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Hello lovelies,

We finally got some sun in ol' England a bit while ago so I could swatch the very sparkly Zoya Magical Pixie polishes.

About: 'Zoya Magical Pixie - a new PixieDust formulation, amped up with spectacular sparkle creating the most magical, Zoya PixieDust ever! Three new never before imagined textured, holographic beauties for spring 2014'.

I was excited to try this sparkly textured goodness so let's have a look at them...

Cosmo - silver chunky holo and glitter texture. The colour is a bit grey-ish silver packed with silver and holo glitter. The formula was quite thick but manageable. I've applied two coats without any top coat of course. The finish is sparkly and very gritty..much grittier than the regular PixieDusts.

Lux - pink chunky holo and glitter texture. The pink shade is very faint, it's more like a tint. Lux has a same formula as Cosmo - very chunky and thick and opaque in two coats.

Vega - pastel blue holo and glitter texture. I think Vega is my favourite of all three because its colour is the most intense even though it's still quite pastel. Again, the formula was chunky and thick yet manageable. I've applied two coats.

All of these are seriously sparkly and if you'll be in the sun you'll know exactly what I mean. I kept looking at my nails all the time. Unfortunately the formula wasn't as great as the sparkle. It was thick and very gritty and it took a while to dry. I'm hoping the new Magical Pixie release will be better.

Zoya polishes are available at Zoya.com (US), at The Nail & Beauty Link (UK) and at Nail Polish Direct (UK).

*PR samples

Hello lovelies,

It's finally the end of the month and it's time for another Nailvengers Assemble! post. This month's theme is of course Easter Nail Art and we hope to give you some inspiration.

I'll be joined by Alice (One Nail To Rule Them All), Allie (Brit Nails) and Amelia (xAmeliax). Sadly, Sammy (The Nailasaurus) won't be able to join this month so I'll be patiently waiting for her creation for the next month's challenge ;)

This is my Easter nail art...

As you might know, I originally come from Czech Republic where there is a strong tradition of decorating Easter eggs with different techniques. This time I got inspired by beautiful 'Vnorovske kraslice' (Vnorovske Easter eggs) that are traditionally red, white, black and orange/yellow. I've never actually tried to do these but I know that they are made by covering parts/patterns with wax and then coloured. Then another pattern is painted with wax and then coloured with another colour and so on. Once all colours are done the wax is removed and this beautiful multi-coloured egg is done.

There are many more techniques of creating traditional Czech Easter eggs like these wax decorated 'madeira' eggs I do but that's probably for another time :)

For this manicure I have used:

OPI Red Hot Rio (reviewed here)

OPI Alpine Snow

Zoya Arizona (reviewed here)

A England Camelot

Seche Vite Topcoat

Admittedly, this manicure took a long time to create so I didn't bother with doing my other hand but I still wore it for three days because I loved how intricate and pretty the nails looked.

I have entered this nail art into Nail Polish Canada's challenge and it would be great if you would give me your vote. Please vote for them here.

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