A Zoya A Day - Billie and Ondine

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the stunning Billie and Ondine.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Billie
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1248

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 1

Finish - Metallic
Collection - Luxe Noir

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Billie can be described as a rich, velvety eggplant shade with a multi tone micro metallic red finish.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Ondine
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1242

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 2

Finish - Cream
Collection - Everlasting

Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Ondine can be described as a fashion-forward intense aubergine cream.

Billie is so stunning, a deep vampy purple with little multi coloured sparkles, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Billie also stamps.

Ondine is another deep vampy purple, this dries with a semi matte finish, I'm guessing due to the neon pigment used, Ondine has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my manicure, it wasnt quite the colour in the bottle with one coat. Ondine also stamps well.

This weekends manicure is a base of two coats of Fancy Gloss Vamped a red (cold) to grey (hot) thermal, I then stamped with Box of Whine with places Dixie Plates Christmas 2020 and Moyra 117 Wintertale, lastly I put a coat of Wikkid Polish Star Dust over my index and pinkie fingers..  I had to cut my nails down as I broke a couple.  

A Zoya A Day - Franny and Opal

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the gorgeous Franny and Opal 

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Franny
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1239

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Cream
Collection - Everlasting

Colour - Pink, Beige
Topcoat - No

Franny can be described as a modern blushed beige pink cream.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Opal
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1236

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Holo Glitter
Collection - Everlasting

Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Opal can be described as a soft, sheer whitened pink, with ethereal rose gold glitter.

Franny is so pretty, the perfect office shade, chic and sophisticated, Franny had a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats.

Opal the second of her name, the original Opal was a multi coloured flakie topper polish from the 2012 Fleck Effect collection. This Opal is a little tricky, she wanted to pool a little on my nails so I had to do thin coats,  I did two coats for my manicure.  This is also not glitter, its teeny tiny golden flakies, this dries smooth and will be easy to remove. I think for future manicures I will use Opal as a topper.

I added some snow themed stamping using Whats Up Nails Blanc My Mind and Whats Up Nails stamping plate B035. I've order the November polish of the month and should be getting that within the next few days.

Weekend Nails - Fancy Gloss and Mooncat

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Seeing as I was wittering about sharing more manicures, lets start with what I'm wearing this weekend, unfortunately I totally forgot to get pics of the base polishes on their own d'oh.

Anywho, I started with 2 coats each of Fancy Gloss Raging Thunder (red to silver thermal magnetic) and Midnight Thunder (black to silver thermal magnetic) I then put one coat of Mooncat Green Eyed Monster on top, after that I stamped with Whats Up Nails Neither Noir the black and Box of Whine the red, plates are Whats Up Nails B035 and A022 and Moyou London Snow Collection 02 topcoated with Barry M Plumpy topcoat.  

I had seen Kellie Marissa's swatch and review of the Mooncat and as soon as I saw Green Eyed Monster, I had to have it.  The glow is insane lol  I apologise in advance, the glow pic of my hand isnt quite in focus but its tricky to take pics in the pitch black lol 

A Zoya A Day - Ashby and Axelle

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the stunning Ashby and Axelle. We've had a bunch of snow today.

Available on the website - No
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Ashby
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1234

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 2

Finish - Metallic
Collection - Polish of the Month

Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Ashby can be described as a deep, moody burgundy with a glam twist,  infused with shimmering micro glitters in gold and bronze.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Axelle
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1249

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 2

Finish - Metallic
Collection - Luxe Nior

Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Axelle is a luxurious, seductive red with a metallic gold finish. 

These are both stunning, Ashby was a polish of the month so its not available anymore but a similar polish is Ash.  Ashby has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats.  Ashby stamps nicely as well.

Axelle is gorgeous, she has a wonderful formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for the manicure, Axelle also stamps.

A Zoya A Day - Mae and Toni

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the gorgeous Mae and Toni. I'm hoping to get back into blogging, I have quite a few Zoya I need to catch up on swatch reviewing.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Name - Mae
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0794

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Metallic
Collection - Paradise Sun

Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Mae is a warm magenta pink with a micronized metallic pearl finish, reminiscent of vibrant Mediterranean flowers.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Name - Toni
Year - 2012
Number - ZP0627

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 2

Finish - Cream
Collection - Designer

Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Toni can be best described as a dark, warm raisin-wine cream with strong purple tones. 

Mae is pretty but she is sheer, I didnt think this was going to be a two coater, good formula, no running or pooling.  

Toni is like a dark cherry red, great formula, almost a one coater, no running or pooling and I did two coats. Toni also stamps.  Toni does dry darker than in the bottle.

