Zoya Yara Holiday Ribbon Mani

Hello Lacquer Luvers! Today I'm going in the opposite direction of yesterday's untraditional Pink Snowflake manicure and am sharing more of a traditional holiday manicure with an abstract twist on it. The colors for today are very of the season - green and gold - and this is also one I would consider to be office appropriate.

For my manicure, I chose an incredibly gorgeous olive green that is far from ordinary. Zoya Yara can best be described as "A medium smoky olive drab with an illuminating splash of bright gold glitter. An olive drab that's anything but- it's completely glam." Zoya always nails their descriptions and that's one of countless things I love about this company. Yara is from Zoya's Smoke and Mirrors Collections and definitely lives up to the Mirrors side of the collections in that it "reflects the most beautiful illusion of all - you! Smoky, sultry, sexy... with just a hint of sparkle, shimmer, metallic to add to the mystery. Expertly designed to work on a variety of skin tones to provide that perfect look right now." Have a look at this beauty:

Look at that gold glitter!! Oh, sooo yummy!!

To begin this manicure, I began with a base coat of Nail Envy Maintenance by OPI. Next I applied two coats of Yara. The formula, as is the case for every Zoya I've ever tried, is absolutely amazing! It went on effortlessly, dried quickly, and became completely opaque in just two coats. For nail art, I used a design from Konad's image plate M63.  I used Luxe by Orly as my stamping polish. Luxe is part of Orly's FoilFX Collection and is a stunning gold polish with a foil finish. Seche Vite fast dry top coat was used to top this all off. This design reminded me of golden ribbon on a beautiful Christmas tree!

I am in love with this manicure! I absolutely adore the gold glitter in Yara and think the gold foil from Luxe complimented her very well. What do you all think of this holiday mani? Do you love Yara as much as I do? I think this might be nice for a holiday luncheon at work - eyecatching but not over the top. As always, I hope you all liked this post my dear Lacquer Luvers and I look forward to sharing tomorrow's post with you, xo!

~Jessica

Sunday Spam: Bettina & Nail Art

Hello Lacquer Luvers! For today's post, I want to share some of my previous photos with you. Before I began this blog, I created my Facebook & Twitter pages where I would share my nail art with friends. I wanted to share these photos with all of you, too!

In May of 2011, I went to the Miami Beauty Show which was held at Miami Beach Convention Center. It was my first time ever going to something like this and I was so excited. At the show, there was a booth that immediately caught my eye!

I saw this pink, & all of these pretties and immediately made my way through the crowd! The only other place I have ever seen Bettina before this was on Cristina's blog, Let Them Have Polish. I was really, really excited to see that they were there and making their debut in South Florida at the show. Here's a pic of one of

the displays there:

At the show, I picked up a few of these & my only regret after coming home was not grabbing one of each one they had! I have been wanting more of them ever since I left and when I recently found out that they were being sold at a local drugstore chain, Navarro, I made my where there! Every time I go out I try to stop and get a few of these. I am happy to be seeing them more around here & hope to start seeing the newest collections in stores soon.

So, on to the photos! Some of you may have seen these, some of you may have not. Either way, I hope you all are enjoying this post =)

Bettina Green Apple from the Candy Collection

Bettina Green Apple & Konad M63

Bettina Purple & Konad M64

Bettina French 3 from the French Collection, KleanColor White for the tips

Bettina Mojito from the Resort Collection

Bettina Mojito Feather Mani

Bettina Orion from the Stars Collection

Bettina Orion & BornPrettyStore M72, french tips with Wet N Wild's Ebony Hates Chris

Bettina Over Dyed from the Jeans Collection

Bettina Over Dyed & BM03 + BM06



Bettina Sand Blast from the Jeans Collection

Bettina Sand Blast & BM224

Bettina Purple from the Art Deco Collection

I will try to reformat my pics later so that the Bettina Purple photos are together, I am still new to this and trying to figure everything out =) I hope you all enjoyed this post Lacquer Luvers & I look forward to sharing tomorrow's post with you, xo!

~Jessica