Simple Circle Jewelry

Hey folks! Hope your three day weekend (for us Americanos) has rounded out well and you're nice and relaxed. I know I am haha. I've been getting over a cold for weeks now and I'm happy to see it's finally on the outs.

I come from a pretty talented family. My mother is an amazing artist, she paints unbelievable landscapes and wildlife. My dad is a really great photographer and golfer. My brother can fix anything on wheels. My middle sister is a creative writer. I guess I'm pretty fair at a few things. My oldest sister has always joked saying she got the short end of the stick when it came to talent, a jack of all trades and a master of none, lol. I of course disagree with that anyway, but she has recently found a special talent. She has started making handmade jewelry!

Her reasoning being that she can never find any jewelry she really loves, so why not make her own! Clarrisa is her name, she's my best friend in the world and I definitely want to support her in any way I can. She has started a small shop on Etsy to sell her creations, calling it "Simple Circle Jewelry". Please take a look at her shop when you have a minute.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SimpleCircleJewelry

 Be back soon with more nail polish swatches, I have a bunch of pretties to show you!

My Valentine's Nails

Hey folks, hope your Valentine's day was sweet and full of sugar and luuuuuvvv. I'm not big into the holiday, never have been much of a romantic. Plus I'm single haha :P Thought I'd make it a fantastical nail day anyway and I wore this set of falsies from Icing. They remind me of Ke$ha or Gaga. Really impractical and gaudy. I loved them instantly.

These were fun but I had a hard time fitting my nails perfectly as there were only 10 nails total and um I have 10 fingers and guess what not every person's nails are the same size. So that was a little lame, filing almost everyone of the nails. I doubt I'd buy another set from Icing like this, even though they were fun. I wasn't too concerned about showing accurate color like I am most of my swatch photos, so I put some vignette on the edges. Sickening, no?

Zoya Fleck Effect Collection

Hey folks! I'm going to stop apologizing for not writing often enough, I'm sure you're sick of hearing excuses. Honestly, I love blogging and I have a crazy life right now so I'm gonna do what I can do.

Zoya put out a mini collection along with their Spring True collection, a trio of flakie top coats! Exciting that so many brands are hopping on the flake trend eh?

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First up is Maisie, a sheer base with a candy blue tint and iridescent mylar flakes that shift from green to blue. I layered two coats over Zoya Skylar from the True collection.

Below is a photo taken indoors under lamp light for another perspective of the effect.

Next is Chloe who's base is a blush pink and is packed with duochrome flakes that pop in orange, blue, and green. This gal is my fave of the three. I painted two coats over Zoya Tru.

And last is Opal, a green tinted sheer with blue and green shiny flakes. This swatch is two coats over Zoya Bevin P.S. The name Opal reminds me of a 90's move with a young Gaby Hoffmann called This Is My Life. I don't care for it.

Hope you enjoyed these swatches, catch ya later sweeties!

Products provided for review.