Camel Whoa

Today, I managed to snag my major nail polish lemmings- China Glaze Classic Camel and China Glaze Ingrid! :) (I decided to grab Swing Baby as well. I love the Vintage Vixen collection!! Today in Vegas it feels disgusting. I know that I shouldn't complain, but after living in the desert for 2.5 years, 41% humidity is HELL. (on top of the 100°+ temperatures. It makes me think of the days in Michigan where you step out of the shower, and then feel like you have to shower all over again. Humidity is the devil, and the devil is in Las Vegas. I did another relatively simple design today, since a few people expressed that they dug the simpler stuff. I think it sort of has a vintage feel to it as well, so I think it fits with the color collection I used. :) BTW Class Camel was so totally worth the wait. I am in love with this polish, even though it looks horrid with my skin. :-P

I used China Glaze Classic Camel as a base, China Glaze Ingrid for the scrolls, China Glaze Swing Baby for the dots. Topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

There's No Place Like Home!

It's GIVEAWAY time!!! To thank all my lovely readers, (new and old) I decided to do a giveaway!!!

The theme? HOME.

The challenge? I want to see a nail design that reminds you of home, whether it's a place you love to go when you're home, what you think of when you think of home, or what home means to you.

The rules:

You MUST be a follower. When you send your entry, please put your Google ID in the Subject. Also, I ask that after you send the entry, please comment on this post. :) All entries should be sent to thedailynailcontest@gmail.com by August 8, 2010. One entry per person please! Depending on the number of entries, I will post all of them in one post for you all to vote on, or I will whittle them down to a reasonable number if there are a lot. YAY!

Now the important part: THE PRIZES!!

A special thank you to reader Patti, who donated some fun (and a tad naughty- sorry dad) chapstick holder keyrings, and to the First Place winner, an eyeshadow quad palette with choice of colors! Check out her sites Etsy (chapstick holder) and Bella Sugar Cosmetics.

FIRST PRIZE:

The Daily Nail cosmetic bag (hand screen-printed and sewn by yours truly!)
Color Club Rebel Debutante Set
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Color Collection mini set
essie Berry Hard
Claire's Mood Polish in Calm/Wild
Piggy Polish Free Toes
Piggy Polish Teeny Pink-ini
Eyeshadow quad with choice of colors from Bella Sugar Cosmetics!
Naughty Chapstick Holder- ADULT WINNERS ONLY

SECOND PRIZE:

The Daily Nail cosmetic bag (hand screen-printed and sewn by yours truly!)
Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine Nail Color Collection mini set
Orly La Playa
Orly Top 2 Bottom
Dare To Wear Inspiring Surrounding
Rimmel Tequila Sunrise
Revlon Lavender Light
LA Colors Live
Naughty Chapstick Holder- ADULT WINNERS ONLY

THIRD PRIZE:

The Daily Nail cosmetic bag (hand screen-printed and sewn by yours truly!)
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Color Collection mini set
Orly Bailamos
Orly Top 2 Bottom
Rimmel Night Before
LA Colors Phenomena
Naughty Chapstick Holder- ADULT WINNERS ONLY

Who else is excited?! I love giveaways!!

Retro Zig Zaggin'

Today's nail design was quick, I'll admit it, I'm in a rush today- lots to do- Colin Hay concert tonight! woo! The design was inspired by the paint job I saw on the side of a building in southern California, I just thought that it had a really retro vibe to it, which, of course, I love. I also got to use a new polish I picked up from Milani- they have a new collection of nudes out now!! :)

I used Milani Teddy Bare (which is pretty close to Essie Mink Muffs) as a base, with American Apparel Cotton for the ivory line, and Zoya Jancyn for the orange line.

Sorry for the lack of complexity today, I feel kinda guilty when I don't do crazy stuff. :-P

Krasey Beauty goes Crazy for Zoya Nail Polish

Krasey Beauty just received the Zoya Nail Polish Wicked Collection for Fall 2010 and she can't help but think of equally enchanting Broadway show Wicked!

"Well Elphaba shouldn’t have all of the fun, right? Thanks to those fabulously mischievous polish fairies, the wicked comes to us via six new nail lacquer shades. Conjuring up images of mischievous sprites, disco dancers, and delightfully daring females, Zoya’s Wicked collection for Fall has us all squealing with delight as we embrace (and wear) the Wicked."-Krasey Beauty

This review is super cute and wickedly amazing so read the entire post here!

Grease is the Word

Lately, Paramount decided to re-release the movie GREASE in select theaters, but this time with a little twist- it's a SING-A-LONG! They added graphics throughout the movie when there were songs to be sung, and how they handled some of the lyrics was pretty damn amusing. The graphics were amusing, but some were distracting and too much. All in all it was a fun experience. In honor of the re-release, I did GREASE nails!! :-D

I used:

Thumb:

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base for the red, and for the letters in 'GREASE', with Nubar Sexy Red for the red of the car.

