A Zoya A Day - Amira and Darby

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Today on the blog we meet Amira and Darby. 

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Amira
Year - 2017
Number - ZP0891
Coats - 2
Finish - Sparkle
Collection - Charming
Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Amira by Zoya can be best described as a soft dewy blue micro-sparkle.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Darby
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0928
Coats - 1

Finish - Metallic

Collection - Thrive

Colour - Blue

Topcoat - No

Darby by Zoya can be best described as a dusty, gull gray metallic.

Love both of these, Zoya again calls Darby gull grey but puts it in the blue colour family.

Amira is stunning, the sparkles in this are gorgeous, a mix of silver and gold I think, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. I#ve added a comparison of Amira nad Fisher incase anyone was wondering.

Darby oh Darby, Zoya calls you a metallic but youre really a shimmer but sadly a very very shy shimmer who shows up in the bottle but not really on the nail. Darby has a great formula though, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Darby also stamps but trying to show the stamp was a bit difficult because Obi was in the window, also please ignore the smudge on my ring finger, didnt notice that until I imported the pics.

Both of these are chameleon colours, they could go in the grey colour family or the blue.

A Zoya A Day - Leisel and Vivian

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Today on the blog we meet Leisel and Vivian

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Leisel
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0932
Coats - 1/2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Thrive
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Leisel by Zoya can be best described as a sheer, sparkling topper.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Vivian
Year - 2021
Number - ZP1073
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Naturel 4

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Vivian can best be described as a dusty grape cream.

Leisel is very versatile, you can wear her alone or over another colour, great formula, no running or pooling, to wear it as a full mani I would do three coats, I've shown two coats on my naked nails, then one coat each over the white and the black, plus I added one coat over Vivian.

Vivian is gorgeous, a deep dusty purple with a hint of brown which you can see in the sunshine pic, another chameleon colour, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Vivian also stamps.

A pic of Obi looking super shiny this morning and my Crocosmia Lucifer that I adore as its a cutting from my mums garden, my bargain lobelia are also looking fab.

A Zoya A Day - Trudith and Vee

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Today on the blog we meet Trudith and Vee

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Trudith
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0929
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Thrive
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Trudith by Zoya can be best described as a muted, wisteria purple cream.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Vee
Year - 2020
Number - ZP1028
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Calm

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Vee can best be described as a muted French lilac cream.

Both of these were epic, Trudith is dusty and delicious, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat and she also stamps.

Vee is also gorgeous, also dusty but with a pinker undertone than Trudith, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat and she also stamps well.

The pics taken under my lights are the most colour accurate, in direct natural light these are quite shifty.

I was going to share my weekend mani with you but sadly its a disaster and I dont have time to redo before getting this out to you, between unexpected post, Ellie throwing up and polish not quite dry, its a mess.

A Zoya A Day - Haruko and Leslie

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Today on the blog we meet Haruko and Leslie

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Haruko
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0933
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Thrive
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Haruko by Zoya can be best described as a soft, violet metallic.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Leslie
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0776
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic/Shimmer
Collection - Delight

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Leslie by Zoya can be best described as a soft spring lavender metallic with an energizing turquoise flash.

The last of the really pale purples, Haruko is stunning that pinky shimmer stands out really well on the nail, good formula, no running or pooling, my photo shows two coats, it need three to be opaque.

Leslie is also gorgeous, I love the colour combo of the pale purple with that bright turquoise flash, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

I'll line up all the pale purples together so you can get an idea of tonal range.

I'll pop the names under the photo to make it easier for you to tell which is which. White dots on caps means that polish has a z wide brush.

Left to right we have:-

Megan, Birch, Miley, Heather, Megan (2nd bottle), Marley, Kayleigh, Abby, Julie, Haruko and Leslie. I should probably put that 2nd bottle of Megan into my backup drawer.

A Zoya A Day - Monroe and Padma

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Today on the blog we meet Monroe and Padma

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Monroe
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0931
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Thrive
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Monroe by Zoya can be best described as a glamour pink cream

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Padma
Year - 2017
Number - ZP0909
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sophisticates
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Padma by Zoya can be best described as a deep, vermillion red cream.

Another pair of stunning one coaters.

Monroe is gorgeous, this has a hint of red undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Monroe also stamps.

Padma is much more of an orange undertoned pink, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Padma also stamps.

I've shown you Liza, Briar, Monroe and Padma together so you can see the different undertones in these four.

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.