Zoya Ultra Glitter Astra!

Oh my...

To think that I once came to the conclusion that I would not wear glitter nail polish because taking it off was a hassle!

No more!

Zoya Ultra Glitters are expanding my horizon in what I am willing to go through to wear amazing polish.

Like China Glaze Fortune Teller, I can already tell that, not only will I gladly deal with the clean up task, but I will be getting these polishes again when I run out; and should Zoya make more (oh please do!) and I can get a deal for them, (budget prevents me from getting polish on a regular basis for $7 a bottle at the moment! =/ ) I will be getting as many as they can make!

That is why I love Zoya so! Not only do they know how to feed my wild color addiction for nail polish, they do promos and discounts enough that even people on a budget, like I am, can get a good amount of their polish for a good price!

That is why I will be a lifelong Zoya fan. I tell everyone who comments on my polish that I get some of my best ones from Zoya. I already have a few friends hooked on them!

Now on to the glittery goodness!

Out of the three, Luna, Astra, and Nova, I picked Astra first.

Zoya Astra is a beautiful raspberry pink glitter in a pink jelly base. While it looked like it should have been lighter on the computer screen when I first saw it, I love the color so! Since I have put it on, I cannot stop staring at my nails! I keep getting distracted.
I have nothing else like it at all!

In usual Zoya fashion, the color is something to get glitter fanatics drooling over, but aslo the application of Astra was flawless. It was thick but not stringy or hard to control. It went just where I wanted and stayed there.

So far, I would have to say it is one of the best applications I have ever had with a polish. The clean up consisted of one q-tip worth and was not truly needed had I not bothered.

I was expecting these to be good, but I got near perfection.

And boy does this baby pop in the sun!

It throws the light so nicely. I have to remind myself to watch the road, and not the way Astra glitters in the sun, when I am driving!

This was two nice coats, though it could have used three if I wanted. But two good coats will prevent the nail line from showing through, so it is up to you how many you apply.

One top coat of Seche Vite, and it was perfect for me. It was no longer rough. slightly textured, yes, but nothing bad at all. Two coats would have that glass like smooth feel if desired, but I think one worked just fine for me.

The glitter lays so smooth that only one coat is needed to seal it. Seche Vite made the glitter pop, even inside at night.

My sister picked it up for me when she went shopping. I told her to come back with a top coat of some kind, as my Sally brand was clouding tips, and no way was I going to have that with the Ultra Glitters, so the darling thing got me my first bottle of Seche Vite and I can say I think I am already hooked after one application! It made my nails shine so!

I think this would also be one of the best Valentine's Day polishes. It is just the right color of pink for that day. My sister has already said she wants to borrow it for Valentine's Day!

I may be gushing, but really, how could you not over this?

I cannot wait to try the others! I am sure they are just as amazing as Astra is!

You should go get these as soon as you can!

Zoya's website. Just search "ultra." All three will be there.

I just had to see how a Konad looked over it!
This is plate m70.

Kiki and Konad

It is that time again!
I have a bright new color for you brought to you by the ever amazing Zoya!
I only found Zoya this year, just in time for their Earth Day Exchange.
I managed to get 14 colors because of that!
There they were! Fresh from the mail!


One of the colors I saw was Kiki, a bright pink with metallic like shimmer.
I do not usually wear pinks and reds, but with this, I just loved the color. Since the first time I put it on it ranked in my top five favorite colors ever! I just cannot get enough! I already have a back up bottle for the day when I run out.
Like with all of the colors from Zoya I have tried, the formula and application for Kiki was wonderful. It went where I wanted it and then stayed there. The pictures below had no clean up done around the edges.



Forgive me the poor indoor lighting, it was night when I took these, and I have yet to get a more natural light source to get night photos with. I will be doing my nails with Kiki again, so I will soon have an accurate picture up of just the color.

This is two coats of Kiki over a coat of OLRY White Tips. I have found, that when layering a bright or shear color over white, you always get a truer to bottle color than if you just paint it over a bare nail.
For neons and shear colors that still show the nail line with 3 or more coats, I would recommend layering them over a bright, pure white if you want them to look like they do in the bottle.
Not only will you get that bright 'just like the bottle' color, but if it takes more than two coats, you will be saving more of the color to be used at a later date. It will extend the use and you will get more manicures done out of it.
Saving money to spend on other polish colors is always a good thing!

I forgot to get a picture of just Kiki the next day when I put the Konad image on them, but at least you will get a much better look at the color.


This look was done with Konad plate m70 and was stamped three times to get the image to be a full nail image.
I did the stamping with Nicole by OPI Positive Energy. Positive Energy is a silver chrome. And as anyone who has stamped with a good chrome knows, they make some of the best polishes to Konad with. They are opaque in one coat so they will not be shear and will stand out when you transfer them over from the stamp to the nail.
At least with this chrome, the dry time was good. It was not too fast that I was unable or too rushed to be able to transfer the image onto my nail, but it also dried fast enough that no smudging occurred when I was rolling the stamp over the nail to get all of it covered.

I will be doing this manicure again, as I had to take it off too soon for my liking.
Perhaps next time I can manage full sunlight images.

Later! ^_ _^