#TheBeautyBuffs – Zoya Radiant Orchid

You may have heard that I’m part of a beauty blogger group called the Beauty Buffs. This week we’re all talking about the Pantone color of the year- Radiant Orchid.

The orchid shade that I’m highlighting is Zoya Perrie. I’m shocked at how opaque this color is! The above swatch is one base coat and one coat of Perrie (no topcoat). I also wanted to do some floral nail art to tie into the orchid theme. I tried out my first attempt at one-stroke painting. Nope, you will not be seeing the results! It was less than stellar. I need some practice, for sure. So instead, I grabbed a bunch of Zoya colors and went for an abstract floral orchid design. I enjoy doing nail art like this. It’s not too planned out and I just let my creativity do the work.

Perrie – used as my base color and a few dots here and there

Ginessa – sponged onto my tips for some subtle shimmer

Belinda – for the dark purple petals

Pippa – as the yellow accents

I hafta admit- I borrowed Zoya Perrie from my mom! 😉 She has good taste in nail polish. I’m just realizing that this shade of orchid looks great on me though! I was never really attracted to these pinky-purpley colors before. I always preferred purples that leans more towards blue than pink. But now that my eyes are opened, and considering it’s the color of 2014, I really need to grab some shades like this!