A Zoya A Day - Viper and Shayne

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the wonderfully sparkly Viper and Shayne.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide.
Name - Shayne
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1244

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Luxe Nior

Colour - Grey
Topcoat - No

Shayne is described as a warm putty gray with a dazzling display of holographic glitter.

Available on the website - No
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Viper
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1235

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Polish of the Month

Colour - Black
Topcoat - No

Viper is described as black jelly base jam packed with holo sparkling glitters.

Shayne is gorgeous, the base is a very delicate grey, almost like Dove and then they dumped vast amounts of holo glitter in, great formula, the glitters spread out nicely, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my manicure, this dries down gritty and a bit dull so topcoat is needed for full sparkle.

Viper is really pretty, its kinda weird but there doesnt seem to be as much sparkle in Viper as in Shayne, Viper has a great formula, its not thick to apply, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my manicure. This also dried down gritty and you'll need two coats of topcoat for that smooth finished look.

I'm waiting on my last Fancy Gloss order of the year as well as an order of the last of the Whats Up Nails stamping polishes I was missing, I also grabbed a plate and a new magnet tool.

A Zoya A Day - Amaris and Seren

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the gorgeous Amaris and Seren, two blue sparklers.

Available on the website - No
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Amaris
Year - 2023
Number - ZP1208

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Holographic/Glitter
Collection - Polish of the Month

Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Aramis is described as a swirling nebula of blue and green with holographic glitters.

Available on the website - No
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Seren
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1237

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Holographic/Glitter
Collection - Polish of the Month

Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Zoya Seren is a captivating deep royal blue, infused with holographic glitter and shimmering blue micro glitter that creates a dazzling, reflective effect

I decided to wear these two together because in the bottle side by side they looked almost identical, thankfully once on the nails we had two very different tones of blue.

Amaris is the darker of the two, a dark french navy colour, she had a wonderful formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my manicure.

Seren is a brighter almost royal blue, also jam packed with sparkles, Seren had a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my manicure.

Both of these were polishes of the month so they are no longer available but I figured I'll still swatch and review them for reference towards the main collections Zoya do through the year.

A Zoya A Day - Yuki

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the stunning Yuki, who is Januarys Polish of the Month.

Available on the website - Yes (Only available in the month of January 2025)
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Yuki
Year - 2025
Number - ZP1226

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Holographic 
Collection - Polish of the Month

Colour - White
Topcoat - No

The description of Yuki from the Zoya website. A stunning winter white, with reflective opalescent flakes, evokes the tranquil beauty of snow sparkling in the winter sun. Yuki captures that same brilliance, its mesmerizing, multi-dimensional shimmer reflecting the bright, yet delicate sparkle of snowflakes as they catch the light.

This stunning winter white is infused with reflective opalescent flakes and holographic accents, creating a mesmerizing, multi-dimensional shimmer. For an added touch of innovation, Yuki features Zoya's first-ever ultra-fine ridge filler basecoat built-in, ensuring a smooth, flawless finish with no need for additional layers.

Yuki really does look like snow sparkling in the sunlight, running my finger over the polish there is no texture from the flakies and the polish feels very smooth, Yuki has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my swatch.  I did one coat over a white cream on my left thumb.  The last nail pic is three coats over my middle two fingers just to show the difference between two and three coats.

My little comparison shows this is a very silvery toned white.  

While waiting on our car service we had to waste a bit of time and we headed into a toy store, checking out the Lego I discovered that there is botanical Lego, I adore Bonsai trees, however, I know myself very well and know that I would almost certainly kill a real Bonsai, I was thrilled to find a Lego version! It took me two days to put together mainly because I kept messing the trunk up when trying to attach the flowers.   I did enjoy the process (mostly) the instructions were a bit of a struggle as it wasnt very clear which bit they ment at times due to the pieces being shades of brown and black.

Lastly I've been wearing Mooncat Green Eyed Monster since Monday and my hubby was amazed at this glow in the dark polish, the dark photos are his after we had fun doing a mini photo shoot with the bottle.  This polish was still glowing off my nails even after a nights sleep, I cannot wait to wear it in summer and see how mad it looks.

A Zoya A Day - Anabelle and Wilson

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Today I'm sharing my swatch and review of the wonderfully sparkly Anabella and Wilson

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide.
Name - Anabella
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1243

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Everlasting

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - Yes

Anabella can be described as a deep fall wine infused with holographic pink, purple, and rose gold glitter 2-coat full-coverage formula

Available on the website - No
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Wilson
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1236

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Polish of the Month

Colour - Purple
Topcoat - Yes

Wilson is described as a mesmerizing blackberry purple holographic with shimmering rose gold micro-glitter. 

Anabelle is gorgeous a deep vampy red toned purple, jam packed with glitter sparkles, great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats, I also added Zoya Ultra Glossy topcoat.

