Time Capsule Tuesday - Zoya Indigo

Hi Goddesses

Welcome to another post where we laugh at a horrific post from a year ago, and hope my skills are better now :)

This is Zoya Indigo, and actually - and I really don't know how - it's been quite a popular post!  It's had over 200 views, which I think is mainly down to Zoya sales (everyone goes to Google images to see what to buy) and also possibly because it's in a little column on the left of my blog called "Lonely Little Posts That Didn't Get Enough Love."   Well, let's look at the photos, Crumpet - surely that tells us why it didn't get a lot of love !!  Lol.

Oooooh, car crash photography - I can't even look without grimacing.  This is colouring outside the lines par excellence, combined with the fact that I am always messier with dark polishes.  Helpful, that.

This was also the first time I ever used a flakie - Color Club Covered In Diamonds, and I remember being awed by what the flakie did to the mani (although, lol, without even knowing it was called a flakie, ha ha).  It also impressed the girls at work a lot - we had no idea this sort of ooooh la la existed.  Now, of course, I'm all "yeh, and ....", but back then, a year ago, this was cooooool :)

So, let's read my thoughts from back then -

Indigo is a plush navy velvet with purple ambitions – so it has purple tinges, but never looks purple.   Gazing into the nail, the depth of the colour is astounding – it’s a pure, perfect midnight.  In the bottle however there’s LOTS of shimmer – flashes of royal blue and whole galaxies of multi-coloured micro-glimmer.  Seriously, in the bottle it looks A-MAZING.  But on the nail, the shimmer and glitteriness just isn’t visible.  There are tiny flashes of it, but you have to look at it REALLY closely.  On the plus side though, it’s the glimmer that gives it its beautiful depth and velvety appearance.

Now?  Well now, I'm very "meh" about this.  Yes, it's a lovely navy, but it still bugs the crap out of me that the holo sparkle in the bottle doesn't translate to the nail, therefore, do I think it's worth paying more for Indigo just because it's a Zoya?   No, I don't.  Navy isn't one of my staple colours, so I'm quite happy to stick to my Barry M and put this one in the blog sale (coming sooooon).

If you want to read the original post, and witness it in all its sub-par glory, just click here :)

Enjoy xx :)

Blue Week - Sponged Gradient

Nail Fun

BLUE SPONGE GRADIENT

Hi Goddesses – happy weekend!

I have wanted to do a gradient for a while and a sponge mani for a while and I combined them on this for Blue Week. 

Now, I am not a “neat” person, so I have to find ways of making things look a little less perfect but as if that was my intention all along!  I knew I didn’t want precision, but I’m not sure if I made the right decision with the tips – sometimes I think they look cool, like waves, othertimes I think they just look like a 5yr old did them!

So, I used – CHINA GLAZE Luna as my base.  Luna is an amazing silvery pale blue with holographic sparkles in it.  I am going to be using this a lot I think as we veer into winter, as it’s the perfect colour for iciness.  I hoped that in using it, some of the glitter would peek through the other layers, and it does – JUST.  It also makes the whole thing look a little rough – I’m going to pretend that was my intention as the sea is a little choppy and frothy J

It’s then got 2 layers of ZOYA Jo and 1 layer of ZOYA Indigo. 

I used the sponge eyeshadow brushes – they gave me quite a high degree of flexibility and were great if I needed to touch little bits up.

Now, this post is quite unique, as it features the Rarely Seen Full Paw Shot lol.   I don’t usually show my whole hand, but I did like how this mani looked at a distance.

Overall I was quite pleased with – definitely room for improvement though ha ha

Enjoy your weekend, whatever you’re doing J

Top Tip – if you’re ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give you plenty of contrasts and compares.

NAILS I LOVE - Zoya - INDIGO with added magic from COLOR CLUB Covered In Diamonds :)

Nails I Love

Nails I Love is written to celebrate some of the most beautiful nail varnishes on earth and to help you choose which colours and styles will suit you. 

Each posting will feature details about the colour as well as photos.  I guarantee every photo will show the varnish as it looks on your fingers, otherwise, what’s the point ? 

Top Tip – if you’re ever unsure what a nail colour looks like, go to Google images, which will give you plenty of contrasts and compares.

ZOYA – Indigo with COLOR CLUB Covered in Diamonds

So, nailwise, I don’t like the whole rainbow and I tend to avoid blue.  But I wanted a nice navy for a galaxy splatter and I settled on this Zoya, and I’m delighted and disappointed in just about equal measure.

Indigo is a plush navy velvet with purple ambitions – so it has purple tinges, but never looks purple.   Gazing into the nail, the depth of the colour is astounding – it’s a pure, perfect midnight.  In the bottle however there’s LOTS of shimmer – flashes of royal blue and whole galaxies of multi-coloured micro-glimmer.  Seriously, in the bottle it looks A-MAZING.  But on the nail, the shimmer and glitteriness just isn’t visible.  There are tiny flashes of it, but you have to look at it REALLY closely.  On the plus side though, it’s the glimmer that gives it its beautiful depth and velvety appearance.

You can see how beautiful it looks in the bottle - look at all the silver flecks!

So, slightly disappointed.  So I applied COLOR CLUB Covered In Diamonds as a top coat and ….. WOW.  NOW I am in love, like seriously in love.  In the bottle, CID is a shimmery white potion with opal flecks.  On the nail, it initially looks clunky and disappointing, with jagged foil type flakes landing on the nail, but then  … oh, but then, as it dries, it absorbs the colour underneath it, opalesces it and VOILA. 

OMG so I now have midnight nails with crazy flecks of gold, turquoise, green, silver and amazing.  I literally have not been able to stop staring at them in awe and amazement, they look just jaw-droppingly gorgeous.

And suddenly, I have my galaxy J