Zoya: Neely (Lovely Collection, Spring 2013)

It's the first Friday of the new year. Congrats, you made it through week one! Today I have another spring green to show you. This is Zoya's Neely from the Lovely Collection.

Instead of a mint or sea foam green I'd call this one celery. It has no real blue under tones like yesterday's feature Nicole by OPI: Alex by the Books. This one is much more of a neutral green, not too yellow toned, not too blue toned, just perfectly balanced. It's quite pale and doesn't quite have the pop that Alex by the Books has, it's much more subdued.

The formula on this was fully opaque in just two coats. I had no issues at all with application. It wasn't too thick or too thin. I had no balding, no streaking and it didn't dry too fast. Great formula once again from Zoya. 

  

Pretty right? As mentioned in yesterday's post, I will do a true comparison of these types of colors so you can really see the subtle differences. Keep your eyes peeled.

What are your plans for the weekend? Tomorrow is my four year wedding anniversary! Where does the time go? Honestly!

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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Nicole by OPI: Alex by the Books

Good morning everyone! Have you noticed anything different about the blog? I bought my own domain! I don't know what took me so long but I finally did it. So I present to you www.primandpolishedblog.com :-)

Today I have a color from the Modern Family collection to show you. This is Alex by the Books, now I don't watch the show so I seriously have no clue what this name even means.

Alex by the Books is a sea foam  green creme color. It's got a nice shine to it which helps it from appearing chalky. Sometimes colors like this, with a lot of white in the base, can be really chalky in their finish. This one is not. I have tons of colors like this and plan to do a comparison plan ASAP. I love colors like this for the spring. They seem to always be on trend.

I used two coats for the opacity shown in the photos but as you can see, I needed three. It was a nice formula so I honestly think it was my application so take it with a grain of salt. I am sure you can see though, especially on the pinky finger, I had a bit of balding going on. I think this can be a two coater with a more careful application though.

Do you have this one? Do you plan to get it? Do you have something in your collection you think is a complete dupe. Be on the look out for a dupe post and we'll see just how close we can dupe it. 

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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