Zoya Jem

I've had this polish sitting in my stash for what seems like forever. The other night, I just could not pick a color (you know how it is, 600+ polishes and nothing to wear! Sheesh!), so I forced my hubby to pick one. At first he picked out a blue (ya know, cause after a month of wearing nothing but blue, I'm just so anxious to wear more), but then he saw this baby and promptly demanded I wear it.  Since I've been leaning toward more reddish polishes lately, this was an acceptable choice!

Zoya Jem is a gorgeous deep wine colored polish with lovely golden flecks. However, those flecks didn't translate as well on the nail. Bit of a bummer, but it's still a pretty polish. I'm rarely disappointed in how a Zoya translates on the nail, so I'm not too bummed over this one. Out of all my Zoyas, one minor miss isn't a big deal at all. It does make me look a bit lobstery, but that's way less obvious IRL. Macro shots are so unforgiving.

So here is Zoya Jem. Taken in my lightbox, since I'm still adjusting to the new camera and didn't have the time to play around with lighting, etc before I managed to drain the battery. I'm hoping that I'll get used to this baby soon, since it really is a great little camera and has potential. Of course, my old as hell GE E1040 still takes the best macro shots of any camera I have ever used, so I may still use that one on occasion. The Nikon is awesome, but it has some issues with picking up reds, and I detest editing color in post. I did not adjust the color on these photos, so you get my lovely lobster hands as an added bonus! Yay!

Lovely, despite the lobster hands, no?

You may have also noticed the extreme lack of tip wrapping here. I'll explain that in another post. There's a reason I have stopped wrapping my tips. It's weird, but it keeps my OCD at bay. :)

Hope you are all having a lovely Wednesday!

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber

Savvy Red Caviar - Sick as a dog post

Hi guys!

I am sick as hell again. I have these clients that seem to get sick every other week, and every time they get sick, either hubs or myself does as well. Looks like my turn this time. I am so stuffed up, congested, and last night my lungs just hurt from coughing and trying to breathe. It's miserable, and I am never going near that house without clorox wipes again! But I decided that I should post something, since I'm still feeling icky and most likely won't get a mani finished today. :(

This is Red Caviar by Savvy, a gorgeous deep wine with hidden microshimmer. I love this color! The formula was a bit streaky and had some drag/balding, so this baby needed 3 good coats and a good coat of SV to even it out. I feel that this color is worth it, though!

I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with more Spoiled manis. Keep your fingers crossed that I can shake this plague!!!

Red Caviar, in Lightbox:

Gorgeous, no? I don't wear Reds often at all, but when I do I always wonder why I tend to overlook them.

Obviously these were taken way before my week of broken nails - I actually wore this with a stamped accent nail just before Valentine's Day. Looking at them makes me sad since even after cutting my nails down, I still managed to break my index nail on my left hand, leaving me with a nubbin and forcing me to take my other nails even more. In all I probably lost a good 4mm (at least) and am left with something close, but not quite nubbins. I hate losing my length, but I have to admit that part of the fun is growing my nails out, and seeing how fast and far they grow over a certain time period. Usually I give them about 2 months to get to where I want them, and maybe 2-3 weeks to get to where I start to enjoy them again. Thankfully I love polish too much to wait until my nails get some length back to post! Anyway, watch for my poor little abused nubs tomorrow or Friday!

Hope you're all feeling excellent! I'm going to go nurse this plague.

Happy Polishing!
-Kimber