Tomoko
A textured champagne cold. This is all sorts of wonderful and all I could think of when I put this on was that I'd be wearing it for New Year's. The photos can't capture it well, but it is so sparkly and just gorgeous. The formula is very nice and applies easily. It is a bit sheer so I used three coats for these swatches, but for everyday wear, I would probably leave it at two...
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 | Brand: Zoya Collection: PixieDust, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Tomoko, ZP698 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: No Free of Toluene, Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and DBP |
Chita
A textured deep green with a champagne gold micro glitter. This is one of my favorites, absolutely sparkly and stunning. It is very pigmented and you can most likely get away with one coat. I used two coats for my swatches. My camera fell in love with this shade. I have never seen such good macro shots coming out of this thing...
| Swatch Details | |
 | Brand: Zoya Collection: PixieDust, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Chita, ZP699 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: No Free of Toluene, Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and DBP |
Sunshine
A textured dark navy blue with a silver micro glitter. This is another favorite of mine. It has a similar formula to Chita, very rich an pigmented. Can get away with just one coat, but I did use two for swatches. The photos just can't capture the sparkle of these. They are mesmerizing to me...
| Swatch Details | |
 | Brand: Zoya Collection: PixieDust, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Sunshine, ZP700 Number of coats:2 Top Coat: No Free of Toluene, Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and DBP |
Carter
A blackened purple jelly base loaded with bright purple glitter. The formula is fairy sheer so it does need three coats for full opacity. The beauty of this being in a jelly base is that this has incredible depth to it. It is my absolute favorite, I refused to take this off after swatching. Application is good and aside from the sheerness, it applied easily...
Ok, just take a moment to pause and stare at the richness of this...
| Swatch Details | |
 | Brand: Zoya Collection: PixieDust, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Carter, ZP701 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: No Free of Toluene, Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and DBP |
Arabella
A textured berry mauve. This has a great formula and is opaque in two coats. I'm starting to sound a bit like a broken record, this again is sparkly perfection...
| Swatch Details | |
 | Brand: Zoya Collection: PixieDust, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Arabella, ZP702 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: No Free of Toluene, Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and DBP |
Dhara
A deep orange with gold shimmer. The formula is very nice, easy to apply and work with. It leaves a slightly visible nail line at two coats, so I ended up using three. Similarly to Tomoko, for daily wear I would use just two coats because the sparkle of this hardly gives you a chance to look for the nail line. Seeing this initially I was worried it was too similar to Zoya Destiny, but comparing them side by side, I can say they are not at all alike. This is a much deeper orange where as Destiny is more sheer and has a coral undertone to it. Both are beautiful, but not the same...
| Swatch Details | |
 | Brand: Zoya Collection: PixieDust, Fall 2013 Color Name/Number: Dhara, ZP703 Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: No Free of Toluene, Camphor, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin and DBP |
I gave each of these a minimum of one hour to dry before photographing. They are dry to the touch much quicker than that, but I like to give them extra time to really dry and reach their final state.
Which ones stand out to you? Will you be getting any of them?
Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)
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tomoko takes my breath away <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeleteWow, Chita & Carter are gorgeous!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful swatches and photos! I very much appreciate your taking the time to allow them to fully dry before photographing them, that kind of careful attention to detail is why your blog is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteGreat swatches! :-) I really want them all! :-) I adore textured nail polishes and when I wear them I can't stop touching my nails... :-) :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the arabella. I wish my nails look as nice as yours. Do you have any hints for keeping your nails so long and nice? Is this polish hard to remove? I look forward to seeing your emails every day to see the new swatches.
ReplyDeleteCheri
Great swatches!
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Thank you very much everyone! I just love the PixieDust lacquers! Really, every single one is a stunner :)
ReplyDelete@Liz, thank you! It means a lot to me for you to say that, I really try to show the polishes at their best :)
@Cheri, The polishes are maybe just a bit easier than glitter to remove, but definitely more time consuming than creams. I use the foil method to soak them off without hassle! As for nail tips, I think part of it is just genetics, I don't do anything special to them. I do use a nail strengthener as my base coat even for swatching and try to keep the cuticles moisturized so the nails grow healthy to start with! Other than that I don't do anything special. I don't know if that helps or not :(