves is a deep cobalt blue.

Zoya Honor is a holiday green. This one is a bit of a stainer so watch out! I has to run to the bathroom and use my whitening paste to remove them right away.

Zoya Sue is a lovely cream.

Zoya Iris is a very pretty royal purple.

Zoya Aspen is a gorgeous white and it might even be my favorite of the collection!

What do you think of Zoya’s matte velvet collection this year?