Sorry for the delay in posting. My husband and I have been refurnishing our apartment, so that has involved a few trips to IKEA and a lot of time spent assembling furniture. I am sore, but it is worth it to finally have some furniture pieces that are not college hand-me-downs or off the curb. Our new mattress is heavenly and makes up for the aches.



Moving on to nail polish news, I finally got the three Zoya Pixie Dust polishes that I was lusting after: Nyx (periwinkle blue), Vespa (pale spring green), and London (medium fog gray). These are part of the new textured nails trend, and they do not disappoint! I would describe the texture as similar to the China Glaze Safari collection sandy glitters I’m Not Lion and I Herd That, so the Pixie Dust polishes are not necessarily revolutionary if you have tried those or some of the China Glaze holiday glitters.

I wore all three polishes at once as a semi-skittles manicure because I could not choose between them. Following the recommended application, I applied three thin layers to bare nails with no base or top coat and let the layers dry a couple of minutes between coats. The polish went on nicely with no dragging, but I could see that being an issue if you used thick layers or did not leave sufficient drying time in between coats.





Wear was excellent on these polishes. The photos were taken after one trip to IKEA and about half a day’s worth of screwdriving furniture together, so there is some tip wear but not the chipping I had expected. My favorite was London because I am a sucker for gray polish. Vespa and Nyx are not quite as pigmented, but it all evened out by three coats and both of the colors were lovely as well. All three are amazingly sparkly and I find the texture pretty interesting. I will likely pick up the rest of the colors and any future Pixie Dust polishes they release someday.