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Sunday, March 18, 2012

Review: Zoya True Collection & Zoya Fleck Effects

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First of all, guys, sorry for neglecting you & the blog. Sometimes life just gets in the way =(
Zoya generously sent me their Spring 2012 colors & Fleck Effect polishes. As a person who uses artificial lighting to take pictures, I tried to capture the colors the best way I could.


Cho was the one I only wanted for the name & didn't really expect to love that much. I was wrong. Cho is a yellow toned nude with a tiny amount of shimmer. It looked so flattering on my neutral/yellowish skintone, I couldn't believe how soft & clean it looked. This could be my default nude from now on. Application was like a breeze, 2 coats.


Cho with Chloe, Opal and Maisie, 1 coat each. I decided not to review the Fleck Effect polishes on their own, because my nails are a bit stained right now. (I'm looking at you, Aquadelic!) Chloe is the one with reddish pink tint & red/green flakies with occasional green/blue flakies thrown in. Opal is green/blue flakies in a green tint, and Maisie is green/blue flakies in a blue tint. Opal and Maisie look very similar when layered on a darker color, but on lighter colors they look different because of their bases.


Farah is a greenish looking nude creme. I love colors that look a bit dirty. This was made for the cooler toned folks, I believe, but I could still pull it off because I only lean slightly towards being yellow-toned. I loved the formula, not a bit chalky at all. 2 coats.


Farah with Chloe, Opal and Maisie, 1 coat each.


Bevin is a sage according to Zoya, but I think Bevin is a very soft, muted, greenish aqua. I think it looks very romantic & perfectly appropriate for Spring. Again, great formula, breezy application.


Bevin with Chloe, Opal and Maisie, 1 coat each.


Skylar is my favorite from this collection. It's a medium, denim blue with a slightly greenish cast to it. It contains gold, silver & pink shimmer, which lightens it up quite a bit, giving it a gold glow. I instantly wore this one as a full manicure. Application was consistent with the others, 2 perfect coats.


Skylar with Chloe, Opal and Maisie, 1 coat each.


Tru is my runner-up favorite. Warm purple base with gold/bronze shimmer. It makes me think of Zoya Zara, I think this could be her older sister =) I had a hard time to capture all the shimmer but trust me, it's there and it's gorgeous IRL. Formula was the same, great formula as her friends.


Tru with Chloe, Opal and Maisie, 1 coat each.


Lotus is a cool toned, dusty purple with pink shimmer. Again, I couldn't capture how strong the shimmer was, but it definitely peeks through the polish. Formula was, again, great.


Lotus with Chloe, Opal and Maisie, 1 coat each.

Altogether, great Spring Collection with a fun twist. Flakies are big at the moment, and Zoya gave us great ones. Colors are soft, romantic & season appropriate, there is a polish for everyone in this collection, and colors unique without being harsh. Zoya polishes retail for 8$ each, and you can get them on Zoya.com.

*Polishes were sent for my review by Zoya PR.

By the way, here is a quick peek at Zoya Beach & Surf Collections for Summer 2012:

Öncelikle, blogu bir süredir ihmal ettiğim için özür dilerim... Hayat bazen yoğun oluyor, sevgilim bir hafta önce İstanbul'a taşındı, dolayısıyla biraz koşturmaca halindeyim =)
Zoya bana Tru Koleksiyonu'nu ve Fleck Effect ojelerini tanıtmam için göndermeyi teklif edince nasıl mutlu oldum anlatamam. ABD dışına gönderim yapmadıkları için, Öykü devreye girdi ve ojeleri onun adresine gönderdiler. Sonra Öykü ojeleri yanında getirdi =) Kendisine buradan bir kez daha teşekkür ediyorum!
Işık yapay olduğu için renkleri olabildiğince doğru çekmeye çalıştım, umarım başarmışımdır.

