A Zoya A Day - Ember and Jasmine

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Today on the blog we meet Ember and Jasmine, its the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend and I get my 2nd covid vaccination on the Sunday morning.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Ember
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0810
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Flair
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Ember by Zoya can be best described as a deep, fiery red liquid metal with enough blue to be wearable for all skin tones.

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Jasmine
Year - 2000
Number - ZP0197
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Classic
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Jasmine is a discontinued polish and I would describe her as a deep red metallic with a slight pink flash.

Ember is a stunner, bright red metallic, the perfect christmas ribbon colour, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Ember also stamps.

Jasmine is her deeper vampy twin, a darker red metallic with a faint pink flash, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, this also stamps.

The last pics are of my weekend nails, decided to do some hidden stamping, my base is two coats of Fancy Gloss Prototype 3 2019, a deep mid pink when cold to bright lime green/yellow when hot thermal, I then used DRK Magic Garden plate and stamped with Zoya Briar, doing flowers, I use the Big Bling stamper from Clear Jelly Stamper which allows me to see where to stamp, I then added Barry M Matte topcoat. I really like using thermals to stamp with and stamp over as the mani looks different all the time with your body temperature.  I did have to dip my fingers in cold water to get the cold shots as I was having a warm day lol.

A Zoya A Day - Briar and Liza

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Today on the blog we meet Briar and Liza

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Briar
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1004
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Briar can best be described as a red-toned terracotta cream.

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Liza
Year - 2019
Number - ZP0990
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Barefoot
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Liza can best be described as a rich, cardinal red cream.

Interesting that Zoya describe both of these as reds, when I tried to put them in my red section they looked wrong so I put them in the pink section.

Briar is that lovely terracotta colour with that pink undertone, fabulous formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, she also stamps.

Liza is also what I would called a terracotta but lighter than Briar with more of an orange undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Liza also stamps.

These two pair really well.

Zoya Sensual Fall Collection 2019

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Today on the blog I have comparisons of the new Zoya Fall/Autumn Sensual Collection.

This is a picture heavy post.

A couple of things to note before we start, all pictures were taken in direct sunlight until Etta when the sun moved away from my window, these are my choices for what I thought were the closest matches, if you'd like to see another comparison let me know and if I have the polish I will do that comparison. The new polish is always first left and I thought that putting the swatch stick with the bottle shot would show you if the polish dries darker than the bottle, which some of them do.

I've tested  Ripley and Briar and they both stamp too.

So without further waffling lets go!

Left to Right
Joss
Avril
Addison

No dupes, in the bottle Joss looks very similar to Avril but on the swatch you can see that Joss has a browner undertone than Avril and is lighter than Addison.

L to R
Kinsley
Jill
Mary

No dupes, Kinsley is close to Jill in the bottle but on the swatch you can see that the undertone is yellower on Kinsley and Mary has that purple undertone.

L to R
Foster
Dea
Mary

No dupes, Foster is deeper than Dea and Mary has a purple undertone.

L to R

Briar (stamps)

Liza

Monroe

No dupes, Briar has a much browner undertone than Liza who has an almost orange undertone and Monroe is very pink.

L to R
Margaret
Renee
America

This was tricky, very close in the bottle and I dont know if my photo shows it but America is brighter than Renee and Margaret, Renee is also a shade or two lighter than Margaret. Reds like these are always hard as your naked eye picks up much more subtle changes.

L to R
Rashida
Elisa
Ember
Blair

No dupes, Rashida is much more deep and bold than either Elisa or Ember and Blair has a much more purple vibe.

L to R
Etta
Blair
Colbie (discontinued)
Rihana

No dupes, Etta is deeper then Blair, Colbie has a brown undertone and Rihana has a much more red undertone.

L to R
Ripley (stamps)
Margo
Haven

No dupes, Ripley has more blue than Margo and Haven has even more blue than Ripley.

L to R
Michaela
Neeka
Lotus

No dupes, I have absolutely nothing like Michaela, shes purple in some lights and greyer in others, utterly unique and stunning!.

L to R
Vesper
Violet (discontinued)
Monica

No dupes, Vesper has this whole grey/blue undertone and I have nothing close, another stunning unique one.

L to R
Elliot
Natty
Ryan

No dupes, Natty is a grey blue, Ryan is pure French Navy and Elliot has a green undertone.

L to R
Ashton
Theo
Storm

No dupes, I have nothing close to Ashton, oddly Storm looks the most similar on the swatch sticks but shes a black scattered holo.

So there you have it, my comparisons on the Sensual collection for Fall/Autumn 2019 from Zoya.