Fish Egg Friday: Zoya Ivanka

Greetings!

I had so much fun last week, celebrating what has become known as “Fish Egg Friday.” It was awesome to see bloggers come together as a community to take a stand. I also had (a little too much) fun on my trip to Michael’s this week, where I found even more beads. There was a whole collection in bright, summery shades that I couldn’t resist, and I felt that Fish Egg Friday was a worthy enough cause for my $6.99 (for six colors!).

It was really tough to decide which to wear, but I really liked the sparkle in last week’s mani, so I decided to go about as sparkly as one can go. I used Ivanka, from Zoya’s Sparkle Collection and matching beads in Capri.

I had to use about 85 different lighting and white balance settings to capture Ivanka, and I’m still not sure I did her justice. She’s SO sparkly. Hence the “Sparkle Collection” thing, I suppose.

This whole microbead thing is starting to grow on me. My first not-caviar manicure lasted an easy three days before the beads started dropping, and the texture is fun. Plus, you get to add another layer to your polish look.

I also learned a tip this week: When pouring your beads over the nail(s), pour them over a little paper Dixie cup. It collects the beads easily, and you can pour them into your hand to apply to another nail, or back into the container for another day.

 

A lot of other bloggers had Kaviar Manicures posted last week in honor of the ridiculousness, and several ladies were kind enough to compile lists. I got this one from Jen at The PolishAholic (Thanks, Jen!), if you’d like to check out some other looks:

Jen http://www.thepolishaholic.com/2012/04/fish-egg-friday-mani.html
Sammy http://nailasaurus.blogspot.de/
Salla http://www.polish-em.net/
Esther http://fabfingertips.blogspot.co.uk/
Emily http://lacquerologist.blogspot.co.uk/
Danielle http://rocknpolish.blogspot.co.uk/
Anna http://prettydigits.blogspot.co.uk/
Susan http://www.thesubtleshimmer.com/
Melissa http://melissawhitenails.blogspot.co.uk/
Ivana http://zabranjeni-grad.blogspot.co.uk/
A Lacquered Affair http://alacqueredaffair.onsugar.com/
Cristina http://www.letthemhavepolish.com/
Stephanie http://sincerelystephaniee.blogspot.co.uk/
Tiffany http://2thelastdrop.com/
Jeanette http://the-swatchaholic.com/
Katie & Alli http://thedailyvarnish.com
Deez Nails http://deez-nailz.blogspot.com
Goose http://www.goosesglitter.com/
Color Is Magic http://colourismagic.blogspot.com/
Rie http://nailsandnoms.com
Zelinda http://unhascaseirasdaz.blogspot.pt