I have been taking part in the When Colours Collide nail challenges, this past week was the end of a challenge, below is my entry, the colours were brown (cream only) and gold. For the challenge I did a base of Zoya Goldie and Zoya Foster, I then stamped in Foster and Elaine along with Models Own Chrome Gold. The next challenge is dark blue and silver, so I think I might use Zoya Ryan and likely Color Club. 

Luxe Noir Fall Part 2 2024 Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Today I'm sharing my swatch stick and bottle comparisons for the second part of the Zoya Fall 2024 collection called Luxe Noir.

There are six polishes, there names are Axelle, Billie, Bowie, Isley, Beckett and Shayne , we'll also look at Ashby the October polish of the month.

The new polish is always first left, these are taken in natural daylight, not colour adjusted, only cropped and watermark added.

Continued below.

First up left to right Shayne, Connor and London, no dupes, Shayne is a deeper tone that Connor and has much more glitter particles, London is a pixie dust. Connor is discontinued.

Left to right Axelle, Sarah, Teigan and Ashby, no dupes, Sarah is a lighter tone, Teigan has a larger type of particle that shows on the nail better and Ashby is a deeper tone.  Teigan is discontinued.

Left to right Ashby, Sarah, Teigan and Axelle, because Axelle and Ashby were so similar, I couldnt find anything close to either one. Ashby is discontinued.

Left to right Billie, Isadora and Sansa, no dupes, Billie has these pink/purple sparkles and then a scattering of golden ones too, stunning I've already worn Billie, she went straight on when I got my package. Billie, Axelle and Ashby are shown as manicures below.

Left to right Isley, Ryan, Elliot and Neve, no dupes, this was a surprise, I was sure Isley was going to be very close to Ryan but as you can Isley is much brighter, the closest in colour is Neve but she has tonal shimmer particle.  Isley is more like Ryan and Elliott had a baby.

Left to right Beckett, Cecillia and Talia, no dupes, Beckett is much deeper in tone than Cecillia or Talia.

Left to right Bowie, Skipper and Paisley, no dupes, Bowie is so much darker than Skipper and Paisley but still has that neon undertone.  Paisley is discontinued.

Everything stamped well except Shayne who is a full on glitter bomb.

Wearing two coats each of Ashby and Axelle, I used Glossy Seal topcoat. Excuse the tip wear, this mani was a few days old.

Wearing Billie in one sweet coat with Glossy Seal topcoat.

I am really liking this collection a lot, I love a vampy shade, the three creams are all unique colours to the Zoya lineup which I am happy about.

Everlasting Collection for Fall 2024 - Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Long time no post, apologises, I was taking as much time outside in the sunshine as possible given what a rubbish start to the summer we had.

Today I'm sharing my swatch stick and bottle comparisons for the new Everlasting collection for Fall 2024.

Names are as follows 

Annabelle, Cosette, Franny, Henley, Opal (reuse) and Ondine.

I was thinking this palette reminded me of the Toasty collection from spring 2023 but that was actually a more grey brown toned collection. Check out my comparison and review here.

Toasty Comparisons

As always the new polish is first left, I never colour correct, only crop and add my watermark, it was kinda over cast today.

I figured we'd do a comparison of Tucker the August polish of the month as I did order her.

Left to right Tucker, Yummy and Marisol, no dupes Tucker is a teeny bit lighter in tone than Yummy, Yummy is discontinued.

Left to right Opal, Chelsea, Erika and the original Opal, no dupes, Erika has a peach undertone and Chelsea is a cream.  The flakie on the end is the original use of the name Opal from the Fleck Effect collection from spring 2012.

Left to right Franny, Gwen and Jordan, no dupes, this is close though between Gwen and Franny, Franny has a tiny bit more brown undertone, Jordan is much more pink leaning. Gwen is from the Abundance collection in 2022.

Left to right Henley, Brianna and Arielle, no dupes, but its close between Brianna and Henley, with Henley having a slightly deeper undertone, Arielle is deeper again but she is also discontinued. Brianna was from Enamoured in 2023.

Left to right Cosette, Twinklette and Fairleigh, no dupes, Twinklette has a taupie/brown undertone and Fairleigh has a lilac undertone.

Left to right Annabelle, Arianna and Blaze, no dupes, these three are all different finishes, Arianna is a pixiedust and Blaze is a scattered holographic, Arianna is discontinued.

Left to right Ondine, Pamela and Gabi, this is tricky, Pamela is a teeny bit brighter in the bottle and on the swatch stick, Pamela is only available in a petite bottle on the Zoya website at present, Gabi has a red undertone.

So there you have it, what do we think? Its an interesting selection for a fall collection, although we are getting a second collection in September, for me this would have worked better as a winter/spring collection, I get the everlasting angle these are chic timeless colours.