A lusty mix of tips and tricks. After all, a girl can't keep all her secrets.. xoxo 
The perfect pastel shades are a great choice for spring at only $8 a pop, or buy all 6 for $48. Fun pastel colors include:
Lilacism: A light lilac purple creme
Neo Whimsical: A light rose-plum creme
Pop Art Pink: A sheer light milky-pink
Red Nouveau: A classic crimson red jelly
Tart Deco: A peachy-coral creme
Van D’Go: A light pinky-coral creme
Definitely worth checking out for a spring pick-me-up!
I was super excited about Zoya's fall collection of matte shades, so you can guess how much more excited I was to find out that for their winter collection Zoya will be releasing 3 more limited edition matte shades.
The new shades include Savita (plum gray matte shimmer), Harlow (rose matte shimmer) and Veruschuka (evergreen matte shimmer).
Matte Velvet Winter by Zoya will be available September 15, 2009.
Find Zoya Matte Velvet Winter as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at www.zoya.com.
For their Fall 2009 Matte Velvet collection Zoya has come out with 3 wearable matte polish shades including Dovima (black), Loredana (grey) and Posh (wine). Each color features a blend of matte base and a subtle shimmer resulting in a unique formula.
I decided to give the grey color Loredana a test run to see just how well these new matte shades held up. The color is a nice gunmetal grey, I don't have a lot of greys so it's a nice addition to my collection. It's a matte color but it doesn't look flat and boring, it has a very nice subtle shimmer to it if you look close.
I found the matte polish a bit harder to work with at first as the formula is a bit different. It is not intended to be used with a base coat or a top coat so I just applied to clean nails, 3 coats.
Zoya warns that due to the unique matte formulation, the matte colors are not as long-wearing as traditional nail colors and I definitely found this to be true. I had some minor tip wear after the second day and by the third day it was quite chipped. It's definitely a temporary nail color and not a long wear one.
Although they didn't last as long as I'd hoped, I'm seriously loving these colors. I can't stop checking out my nails. Loredana is my top fav and definitely worth a try.
All of the color, none of the shine.
www.ZOYA.com
Forget glossy laquered nails, next season is all about the matte. OPI, Zoya, Orly and even Maybelline are dropping some of the hottest colors of the season in newly mattified versions this one is not to miss.
But don't go throwing out all your high shine nail colors just yet, top nail care line Essie is introducing a new finisher treatment, aptly called Matte About You, the new top coat will transform any nailpolish into a better matified version.
Matte About You will be in stores and online August 2009.
