Muse Collection - Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons - Part Two

 Hey Friends

Today I'm sharing the second half of the Muse collection, we have 6 shades, this is the much more interesting section of the collection.

Names are Zarin, Velma, Daphne, Octavia, Starling and Emery.

As always, new polish is first left and the photos are taken in natural daylight, I dont alter colour, merely crop and add my watermark to the photo, taken on a Pixel 8a phone.

So lets dive in to this set.

First up we have Zarin Nahla and Maria Luisa, no dupes, Zarin is a rose gold gold compared to Nahla and Maria Luisa.

Left to right Velma, Garbo and Ming, no dupes, Velma has a more brown undertone than Garbo and Ming is more red, Garbo has been discontinued.

Left to right Starling, Marie and Alice, no dupes, Starling is much paler than Marie and Alice, with more of a periwinkle hue, Marie has been discontinued.

Left to right Emery, Ophelia and Amara, no dupes, the tone of Ophelia matches but without those golden sparkles that Emery has, Amara is a warmer tone of brown, Amara has been discontinued.

Left to right Octavia, Giada and Mimi, no dupes, Octavia is described as a pearl, that does describe that shimmer visible in her, the shimmer in Giada is much finer and gives a metallic sheen, while Mimi has much larger shimmer particles.

Left to right Daphne, Savita and Tru, no dupes, Daphne a much more blue undertone than either Savita or Tru, Tru also has a multi-toned large shimmer particle.

There we are, I managed to get the second half done.  I've had to do some serious re-arrangement of the Zoya Wall, the yellow and orange colours are now in a helmer drawer while I add the new colours into the wall, I think my hubby and I are going to look into making some sort of wall rack that will hold everything and hopefully allow for expansion too.

Zoya Tutti Frutti - Summer 2025 - Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparison

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Long time no post, I know its been quite a while, since starting Ajovy the new medication for my chronic migraine I have been having great success with it, I've been having way way less migraine days, so have been taking full advantage of being able to do stuff.  

The only down side is that my nails cant keep any real length to them anymore, however, I have been using the Zoya Rescue and Repair set which is the rescue serum and the repair base and the staining my nails had is almost gone.  I think it has helped my nail strength a little as well.

I am going to pick up the new Pure Profector Plus to trial.

Anywho, today on the blog I'm sharing the new shades only of the Tutti Frutti collection for Summer 2025 from Zoya.

The new shades are Sunday, Mindi, Boo, Capri and Tiggy.

My photos are not colour corrected, I only crop and add my watermark, today was kinda sunny.   The new polishes have the white caps, I have now switched them out for the black, I dont like the white ones.

Link to previous Beachy Brights comparison for the other shades. Beachy Brights 2

First up Boo, Yummy and Tucker, no dupes, Yummy has a drop of green, and Tucker is a smidge darker.

Left to right Capri, Fisher, Blu and Bevin, no dupes, Capri is like a really pale pale turquoise, nothing was close, the pale greens were too green, the pale blues too blue still.

Left to right Mindi, Frankie, Alora, Cherri and Sooki, this tricky and the sun came out for this pic so it might actually help, I dont think any of these are dupes, Mindi is very bright red with that sublet blue shimmer, Frankie is close but looks flat as she is a cream, Alora is darker, as is Cherri and Sooki is a true red

Left to right Sunday, Tiggy, Rosa, Mandy, Mae and Inez, no dupes, I didnt have another quite like Sunday or Tiggy.  I thought Inez was close until I pulled her out and she is so much deeper than these two, they are almost neon bright.

There we have it, I have worn Boo and Capri, both great formula, perfect in two coats.

Do you think I've missed a comparison? Let me know in the comments and if I have the Zoya I'll do the comparison.

Rose Palette Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Today I'm sharing my comparisons for the Rose Palette, I only managed to get these on Thursday, I ordered as soon as they were in stock on Nail Polish Direct.

This set consists of 5 polishes that are in the pink/red family, their names are as follows:-

Palmer
Marcia
Maggie
Rochelle 
Suzie 

These all had perfect formula, no running or pooling while painting the swatch sticks and all were opaque in two coats. They all also stamp too.

As with all my comparisons, the new polish is always first left and the photos are taken in day, it was very over cast on Saturday when the photos were taken, I do not colour adjust my photos either, if something doesnt photograph correctly I will point it out. What I will say about these polishes is that they all have different tones and undertones. Now enough waffling, lets see some pics!

First off the stamping test, top row is the Rose Palette, bottom row is the Sunset Palette, I'll be doing a separate blog post for the Sunset Palette.

L to R Palmer, Sweet, Tweedy and Shelby, no dupes, Palmer has the peachy undertone like Sweet but is deeper in tone.

L to R Marcia, Cory, Natalie and Lana, no dupes, Marcia has such an interesting undertone, Lana on the end is an orange polish, Cory and Natalie are browns, so you can see that orange undertone in Marica but theres also a pink element to her.

L to R Maggie, Monroe and Dawn, this one was tricky, no dupes, Maggie has a hint of purple or blue, Monroe and Dawn are pinks with red undertones.

L to R Rochelle, Pepper and Lisa, no dupes Rochelle is a slightly lighter version of Pepper, the difference was more apparent in real life.

L to R Suzie, Paris (the original ZP391) and Cola, this is the closest to a dupe I found, however, Paris is a discontinued polish so if you dont own it, grab Suzie, she reminds me of chocolate covered cherries.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my comparisons, did I miss a Zoya out that you think might be closer? let me know in the comments and I'll see if I own it and compare them.