Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Tuning week with Zoya: Petra



Petra is from the Zoya Smoke Collection for Fall/Winter 2011. While bold and clear colors are usually my first choice, I have a serious addiction to dark and murky purples. Zoya Petra has in my opinion all a murky purple needs: it looks dark enough to be classy and elegant yet the dustiness makes it so special.


Picture above taken in daylight, picture below in artificial light


I applied two coats of Zoya Petra over Essence XXL Nail Thickener. The formula is on the thin side, I therefore applied a thin first coat and a bit a thicker second coat. Petra is another Zoya polish that dries to high shine, I therefore skipped the Top Coat.

To tune-up this mani I dabbed Hits Tokuio from their World Glitter Series on my nails


Hits Tokuio is VERY glitter dense and the pay-off with dabbing is incredible. 

How would you vamp-up a vampy polish?

I order my Zoya polishes with Nailcare Club and as of last week European fans of Zoya can also order these gems with Pshiiit Boutique .

I look forward to reading your comments - thanks for visiting!!!
Christine




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8 comments:

  1. Essie Rae16 January 2013 at 16:32

    Very pretty! I love purple polishes and this one is perfect.

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    1. Polished Marvels16 January 2013 at 22:53

      Hi Essie, thank you so much - Petra indeed is my favorite among my murky purples :-)

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  2. Natalia A16 January 2013 at 18:11

    Hi Christine! This shade is fantastic! I don't own it though, but I do have some similar shades of which I'm quite fond of! Your hands look so elegant with this shade!

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    1. Polished Marvels16 January 2013 at 22:55

      Hi Nati, thank you very much for your lovely comment!!! I am curious about your dusty purples - which ones have you got?

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  3. Little Miss Nailpolish17 January 2013 at 18:01

    This was a cool and unique dusty purple!!
    It looks very elegant and classy on you!

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    1. Polished Marvels17 January 2013 at 22:18

      Thank you dear xxx!!! Felt very sophisticated wearing it ;-)

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  4. Priscilla24 January 2013 at 11:07

    Petra is amazing and suits your skin perfectly!! Love the combinations with Tokio! I use to add glitter at the tips, I think is very hard to remove the excess if I do close to the cuticles!! Beijos

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    1. Polished Marvels24 January 2013 at 21:42

      Hi sis, thank you so much!!! Tokio is one of my favorites as it is sooo versatile. But any of this series is a stunner so I find it unfair to name a favorite. I use those small eye shadow applicators from Essence and can dab the glitter exactly where I want it - I will get some for you :-) Küsschen

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