Zoya: Pixie Dust Godiva

When I started this blog, my goal was actually to not buy as many nail polishes this year.  That was attached to my New Year's Resolution.  Then the Spring Collections hit and let's say I've been very bad.  Originally I thought it's because it's a very stressful time at work, but I realized maybe I just like Spring collections.

Today I have Godiva to share, which is part of Zoya's Spring Pixie Dust Collection.  I wasn't into OPI's liquid sand collection but for some reason when I saw Pixie Dust ads, just the name Pixie Dust got my attention.  I saw pictures, and thought if I did buy it, I would choose Nyx (the blue) and Vespa (the green).  Then I saw a picture of Godiva on Zoya's Instagram, and I decided that's the one I need.  I ended up stalking the Nail Polish Canada site and buying Godiva and Vespa.  Once it was available, I made my purchase and it came pretty quickly.

When I took my bottles out of the box, I was amazed.  The bottles are so sparkly and the cap is matte.  Looking at the polish in the sunlight really shows how much glitter this has.  The reason I decided to try Pixie Dust instead of Liquid Sand is because how fine the glitter is and the colour selection.

Thoughts
When I first painted Godiva on my finger, I could feel the glitter move along the brush on my nail.  Kind of like a scratchy feeling but it didn't bother me.  The application looks very pretty because the wet polish itself is glittery.  I'm at a lost for words at how to describe this, because it was just such a pretty glitter during application.

Godiva was very easy to apply, I didn't feel like I had to paint that fast.  Originally I thought maybe it'd start drying so fast that I would have to paint quickly in order to avoid uneven coats, but it wasn't the case here.  I thought the application was very easy.  The brush is easy to use because I didn't get that much of my surrounding skin.  Watching the polish dry was interesting for me too.  Going from liquid and then the glitter particles coming out.  I find that it dries slightly lighter than the colour of the bottle.

After I painted my nails, it dried pretty quickly.  I went to bed and my nails didn't have fabric marks (it has happened to me once). I did manage to do something to my pointer where some of the polish was scratched off, but due to the texture, it's barely noticeable.  While in bed, I did notice my nails were like sandpaper against my blankets.  It took a while to get used to.

I love that Godiva is so subtle and I can wear it to work without anyone noticing that I have textured nails.  My friend took a look at my nails and found it was interesting.  She didn't like the texture, but thought my nails were nice.  Throughout the day and in different angles, she noticed how my nails just had so much glitter.  She commented on how it looks like the glitter would fall off at any moment but it's not.  We spent dinner googling pictures of other swatches of the Pixie Dust collection.

I think this polish is definitely the type that will wear down, not necessarily chip off.

Breakdown
Base coat: none
Colour coat: Zoya Godiva 3 coats
Top coat: none

Bottle is 15mL

Bottle Shot of the brush which is pretty wide

Glittery bottle 

I used three coats 

 Second day I decided I wanted to see how it would look with a top coat on after one day of wear.  You can tell how the polish seems to have wear off a little

Top coat (2 coats) on my ring finger 

 I think I prefer to have no top coat, but at least it's an option

I think the reason I prefer no top coat is because although it looks just as glittery, if not more with a top coat, with 2 coats of top coat, the feeling isn't as if you had any normal, non-texture polish.  It feels a lot thicker.

I bought Zoya's Godiva on Nail Polish Canada for $9.75.  Also available at Trade Secrets.