NOTD: Zoya Summer

Hey Polish-istas!  Can you believe it's Wednesday already?!  Holy smokes, where has this week gone??  Anyone have big and exciting plans for the weekend?  Tyler, Owen and I are headed north again to a cottage for "Party Weekend".  Party Weekend consists of a bunch of friends getting together on the weekend after Labour Day for one last hoorah for summer :)  I'm not much of a partier, and the friends I go with have been doing this for 11 years (last year was my first year, everyone else going is older than me), so it's a lot "calmer" than when they first started the tradition, which is fine by me :)  We will be at a cottage from Friday afternoon-ish until Sunday sometime, soaking up the remains of the hot summer sun and enjoying the water :)  I just hope it doesn't rain as we will be tenting it -- there isn't enough room in the cottage for everyone to sleep inside.

Today's post features Zoya Summer.  This is a really pretty, not-quite-nude, not-quite-pastel, pinky/peachy colour.  I really love this colour and I am glad I chose it (helped that it was on sale ;) )

It's a little more pink in real life, my camera really picked up the peach in the colour, so it looks more nude than it actually is.  These pictures all have 3 coats of Summer :)  When I was wearing this, Tyler and I went hiking and I tripped over roots a few times and I feel it was because I was looking at this colour, it's so pretty :D

I got this from Nail Polish Canada (see my haul here) and if you go now you can get it for $6.00!!  And don't forget that with Nail Polish Canada, any order over $25 qualifies for free shipping in Canada :D  Weeeeeeeeee! (there's those polish fumes acting up again ;P )

NOTD: Julep Hayden

Good morning all!  It's a dreary, rainy day here so I thought I would paint my nails a bright and cheerful colour to add some sunshine to my day :D

I decided on the Hayden colour I used for my polka dot Fench tip nails yesterday and used it for a full manicure.  I love this colour, it's so bright and cheery, I can't help but smile when I have it on :D

Hayden is a little more orange than what is shown in the pictures.  It's almost a neon in the sense that it's a little streaky on the first coat, dries rather quickly and dries with a matte finish.  You need a top coat to make this colour really shine :)  I wonder what it would look like painted over white...  Maybe I will try it someday, see if it makes it brighter and bolder :)

Owen was laying beside me as I was painting my nails and I asked him if he liked when mommy painted her nails and this was the look he gave me... I guess that's a "no" ;)

NOTD: Polka Dots Fench Tip Nail Art

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope everyone has great plans for the weekend!  My post is early today because I didn't have to work today :D  Love long weekends!!

I'm off to a birthday party/dance tomorrow night and then off to the Mandarin on Sunday for lunch for my Grandma's 80th birthday -- I can't wait, I LOVE Chinese food :D

Here is my mani for today.  I used the Bora Bora polish I put on last night as my base colour to this nail art.  I placed dots of colour along the tip (free edge) of my nail using a toothpick in Julep Hayden (light peachy-orange colour) and Lily (vibrant fuschia pink).

The picture taken in the sunlight shows off the light pink microglitter in Bora Bora.  This colour is beautiful, but is most true to it's character in full sunlight.

I was going to do my whole nail with polka dots, but I thought it might take away from Bora Bora and I didn't want to cover it up :)