A Zoya A Day - Azalea and Bijou

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Today on the blog we meet Azalea and Bijou

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Azalea
Year - 2016
Number - ZP0837
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Petals
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Azalea by Zoya can be best described as a classic spring pink with a captivating white and fuchsia flash.

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Bijou
Year - 2006
Number - ZP0326
Coats - 2/3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Glitterati
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Bijou is a discontinued polish from zoya described as an almost neon watermelon pink shimmer with a coral undertone.

Azalea is gorgeous, a warm pink with lots of little pink, silver and the odd green/blue sparkles, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Bijou is super pretty but sheer, like all the Glitterati polishes, Bijou is the watermelon pink version, lots of little pink and gold sparkles, good formula, no running or pooling, just sheer, I did three coats on my middle nails, this is another I would use as a topper.

A Zoya A Day - Kiki and Starla

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Today on the blog we meet Kiki and Starla

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Kiki
Year - 2006
Number - ZP0327
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Glitterati
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Kiki by Zoya can be best described as a vivid hot pink with strong blue-violet duochrome and flecks of silver shimmer

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Starla
Year - 2006
Number - ZP0328
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Glitterati
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Starla by Zoya can be best described as a vivid nearly-neon purple with strong pink tones accented by silver microglitter. 

Weirdly while they call Starla a nearly neon purple the colour family they list is pink...having looked at swatches  I think my Starla has faded, if I remember this was a destash purchase.

Kiki is absolutely stunning, one of my favourite pinks, that blue/violet shimmer gives it that little something extra, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Starla is also gorgeous but sheer, good formula no running or pooling, I did three coats, I'd use this more as a topper.

In a weird coincidence two ladies in the Zoya facebook group mentioned both Kiki and Starla as good pinks, now here I am showing them together.

I own all of the Glitterati collection except Lindsay, I've seen swatches and its even more sheer than Starla.

A Zoya A Day - Rica and Jesy

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Today on the blog we meet Rica and Jesy

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Rica
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0550
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Sunshine
Colour - Coral
Topcoat - No

Rica by Zoya can be best described as a warm light coral with pink and orange tones and heavy gold metallic sparkle

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Jesy
Year - 2014
Number - ZP0740
Coats - 3
Finish - Glitter
Collection - Bubbly
Colour - Coral/Orange
Topcoat - No

Jesy by Zoya can be best described as a full coverage, fiery coral orange metallic holo featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula.

Both of these had good formula, no running or pooling, just sheer and needing three coats to be opaque. I used a peel off basecoat under Jesy as scrubbing glitters is a pet peeve of mine. I've tried to show the polishes in different lighting to show off the glitter and shimmer in both, I love the fieriness of Rica its got a lovely red undertone. I also bumped my right ring finger before I could get the pics taken but I wasnt for doing it again.

A Zoya A Day - Theo

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Today on the blog we meet Theo

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Does it stamp - No
Name - Theo
Year - 2019
Number - ZP0983
Coats - 3
Finish - Special Effect
Collection - Innocence
Colour - Grey
Topcoat - No 

Theo can best be described as a stormy grey with subtle texture featuring a flash of larger irregular silver flakies in silver, with dark blue glitter throughout.

This is quite a cool polish, its a grey base with silver and blue sparkles with large white flakies. This dries smooth. I did three coats as it was a little sheer.

I didnt post anything yesterday as I had a hospital appointment where they put dilating drops in my eyes so I couldnt focus at all yesterday.

A Zoya A Day - Tao

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Today on the blog we meet Tao

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Tao
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0572
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Mirrors
Colour - Grey/Blue
Topcoat - No

Tao by Zoya can be best described as a light smoke grey with blue undertones and a muted, softened metallic finish.

Interesting colour, it defo9 has blue undertones, good formula, no running or pooling, its just sheer and took three coats for opacity. One thing I will note, this took longer to dry than normal.

A Zoya A Day - Amber

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Today on the blog we meet Amber

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Amber
Year - 2000
Number - ZP0246
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Classic
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Amber is a discontinued polish and described as a soft gold frost metallic with strong amber-orange undertones and fine yellow gold shimmer.

This is such an interesting colour, its very orange toned but not enough to be kept with the oranges. Good formula, no running or pooling, just sheer and so I needed three coats.  This is still available on Nail Polish Direct in the UK.

A Zoya A Day - Brooklyn

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Today you get two posts!!

Today on the blog we meet Brooklyn

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - No

Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No

Name - Brooklyn

Year - 2014

Number - ZP0725

Coats - 3

Finish - Metallic

Collection - Awaken

Colour - Gold

Topcoat - No 

Brooklyn by Zoya can be best described as a full-coverage, white-gold shimmer metallic. 

Oddly in the colour family they list this as yellow not gold? This is another great neutral, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in 3 coats, if you didnt mind visible nail line you're good in 2 coats.  This does show brush strokes as you can see, you could always sponge on the last coat to avoid those.

A Zoya A Day - Pru

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Today on the blog we meet Pru

Available on USA website - No

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No

Name - Pru

Year - 2006

Number - ZP0382

Coats - 3

Finish - Metallic

Collection - Magique

Colour - Brown/Purple

Topcoat - None

Pru is a discontinued polish by Zoya and described as a bronzed plum with flecks of gold glitter and subtle purple and gold duo-chrome.

Ah Pru, I love this one, I'd say this is an accurate description, its in my brown section but it does have that plum undertone, its a bit thin but it was opaque in three coats with a good formula, no running or pooling. This is available from Nail Polish Direct if youre in the UK.

A Zoya A Day - Diem

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Available on USA website - No

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No

Name - Diem

Year - 2007

Number - ZP0399

Coats - 3

Finish - Shimmer

Collection - Serendipity

Colour - Nude

Topcoat - None

Diem is a discontinued polish from Zoya, its a sandy nude with large silver shimmer. I did three coats, good formula no running or pooling. Diem is from the same collection as Nevaeh and Gigi.

A Zoya A Day - Scarlet

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Happy Saturday

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No

Name - Scarlet

Year - 2006

Number - ZP0367

Coats - 3

Finish - French

Collection - Spa Essentials

Colour - Nude

Topcoat - None

Scarlet by Zoya can be best described as a neutral nude shade with faint peach undertones in a barely-there creme base. A super sheer, fleshy tone that adds a clean glossy look to nails, I did three coats for this one, good formula no running or pooling. This is another very sheer one to be used for French manicures, its like that no nail polish, polish look.

My hubs and I have decided to re-watch in order all of the Star Wars movies, tonight was the turn of The Phantom Menace :)