Current Mani 23rd April 2024

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Today I have my current manicure to share, I did a small order with Rainbow Connection a nail polish retailer in the UK.  I cannot resist Fancy Gloss thermals, the colours are always interesting and the formula top notch.  I ordered the following 

Left to right Arabian Tales, Coral Daisy, Pistachio and Strawberry Ice Cream and Dutch Iris.

I decided on Coral Daisy as the first manicure, this has a great formula, I did two coats for my base, I then stamped with Zoya Dita the flowers on my index and little fingers and then I used Virago Varnish Cannon Ball on the rest, plate was Moyra 107 Botanical.  I wasnt super careful painting the polish as I knew I was going to be stamping so clean up could wait.

I love the peachy vibe to the coral in the cold state and the yellow is almost neon, so fun.

A Zoya A Day - Candy

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Today I'm sharing my manicure of Candy who is a Polish Of the Month. I wanted to get this up as soon as possible in case anyone still wanted to grab this with the free shipping offer.

Available on the website - Yes (Only for April)
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Candy
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1224

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 2

Finish - Cream
Collection - Polish Of the Month

Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Candy has a story - A white pink candy creme that goes beyond the typical pastel palette. ‘CANDY’ encapsulates the essence of sweetness and vibrance, offering a unique take on indulgence and playfulness with every application. Candy utilizes a hint of neon and traditional pastel pigment to achieve a dynamic pastel shade.

Candy has a good formula, no running or pooling, I did two coats for my manicure, this is a little thick but not hard to work with, Candy also stamps nicely. I have now switched out the cap to a black one.  I dont like the white caps. I also bumped my right thumb.  This is so vibrant and bright, I think I'm going to put it on my toes next.

The comparison is at the bottom.

Left to right Candy, Tobey and Sweet, no dupes, Candy is way brighter than Tobey and Sweet has that peachy salmon undertone to her. Tobey and Sweet are discontinued.

Left to right Candy, Zelli, Janie and Ali, no dupes, these are the other actual Zoya neons, which are all much deeper in tone, Zelli, Janie and Ali are all discontinued also.

A Zoya A Day - Zaria

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Today on the blog I'm sharing my manicure and review of the lush Zaria.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Zaria
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1221

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 1

Finish - Cream
Collection - Bloom

Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Zaria can be described as a deep spring rose pink cream.

What a gorgeous deep pink. Zaria has a fantastic formula, no running or pooling and I did one coat for my manicure, I then decided to put one coat of Angel on my thumbs and middle fingers and one coat of Hyacinth on my ring fingers.

Weekend Mani

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Today I'm sharing a couple of mani's I did during the week and what I'm wearing this weekend.

I started by ordering the Orly Melting Point set from Orly UK, I swatched JessFace90's video and they looked amazing.

Continues after the pics.

I started out with the yellow called Cesium The Day and stamped with all the others for a subtle look, I did two coats of the yellow, good formula, no running or pooling. Stamping plate was Maniology BM-XL201.

Next I had to put Alloy Matey on as its a base of Synthetic Symphony but with a LOT of shimmer dropped in, great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for this manicure, this glowed off my nails, stunning.

Then yesterday I had a dental appointment and wants something cool, so I did a base of two coats of Fancy Gloss Dainty Rose and then stamped with Zoya Vixen the plum and Sally Hanson Insta-dri in Later Alligator, the extra glow on my middle fingers  and thumbs is Zoya Raine in one coat.  Plate used was Moyra 107 Botanical on my fingers and Moyra 135 Macabre for my thumbs, topcoat is Barry M Plumpy.

A Zoya A Day - Sari

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Today I'm sharing my manicure and review of the lovely Sari.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Sari
Year - 2008
Number - ZP0276

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2/3

Finish - Cream
Collection - Purity

Colour - Nude
Topcoat - No

Sari can be described as a sheer, peach milk nude.

I swatched out the brush for this polish, Sari has a good formula, no running or pooling, just sheer as she is a French manicure polish. I did three coats on my left hand and two on my right to show this might get to full opacity at four coats.

A Zoya A Day - Fleur

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of Fleur.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Fleur
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1222

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 1

Finish - Cream
Collection - Bloom

Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Fleur can be described as a fun, classic spring pink cream.

This is such a cute colour, its a bright pink, Fleur has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did one coat. The last photos are my manicure for the next few  days, I stamped with Zaria.

Check out that bottle, I think this is going to go for ugly bottle syndrome.  You can see the pigment is darker at the top of the bottle.

A Zoya A Day - Rhiannon

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Today on the blog I'm sharing my manicure of Rhiannon.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Rhiannon
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1218

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Bloom

Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Rhiannon can be described as a vibrant icy blue, with microfine holographic, aqua and white glitter.

Since I got this set I have been watching all the reviews on youtube, there seems to be real issues with the glitters, several reviews have reported slow dry time and a very *sticky* formula.

Rhiannon for me has an ok formula, it doesnt run or pool, however, it does seem *sticky*, the brush has splayed out like the normal round brush used to do in a pixie dust, I just wonder if this formula is the issue, prior to these Zoya didnt really do glitter polishes, the last pure glitters they did were in 2009 Nova, Roxy and Luna in the Ultra Glitter collection, I own Nova and Roxy and the glitters in those fall to bottom of the bottle and require a long shake before wearing.

I'm probably never going to wear these are full manicures due to the sticky formula, they work as toppers though.  Rhiannon took about 30 minutes to fully dry two coats.  I wouldnt want to wear this if I needed a quick out the door manicure. 

I really dont understand why they didnt make these pixie dusts, just because no-one else is doing them, does not mean we polish addicts dont want them.  I for one adore my pixie dusts, they are my go to when I'm travelling or about to do something rough with my hands. They're usually one or two coats, they dry fast and they are tough to chip.

I am so disappointed, the actual colours of the glitters are gorgeous, the colours are so bright and fun but oh man the formula is awful.

The last photo shows the brush of Chita a pixie dust with the original round brush and Rhiannon with the z wide brush.

A Zoya A Day - Violetta

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Today I'm sharing my manicure of the vibrant Violetta.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Violetta
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1220

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 1/2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Bloom

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Violetta is described as a warm violet, with microfine holographic, aqua and rose gold glitter.

I decided to put one coat of Hudson on my left hand and then one coat of Violetta, my right hand has two coats of Violetta.  Violetta has a good formula, no running or pooling, I really love the neon tone this polish has, while I was out for my walk at lunch it was sparkling away in the sunshine.   Pic 1 is indoors, pic 2 is under my LED light and pic 3 is outside, it had clouded over when I took the pic.

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