Index:

Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base with Nubar Sexy Red for the Rydell High logo.

Middle:

American Apparel Hassid as a base, with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud for the T Birds logo.

Ring:

Yachty Yachty Yadda as a base, with American Apparel Hassid for the words.

Pinky:

Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base, with Nubar Sexy Red for the lightning outline, and China Glaze OMG for the silver.

Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

We go together like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga a dong, just thought you should know.

Zoya Nail Polish Covers Spain

Art of Beauty distributor NailEvo, represented by Barbara Ferraro (center, right of Zoya color display) recently visited key Zoya and Qtica salon/spa locations in Spain. Spanish readers should contact NailEvo directly for location details.

Zoya Kelly is a Tim Burton Fantasy.

Blogdorf Goodman just reviewed Zoya Nail Polish in Kelly from our Fall 2010 collection - Wonderful and she found it to be, "Behold the lovely heaven of Zoya's Kelly. The grey is cold, murky, twisted, loch ness-like and full of Sleepy Hollow evil"-Blogdorf GoodMan

The Zoya Color Lock Challenge

Beauty Blogger from Contest and Such just participated in the Zoya Nail Polish Color Lock System Challenge and her results were FABulous!

She used Zoya Nail Polish in Zara and after six days it was still a pretty rockin mani! You can read the rest of her review here and if you do a Zoya Color Lock System Challenge let us know all about it!

Zoya Nail Polish Classic - Jasmine

Zoya Nail Polish in Jasmine is hitting the beach for a bit of summer fun - usually thought of as a fall/winter shade, Jasmine works well in the summer too! Zoya Nail Polish encourages nail polish lovers to step outside of the box and try interesting and unexpected shades whenever possible.

Jasmine is a medium wine red with subtle pink and brown undertones and soft, frosty shimmer.

Is It Vacation Time?

Good Morning, We are almost at the end of the work week! Right after work I pulled into Walgreens and walked right over and browsed the Sinful Colors display.  My eyes zoomed right in on Vacation Time...such a catchy name.  Very pretty dusty pink creme.  I really like it! It's a safe color to wear at the office or at an interview don't you agree...Still looking for the Revlon Glitters (sigh)  

Used my standard 2 coats

       This picture is more color accurate. Wish I were going on Vacation ^_^ 

 Until next time please have a great nail polish day!
  

We're Gonna Rouge Our Knees

and roll our stockings down...

I have yet to come across a musical that I DIDN'T like, and CHICAGO is no exception. I LOVE this musical. I love the movie version, and though I've only experienced the soundtrack of the stage version, I adore that too! I love the glamour of it all, the sex, the crime, the Richard Gere?! :-P Anyway, today's nails were inspired by all that jazz...

The 'glow' is far more subtle in person, but the camera really seemed to pick it up.

I used American Apparel Hassid as a base, with the orangey red from the Color Club Yacht Club collection for the glow of the neon letters, mixed with a little American Apparel Hassid to try to fade out the glow a bit, and with Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud to create the glowing neon of the middle C. For the black of the other letters, I used American Apparel Hassid.

So who's your favorite Velma? Bebe Neuwirth? Catherine Zeta Jones? Someone else? Are you more of a Roxie Hart fan? Maybe Mama? Billy? *rawr*

Sail Away with Zoya Nail Polish

An Australian Magazine's most recent issues did a spread on the Nautical Trend that's happening this summer and Zoya Nail Polish can be the key to making your nails look like expert sailors.

Zoya Nail Polish in America and Zoya Nail Polish in Tallulah are the perfect red and blue combo for your ocean setting lifestyle!

DaySpa Magazine visits with Zoya at Cosmoprof USA!

It was wonderful for Zoya's founder, Zoya Reyzis, to be able to meet our media friends during Cosmoprof USA this year. This cute little clip is from our interview with the also wonderful Rhonda Wilson from DaySpa Magazine.

http://www.dayspamagazine.com/video-channel-cosmoprof-zoya.php

Jin Soon Choi for MAC Nail Polish collection

                                             August 2010 [US/Canada]
                                             September 2010 [International]


Nail Lacquers: (LE) $12.00USD/$14.50CAD

Earthly Harmony- Muted Taupe with copper shimmer (frost)
Imperial Flower- Bright reddish orange with gold and red shimmer
Ming Blue- Cobalt blue with teal and red shimmer (frost)
Jade Dragon- Emerald green with teal shimmer (frost)
Concubine- Blackened red with red shimmer (frost)
Rain of Flowers- Blackened violet with violet shimmer (frost)

Whatcha Think?