Cho en az heyecanla beklediğim renkti ve çok da seveceğimi ummuyordum. Ama yanılmışım. Cho ışıltılı bir ten rengi, normal ten rengi ojelere göre biraz daha sarı tonlu. Benim ten rengim biraz sarıya dönük olduğu için kendime çok yakıştırdım, çok temiz gösteren bir renk. Bu günden sonra ten rengi oje sürmek istediğim zaman hep Cho'ya yöneleceğimden eminim. Uygulaması çok rahattı, iki kat yeterli oldu.

Cho üzerine Chloe, Opal ve Maisie, her biri tek kat. Fleck ojeleri kendi başına uygulamak istemedim çünkü şu an tırnaklarım hafif yeşile boyanmış durumda. (Aquadelic yüzünden.) Chloe içinde kırmızı/yeşil parçacıklar var, baz rengi ise kırmızımsı bir pembe. Opal yeşil baz içinde yeşil/mavi parçacıklar, Maisie mavi baz içinde mavi/yeşil parçacıklar içeriyor. Opal ve Maisie koyu bir renk üzerinde neredeyse aynı duruyorlar, fakat açık renkler üzerinde farklılıkları daha belirgin oluyor..

Farah hafif yeşile çalan bir ten rengi krem oje. Böyle hafif kirli renklere bayılıyorum. Bu sanırım daha soğuk tonlu kişiler için yapılmış, fakat ben yine de kendime yakıştırdım. Formülü süperdi, 2 katta mükemmel oldu.

Farah üzerine Chloe, Opal ve Maisie, her biri tek kat.

Bevin Zoya'ya göre adaçayı rengi imiş, fakat bence Bevin soluk, kirli, yeşile çalan bir turkuaz. Bence tam bir ilkbahar rengi. Formülü diğerleri gibi harika, uygulaması çok kolay.

Bevin üzerine Chloe, Opal ve Maisie, her biri tek kat.

Skylar bu koleksiyonda burun farkıyla öne geçti ve favorim oldu. Orta tonlu, hafif yeşile bakan bir mavi, bana kot kumaşını hatırlatıyor. İçinde pembe, gümüş ve altın rengi ışıltılar var, bu ojeye aydınlık bir görünüm veriyor ve genel olarak altın rengi bir ışıltısı varmış gibi duruyor. Tam bir manikür olarak sürdüğüm ilk renk bu oldu. Uygulama diğerleri gibi süperdi, iki kat kullandım.

Skylar üzerine Chloe, Opal ve Maisie, her biri tek kat.

Tru küçük bir farkla ikinci favorim oldu. Sıcak bir mor tonu, içinde altın/bronz renkli ışıltılar var. Bana Zoya Zara'nın ablası olabilirmiş gibi geldi =) Işıltılarını yakalarken oldukça zorlandım fakat normalde mükemmel gözüküyor. Diğer arkadaşları gibi formülü harika.

Tru üzerine Chloe, Opal ve Maisie, her biri tek kat.

Lotus soğuk tonlu, kirli bir mor, içinde ise pembe ışıltılar var. Işıltıların ne kadar güçlü olduğunu pek yakalayamadım ama kesinlikle çok güzel duruyor. Uygulaması diğerleri gibi rahattı, 2 kat yeterli oldu..

Lotus üzerine Chloe, Opal ve Maisie, her biri tek kat.

Sonuç olarak Zoya harika bir ilkbahar koleksiyonu hazırlamış. Renkler son derece yumuşak ve romantik, Fleck effect ojeler ise sürüldüğünde neşeli bir hava katıyor. Koleksiyonda herkese hitap eden bir renk var, üstelik renkler tekrar tekrar gördüğümüz ve sıkıldığımız renkler değil. Zoya ojeler 8$ ve Zoya.com'da ya da ebay'de bulunabilir.

*Ojeler tanıtmam için Zoya PR tarafından gönderilmiştir.

Son olarak, Zoya'dan gelen bir e-mail'i paylaşıyorum, Zoya 2012 yaz koleksiyonunu resimde görebilirsiniz.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

NOTD: Orange Marmalade

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NOTE: Updated this mani with some flakies!


