Matte Velvet

I received my final NYX haul yesterday. So I'll hopefully get around to swatching those polishes in the weekend. I didn't realise I'd gone so crazy on the brights and neons! I put Bermuda Triangle on straight away and topped it off with White Shatter...awesome mani! Hopefully the sun shines for me to take a pic tomorrow.

I left when it was dark, and I got home when it was dark...booo winter.

At least the Autumn/Winter polish can come and play. Talking about Autumn and Winter polishes, some stunning ones are the Zoya Matte Velvets. I have 5 of the 6 polishes that were released in sets of three over Autumn and Winter 2009/2010.

First released in the Autumn of 2009 were a trio of red, silver and black. I am missing the red, Poshe. The ebay seller I bought from declined to mention it was out of stock, but didn't bother to refund me. They no longer trade on ebay...

Anyway gorgeous colours time!

Loredana: Gorgeous dark greyed silver. So shimmery and sparkly...yet matte.

Dovima: Charcoaled black? Very pretty and more interesting than a straight black. Dovima does remind me of coal. We all know what coal turns into...eventually...

Then for the Winter of 2009/2010 Zoya released another set of Matte Velvets. A green, purple and what I class as a red violet. I managed to get all three.

Verushucka: Wine bottle green...can you tell I haven't had anything to drink in a month. Very pretty bottle green with shimmer. I thought it might be close to Revlons matte Emerald City, but they are distinctly different...to me...

Savita: Described as a plum, I'd just call it a purple. It doesn't seem to have as much gorgeous shimmer, it does have some, but it's not as out there?

Harlow: I think Harlow is my favourite of the bunch. I'd class it as a red violet. To purple to be a pink but too red to be a purple. Such pretty shimmer and such a pretty flattering colour. Gorgeous.

Pink Wednesday Spam

I almost forgot Pink Wednesday!
I'm cheating this week....this is not my current mani. you can tell because I don't have a stubby nail!
I was actually wearing Zoya Dove with China glaze Cracked Concrete today...and then when I changed my nails this evening I applied BB Couture Nike...nothing pink about my choices...

But these nails are pink, so enjoy some pink polishes for pink Wednesday.

Color Club Space Case

Color Club Ultra-Astral

OPI Too Pink To Hold 'em

Color Club Yum Gum

Color Club Raspberry Rush

Nicole Enchanted with Love Your Life

Zoya Happi

Zoya Reece

Yes they were just all the pics of pink polish I had on the desktop computer! I normally have my pics on my HP Mini, seeing as that's what I use to blog. But the mini was too far away to get...
I've posted some of these before, but Too Pink To Hold Em, Space case and Ultra-Astral have never been seen. I really should post the pics of my OPI Texas polishes and my Color Club Starry Temptress ones...
I've had both for awhile now.

Summer?

I'm a primary school teacher, so you'd think I'd know my seasons...but no. I actually had to ask someone yesterday if it was really Autumn. Yes, it took me until March 23rd to realise that we were now in Autumn. In all fairness New Zealand gets some of it's best weather during February and March...and we do refer to Term One as the Summer Term...

The weather lately has mostly been gorgeous sunshine, with the odd day where everything throws the towel in and goes down hill. It gets cold very fast, rains heavily and is generally dark and miserable. Tuesday was one of those days, when it finally hit me that it was Autumn.

Because I'm still clinging on to Summer...here are some more gorgeous Zoyas. The Sparkle Collection from last year. I love me some sparkle!

Mimi

 Mimi is a gorgeous sparkling purple. To be honest I don't see myself and Mimi being the best of friends...but she's so darn pretty to resist!

Alegra

 Alegra is more my ind of colour. I think Alegra and I will get on just fine. Such a pretty darker pink, with oh so much sparkle again. Did anyone else dork out and go...Mimi? Alegra...? Blue Bloods? Or am I the only one who reads semi trashy vampire novels! (and I say trashy with much love...I love a good book I can just zone out and read, no real thinking required. I still haven't managed to get past page 60 on the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo....that's what happens when I read thinking books!)

Charla

 Oh! Charla I don't care if you have many dupes, I still love you. Turquoise shades of green and blue are my favourite colours. Add sparkle and you have me hooked.

Ivanka

 My mum wants this one. She looks amazing in greens, but never lets me do her nails green. We have to stick to reds and neutrals. Ivanka is helping change her mind. Ivanka is a beautiful green though!

Nidhi

 Nidhi...not a common name in New Zealand. I know far more Annemaries. Annemarie is a really awesome name that should totally have it's own polish...though I may be biased...Nidhi is a very pretty light red though. Not as sparkly yet holds her own. Pretty golden shimmer.

Gilda

Gilda is amazing. Beautiful very vibrant pink. Actually Gilda is about the same colour as my very awesome camera. The 6 year old girls in my class loved Gilda, and as far as pink lovers go....they're the experts!

Alone in the Dark...and a Reverie

Well ok...so the TV still works and that's emitting some light...so not totally alone in the dark!

This morning as I was getting ready to drop Nick down to the bus stop, like I always do at 6.30am, our outside light exploded. It flickered for a little as we watched, then exploded. There were sparks. Now we have no lights.

Nick sent me a long winded text on how to fix it, something about a fuse box and breaker lights one...?
That's outside though, and it'll be lighter soon. I have my laptop...so that's all that matters!

I'm not feeling the approach of Autumn. So here's some more Spring/Summer polishes!

In all honesty Zoya's Reverie collection was not quite what I expected. It's growing on me. I love the polishes more each time I see the pictures, but my initial impressions were not the greatest.

Gwin

Reece

Laney

Adina

Happi

Lana

Super Moon Day

It's a beautiful sunshiney day!

I plan on spending my day swatching and cleaning the house. Although I need to pick up more cotton swabs and polish remover first! Maybe I can find some delicious bacon and hashbrowns on special for breakfast.

Happy Super Moon Day...I hope no one is freaking about natural disasters. We'll be having drinks in Wellington tonight...right on one of the major fault lines in New Zealand.

Some of the beauties I plan to swatch today are...

Zoya Mattes

Zoya Reverie Collection

Lippmanns!!!

Wicked Sweet...yum!

Starry Temptress...tempting!

Older Sally Hansens I picked up cheaply.

Borghese nudes...options for wedding?

More Borghese I picked up cheaply.

Nicoles...ohhhh...the colours! Rainbow...