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Monday, January 16, 2012

This Week's (almost FREE) Additions to My Stash and a comment about Zoya

So here are the additions to the family: and guess what? They were almost FREE!

My GREAT friend Lindsay (the Nail Tech) gave me the 4 bottles of OPI and all the back issues of Nails Magazines from her salon. Woot!!!! Thanks Lindsay!!!

The 2 Zoya polishes were free as a promotion that they ran January 1-9th where you got two free bottles of Zoya. I just had to pay the shipping which was $6.95. Let me just say, Zoya has such beautiful packaging, and they sent me real swatches of their upcoming Spring 2012 lines, which look amazing in person. One thing that I would like to suggest to Zoya, IF YOU'RE SOMEWHERE OUT THERE READING THIS!!!!....you need something online that better represents your polishes. The crappy picture and description don't do any justice in showing the beauty of their polishes. I was thoughtful enough to look up swatches online on my own (Google) so that I could pick which two polishes I wanted. Zoya should be showing swatches on their site. I truly believe they would sell more polish if people could see a more life-like representation of their polish.

The lone bottle of Wet N Wild was 40% off at Rite Aid. So I only paid $1.28 (tax inculuded) for it.

So all this you see here cost me a grand total: $8.23. Not bad!!!





Two coats each of Zoya Crystal and Zoya Edyta on a color wheel.






Two coats of each on a color wheel: OPI Rally Pretty Pink, OPI White Shatter, OPI Red Shatter, Wet N Wild Party of Five Glitters


Two coats of OPI Pepe's Purple Passion on a color wheel

Thursday, January 12, 2012

8th Annual "Nails Magazine" Readers' Choice Awards for 2011

I love Nails Magazine. It's supposed to be strictly for professionals. But in my mind, I am. So my friend Lindsay, the nail tech, brings me copies of the magazine home from her salon. As I was reading the December issue of "Nails Magazine", I came across an article I knew I wanted to share with my readers. I searched their online website at  http://www.nailsmag.com/ so that I could directly link the article and properly site it. Since I was unsuccessful, I have decided to type a few of the results here for my readers that I found interesting. So here are a portion of the:

8th Annual Nails Magazine Readers Choice Awards for 2011: Chosen by Nail Professionals. 

Favorite Cuticle Treatment
  1. CND: SolarOil
  2. Young Nails: Rose Cuticle Oil
  3. OPI Products: Avoplex Cuticle Oil To Go
  4. NSI: Nurture Oil
  5. Hand & Nail Harmony: Nourish by Harmony






Favorite Files
  1. Young Nails: 150/150 Zebra Files
  2. OPI Products: Professional Files
  3. NSI: Endurance Nail Files
  4. CND: Girlfriend Buffer
  5. Entity Beauty: Shiner



Favorite Implement or Tool (nippers and pushers)
  1. OPI Products: Titanium Tooling System
  2. Young Nails: Magic Wand
  3. Tweezerman Professional: Cobalt Stainless Steel Cuticle Nipper
  4. Mehaz Professional: #777 Cuticle Nipper
  5. EZ Flow: Pro Pusher



Favorite Lotion for Hands or Body
  1. CND: Scentsations
  2. OPI Products: Avojuice Skin Quenchers Lotion
  3. Young Nails: Lomasi Lotions
  4. Cuccio Naturale: Lemongrass & Lavendar Body Butter
  5. NSI: Nurture Lotion



Favorite Nail Art/Decals/Accessories
  1. Young Nails: Glitter Collections
  2. OPI Products: Designter Brush
  3. Cina Nail Creations: Cina Nail Art Pens
  4. NSI: Glitter Kit
  5. It's So Easy: Stripe Rite



Favorite Pedicure Product or System
  1. OPI Products: Manicure/Pedicure by OPI
  2. CND: Marine SpaPedicure
  3. Young Nails: Lomasi Line
  4. Entity Beauty: Rainforest Body Couture
  5. Cuccio Naturale: Pomegranate: Fig Signature Service Kit



Favorite Pedicure Tool
  1. OPI Products: Disinfectable Foot File with Disposable Grit Strips
  2. Mehaze Professional: Pedicure Plus
  3. Tweezerman Professional: Pedicure Plus
  4. Cuccio Naturale: Metal Foot File
  5. Flowery Professional: Swedish Clover Fot Fil



Favorite Polish Drying Product
  1. OPI Products: Drip Dry Lacquer Drying Drops
  2. CND: Solar Speed Spray
  3. China Glaze: Fast Freeze Quick Dry
  4. NSI: Airshield
  5. Jessica Cosmetics: Jessica Quick Dry



Favorite Polish (Traditional, not gel or UV cured)
  1. OPI Products: Nail Lacquer
  2. China Glaze: Polish
  3. CND: Colour & Effects
  4. Essie Cosmetics: Nail Polishes
  5. Zoya and Qtica: Zoya Nail Polish



Favorite Top Coat
  1. Seche: Seche Vite
  2. OPI Products: Rapid Dry Top Coat
  3. CND: Super Shiney Top Coat
  4. Young Nails: Y-UV Top Coat
  5. NSI: Glaze 'N Go



Favorite Strengthener or Treatment
  1. OPI Products: Nail Envy
  2. Nail Tek: Nail Tek/Hydration Therapy Strengtheners
  3. CND: Toughen Up
  4. China Glaze: Nail Strengthener & Growth Formula
  5. Nailtiques: Formula 2



So, my lovely readers, what do you think? I love Nails Magazine. They have up to date info on product/polish lines and lots of good nail art and mani/pedi info. I thought this was a wonderful article. I will now, thoughtfully, be switching brands on some of my go to products. What can I say?? I trust the professionals.