I think that for the first time I am uttering these words in a sincere manner: HAPPY MONDAY!! I am taking a couple of days off from work, and I am enjoying the crap out of them. Instead of doing nothing all day which is one of my favorite things to do (sleeping being another favorite), I am babysitting my little Peanut. He turned 10 months old and is now crawling and getting into EVERYTHING. I am planning on taking him to the mall for a ride on the carrousel and then maybe a trip to the toy store because his auntie loves to spoil him. Besides the Peanut/Auntie time, I don’t have much planned today. This weekend I did some swatching and a lot of Netflix watching–namely Sons of Anarchy. I am not up to season 4 but I kind of want to stretch it out because I don’t want it to end!!! I know this is the last season so I’m going to be sad. Well, one of the collections I swatches this weekend is the Zoya Ultra PixieDust Collection for Fall 2014. To be honest, I first thought that these polishes looked like Valentine’s Day threw up in my polish. They are all red…? Before I get into it any further, let me show you my swatches.
Zoya Oswin
Zoya Arianna
Zoya Noir
In the bottle, Arianna and Oswin look almost exactly alike. On the nail, they do look slightly different: Oswin is more red while Arianna leans more berry. They are both nice but they don’t make my heart skip a beat. Enter Noir…ahhhh, Noir. You are such a gorgeous, sexy bitch. I absolutely love the dark base on this polish. These polishes are supposed to dry super matte but only Oswin dried completely matte on me. Zoya did share a video about how to apply these. When I first saw the video I snickered because how many of us need a video in order to know how to apply polish? However, I now know why my polish didn’t dry completely matte:
After the first swatch, I used OPI’s Glitter Off which is why I think the polish didn’t dry completely matte. I also didn’t allow enough time in between the first and second coat. Matte or not, these are pretty. Am I all excited about this trio? Nope. The standout for me is Noir and I can’t wait to wear it again. To purchase these polishes, you can go to zoya.com where they retail for $10 each. Thanks for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!
They’re pretty, but I hate the hassle of pixiedust and similar textures. They never get me excited because I know I’m not going to buy them, no matter how pretty.
Is it the removal that you don’t like or just the feeling of textured polish in general?
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Were these very difficult to remove? It’s cool that the glitter off made the polish less matte though!
They were so easy to remove with the glitter off base coat. However, they are heavy glitters so they are always going to be a little messy to remove. I always make sure to use pure acetone because removal is easier.
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Wait what season 4? That’s not the last season! The 7th season (that’s just started in the US) is the final one 🙂
Nois. NOIR. How gorgeous!!
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Oh, I know it’s not the last season. I just meant that I don’t want to watch everything super fast and want to stretch it out. I’m on season 5 now and I’m sad that I am almost catching up and now season 7 is here and that will be the end. 🙁
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These are nice but I think I like the more sparkly textures more.
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Sparkle is always more fun!
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I didn’t even realize the first two were two different polishes until you said something. I was thinking “Uhm isn’t there a third one in this collection!?” Then when I went back and actually LOOKED, I noticed the difference. I’m with you, Noir is definitely the standout here!
I don’t know why they made them so similar. It seems like a waste to me.
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I would totally wear these! Very pretty! Would look great all dressed up for a holiday party.
I just ordered a red textured Stardust one from AVON that just came out. I must’ve had ESP that red textures were trending. 😉
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I can totally see these being stunners at a holiday party! I’m a big fan of red nails so I do like these, but I wish there had been a little more variety.
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I’m off Friday and I cannot wait! Sleeeeeepy time then tattoo, then hair time!
I hate you that these look so good on you. They’re gorgeous on you and in general. Perfection swatches
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Thanks, love. I hope you enjoy your day! <3
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I think you nailed it (ah-hahaha…HA), as always. Noir is definitely the standout. I think I like Oswin slightly better than Ariana, but I can’t quite get fully on board with these chunky textures.
Happy Monday and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I know what you mean about the textures because these are rough. It was a nice Monday for sure. 🙂
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Happy Monday to you too! What a nice change up to get an extra loong weekend! I really love the color of Oswin, but the other two are too muddled and too jelly looking. Have fun with peanut. What a cutie patootie!
Thank you, Cindi. We had a lot of fun and I was sure to keep him away from my nail polish considering he broke a bottle last time. 🙂
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Great swatches! I honestly don’t think it was you using a base coat because I followed their instructions and I had the same results and so have most of the other blogs I’ve read on these. So weird! I do love Oswin, though!
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I was wondering if more people had the same experience. Once the reviews started coming out, I think you are right. Maybe next time I will try no base coat or if all else fails I could put a matte top coat on them but that seems like too much. Thanks for stopping by, Kirby.
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omg Noir. so pretty! I’ve certainly had a similar problem with other matte texture polishes, but I don’t think it has anything to do with the base coat you applied.
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Totally my favorite too! 🙂
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Noir is a stunner, the others are a snooze. And what the hell possessed the powers that be at Zoya to put 2 red polishes in a collection of 3. Lame. 🙁
Right?! If it had been a Valentine’s Day Trio I would have gotten it but those two are so similar. I wish there had been a forest green in there.
I know what you mean about not wanting SOA to end, ugh!!!!!! Thanks for sharing these swatched. I was torn as I knew I didn’t need all three reds; so last week ordered Arianna …now I wish I had got Noir instead lol insert sad face.
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I lov noir.. It is such a beautiful color
I know im reading this very late, i havent read my mail for a month lol.
But i had to comment, this polish is on my wish list.