Until next time please have a great nail polish day.

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Atomic Wedgwood

I've always been a fan of all things retro in the art world, and the plates that today's nail art was inspired by are no exception! I love the atomic era art style, so when my friend Chris showed me his plates and suggested they'd make great nail art, I completely agreed. So, I palmed a plate, and headed to my nail art desk, and got to work!

The inspiration:

The Nails:

I used Sally Hansen Professional Lavender Cloud as a base, with a mixture of Essie Mink Muffs and American Apparel California Trooper for the beige, Orly Gumdrop for the turquoise, Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Spring Green for the green, and MAC Showy for the dark brown line work. Topped everything off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

A Zoya Nail Polish First

KONADomania has just used her first Zoya Nail Polish and she loves us! Her first Zoya Nail Polish was in Isla and we have to say that Zoya Nail Polish in Isla is a great color to start your Zoya Nail Polish affair.

"It's a gorgeous shimmery red, the finish sometimes looks as it were metallic though it's not really. It's a 2-coater and it applied perfectly and it dried also pretty fast. I had no troubles applying it, the pics you see aren't pre-cleaned.

This is my very first Zoya nail polish I've tried and I have to say I'm so pleased with the formula and the brush! Great!"-KONADomania

You can read the rest of her post here. 

A little bit of this...A little bit of that

After still wearing CG Hula Blue and after seeing an inspiring mani from Blogger Colette over at My Simple Little Pleasures...by the way she is AWESOME. *Waves Hi Colette*  Chevron style..used SH Inst-dri Blazing Blue on tips...

Used konad plate M62 with SH salon manicure Lavender Cloud

 

Still practicing konad...

One coat SH Xtreme wear Shooting Star

indoors no flash

sunlight

Glitter makes everything better...covers up flaws well, Ha ha!

   
Until next time please have a great nail polish day.

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Just Push Play

So, since I've been feeling pretty under the weather for the last few days, I've become very acquainted with the TV remote. I seem to have caught some sort of bug. *bleck* Anyway. There are a few things I make myself get out of bed/get off the couch for- and this is one!! :) (Groceries is another) Anyway, today's nails were inspired by my buddy, the remote, the clicker, the changer, your children, whatever you call the little thing that allows you to channel surf. :-P

I used American Apparel Factory Grey as a base with American Apparel Cotton for the symbols. For the red of the record 'button', I used Nubar Sexy Red. Topped it all off with 2 coats of Seche Vite top coat.

Did you know the Travel Channel has wicked awesome shows? I'm totally addicted. between that, Discovery, History, and ID, I'm totally hypnotized. In addition, can I say I am loving Anthony Bourdain?

Zoya Nail Polish Shines in People Style Watch

The most recent issue of People Style Watch is loving Jewel Tones and Zoya Nail Polish in Ivanka will fill your craving for an emerald jewel.

 For more Jewel tone shades go to zoya.com.

Zoya Nail Polish and The Daily Nail in Vegas!

The Daily Nail is a really fun blog that shows a different nail design each day and we got to meet the writer (and nail artist) at Comsoprof!

"I had the pleasure and unique opportunity to meet Zoya Reyzis, founder and creator of Zoya Nail Polish! She was SO amazing to talk to, and it was so awesome to hear about her life, why and how she developed the Zoya product line, and how the names of the polishes came about! Did you know that when Zoya first started the line, she named all the polishes for famous women in history?! How amazing is that? I'm a true history nerd, so that makes me like Zoya even more! (is that possible?!) (check out after today's post for more Cosmoprof/Zoya!)"-The Daily Nail


You can read the full blogpost here!

Art of Beauty (Makers of Zoya and Qtica) rocks Cosmoprof USA 2010

Art of Beauty (makers of Zoya and Qtica) recently visited Cosmoprof USA (Las Vegas - Mandalay Bay Convention Center) as both a part of the show and as attendees! It was a wonderful show and even more wonderful to see so many old friends and to make so many new ones as well.

The show was attended by just about everyone who is anyone in the beauty industry including top beauty and cosmetic brands, distributors, salons, spas, industry professionals, celebrities, magazine editors and bloggers. In attendance on behalf of Art of Beauty were Michael Reyzis (President), Zoya Reyzis (Founder), Leo Reyzis (Vice President), Erin Giddings (Media Relations and Design) and Ellen Carey (Distributor Coordinator).

It was an extra special show for Zoya lovers since Zoya Reyzis herself was able to meet with the media and tell her unique and interesting life story. Zoya is a captivating storyteller!

Keep an eye on your favorite blogs and industry magazines for complete coverage.