Zoya Kelly

In honor of my brother getting married this coming November, I wore Zoya's Kelly to go bridesmaid's dress shopping this past weekend.  The colors for the wedding are dark gray and yellow.  Kelly matches the dresses we got perfectly.

Zoya describes Kelly as a rich gray shade with soft purple and blue undertones. An easy to wear alternative to black and a perfect NEW neutral.

Kelly had perfect application.  Super shiny and smooth with 2 coats.  In the pictures Kelly looks blue, but she is really more of a dark charcoal gray with dusty blue and purple undertones.  I love gray polish and this is a softer alternative to black.

 

I purchased Kelly from Zoya.com during their New Year's Promotion.  I paid $10 for 3 Zoyas of my choice.  Keep an eye out an Earth Day promotion.  Kelly has been on my wishlist ever since I saw it posted on the Polished Cousin's blog a while back.  It is a very sophisticated shade that would go well with a power suit or as underwear for an awesome glitter or nail art. 

Zoya retails for $8 at their website, select e-tailers, and Ulta.  Kelly is from the 2010 Fall Wonderful Collection so it may not be available everywhere, but it is available through Zoya directly.

 

 

 

OPI Skyfall

Today I have Skyfall, the namesake polish from the OPI Holiday 2012 collection inspired by James Bond.  I've picked up a few polished from the Skyfall Collection here and there.  Skyfall is a beautiful rich maroon color that I normally wouldn't go for, but for some reason it was calling my name.

Ox-blood colors have been really popular for the last few months and this one fits right in.  I think its a great neutral color that is work appropriate as it isn't an in your face red.  It has the great cream formula that OPI is known for.  In some lights it almost makes me think its a jelly polish, but it is definitely a cream.  It just has that jelly like shine to it in certain lights, but it is completely opaque.  At first I did 2 coats for full coverage but once it dried, I decided I needed a third since I had some streaks that I didn't notice until it was fully dry.

The formula applied smoothly and leveled nicely.   The brush is wider which I like.  I don't usually wear red polish, but I think Skyfall will be making repeat appearances.

 

I purchased this product with my own money and the opinions are my own.

Butter London Fiver

So Santa must have thought I was a very good girl this year because I got lots of Butter London goodies for Christmas!  One of the lovelies under the tree for me was Fiver, one of the Spring colors that is set to be released tomorrow.  Not sure how Santa, AKA my awesome husband, got ahold of it, but he did a really good job picking colors that I didn't already have.  It helps that I don't have many Butter London's.  I was very excited to get nail polish for Christmas, let alone an unreleased Butter London color.

Fiver is a really pretty mint green.  It will be perfect for spring.  The other colors in the collection are pastels as well, and I can't wait to see what they look like.  If you are a mint green polish lover I really recommend this one.  The first coat went on a little thin and streaky, but the second coat was fine.  Everything went on smooth and leveled nicely after the initial coat.  I did have some balding on 3 of my nails after the second coat so I did 3 coats on all of my nails just to be safe and even everything out.  That was operator error, not the polish.  I always get bald spots on my thumb and right index finger no matter what polish I use.

Butter London is available on their website and Fiver should be available at Macy's soon, since that's where my Santa picked it up.  Butter London will be releasing more information about their Spring Collection on December 26th.  If you are a pastel person and you love Butter London, I recommend checking them out.  Keep and eye out on their Facebook page for sale updates and news.