A Zoya A Day - Phoebe and Summer

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Today on the blog we meet Phoebe and Summer. 

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Phoebe
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0558R
Coats - 2
Finish - Matte
Collection - Mod Mattes
Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Phoebe is a discontinued polish from Zoya, I would describe her as a bright jewel toned blue in a matte finish with hidden shimmer.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Does it stamp - No
Name - Summer
Year - 2021
Number - ZP1091
Coats - 2

Finish - Shimmer

Collection - Dreamin

Colour - Blue

Topcoat - No

Summer can be described as a mermaid shimmer featuring flashes of green and gold with a blue base.

I love the colour of Phoebe, the formula, not so much, I dont know if its my mini bottle or because its so old now but this was pretty bad to apply, it was drying almost as soon as I took the brush out of the bottle, I tried to do a thin first coat but I didnt have enough polish on the brush to do that, so I gobbed the second coat on, still didnt cover the gouge I made in the first coat. I also put top coat on half my nail to show the shimmer. I've included a pic of my swatch stick compared to my thumb, the swatch stick is faded a lot and I keep my room dark all the time with little to no sunlight.

Summer is gorgeous!, its like looking into shallow sea water at coral under the surface, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in tow coats.

I've also broken a nail pulling a pillowcase on a new pillow so I'm going to cut them down. You can see that the two nails with the least staining are the ones that always break and have gel patches on.

A Zoya A Day - Brandi and Lolly

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Today on the blog we meet Brandi and Lolly

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Brandi
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0930
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Thrive
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Brandi by Zoya can be best described as a blush pink cream

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Lolly
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0560R
Coats - 2
Finish - Matte
Collection - Mod Mattes
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Lolly is a discontinued polish and I would describe her as a bright almost neon magenta pink.

Brandi is so lovely, an orange undertone gives this quite a unique pink, almost bordering on terracotta. Great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat and it also stamps :) 

Lolly is a pain in the ass to swatch! This first go by Zoya at matte polishes was not good, I dont know if a regular bottle would be better I only managed to find minis.

This has to be out on thickly and the fewest strokes you can manage, it dries way too fast for you to be playing with it, as I only have a mini bottle I only swatched this on my thumb and you can see I have a giant divot right down the centre because I forgot how quickly this dried. I love the colour though.