Nail Mail and July's Haul (So far)

So this month when pay day hit, I paid rent, bills, and of course hit the stores to find some new polish for inspiration. I recently got the stuff I ordered online so I figured I'd do a haul post. If you noticed I didn't do a June haul post because we dropped over $400 on a repair for the van on our Fort Bragg trip. Sucked big time. No spending money, not much left for polish buying either. So I kind of made up for it this month. LOL!

Each of the eight color has a different magnetic lid

MASH and Bundle Monster 2012 plates

So I guess I really only have one question for you...which one would you like to see first? LOL! ;)
I also realized tonight that I have passed 1000 followers recently...yep, you know what that means! Keep an eye out for a giveaway soon and thank you all for reading!!!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh and Dragon Lady Nails Zoya Nail Polish Giveaway!

I was contacted the other day by The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh asking if I'd like to host a giveaway for you lovely followers sponsored by them...of course!!! They would like to give one lucky winner one bottle of Zoya Tracie and Zoya Myrta from Zoya's Summer 2012 Beach & Surf Collection.

The main entry for this giveaway is leaving a blog post comment on this blog post. There are several bonus entries available. Good luck to all! The giveaway starts 6/26/2012 and ends on 7/04/2012 and is open to the Continental US ONLY! You MUST fill out all mandatory entries to win.

We are not responsible for the package once I've shipped it. Winner will be contacted by email after the giveaway ends and will have 48 hours to respond with your name and shipping info or another winner will be chosen. The winner's info will be given to The Verve 360 Salon so their prizes can be mailed out.

 If you are under the age of 18 you must have your parents consent.

**These prizes/products are provided for this giveaway by The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh.**

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Now a little about my Zoya's. I don't have many...only 2 at this very moment. I currently own Ivanka and Neeka. I recently ordered Carly, Kimber, Rora (my oldest daughter's nickname), and Zuza and am anxiously awaiting their delivery. I hope to add the rest of the Beach & Surf collection to my little collection too (as well as MANY others I think I almost had ALL of them on my old wishlist). Another HUGE thank you to The Verve 360 Hair Salons in Pittsburgh for sponsoring this awesome giveaway!  Good luck all!!!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Untried Tuesday: Neeka & Motley

For today's Untried Tuesday I figured I play with one of the two Zoyas I recently got. These are very my first 2 Zoyas! I have to admit that when I ordered Neeka I was expecting a lighter polish, kind of a lighter dusty purple with gold flecks. Although she turned out a bit darker than I expected I still like her, especially as a matte (*Facepalm* I forgot to take a picture of Neeka with Matte top coat). Neeka went on smooth, and was almost a one coater! I went ahead and did two coats. There was no dragging and the formula was perfect! However, she just didn't do it for me in my current mood. I wanted something more sparklie so I contemplated my glitter polish collection, then came across the flakie polishes in my drawer.

Zoya Neeka - two coats (lightbox)

I thought that the blue & green flakes in Motley would compliment Neeka's dusty purple quite well. I wasn't wrong although in some of these pictures Neeka appears almost black.Please excuse the crappy clean up job it was 1:30 in the morning.

Neeka 2 coats (lightbox)

Neeka + 1 coat of Motley (lightbox)

Neeka + 2 coats of Motley (lightbox)

Neeka + Motley + Matte (lightbox)

Lightbox

Lightbox

I really like Neeka with Motley mattified! Technically Motley is an almost untried for me - I swatched it on one nail in an earlier post, but this is the first time I have really used it. I wanted to show you how this looks in the sun, unfortunately my chunk of "sunny" California isn't sunny at the moment. It's overcast and raining! If the sun comes out I'll be sure to snap some pics and upload them!

Much Love, The Dragon Lady