Zoya - Harper and Summer Nail Favorites

I recently put up a Summer Nail Favorites video up on the Makeup Miscellaneous YouTube channel and meant to post both that and swatches of Zoya Harper on the blog.  However we had family come into town and went on a short vacation ourselves and I never got around to putting up the posts.  I'll embed the video at the bottom of this post, but first want to show you Zoya's Harper polish.

Outside, Sunlight

Zoya Harper is one of three Zoya polishes I own, all three of which I purchased during Zoya's Threedom Fourth of July sale when I was able to get three polishes for just $12.  Since Zoyas usually retail for $9 I caved to the deal pretty easily.

Inside, Natural Light

Harper is from Zoya's Summer 2014 Tickled and Bubbly Collection and is the one that caught my eye the most when I was looking at the colors online.  It is a gorgeous bright pink polish that has both multi colored glitter and also a golden shimmer to it in certain lights.

Outside, Shade

The formula was good and was opaque in two coats.  Because of glitter at the tip of my nails I had a couple of nails chip quickly, but after repairing them with a little extra polish and top coat I wore this mani for 6 days.  I also wore it on my toes for a couple of weeks and loved it for that too.  I did use the foil method to remove from my fingers since it's a glitter, but skipped this on my toes and found it still came off fairly easily, just a bit of extra work vs a non glitter polish.

Outside, Sunlight

All pictures are a coat of Nailtiques Formula 2 Plus, a basecoat of Essie's Grow Stronger, 2 coats of polish, and a top coat of Seche Vite.

To see Zoya Harper on my nails in my YouTube video and hear about my other favorite summer nail polishes check out my Summer Nail Favorites below

Flower Polish - I Lavendare You

I received this polish in my Allure Summer Beauty box and finally got around to trying it a few weeks ago.  It's part of the Flower Beauty brand by Drew Barrymore and is the first product I've tried from this line.  The nail polish is 3-free, retails for $4.98, and I believe it's available exclusively at Walmart.

Indoors, Natural & Overhead Light

I Lavendare You is a very pale lavender polish that tends to look pink in most lights.  It has a slight shimmer to it but it was more noticeable in the bottle than on the nail.

Outside, Sunlight

The polish itself was nice, though it did take three coats for full coverage.  The handle of the bottle is square so that did make it a bit tricky to hold onto, as cute as some nail polish bottles are I really wish companies would stick to a round handle.

Outside, Shade

I wore this polish for 5 days before I saw any chipping and since it's so light in color tipwear wasn't very noticeable.  I was a little bored after a couple of days so I added an accent nail to my ring finger by adding 2 coats of OPI's Pirouette My Whistle which is one of my all time favorite glitters to use on top of other polishes.

Indoors, Natural Light

I skipped the coat of Nailtiques on this mani since I was expecting I might need 3 coats of polish, so all pictures are a basecoat of  Essie's Grow Stronger, 3 coats of polish, and a top coat of NYC In a New York Minute in Grand Central Station.  (This was my last use from my almost empty bottle of the NYC before trying the Seche Vite top coat I used in my Fourth of July mani.)

Outside, Sunlight

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