China Glaze Orange Marmalade is an orange glass-fleck polish from their 2009 Summer Days Collection. This color absolutely screams "Summer!" =) It's a bright orange with yellowish-orange glass flecks. The finish really makes it glow. I'm sure this would even look better on tanned skin, but I'm truly happy with it.


It really glows from within! I did three coats, but I still have some VNL, it could be a better idea to layer this on a matching orange, in my opinion.
W/ flash:


Oh, how this sparkles! So lovely! Even better than glitter =D
I can't believe how fast my nails are growing now that it's summer. The pineapple mani was only a week ago!

ETA:I applied Inglot #202 flakies over Orange Marmalade. Coral flakies with greenish flash over microglitter gave my nails a foily, Minx-like look. It looks even better in real life =)


China Glaze Orange Marmalade, 2009 Summer Days koleksiyonundan turuncu bir oje. Bu yapıda ojelere "Cam Parçacıklı" deniyor, çünkü sahiden içinde kırık cam parçaları ışıldıyormuş gibi. Bu renk sanki "Yaz geldi!" diye bağırıyor =) Çok parlak bir turuncu, yine sarımsı turuncu mikrosimler var içinde. Sanki içinden ışık veriyormuş gibi. Eminim ki bronz tenlerde daha güzel durur, ama ben kendimde bile çok beğeniyorum.
Üç kat uyguladım ama tam opak olmadı. Bence önceden sürülmüş bir turuncu üzerine uygulamak en doğrusu olur, hem daha az oje harcamış olursunuz.
Öyle güzel parlıyor ki =) Pullu ojelerden bile daha göz alıcı =D
Şimdi yaz geldi ya, tırnaklarımın ne hızla uzadığına inanamıyorum.
Ekleme: Orange Marmalade üzerine Inglot #202 sürdüm. Mercan rengi, yeşilimsi parlayan pullar turuncu oje üzerine sürülünce metalik, Minx gibi bir görünüm oluşturdu. Gerçekte resimden bile daha güzel gözüküyor =)

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

From The Vault: Grape Pop's Darker Sister

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I dig so-called "fall colors" in spring and summer, and "summer colors" all winter. I'm weird like that... I guess the "season-coordinated colors" idea is not really my thing...
Just discovered this creme polish and brought it home, thinking it would be almost identical to China Glaze Grape Pop, but it's significantly darker. It's called Flor Mar Supermatte #120. It looked lighter under the store lights, and I thought it was only a tad darker, but it's definitely a different color. It's also leaning a bit warmer, that's why it's not blue in front of the camera.
I did a very simple konad using plate m64 and silver metallic polish.



Same polish, different day, with Inglot #202 and China Glaze Matte Magic on top.



More fun manicures to come!

Ben de bir tuhafım yani, kışın yaz renkleri diye geçen renkleri sürmeyi seviyorum, yazın ise koyu renklere gidiyor aklım. Sanırım mevsimlere göre oje sürmek pek bana göre değil.
Bu ojeyi çok beğenerek aldım, Flor Mar Supermatte #120. Ben China Glaze Grape Pop'a çok benzediğini düşünmüştüm, ama eve gelince aynı rengin biraz daha koyusu olduğu ortaya çıktı. Ayrıca biraz daha sıcak tonlu olduğu söylenebilir. Ben de üzerine m64 diski ve gümüş rengi kullanarak desen yaptım.
Diğer resimde, üzerine Inglot #202 ve China Glaze Matte Magic sürülmüş olarak görebilirsiniz.
Yakında daha eğlenceli manikürlerle buradayım =)

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Thursday, February 25, 2010

NOTD: Galaxy Dust

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I have seen this idea somewhere, but I just can't remember where. It could be a blog or flickr, maybe both! =D If the idea belongs to someone you know, please notify me so that I can credit her. Update: Found it!
I actually wanted to give one of my old Inglot polishes another chance. It's this beautiful, rich blue/purple duochrome microglitter in the bottle, but sadly it doesn't transfer on the nails. I used 4 coats, but all I got was a generic muted dark blue with barely visible blue shimmer.
I decided to amp it up a bit by sponging China Glaze Ruby Pumps on the bottom, and then green flakies by Inglot on top of Ruby Pumps.



