Mint Mani For Talia Joy

Today's post is going to be a little different. It's not really about the nail polish. It's about a member of the Beauty/Makeup/Nail Blogging community that passed away this week. Many of you may already know who Talia is and may be rocking your mint manis today. If not, let me fill you in a little about Talia and how she touched my heart. 

Talia was a successful YouTuber who was battling cancer at the young age of 13. She was a very talented makeup artist who said that makeup was her wig. She was an upbeat, positive, and happy kid despite her trials. She inspired many including me. Being a person with chronic pain, I tend to get depressed and sometimes angry about the things I am missing out on in life. Let me be very clear, I'm not comparing what I'm going through with my health with someone who has cancer. When I stumbled across her channel, I was immediately sucked in by her adorable personality. Then I started thinking about how I need to work on being more positive and go for the things I want despite what is going on with my body. In the words of Miss Talia Joy, I decided to "just keep swimming"and with a smile on my face. 

The last picture Talia posted of her nails was of a mint colored mani. The nail art community decided to honor her by wearing mint manis today (technically yesterday). I posted my mani on Instagram and Facebook and am just now getting to my actual blog. *doh*

This picture is from my iphone and before I put on cuticle oil. When I went to take pictures with my camera, I bumped my nails and found out that they were not yet completely dry. My mani was ruined and I am so glad I took this picture with my phone. Phew!

Zoya Wednesday, Essie Sign of the Times, Cult Nails Wax That, and heart rhinestone from KISS and Nail Art Society. 

I hope we will continue to remember Talia and her amazing attitude. 

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-Mira

*Some products in this post were provided for review. 

Zoya Beach Collection

I'm so excited to show you Zoya's new summer collection, Beach & Surf. Today, I'm going to show you Beach. Beach consists of five cremes and one creme/metallic. In order to prevent boring repetition, each swatch has two coats and one coat of Seche Vite top coat. Each shade has an amazing formula, very opaque, evened out quickly, and dried to a beautiful shine. Zoya never disappoints, they are my favorite brand of nail polish. 

 Zoya Arizona

I'm not into orange, I don't love how they look on me but I like this one. Arizona is a lovely light orange creme that reminds me of tangerines. 

 Zoya Shelby

I love bubble gum pinks, they are so fun and girly. Shelby has more blue tones than a typical bubble gum pink making it a unique shade. 

 Zoya Lara

This is coming out a few shades lighter than it really is. It's more of a lightened magenta mixed with a dusty rose shade. I love how this looks with my skin tone, it's one of my favorites from the collection. 

Zoya Reagan

I love berry shades so it was no surprise that Reagan is also one of my favorites. Reagan is a beautiful berry shade that has some blue undertones in it. 

 Zoya Tracie

Tracie is a light yellow green creme with just enough silvery shimmer to make it look a little frosty or metallic. It wasn't my favorite, I'm  not a fan of the finish and this color isn't very flattering on my skin tone. 

Zoya Wednesday

Don't you think this should be a black creme? I just can't get past the name. I absolutely love the color. It's definitely related to China Glaze For Audrey. Wednesday is a dusty turquoise with green undertones. 

What do you think about this collection? Did you pick any up? Let me know in the comment section, I always love to hear from you.

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-Mira