A Zoya A Day - Ophelia

Hey Friends 

Today on the blog I'm sharing my swatch and review of Ophelia

Available on the website - Yes

Brush used - Original

Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Ophelia
Year - 2023
Number - ZP1153
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Café Creams
Colour - Brown
Topcoat - No

Ophelia can be described as a cool, moody blackened brown cream.

Ophelia has a good formula, no running or pooling and opaque for me in one coat, Ophelia also stamps well, the Zoya description is on point. This is a very rich dark brown and my pics do make it look black. Last up will be Bonnie the topper as I want to swatch that over a number of other colours.

A Zoya A Day - Constance

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Today on the blog I'm sharing my swatch and review of Constance.

Available on the website - Yes

Brush used - Original

Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Constance
Year - 2023
Number - ZP1152
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Café Creams
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Constance can be described as a deep plum cream with blue undertones.

Constance is gorgeous, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat on my shorties, Constance also stamps well. I do love a dark vampy purple, you can see the blue undertone to this. 

A Zoya A Day - Remington

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Today on the blog I'm sharing my swatch and review of Remington.

Available on USA website - Yes

Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes

Name - Remington
Year - 2023
Number - ZP1151
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Café Creams
Colour - Brown
Topcoat - No

Remington can be described as a creamy, natural, darkened rosewood brown.

Remington has a gorgeous formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat on my shorties, this also stamps well. Please enjoy my swatch with added cat floof! Just noticed that, its striped which means its Ellie floof.

A Zoya A Day - Kahula

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Today on the blog I'm sharing my swatch and review of the gorgeous Kahula. 

Zoyas has their earth day sale on which is a 50% off sale on everything on the site. I'm hoping to pick up the remaining collections I'm missing.

Available on USA website - Yes

Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes

Name - Kahula
Year - 2023
Number - ZP1150
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Café Creams
Colour - Brown
Topcoat - No

Kahula can be described as a gingerbread brown with warm reddish undertones.

Kahula had a gorgeous formula, no running or pooling and I did only one coat on my shorties, I'm trying to get them into better condition by keeping them short to allow them to recover after having a few gel overlays on to protect breaks. I love the reddish almost sunburnt colour to this brown. Kahula also stamps well.

A Zoya A Day - Biscuit

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and wearing of Biscuit.

There is no longer a UK distributer for Zoya, they now ship internationally, with all of their fabulous discounts.

Available on USA website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Biscuit
Year - 2023
Number - ZP1149
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Café Creams
Colour - Brown
Topcoat - No

Biscuit can be described as a warm milky brown mocha with a peachy undertone and creamy finish.

Biscuit had a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my swatches, this was opaque in one coat on my very short nails but I did add a second coat, this also dries darker than it applies. I love the peachy undertone to this, it gives me almost mannequin hands.

We went for a walk around our local area to a park we'd not visited before, some pics below, we are really lucky to live so close to some great green spaces. Everything is bursting with life and all the different greens are gorgeous.

Zoya Classic Leathers Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Today I'm sharing my bottle and swatch stick comparisons for the Classic Leathers collection from October 2022.

This is a 6 piece cream collection consisting of

Althea, Dagmar, Gidget, Ono, Ryder and Sylva.

More pics after the promo pics, new polish is always first left and photos taken in natural daylight, not colour corrected, only cropped and I use a Pixel 6a phone.

Left to right, Gidget, Honey, Darcy and Sawyer, no dupes, you can see that brown undertone in Gidget compared to Honey and Darcy, Sawyer has an orange undertone, I was just curious in this comparison.

Left to right One, Quinn, Donnie and Ciara, no dupes, I hope you can see the lighter colour of Ono compared to Quinn and Donnie has more pink undertone and Ciara pinker and a deeper colour.

Left to right Dagmar, Margo, Tara and Quinn, no dupes. Dagmar has more red undertone than Margo, Tara has a blue undertone and Quinn is a pink but I was wanted to show the depth of colour in Dagmar.

Left to right, Althea, Yara, Gemma and Arbor, no dupes, Yara is close in colour tone but has that golden shimmer, Gemma is lighter and is discontinued and Arbor has way more yellow undertone.

Left to right Sylva, Natty, Brett and Sailor, no dupes, I was not expecting such a grey/green undertone in Sylva but she's not close to Elliot either, Natty has a grey undertone and Brett and Sailor are deeper blues.

Left to right Ryder, Cola, Colette and Colin, no dupes, Cola has more red undertone but is discontinued, Colette is very close to Colin only with golden shimmer but is discontinued and Colin has more yellow undertone.

There we have it, the final comparisons for now of some of the collections I missed. I will be picking up the Hypnotic, Y2K, Toasty and Day Dreaming collections at the end of this month.

Yesterday was a gorgeous day so the hubs and I decided to go on a wee dander around the countryside in our area, an almost 7 miles walk, our original café stop was closed to we had to go to a different one slightly further away lol.

Zoya Metallic Dreams Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Today I'm sharing my bottle and swatch stick comparisons for the Metallic Dreams trio from October 2022, this was a small 3 piece collection.

The names are Amara, Matilda and Moki.

More info after the promo pics. As per normal, new polish is always first left and photos are taken in natural daylight using a Pixel 6a phone. I do not colour correct my pics.

Left to right Matilda, Binx, Harper and Tess, no dupes, Matilda doesnt have the same finish as Binx or Harper and is slightly lighter in colour to Binx, Tess is a metallic but sadly discontinued. 

Left to right Amara, Jinx, Soleil and Penny, no dupes, Amara gas much more brown undertone that any of these, Jinx, Soleil and Penny are much more coppery and Jinx and Penny are sadly discontinued.

Left to right Moki, Richelle, Ziv and Amara, no dupes, the closest is Richelle but she has a hint more brown and is sadly discontinued.

I havent done a stamping test on these but I think Moki and possibly Amara might stamp.

Zoya Café Creams Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Today I can finally share my bottle and swatch stick comparisons for the Café Creams collection.

This collection consists of 6 polishes and their names are as follows

Biscuit, Bonnie, Constance, Kahula, Ophelia and Remington.

Check below, I've got close up photos showing comparisons. As normal, the new polish is always first left, I take my photos in natural day light, it was cloudy today, I dont colour correct my images and I use a Pixel 6a phone.

Left to right, Bonnie, Nahla, Cindy and Maria Luisa, no dupes, Bonnie has a deep rosy golden tone, compared to the others.

Left to right Biscuit, Flowie, Kahula and Kinsley, no dupes, Biscuit is lighter than Flowie and has more yellow than Kahula or Kinsley.

Left to right, Kahula, Kinsley, Carson and Pandora, no dupes, Kahula has more pink undertone than Kinsley and is darker than Carson and Pandora.

Left to right, Remington, Mary, Foster and Dea, no dupes, Remington has more purple undertone than Mary, Foster and Dea.

Left to right, Constance, Avi, Neeka and Michaela, no dupes, Constance has a brown undertone compared to the others.

Left to right Ophelia, Elaine, Nina and Kateri, no dupes, in the bottle shot you can see a grey undertone to Ophelia compared to the others.

I cant wait to get wearing these, I am really liking the look of the topper Bonnie.

Hopefully this is helpful, I know the Earth Day sale is coming up, so if you didnt pick any of these up at the time, this might persuade you.

TGG