Because my topcoat has gone bad, again, the thing just wouldn't dry properly. So I stamped with m36 in silver to cover the dents:


Sorry for the upside-down butterflies. (Again!) I always do the konad so that it's upright when I look at my nails. I also used the small side of the stamper, that's why some parts of the small butterfly are missing. The image wouldn't fit, which I realized after transferring the images to my computer.

Giveaway details will follow in the upcoming days!
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

From The Vault: Olive & Gold

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Hello guys =) Sorry for the absence ;) I have a mani from tha vault to share with you today. It's a Claire's polish, made in Turkey. I guess Claire's Turkey makes a Turkish cosmetic company do a polish line for them, so these polishes are local only. This one is an olive green shimmer. The quality is not nice, I can't put my finger on the problem with it, maybe it's the bad brush, or snail-like drying time. Anyway, I topped it with Inglot 203 flakies, aqua/royal blue. And finally stamped them with China Glaze 2030 and konad m54.



My China Glaze Up&Away Collection and real Emerald Sparkle (hopefully) arrives this week! (Thanks to my friend Lizbeth, a.k.a. Lacquered Lizard) Then I'll be able to do some more exciting manicures =)
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

NOTD: Another Bow Mani

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Maybe you have realized, I love Butterflies. And bows. Bows are some of my favorite images, especially those huge ones on m59. Unfortunately it's almost impossible to have them show up as a whole, my nails are too narrow for them. But I don't care! By the way, I'm getting better and better at completing the missing parts of the images =) But I can only do that with konad polishes at the moment, because with other polishes, I'd have to work at the speed of light =)))
This is a regular red creme polish, layered with one coat of China Glaze Pure Torture, to make it warm and saucy. I love bright, warm reds, so vintage and glamorous! I still need the perfect red, and although it's a cool one, Bangin' from the RBL spring collection seems to be just the perfect red for me. I'll try to get my hands on it, for sure =)
Anyway, I layered the manicure with one coat of Inglot 202 and stamped with m59 and special polish in white. The result:



One day I'll be able to fit all those bows on my nails! Hear my oath!!! =D
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

NOTD: Houndstooth Gift Wrapping Paper and Get To Know You Tag

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A few days ago I was trying to create a sheer blush using a very pale jelly polish and some drops of red. That's when I accidentaly poured 1/4 bottle of red into the pale polish, and I had this medium, bright jelly pink. Yesterday I put it on, it looked very cool and squishy, but I'm not very fond of medium pinks, and I topped it with Inglot 202 flakes. Today I stamped it with m63 and black polish, but my black is dying and although I diluted it a bit with polish thinner, it's a sticky mess and though to work with. My Mavadry is on its last drops, and it smeared the konad like crazy. Finally I put on some white bows to cover the Konad failures, which got smeared, too. That's why the far shot =)


See the flakies? This mani actually looks cool from a distance. I'd like to repeat it when I have a new black & white, and with another base color.

I can hardly tolerate konad mistakes on myself. I'm kinda OCD =)
Anyway, Nihrida tagged me a few days ago with Get To Know You Better Tag. Thanks, Sasha! I'm tagging anyone on my blogroll who would like to do this, I'd love to read all your answers =)

