Purple Passion: Zoya Leslie from the Spring 2015 Delight Collection

Sometimes a nail polish is so pretty, you just have to wear it more than once. Even when you have a collection of over 500 to get through. That's how I am with Zoya Leslie.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Aggie from the Fall 2015 Flair Collection

Oh, Zoya. You. Have. Slayed. Me. Zoya Aggie, one of the colors from the new Flair Collection for Fall 2015, is absolutely, without a doubt, one of the best colors I've come across in quite some time.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Aphrodite from the Summer 2015 Paradise Sun Collection

When summer rolls around, all I want to do is paint my nails with super bright colors. Enter Zoya Aphrodite.

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So Sparkletastic: Zoya Bar Magical PixieDust Nail Polish

Sometimes you just need a sparkly little pick me up, am I right? Well, Zoya Bar Magical PixieDust Nail Polish is THE best way to get that extra glittery kick you're looking for.

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Zoya Island Fun Collection for Summer 2015: Swatches and Review

Once in awhile, there's a nail polish collection so spectacular that I'm in love with EVERY. SINGLE. COLOR. Well, such is the case with the Zoya Island Fun Collection, one of two they've created for Summer 2015. (The other one, Paradise Sun, is just as fabulous.) Island Fun is made up of six juicy, bright cremes that are perfect for summer manicures and pedicures. Read on for swatches and my review of each color in this nail polish collection.

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#ManiMonday: My Nail Polish Stash and Storage

Anyone who knows me knows that I have what one might call an obsession with nail polish. It's the one beauty product I never need to buy ... and the one I can never seem to say no to once I'm inside a Sephora or Ulta. I've amassed quite the collection over the years, and for a long time I had a vision of displaying all of my gorgeous polishes in racks like you see in nail salons. I've wanted to do this since I lived in New York, but never made it happen ... UNTIL NOW. I finally made the leap and displayed all of my nail polish just the way I always wanted!

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Rayne from the Spring 2015 Delight Collection

The Zoya Spring 2015 Delight Collection is chock full of beautiful colors that are absolutely perfect for spring. I love the entire collection, but today I decided to wear the gorgeous Rayne.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Leslie from the Spring 2015 Delight Collection

I don't know about you, but if I have to wear my winter coat one more time this year, I may scream. I'm now trying to subliminally usher in springtime temperatures with my nail polish, which is where Zoya Leslie -- one of the colors from the new Delight Collection -- comes into play.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Naturel Satin Nail Polish in Leah

Well, Zoya, you've gone and done it again. You've created yet ANOTHER nail polish color that I can't live without. This time, of course, I'm speaking of Zoya Leah, one of the colors from the new Naturel Satins Collection.

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My Happy Hanukkah Nail Art: A Blue Ombre Manicure

Happy Hanukkah, everyone! Hanukkah is my all-time favorite holiday -- and it's not because of the presents. I've always loved lighting the menorah and singing the prayers, which instantly connects to my religion in a way that goes back thousands and thousands of years. (And, come on -- a holiday that centers around oil, meaning I get to eat latkes and doughnuts? Cosign.) I wanted to do something special with my manicure to celebrate, so I decided to do a blue ombre manicure.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Hudson from the Spring 2014 Awaken Collection

Sometimes a girl just needs a pretty purple polish, #amirite? And in the case of Zoya Hudson, one of the colors from the Spring 2014 Awaken Collection, "pretty" and "purple" most definitely go together.

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Happy Halloween! Orange & Black French Manicure with Maybelline and Zoya

Happy Halloween, everyone! Now, I'm not going to lie ... I'm not the biggest fan of Halloween. As a kid, I LOVED it -- but I think that was directly proportional to how much candy I collected while trick or treating. Once I got too old for that pastime, I sort of let Halloween fall by the wayside. I still dressed up for college parties and everything, but it's just never held the same magic for me. What I DO love, though? Expressing a little Halloween spirit through my nails! And this year, I decided to try something completely new by attempting my very first French manicure, using Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquer in Orange Fix and Zoya Storm.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya MatteVelvet Nail Polish in Veruschka

Okay, WOW. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to love the Zoya MatteVelvet Collection just as much as I do. I typically am not a fan of matte nail polishes, but this collection? STUNNING. I started playing around with all of the colors last night and was immediately blown away. It was honestly very difficult to settle on one color to use for my manicure today, but I finally went with Zoya Matte Velvet nail polish in Veruschka.

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Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend: Zoya Magical PixieDust in Cosmo

I don't know if you're anything like me ... but when I try a nail polish for the first time and it translates perfectly from bottle to nail, I get incredibly excited. And when it exceeds expectations and looks even more fabulous than I anticipated? I pretty much just want to squeal with glee. That's how I feel about Zoya Magical PixieDust in Cosmo.

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The Beauty Products I Hoard, Stockpile and Generally Can't Live Without

The fabulous Christine Mikesell of 15 Minute Beauty has put together a super fun beauty blog linkup today, all about the products we stockpile and hoard. Now, I'm not going to lie -- my apartment tends to look like a Sephora gone crazy. There are nail polishes, lip balms, candles, soaps and more scattered basically across every free inch of space. But there are definitely products that I keep going back to again and again -- and buy in multiples, just in case there was ever a chance of them being discontinued. This is my list.

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Zoya Ignite Collection Nail Polish Swatches

It's a Zoya-filled week here on The Beauty of Life! Yesterday I brought you swatches of the Naturel Deux (2) Collection, and today I have the (unbelievable) (gorgeous) (ZOMG-worthy) Ignite Collection for Fall 2014. The six colors in Ignite are glass-flecked shimmers. In other words, they're stunners. Read on for swatches of all the polishes and my thoughts on the collection.

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Zoya Naturel Deux (2) Collection Nail Polish Swatches

In case you weren't aware, Zoya pretty much knocks it out of the park with every single nail polish collection they create. And, true to form, the Naturel Deux (2) Collection (which launched a couple months ago) is no different. The six polishes in this collection take the idea of neutral and spin it on its head, making it become something completely new and different (and, of course, completely gorgeous). Read on to see all my swatches and thoughts on this collection.

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#ManiMonday: Zoya Harper from the Summer 2014 Bubbly Collection

While I'm normally not a wearer of pink nail polishes -- they're a bit too #normcore for me -- I'm making an exception for Zoya Harper. This is one of the colors from the Summer 2014 Bubbly Collection, which contains 6 super glittery colors.

Harper is a pretty fabulous Pepto Bismol/cotton candy pink packed with tons of iridescent and holographic yellow gold glitter. One coat yields almost perfect coverage, but two make it completely opaque. This is definitely one of those colors that make me want to keep staring at my nails over and over (and over). You get a jelly sandwich-like effect with two coats, which trap the glitter in between the solid pink.

Honestly? If pink nail polishes always looked like this, I'd wear them a lot more!

Zoya Harper retails for $9 at zoya.com.

Zoya Summer 2014 Tickled Collection Swatches

You know those nail polishes that just SCREAM summer? Well, the Zoya Summer 2014 Tickled Collection does exactly that. The six cremes in this collection are bright, bold and perfect for heating up your summer manicures and pedicures. Keep reading to see swatches and my thoughts on each of the colors!

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#ManiMonday: (Almost) St. Patrick's Day Green Nails with OPI and Zoya!

So, here's the thing. I may be Jewish, but I love sporting manicures that celebrate pretty much every holiday. Christmas, Easter, you name it, my nails are celebrating it. And St. Patrick's Day is just a really easy one, especially considering how much I already love green nail polish! So this time around, I went for a little sparkle with OPI and Zoya.

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