OPI DS Extravagance vs Zoya Aurora

I found my Zoya Aurora and did the comparison. Just from the bottles I could tell they were close but not exact. Close enough that someone does not need to own both. The Zoya is a lighter purple and the glitter is more holographic looking, way more sparkly:). I would recommend the Zoya Aurora hands down.

The OPI Designer series is also very nice it is a deeper purple and has the glitter effect just not as bright or sparkly as the Zoya.

I tried to do a side by side comparison on same hand but is very hard with lighting then I use my phone for pictures still. Really need to start using my new camera more:). I will say that the OPI only needs one coat, it is amazing coverage in one coat. The Zoya needs two for sure. Then the Zoya looks super shiny without the top coat but the OPI needed a top coat to bring at the sparkle in the glitter.

Check out the photos and let me know what you think. I say close enough to only need to have one or the other bug not an exact duplicate. More to come because tonight I started doing a comparison and inventory of all my polishes. I will have a blog sale and contest coming up soon. Have a few indie colors I will be selling so keep an eye out, Lynnderella fans let me know I have several I don't use I just swatched them, not a fan of thick glitter to hard to remove then ruins my nails. Good night everyone;)

Meli~

Quick mani before gym and lucky day!

To start I won a Michael Kors jet set tote today. I was so excited entered the drawing almost two months ago when I got email to confirm prize thought it was a scam so gave po box address went to post office to mail some things and to my surprise there was a box! I would have never bought this bag myself. I like the all leather ones and so many I like this would have been on the bottom. I was happy it is not the canvas one cause I dot care for the canasta bags they tend to fade and stain easy. I am super happy it is valued at $198 and I wanted a brown bag since I just got a black python leather one.

I decided after trying the new nail colors to go with a quick mani before the gym today. I picked Zoya Aurora from the Ornate collection. What a gorgeous polish. All of the colors I have tried from this collection are gorgeous and even though they are packed with sparkle super easy to remove not like typical glitter polishes which I love but hate at the same time lol.

I was in a rush I leave in twenty for boxing class so I got dressed first except for my shoes. I applied one quick coat of Butter London Nail Foundation then two quick coats of the Zoya Aurora finished with quick dry Out the Door top coat. Nails are pretty much dry in less then a couple minutes which is a must for an always on the go mom.

This polish is so pretty pictures don't do it justice. I love purple and it is a perfect shade of purple filled with iridescent sparkles that remind me of a glitter ornament or glass ornament for the holidays. Put me in a festive mood for sure:). I will post more photos later when I have more time to snap some and also going to upload my camera shots of Christmas tree, decor and some nail polish swatches I been meaning to upload for awhile.

Have a great mid week and so happy the weekend is almost here:). Today makes three days in a row of gym I been going 3-5 days a week while I can but both daughters sports seasons start in the upcoming weeks so besides their practices I will have games also. I am planning on going to am classes and they have a morning boot camp class for two hours Monday Wednesday and Friday I have been dying to go to. For now meeting a good friend in the evenings for boxing, kickboxing and box fit classes. I'm down from a wearing a size 12-10 to a 5-7 in jeans and from a large top to medium and a few larges depends on top. Weight wise down 18 lbs from start almost six weeks ago next Monday will be six week mark. I see a huge change in my body from how defined it is, overall inches, my energy, self esteem and sleep is much easier. I love this gym and the classes highly recommend it over all other fads out there now. Swear by it, I get the best work out and I can kick some butt lol. That doesn't hurt any these days.

Off to work out enjoy photos below


Melissa

Above is a photo of the prize I won=).  I am very happy even though I would not have picked this myself but don't have.  Hubby got me the one I wanted already early Christmas gift cause Macy's had a sale.  I still love it and will be wearing it for sure.

Zoya Ornate, Butter London and Opi purchase

Today I was at Ulta, my 13 year old daughter had her birthday this weekend and wanted to buy makeup. I had a gift card and coupons for ulta so I grabbed some new face wash to try, my powder by bare escentuals and then of course a couple polishes on my wish list and a clearance one.

I got the rest of the Zoya Ornate polishes i wanted! I had storm that I grabbed up last week but wanted Blaze and Aurora. Got Butter London Scuppered and OPI Gettin Miss Piggy with it. I love all of then except the Opi I think it may look better with silver or black maybe even red under it but I am out of glitter top coats right now kind of over it.

However I love these Zoya ornate polishes. The sparkle and is amazing reminds me so much of ornaments and christmas sparkling and shinning. Love them all. Blaze is a favorite but I love purple and black:). These are a must have if you like Zoya and are a polish lover. I didn't get the silver or gold cause I have so many already.

Butter London always impresses me. This color is gold with a green hue and lots of glitter and sparkle also. It is called Scuppered.

Absolutely in love with the Zoya ornate collection for the holiday/winter 2012 it has been awhile since I liked that many colors in a zoya collection. I actually used up my Julep points and am getting my final box along with some other polishes I got for free with my reward points:). Thank you to everyone who used my link to help me get the points also. I should have those to review soon:). For now I will leave you with my quick swatches of my new colors and a few peeks at my two Christmas trees I have decorated at home. Still adding the finishing touches and need a topper for one also finishing the garland, which I have in the kitchen, over the windows, around entry and on fireplace mantel, outside decor will be done Thursday when hubby has a day off and the rest of the house is day by day. I go to the extreme I have two 7.5 ft trees and three 4.5 ft trees plus a smaller one. I decorate every table, console, room and nook n cranny of my home:) Love it. I also will have photos of work I have done for others also coming soon. Enjoy and happy mid week almost!