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May 11, 2020 By Cassie 8 Comments

Zoya Naked Manicure Hydrate and Heal Kit

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If you have dry hands at the moment you’re going to want to check out my review of the Zoya Naked Manicure Hydrate and Heal Kit to see if you need it!

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January 28, 2016 By Cassie 21 Comments

Mardi Gras Nail Polish Picks featuring Zoya

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I’ve known since last year that when Mardi Gras came around I was going to do a roundup of items themed around the holiday. Being from Louisiana and not having done one already is a bit shameful if I’m honest. Anywho, for the past month or so I’ve been kicking around how I wanted to do it and I finally decided that I wanted to

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January 25, 2016 By Cassie 18 Comments

Zoya Haul

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On Black Friday / Cyber Monday Zoya was running a GREAT sale! I managed to pick-up a “Create Your Own Gift Box” 6 pack, 12 pack, and a Naked Manicure Professional Starter Kit for half off. I chose to get the 6 pack and the 12 pack for multiple reasons; first because each category actually had different polishes available in it and secondly I felt

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April 14, 2015 By Cassie 19 Comments

March Favorites

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  I know these are a little late, however, I wanted to get them out anyway. The good news for this is that you’ll be getting the April Favorites closer to the March Favorites. I will only be briefly describing the products here on the blog, for in-depth reasons as to why I love these products, make sure to check the video below. If you

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January 12, 2015 By Cassie 27 Comments

Zoya Belinda

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I couldn’t help myself. In December Zoya was having a sale so I purchased a few things, not to worry a Haul video and post are coming up soon! One of the items that I purchased was a nail polish in Belinda which a gorgeous deep purple shade. I saw it on the site and I fell in love. I knew this would be a

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December 29, 2014 By Cassie 25 Comments

New Year’s Mani: Big Apple Champagne

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New Year’s Eve is in a few days and I don’t know about you but I’m excited to ring in a new year. I have so many plans and goals for the blog and my YouTube channel, some of which I’ve already started implementing, that I can’t wait to share with you. I’m so excited about New Year’s that I came up a New Year’s

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December 8, 2014 By Cassie 13 Comments

Christmas Manicure with Zoya Kierra and Zoya Astra

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I happen to change my nails fairly often, we’re talking multiple times a week. One of the things that I love to do around the holidays is create nail art or manicures that are holiday themed. I came up with this Christmas Manicure off the top of my head over the weekend and it looked so gorgeous that I just had to share it. I

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November 17, 2014 By Cassie 42 Comments

Zoya Wishes Swatches and Review

Zoya Wishes is the Winter Holiday 2014 nail polish collection from Zoya. The Zoya Wishes consists of six polishes, three creams and three Pixie Dust polishes. The cream polishes can be purchased for $9 each, the Pixie Dust polishes can be purchased for $10 each, or you can purchase the Zoya Wishes Sampler (which is actually one full size of each polish) for $57. Swatch

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November 3, 2014 By Cassie 44 Comments

Zoya Wishes Preview

A couple of weeks ago I was surfing through some other beauty blogs and I saw a post for the Zoya Wishes collection. The post didn’t contain swatch photos or photos of the actual polishes, just stock images. However, as soon as I saw the collection I feel in love and knew I had to have it! I headed over to Zoya’s site and preceded

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June 13, 2014 By Cassie 52 Comments

People VIP Gift Box Unboxing

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About People VIP Gift Box People VIP Gift Box costs $204.66/year paid in one lump sum. With that amount you get a one-year subscription to People Magazine, a six-month print and digital subscription for a friend, and 3 People VIP Gift Boxes filled with stuff. Unboxing Product One As far as I can tell this bracelet was custom made for the People VIP Gift Box.

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