Happy Monday my lovelies! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! I had a nice – mostly – relaxing weekend. Even though I am not 100% yet, I am at least feeling a little better so it feels like a win to me! What did you get up to?
One thing I got up to was playing with my Zoya PixieDusts. I have been dying to get my hands on these for what feels like forever. I am just glad to finally have them. I don’t even think they need much of an explanation so let’s just get to it shall we 😉
Zoya – Dahlia
Dahlia is a black polish packed with a fine silver glitter. This matte glitter dries to a textured, almost sugary, finish. I love this so much. The photo actually does no justice because it sparkles so much more. The texture is also very nice. It’s a fine rough texture. I used two coats here with no topcoat. Application is a dream. These also dried fairly quickly which is always a bonus. Out of all my bottles of PixieDust, this one also seem to be a little less textured than any of the others. It is still textured though. You can of course add a topcoat to make this smooth. Adding a topcoat gives the polish a lot of depth but beware, you will need at least two coats of topcoat because this polish is thirsty!! Here is Dahlia with some topcoat.
See how the topcoat changes this beauty? The black becomes a true black and the silver glitter gives it tons of depth. I love the versatility of these polishes. You get two gorgeous looks from one polish.
Zoya – Chyna
Chyna is a gorgeous red with red glitter. Of course it also dries to the textured finish like Dahlia. This is two coats. I found Chyna to be the most opaque of all the PixieDusts I have. Again, I think in real life this polish is just amazing. It sparkles so much and I can not stop staring at my nails while wearing this. It is almost my very favourite. It’s deep and rich and sparkly. Add a topcoat you are blown away.
Topcoat adds so much depth to this gorgeous polish. You don’t need me to tell you. Just look at that beauty!
Zoya – Godiva
This is two coats of Godiva. I am so in love with this polish. I find this shade to be so elegant and makes me feel like a fairy princess or something. It’s so gorgeous! It sparkles like a sugar cube and the colour will go with absolutely everything! I die! The only down side is that adding a topcoat doesn’t have as big an effect as with the others.
It’s still beautiful though isn’t it! Goodness me.
I tried to do a little something to incorporate all 3 these polishes. I did a sponged ombre with Dahlia and Chyna and once that was dry I added a big dot of Godiva with my dotting tool. I did this close to the cuticle and I wanted it to look a little stud like.
So to wrap up, all of these polishes blew my mind! Formula is great. They applied easily and they wear really well. I love the texture of these textured polishes. I love that it has glitter but fine, micro glitter that almost looks like those sugared sweets. The colours are gorgeous and I wish I could get the other three colours as well. I am so in love with these polishes. Also, I had no problems removing these polishes either. I did not have to use the foil method to remove them. It might just be me and how I take polish off in general. I wet the cotton round with remover and then hold it on top of my finger and the polish and pressing down until the colour starts to appear on the others side. Then I just wipe off. With these I had to wipe a few extra times but that was it.
What do you think of the Zoya PixieDusts? Have you tried them? Are they something you are looking forward to trying? Which colour is your favourite?
Thanks for reading!
I like Godiva the most. Such a fun colour with endless nail art possibilities too.
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Godiva is my fave too and I agree. Endless possibilities My mind is already racing with ideas! Thanks Lynette
I loooooove the nail art mani with all three of the pixies! Kak kwaai!!!
My fav on you is definitely the Dahlia! I love it with and without topcoat! It’s like the night sky.
Yay!!! Thanks so much V!!! I agree, Dahlia looks so much like a night sky. It’s gorgeous!
Stop it M! Just staaahp! It is so gorgeous! I want to take all the Pixie Dust polishes by the hand and just love them forever! Am I weird? Don’t answer that! Love it!
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hehehehe!!! That’s ok. You’re my kinda wierd! xx
Thanks T!
The gold one is so beautiful! I love it!
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I agree, it’s definitely my favourite. So pretty and girly! Thank you!
love love love the review and ‘looks’
Godiva is my fave 🙂
x h
Thank you so much Heather! xx
I am STILL struggling to get my order done.
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I really hope they sort you out soon Charlene. I can’t wait to see them on you! x
These manicures are so stunning!! Love it<3
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Thank you so much lovely! xx
Godiva looks great on you!
I haven’t tried any Pixies yet, but have only heard good things.
Glad you got your hands on some! 😉
THank you so much Lesley!
I love the pixies even though it was look pulling teeth trying to get them.
I like the Dahlia the best, but I have always loved black!! Must admit that the Godiva is pretty sensational too. xx
Thanks so much Sharon. I am so torn between the darker, vampy shades and the lighter, ladylike Godiva. I guess I can be both right 😉
Love the look of these!
How are they compared to the OPI Liquid Sand polishes?
Thank you so much! For me, these are nicer. The glitter is smaller and looks more like ‘pixiedust’ whereas the LS has bigger glitter. Application is a little nicer for me on these because I found the LS to be a bit streaky / patchy BUT I had the mini bottles and they aren’t as nice as the full size bottles so not sure how much of that is because of the minis. Out of the three I have the red and nude/gold are a little more textured – even though it a finer texture – than LS and the black is about the same. I do love both though and I am glad I have both. I think it depends on how you like the ‘glitter’ finish.
Great thanks for letting me know! 🙂 I love the Liquid Sand polishes so I’m pretty sure I’ll be totally OBSESSED with these then.
I am def placing an order for the Godiva one and will have to have a look at other shades I might like. The Godiva reminds me a lot of the OPI Liquid Sand in Honey Ryder (I haven’t managed to get my hands on that one). Is there a website I can go look at all the colours that are available in South Africa? 🙂
You’re welcome. I also loved the LS polishes but I love these even more. I’m sure you will too.
You can go to zoya.com to see all polish colours but at the moment the only pixies available here in SA are these 3 and Nyx, London and Vespa. Which is a grey, light blue and light green.
If you want to look at swatches of this collection specifically I can highly recommend Scrangie and Polishaholic blogs for nice swatches (or just good old google images 😉 )
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