Mitzi

Hi everyone, I hope y'all's weekend has been great so far :D Mine has been fabulous! Last night I went to see Bishop TD Jakes at church.  It was awesome! My honey bought his book Let It Go and I was telling him I can't wait to read it. And he say's to me, "You mean after you finish the other books?" (I'm reading 3 books right now.)  LOL I'm like, "No, I'm going to add it."  What can I say I love to read :D

Ok, I forgot to schedule a post for today.  Usually the manis I post I wore them the week before except for Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I actually wear those colors. I had to go in the vault for this one.  I wore this the week I wore Revlon's Fire Fox. This is Zoya Mitzi from the Mod Mattes Collection. I had a difficult time with this.  It was very thick and bumpy, TC did not help. Then I decided to add Nubar 2010 to try and save this mani.  No luck :( I did like the color though, it reminded me of Shrek.  This is 2 coats, with 1 coat of Nubar, and 1 coat of SV TC.  Have a great day :D

Moxie

Hi everyone, It's Tuesday. I hope y'all's week started off great! Kristen from Glitter Gloss and Glaze awarded me the Kreativ Blogger Award back in January and one of the questions was about guilty pleasures. I've been thinking about that since then O.o Well, I still believe that if a person takes joy in something then one shouldn't feel guilty about it. But, I do have a guilty pleasure after all. It's kinda bad, but I'm gonna share it anyway. I like cursing, there I said it! One of my aunts told me the other day that when I was little girl I used to tell her, "I can't wait to grow up so I can talk just like you!" I asked her, "And do I?" Well, she said I surpassed her! O.O Ok, that said. I don't curse all the time, I do have home training! LOL Please don't think I use this type of language all the time. I don't. Oh, if y'all haven't visited Kristen's blog, go! It's great :D Ok, enough of that on to my mani.

Today, I have Zoya Moxie. This is a berry creme. Very lovely color. Idk if this could be called work apporpriate. You decide :D I'm kinda if-y about this color, it just didn't do anything for me. Formula wise it's great though. I used 2 coats and topped with SV TC. Have a great day y'all :D

This pic doesn't do anything to compliment the color, I just thought it was pretty. LOL 

Paz

Hi ladies, I hope y'all's week has been great so far. It's getting closer to the weekend! Whoop Whoop! 

Just a quick post. Today, I have Zoya Paz. This is a neon orange and when I say neon I mean neon! This is from their La-Di-Da collection. Zoya's description of this color: "Ultra-bright glowing neon traffic-cone orange creme. This outrageous shade is sure to stop traffic."  Well, that's an under statement if their ever was one! I was very surprised maybe even a bit startled. I felt I should be wearing a radio active suit or something O.o  I wasn't going to post this, but felt it deserved a post just for fun. The formula was great though, easy to apply, a one coater and dried to a matte finish. I didn't add TC. Have a great day ladies :D

Yummy

Hi ladies, I hope y'all's weekend has been great :D Today I have Zoya Yummy. This is a sky blue cream. Formula wise it was like their other creams. I don't know I feel about this color, it is pretty, but I felt it needed something more. I think this would be a great base color to stamp on. I wasn't in the mood to stamp, so I added my franken TC that I used over Midnight Affair. I'm going to include that pic so you can see the difference layered over different colors. Have a great day ladies :D

Hi ladies, The weekend is here! WHOOP WHOOP! Just a quick post.

Ok, about yesterdays franken. As I was painting my nails, I kept thinking this looks familiar. So I went searching through my stash and found  Zoya's Anaka and Izzy.  Anaka is a bit lighter and looks a bit freaky in the pic. I think it probably has more shimmer in it, Izzy was a bit more frosty and didn't come close to either of these.  Ava's was a jelly, the other 2 were not, but that could be because most of Ava's formula was TC. Have a great day ladies :D

Zoya True 2012 Spring Collection

Hi everyone, I hope y'all are having a great day :D Today, I have Zoya's 2012 True Spring Collection. I'm not going to say a lot. Just straight to the pics. All pics are with SV BC, 2 coats, and topped With Essie Good 2 go TC. I'm taking Zoya's description then adding my thoughts :D I'll swatch these with the Fleck Effect Mylar Glazes sometime next week. I know, that's long time but I have a lot going on this week. Have a great day ladies.

"Cho is an opaque yellow-toned light soft peachy beige with a hint of ultra fine silver shimmer. A light, creamy nude especially nice for skin tones with olive or yellow undertones." When I put this on I like hmmm....I think I have a skin tone with blue undertones, I may be wrong I haven't checked. Anyway, I can see myself stamping with this for Valentine's Day.  Formula wise, it went on a bit patchy but leveled out quite nicely with the 2nd coat.