1. Where is your phone? Left side of my left leg =)
2. Your hair? Chestnut, with golden brown highlights
3. Your Mom? Just came home from work
4. Your Dad? Watching the news
5. Your favorite meal? Grilled Cream Cheese Sandwich w/ Ketchup!
6. Your last dream? Chaotic, I don't really remember, they just leave this familiar feeling.
7. What do you like to drink? Orange Juice, Ayran (Traditional Turkish drink, like Buttermilk, only better! =)
8. Your dream? My most significant wish to come true.
9. In what room are you? Own
10. Your hobby? Internet, Nintendo, Polishes, Beauty stuff, Games, Books
11. What are you afraid of? Incurable diseases, roaches, burning
12. Last travel? Mudanya, where my boyfriend lives.
13. Where were you last night? Home, studying. How boring.
14. Something you are not? Peanut butter jelly with a baseball bat
15. Muffins? Don't fancy them. Give me tartlets!
16. Wishlist? Consult my sidebar =)
17. Where did you grow up? Istanbul, Turkey
18. Last thing you did? Ate Pockys =)
19. What are you wearing? Jammies
20. Your television? Vestel
21. Your pet(s)? Right now, I have none =/
22. Your friends? I love them =)
23. Your life? Has its ups and downs
24. Your temper? Unpredictable.
25. Do you miss someone? Me and my bf have been living in different cities (2 hrs apart by ship) for almost 5 1/2 years, since the beginning. Do the math =)
26. Your car? No car
27. Something you don't bring with you? Like I don't take my desktop computer anywhere =)
28. Your favorite shop? Pull&Bear, C&A, Stradivarius, Sephora
29. Your favorite color? Aqua
30. Last time you laughed? Yesterday I guess...
31. Last time you cried? Today. I'm not in a good mood...
32. Your best friend? I have a couple, including my bf =)
33. A place where you can go again and again? Mudanya, to see my bf
34. Facebook? Consult my sidebar =)
35. Favorite place to eat? Arby's
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

NOTD: Confused Fall Manicure

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I did it. Because I had to do it.
For the first time in three months, I went short with my nails. I feel terrible. Today I realized after taking off my nail polish, that my right pinky was torn on the side. I tried to buff it so that the crack would sink in, but using my recessive hand caused a disaster, my nail tore from side to side, in a matter of a milisecond. It was painful, and I was frustrated! Then I decided to chop my nails, because it makes no sense to run around with long nails when one or two nails are just little nubbins. So I grabbed the toenail clipper and... You know the rest.
Don't get me wrong, I love short nails on other people and they don't bother me at all, but after all the effort for growing them longer, it's frustrating to have them break just like so. I wonder if I ever have even nails at one time. I swear, before I became obsessed with my nails, everything was smoother...
So today's mani is the offspring of my depression. I just slapped some polish and layered it, and this came out.


This is Inglot #202 (green/pink flakies) over regular black creme polish, topped at first with China Glaze Matte Magic, then the underside with shiny topcoat. So those thick lines are not intended to be french tips =) When using a matte top coat, I recommend using it over regular top coat, because even when matte top coats dry quickly, they are not like quick-dry top coats, and they dent.


Look how short they are! I only didn't shorten my left pinky, because pinkies are such a pain in the butt to grow.
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Friday, November 13, 2009

NOTD: Aqua Flakies

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The past few days have been kinda hectic. I was busy and rushing all the time, and had to wear boring, professional colors. I actually love those classic shades, too, but I was in such a hurry that I did a slightly messy manicure and after taking it off immediately after the seminar, I celebrated my freedom by doing the following layering:

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It's 3 coats of the aqua creme polish by Claire's, a dupe of China Glaze Shower Together, maybe a bit more blueish and vibrant. I topped it with green/blue opalescent flakies by Inglot, #203. The result is so beautiful, I can't take my eyes off of my nails. They remind me of exotic places, the ocean and aqua world, that's how refreshing they look. My boyfriend just fell in love with the color. He's an artist, and I took it as a great compliment =)

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I took this picture yesterday after applying, and it's before the cleanup. Sorry about the messy cuticles =)
And this is what I wore for a few days, just before the seminar. A classic burgundy/red creme, 4 coats. Looks similar to OPI's Got The Blues For Red in the bottle.

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By the way, my China Glaze haul from Head2ToeBeauty.com finally arrived today, and pictures will be up tomorrow.
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