A Zoya A Day - Gigi and Lux

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Today on the blog we meet Gigi and Lux.  These are the last polishes I have to share with you until I pick up the Café Creams and the Metallic Dreams collections, probably next month. I picked up Lux from a destash a few months ago.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Gigi
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1147
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Pink Palette
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Gigi is described as a red azalea cream nail polish.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Lux
Year - 2014
Number - ZP0719
Coats - 2
Finish - Pixie Dust
Collection - Spring Pixie Dusts
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Lux by Zoya can be best described as a rose quartz sparkle textured PixieDust - Textured with mega hex iridescent particles.

Both of these are stunning, Gigi is a very deep pink with a red undertone, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Gigi also stamps.

Lux I picked up from a destash a while ago, I do keep an eye out for older Zoya I dont own but no-one seems to want to part with any of the lower ZP number, I have pretty much everything from about the 500 mark on.

Lux has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats, maybe I could have done a third.....

The last pics are of my current manicure, I finally succumbed to the reflective glitter, I decided on Fancy Gloss Rainbow Stardust, this is such an interesting polish, I started with two coats of Unt Ready for Takeoff peel off basecoat because glitter, then I did two coats of RS, finally one coat of Barry M Plumpy Topcoat, interestingly this does remind me of a Pixie Dust or Liquid Sand polish, this looks like a dark grey polish in normal light or sunlight, its only when you hit it extremely bright light i.e. flash from my camera phone that bam out comes the sparkle.

A Zoya A Day - Kay and Shannon

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Today on the blog we meet Kay and Shannon.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Kay
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1145
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Pink Palette
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Kay is described as a bright paradise pink cream nail polish.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Shannon
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1146
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Pink Palette
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Shannon is described as a warm melon pink cream nail polish.

Kay is gorgeous, I'm not sure what a paradise pink is, I'd call this a deep flamingo pink, great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats, Kay also stamps well.

Shannon is stunning. definitely a pale melon pink with a hint of salmon, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Shannon also stamps.

A Zoya A Day - Joanie and Maddy

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Today on the blog we meet Joanie and Maddy.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Angel
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1143
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Pink Palette
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Joanie is described as a soft tulip pink cream nail polish.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Elsa
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1144
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Pink Palette
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Maddy is described as Ultra wearable flamingo pink cream nail polish.

Joanie is a pale pink with a slight blue undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Joanie also stamps, likely better over a darker colour.

Maddy is really pretty, a pink with a hint of salmon undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Maddy also stamps.

A Zoya A Day - Angel and Elsa

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Today on the blog we meet Angel and Elsa.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Angel
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1141
Coats - 2
Finish - Topper
Collection - Pink Palette
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Angel is described as an iridescent pink lace overlay with brilliant specks of ultra pink, periwinkle & golden glitter.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Elsa
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1142
Coats - 2
Finish - Glitter
Collection - Abundance
Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Elsa is described as an Iridescent cool-toned blue with a purple magical shift with densely-packed rainbow glitter nail polish. 

Angel is so pretty, a good formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats, as the base is clear this is never going to get opaque in its own.

Elsa is really pretty, good formula no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, I did wear a peel off base coat for this as its glitter.

A Zoya A Day - Gwen and Lena

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Today on the blog we meet Gwen and Lena.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Does it stamp - No
Name - Gwen
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1139
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Abundance
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Gwen is described as a muted tea rose pink nail polish.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Does it stamp - No
Name - Lena
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1140
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Abundance
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No/Yes

Lena is described as a mid-toned wisteria purple cream nail polish.

Gwen is a really gorgeous pale baby pink, I switched out the brush for the z wide, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Lena is really pretty, its almost a neon, it dries to a matte finish, I switched the brush on this as well, its a jelly formula, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

I broke my left thumb nail and my left middle finger, so they both now have silk wrap and gel patches on.

 

A Zoya A Day - Ellis and Kit

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Today on the blog we meet Ellis and Kit.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Ellis
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1137
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Abundance
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Ellis is described as dark rich cerise cream nail polish.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Kit
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1138
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Abundance
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Kit is described as calming old rose cream nail polish.

Ellis is gorgeous, a deep pink, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet cpat, Ellis also stamps.

Kit is so pretty, a muted dusty pink, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Kit also stamps well.

A Zoya A Day - Elyse and Tyler

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Today on the blog we meet Elyse and Tyler.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Elyse
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1135
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Naturel 5
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Elyse is a gentle aubergine cream.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Tyler
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1136
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Abundance
Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Tyler can be described as deep indigo blue cream nail polish.

Elyse is gorgeous, a dusty red undertoned purple, fabulous formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Elyse also stamps beautifully.

Tyler is stunning, I love the tone of this blue, its deep but dusty, I think theres a hint of green in the undertone on this, perfect formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Tyler also stamps well.

A Zoya A Day - Evan and Parker

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Today on the blog we meet Evan and Parker. I ment to post this yesterday but a migraine got the better of me.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Evan
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1134
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Naturel 5
Colour - Nude
Topcoat - No

Evan is a softened saddle cream.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Parker
Year - 2022
Number - ZP1135
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Naturel 5
Colour - Nude
Topcoat - No

Parker can best be described as a warm greige.

Zoya's colour descriptions get stranger by the day, Evan is a gorgeous tan with a yellow undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Evan also stamps well.

Parker, a reuse of the name, originally a Spa Essentials colour from 2006, the new one is a warm light brown, I dont see any grey in this to make me think greige though, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Parker also stamps well.

Life update:- My eyes have healed up amazingly well, my left eye with the minus 22 lens in, I can see quite well out of this eye now, no more frosted glass window view. My right eye has a minus 1 lens in, they worked with the shape of my eye and its like I have a whole new eye, I can see much further than I used to, my focal focus length has gone from the tip of my nose to me having to stretch out my arm to see my nails in focus, I do have to use a pair of reading glasses at plus 3 to use my phone, I can read my kindle without glasses now, being able to sit on our sofa and clearly see the tv is still a thrill as is getting up in the middle of the night and not scrabbling around for glasses. I am so lucky I was able to have this done on the NHS, it truly has been life changing.

The cats were being crazy last night, pics at the end.