 "Farah is an opaque light khaki-beige with subtle sandy, greenish undertones and a cream finish.  An always appropriate neutral to add to your polish wardrobe." Very work appropriate. I'm just not a fan of nudes. For me, I'd probably stamp over it, to give it some life or  stamp with it.  Formula wise, it went on a bit patchy but leveled out quite nicely with the 2nd coat.

"Bevin is a dusty, medium sage green with teal tones and a creamy opaque finish.  A stylish and unique shade for when you want something different from the usual mint green." I think Bevin is a color for those who want color, but not too much color.   Formula wise, it went on a bit patchy but leveled out quite nicely with the 2nd coat. Do you see the pattern with the application for these cremes? 

 "Skylar is a medium steel blue with a softened, dusty look and speckled by visible gold and silver shimmer flecks.  A soft blue that's bold without being too dark, bright or flashy." OMG!!! I love Skylar,  This my fav of the collection. The formula is awesome, it applied like butter.. LOVE LOVE LOVE!

"Lotus is a very soft, dusty blue-toned amethyst purple with colorful shimmer that reflects pink, red and gold.  A dreamy smoky shade for purple lovers that looks both soft and luminous."  Very lovely color. Formula wise, it was a bit thinner than Skylar, but still very easy to work with. I didn't have patchy problems like did with the cremes. 

"Tru is A saturated, red-toned grape purple with speckled shimmer that reflects gold, orange and red.  Bold and saturated warm color made even more interesting with color-shifting shimmer."  Very nice.  Formula wise, it was dream to apply. 

My final thoughts: The cremes went on a bit patchy, but nothing that didn't level out. The shimmers were just heaven to apply. All are work appropriate and can be worn with so many different outfits. Very spring-y and something for everyone.  

Pink Wednesday

Hi lovely ladies :D It's Pink Wednesday. I'm not feeling very inspired to do my Pink Wednesday Challenge this week. Instead I have for you Zoya's Renee. I bought this at Ulta last week, I was drawn to the brightness of this color. In the bottle it looks neon pink, but didn't translate onto the nail. Maybe I should've layered it over white??? Formula wise it's just awesome. I used to 2 coats and topped with Essie Good 2 Go. I did layer over this, but I forgot to moisturize and when I was editing pics I was like, "OMG, I can't use any of these pics!" Oh well. I know pink isn't my color of choice, but Renee is quite a lovely creme-y red toned pink. If your pink lover this is a great color to have. Oh, I did get this and another Zoya for 3.99. Awesome deal! I took a bazillion pics to see if I could capture the "neon" but to no avail, but the pics are still pretty acurate. I did take some direct sunlight pics, but it made the color look red. So, here you have shade pics. Have a great day ladies :D P.S. In the sunlight this color is like 3 shades brighter :D

Sun-Sational vs Pippa

Hi ladies, It's Friday! Whoop Whoop! Monday, it's back to school for me :/ I want to be on vacy like forever! HAHA I have so much to say today so let's just get to it :D

Today, I have quick comparison of Zoya's Pippa and Ulta's Sun-Sational. To be fair the sun was out yesterday and today it was trying to come out. I think if the sun was as bright today there wouldn't be a difference in the pic, actually in real life, it may be an exact substitute for Pippa sun or not. Both formulas went on a bit streaky, but Zoya's leveled out nicely while Ulta's didn't. I paid $8 for Pippa and .50 for Sun-Sational, yes .50! I bought a ton of Ulta polish that day! You decide :D

Ok, On to my announcement! OMG I can hardly contain myself! As you all know I'm hosting a Celebration Giveaway. If you didn't, now you do :D First, I'm going to explain how I do my giveaways.  1) They will be open internationally and 2) No one has to be a follower of Funky Frenchies Blog, but you always have to email me a bit of info about yourself. It doesn't have to be your whole life history, just something about yourself. I've decided to do this giveaway a little different. I'm actually having 3 giveaways! For Funky Frenchies Blog, I'm giving the Zoya 2012 True Spring Collection along with the Fleck Effects! For my twitter followers I'm giving a england's Legend Collection! AND, for my Facebook fans I'm giving the Finger Paints Flakie Set! OMG, I am beyond excited! If you're a follower of all 3, that means you get three chances to win! I just want to include everyone, because I know how hard it can get to keep up with 3 social media services. The Giveaway will close February 13th at 11:59 P.M. and I'll announce the winner on Valentine's Day . Ok, let me add something. When I got the wonderful news about my mom on Pink Wednesday, it put me in a fabulous mood! I just want to share the happiness! Plus I love giving gifts! I don't host giveaways to get followers, although it would be nice, it's not why. I'm just happy I get to share something I love to do with people like me and y'all visit Funky Frenchies :D  I'll post the Give away with pics and details on the right side bar later. Good luck and have a great day ladies.

