zoya - Lucy's Stash

Hello lovelies,

The Zoya Fall collection finally arrived to my doorstep and here is the first round of swatches :) By the way they are gorgeous! Today I'll show you the Gloss collection consisting of three jelly polishes - Frida, Katherine and Paloma. I know you've probably seen many of them already but I still hope you'll check out and enjoy my pictures too :)

Paloma - sheer berry red jelly. This shade is reasonably pigmented considering it has a jelly formula. In three coats it has 95% opacity as you can see in the last picture. I've taken a picture of the polish in 1-4 coats. I'm wearing 4 coats in the main pictures. It's a bit pain to apply 4 coats but I won't be doing it again. This jelly is great for layering and jelly sandwiches, I'll be trying some layering later.

Lucy's Stash - Zoya Paloma - Gloss collection for Fall 2012

Frida - sheer forest green jelly. This is the sheerest jelly of all three. I'm wearing 4 coats in the pictures and as you can see, the nail line is still visible. I don't like that very much :-/ On the other hand I can already imagine the layering options, adding depth and gloss to the green creme shades.

Lucy's Stash - Zoya Frida - Gloss collection for Fall 2012

Katherine - sheer eggplant jelly. This jelly is so gorgeous! I love the shade, the formula and the finish! i have a soft spot for vampy shades and when they are jelly that's just perfection! I'm wearing 4 coats in the pictures and Katherine was fully opaque. The third coat is good enough but as you will see the fourth coat adds the depth and darkness of the shade.

Lucy's Stash - Zoya Katherine - Gloss collection for Fall 2012

My feelings towards this collection are generally very positive. I love jellies even though I prefer a bit more pigmented ones.

These jellies will be great for layering and jelly glitter sandwiches. All three polishes dried quite fast in the first two coats but then the drying time gets much longer as the third and fourth coats are added. The collection is called Gloss and I've expected exactly that - super glossy finish. I must say it has been delivered :) I'm not wearing topcoat in any of these pictures, they are all very glossy.

*These were sent for a review

Hello lovelies,

A while ago I've received a MASH Matte Polish so I've been playing with it for a bit. I was quite excited to try it because after using up my Essie Matte About You I was looking for the best matte topcoat.

MASH Matte Polish comes in a bottle with silver cup and the bottle has 15ml. This is the first time I've tried something from MASH Nails.

MASH Matte Polish provides very good matte effect. If I would compare Essie and MASH matte topcoats I'd say Essie creates a bit stronger matte finish. But if you will look at the pictures you'll see that MASH Matte Polish does the job too! I actually like it very much. It is not thick like Essie and it applies very well.

The matte effect doesn't show at first but as the polish dries it starts to dry matte. So let's have a look at the matte effect on some of my manicures:

Lucy's Stash - Zoya Bevin with Ozotic Elytra and MASH Matte polish

Lucy's Stash - Fishtail braid nail art with Mash Matte polish

Overall, it's a very good matte topcoat, certainly better than ELF one (absolutely horrible!). To check out the MASH Matte polish or any other MASH products visit their website.