Halloween Blood Splatter Manicure 2 : Konad

I have had my Konad kit for a few months but this was my first time using it. I was a little intimidated by the process but it is as easy as everyone says it is and I am hooked.  I want to do another Konad manicure already. This splatter manicure is much cleaner and neater looking that the straw method. It just depends on the look you are going for. This is definitely a friendlier prettier version. I used Konad plate M21. I mixed a tiny amount of Konad Black special polish mixed with Zoya Sooki to create the blood splatter color. I used this over Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White Out. I put my topcoat on a little early but a little smear with a bloody look is alright. This was a fun easy manicure that can be done in any variety of colors.

True Blood Week: Shifter Saturday with Zoya Ki

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Indoor Lighting: Green and Purple

Indoor Lighting: Silver and Green

Dim Lighting: Silver and Green

Zoya Ki is a "multichrome" polish that shows mainly purple, green and silver/gray. It has a shimmery finish and the swatches are three coats. This color is great to represent the shape shifters on True Blood because of the way this polish seems to magically change.  It is mainly purple in bright lighting. The color changes at every angle, and the green becomes most apparent in dim lighting. Zoya Ki is available a zoya.com. The retail price is $8.00.

True Blood Week: Zoya Bela

Indoor Lighting

Dim Lighting

Review:  The color I chose for Pam Swynford De Beaufort is Zoya Bela.  Zoya Bela is a nude pink crème polish. It has a slight pink sparkle or glitter chunk, every now and then, that shows unexpectedly. Bela has a sheer formula, and my swatches are 4 coats. Four coats!  I have worn this polish at least three times.  I waited 5 minutes per coat, but the slight streaks persist.  I still love this polish and recommend it. On top of this, it is one of the only nude polishes I own.  

Pam:  This color reminds me of Pam because she is a “Tiffany Girl”, and prefers pastels. I would imagine her staple polish color being, any creamy nude. Although, her wardrobe is usually ostentatious at Fangtasia, that is her job. She is really a no polish kind of girl, in my opinion, but this is a special occasion.  With Pam, dry time is no issue unless her patience is excessively tested.

 Zoya Bela: is available at zoya.com. The retail price is $8.00.

True Blood Week: Zoya Sooki

Two Coats: Indoor Lighting

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Dim Lighting

In celebration of the True Blood Season 4 premiere on HBO, I am going to show some polishes that remind me of a few of my favorite characters. I am starting off with Sookie Stackhouse. Zoya Sooki is part of the Zoya Summertime Collection for 2011. It is a beautiful true red creme polish. There is no blue or yellow tone to this polish. Red is my least favorite color of polish but I would wear this shade any day. The polish is a bright sunny color and is a great namesake to the True Blood character. I added a flower as an ode to Sookie, who in the show, wears a lot of flowery tops and sun dresses. Sookie also loves to tan, and this is definitely a color that will go great with a summer tan. The summer shade of red and flower remind me of Sookie's carefree attitude, when she is not having vampire problems that is. The polish applies smoothly and opaque in one coat. I used two coats above. Zoya Sooki is available at zoya.com at a retail price of $8.00.