ZOYA MATTE NAIL POLISH GIVEAWAY PRIZE

guess what I found when I was looking at all the pictures in my 'post or die' folder a.k.a. pending pics for blog folder?!?!??!!

my Zoya giveaway prizes from The Glam Shack!!!!

back in January, The Glam Shack had a Zoya Matte Velvet Collection giveaway 

& I won it!!!!!!! (see proof HERE)

I just can't believe I didn't get to post about this.... Vixxan is probably so disappointed of me... =( I'm so sorry that I'm just barely blogging about this Vixxan... I hope you can forgive me... 

I wanna say thank you sooooooo much for having this awesome giveaway!!! I love the nail polishes that you sent me!!! I've enjoyed them so much..... =)

here is what I received from this giveaway...

DOVIMA

I already got this one from when Zoya had a facebook giveaway back in January... I ordered these before I found out about The Glam Shack's giveaway... but I received both packages in March.... (see my post about the Zoya giveaway HERE).... hmmmm... maybe I'll include one in the giveaway that I've been workin on... watchuthink???

LOREDANA

POSH

SAVITA

HARLOW

VERUSCHKA

so far, I've worn only Savita out of all of them 

& I think it's a very pretty purple color.... I'm pretty sure the rest of them are gorgeous as well... 

again, I wanna say thank you Vixxan of The Glam Shack for this awesome prize! 

I recommend you go check out her blog, she writes amazing reviews... & while you're at it, check out her makeup collection on her sidebar, it's humongous!!!!!!

FREE ZOYAs

remember when Zoya had a 3 free bottle giveaway thru Facebook back in January where their fans get 3 free Zoya nail polishes if they hit 20,000 fans on FB?? well, I finally got mine in February & this is just another delayed post that I still wanna share to you all...

I picked

DOVIMA

from the Zoya Matte Velvet Fall Nail Polish Collection

CHERYL

from the Zoya Wicked Nail Polish Collection

KELLY

from the Zoya Wonderful Nail Polish Collection

it also came with this little booklet advertising their products....

it showed all the shades from all the collections...

it also features their newest collection

Zoya Intimate Spring2011 NailPolish Collection

which shows swatches on color spoons

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(name of shades from top to bottom)

Gemma

Jules

Dannii

Caitlin

Dove

Marley

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so basically, I got 3 free bottles of nail polishes that are usually priced at $8 each... I only had to pay for shipping which is like $7 or sumthin like that... so you could imagine my excitement when I heard about this, not only because they were free but because Zoya is one of my most favorite nail polish brands when it comes to quality & ease of application... it's actually on the very top, right next to China Glaze... it's amazing how easy it glides on to your nails & leaves you with a smooth, streak-free finish....

I only own 4 Zoya n/p's so far due to unavailability in my area... but if it's only available to me, I'd probably pick Zoya over O.P.I. .. I find Zoya's easier to apply than O.P.I., just a personal opinion....

(you can see my Zoya BARBIE blog post HERE...)

did you get to enjoy this giveaway from Zoya?? what shades did you order?? 

NOTW: BARBIE

ZOYA's BARBIE

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I applied this with Sally Hansen base & top coat... although I love the color, I was disappointed with the consistency of this product... I dunno if it's just this specific item I got from eBay or all Zoya nail polishes are like this.. this one is just too thick... it was a little easier to apply on the left hand with the right... but vice versa, you would need a lot of work with the application... it was almost impossible to make it identical to each other... I would probably need to very slightly dilute it with acetone or sumthin... any advice on this ladies??

nonetheless, I was still happy I got this, it's the perfect Barbie pink color... they got it so right!! I know the consistency is just a minor problem, I'll make it work somehow...

EBAY PACKAGES

received some stuff I bought from eBay today...

I love getting packages.... it's just so exciting!! LOL

what's more exciting is seeing what's inside...

yes, I got the Carolina Herrera 212... if you remember, on this post, I included this in the 5 perfumes I would consider buying... I really liked the smell of this when I had a sniff at Sephora... I went straight to eBay & bought this as soon as I got home... I found a great deal... what I didn't pay attention to is the details on the sellers product description... I actually got a tester, it wasn't used or anything but it was a tester bottle.... I was too excited to get my hands on this that I didn't care about anything... as soon as I see the "100% authentic guaranteed" I'm good to go... LOL... I'm really happy about it though... hey, just as long as I got the same exact thing, a brand new one, I'm okay with that! besides, what do I have to complain about if I got it for cheap!

I got the 3.4oz bottle for $31.80 + $9.99 S&H... the same exact size is being sold at Sephora for $86.... I paid only half of the original cost... again, really, what do I have to complain about?!?

it smelled really fresh.. it has a very subtle hint of fruity & floral scent... & a little bit of fresh laundry smell.. I can't quite distinguish what it is... but I loooooove it!!!

I also got the ZOYA in Barbie.... I have yet to try this but based on the swatches I've seen, I know I'm gonna like it....