I'm doing the happy dance, today that dance is to Double Dutch Bus. Yes, I was doing the dance that he's doing in this video! I ain't old! HAHA!

Sunshine in a bottle

Hi lovely ladies :D It's almost the weekend! WHOOP WHOOP I wanted something bright and happy, today that color is yellow. I chose Zoya's Pippa and let me tell you it is AWESOME! Talk about sunshine in a bottle! I normally don't do yellows because I think they're like white polish; chalky. It isn't at all! The formula was great, although it went on a little streaky it leveled out when I added TC. I thought about putting it over white like I see so many others do to get the yellow to pop, but I didn't want to fuss with white, plus I got a little lazy :) I'm so glad I didn't because Pippa doesn't need help to pop! I was going to stamp it, but I want to enjoy it on it's own first :D I'll stamp it later. If you don't have Pippa, you should add it to your collection. Have a great day ladies :D Sorry about the crazy alignment, I'm to lazy to fix it :) Oh, this is 2 coats topped with Essie TC :D

See, sunshine a bottle!

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PINK WEDNESDAY

Hi ladies :D I'm into week 7 of my 12 week challenge. I'm doing the Warrior Symbol Plants. Well, I did the vines of the plant :D For this I used 2 coats of Zoya Lolly and stamped with Rimmel Camouflage using plate SH21 and topped with SV Top Coat. Next week I'll be doing something totally different for Pink Wednesday :D It came to me today and I'll post about it next week :D This is actually a very pretty pink. I think it's part of their Summer 2011 matte collection. I could not capture the true color of this pink, I took a bazillion pics and since the sun doesn't want to play nice I had to settle on these :( Have a great day ladies and remember spread the awareness :D

Plants - Represent life, growth and survival

Noel & Twila

Hi my lovelies :D The weekend is almost here! Today I have Zoya's Noel & Twila from their Gems & Jewels Collection. I'll start with Noel. This is THE most beautiful winter blue I own. When I put this on I felt I should be in Aspen skiing! LOVE LOVE LOVE! It's almost a 1 coater, I used 2 coats and topped with Rush 60 Second Top Coat. Then, I added Twila and that took me to the North Pole. I can totally see Santa landing his sled on this bed of blue sparkly snow with his little elves jumping up and down awaiting his arrival! I love both colors! If you don't have this collection, you should! Ok, lovelies have a great day :D

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Izzy & Kissy

Hi my lovely ladies. It's the weekend! WHOOP WHOOP! Sorry, I didn't post yesterday. I went shopping instead :D I came out with so many awesome things! And, I bought myself some great polishes too!

I have some irritating news, within 2 weeks I chipped/broke 4 nails and yes 1 on my picture hand :/ I bought some miracle fix (more about that in a sec) and filed my nails down to give my broken nail a chance to grow. Miracle fix is supposed to create a very hard coat on the nail until it grows. I have to say, it works awesome! My nail cracked in half 4 days ago. You can't even tell my nail is cracked. I bet y'all are gonna try to figure out which nail is cracked now! HAHA

Mani time! Today I have Izzy and Kissy. If you don't know by now, I'm not a pink nail kind of gal. While it is pretty, I just don't care for it on my nails. The funny thing is I love pink! Well, I just love Izzy! This a 1 coater! Yes, a 1 coater! LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! Sorry, I forgot to take pics of Izzy, not to worry I'll be using this for Pink Wednesday :D I added 2 coats of Kissy and SV Top Coat. Kissy is a wonderful red, pink, purple, and bar glitter. My nails look like they're having a confetti party. Both formulas are great, no complaints :D Ok, on to the pics. Have a great day ladies! P.S Danielle (CSR) at Zoya, I've talked to you twice in a month and you're the sweetest thing!

Holly

Hi lovely ladies! I hope y'all are having a great weekend so far :D Today I have Zoya's Holly from the Gems and Jewels Holiday Collection. I'm totally in love with this beautiful festive green. The formula is great and was a breeze to apply. Here in Houston it's raining, so I have no direct sunlight pics. I labeled only pics with flash. I took a bazillion pics, but settled on four :D This is 2 coats and SV Top Coat. Now I want some eggnog. hehe :D Have a great weekend my friends
                                                       
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