Wilson is her blue toned sister, almost looking black, I love the multi-coloured sparkles, Wilson has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats, also used Ultra Glossy topcoat. These are both glitter and as such I will be using the soak off method to remove them.  But they totally worth it.

Zoya seem to have gone a bit wild for glitter this year, I have quite a few more to share. 

Everlasting Collection for Fall 2024 - Bottle and Swatch Stick Comparisons

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Long time no post, apologises, I was taking as much time outside in the sunshine as possible given what a rubbish start to the summer we had.

Today I'm sharing my swatch stick and bottle comparisons for the new Everlasting collection for Fall 2024.

Names are as follows 

Annabelle, Cosette, Franny, Henley, Opal (reuse) and Ondine.

I was thinking this palette reminded me of the Toasty collection from spring 2023 but that was actually a more grey brown toned collection. Check out my comparison and review here.

Toasty Comparisons

As always the new polish is first left, I never colour correct, only crop and add my watermark, it was kinda over cast today.

I figured we'd do a comparison of Tucker the August polish of the month as I did order her.

Left to right Tucker, Yummy and Marisol, no dupes Tucker is a teeny bit lighter in tone than Yummy, Yummy is discontinued.

Left to right Opal, Chelsea, Erika and the original Opal, no dupes, Erika has a peach undertone and Chelsea is a cream.  The flakie on the end is the original use of the name Opal from the Fleck Effect collection from spring 2012.

Left to right Franny, Gwen and Jordan, no dupes, this is close though between Gwen and Franny, Franny has a tiny bit more brown undertone, Jordan is much more pink leaning. Gwen is from the Abundance collection in 2022.

Left to right Henley, Brianna and Arielle, no dupes, but its close between Brianna and Henley, with Henley having a slightly deeper undertone, Arielle is deeper again but she is also discontinued. Brianna was from Enamoured in 2023.

Left to right Cosette, Twinklette and Fairleigh, no dupes, Twinklette has a taupie/brown undertone and Fairleigh has a lilac undertone.

Left to right Annabelle, Arianna and Blaze, no dupes, these three are all different finishes, Arianna is a pixiedust and Blaze is a scattered holographic, Arianna is discontinued.

Left to right Ondine, Pamela and Gabi, this is tricky, Pamela is a teeny bit brighter in the bottle and on the swatch stick, Pamela is only available in a petite bottle on the Zoya website at present, Gabi has a red undertone.

So there you have it, what do we think? Its an interesting selection for a fall collection, although we are getting a second collection in September, for me this would have worked better as a winter/spring collection, I get the everlasting angle these are chic timeless colours.

A Zoya A Day - Alora and Georgie

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I've been a bad blogger, been trying to enjoy as much of the sun as possible between all the rainy days.  Today lets have a look at Alora and Georgie.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Alora
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1190

Does it stamp - Yes

Coats - 2

Finish - Cream
Collection - Beachy Brights 2

Colour - Red
Topcoat - Yes

Alora is described as a juicy fire engine red filled with pink undertones,

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Georgie
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1230

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 3

Finish - Holographic Glitter
Collection - Beachy Brights 2

Colour - Red
Topcoat - Yes

Georgie can be described as a vibrant summer red with a holographic glitter.

I have been wearing some of the other Beachy Bright colours, in fact I wore Avani the green for a few days and ended up with slightly lime green nails even though I wore basecoat! that was quite something to see lol 

Normally I am not a red fan, usually because I mess up and get the red into my cuticles then it looks like a blood bath on my nails for a while.  I was very slow and careful today, although I still messed up but only in how I applied the colours on which fingers. I ment to do the opposite on what my left hand was but I got distracted making sure I didnt mess up.

Alora has a fantastic formula, almost a one coater and probably with use she will become a one coater, I did two coats for my manicure, Alora dried semi-shiny, forgot to take pics prior to topcoat as I was so focused on not mucking this manicure up.

Georgie I did two thin coats then a third thicker coat to get the colour thats in the bottle, I am also wearing this over a peel off base coat, so likely will be wearing this combo for at least 4 days.

On a health update, June was my last Ajovy injection and I'm now on the mandated break to see what my migraine do, some people have gone a good few months before needing to re-start the injections again. The cat is not my cat, this guy comes to see us most days if its dry, we have no clue what their name is, we just call them Big Dude as they are a large cat, I was sat on my lounger cushion and he stole my chair today.  The polishes looked soo stunning in the sunshine.

 

A Zoya A Day - Rhiannon

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Today on the blog I'm sharing my manicure of Rhiannon.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Rhiannon
Year - 2024
Number - ZP1218

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Glitter
Collection - Bloom

Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Rhiannon can be described as a vibrant icy blue, with microfine holographic, aqua and white glitter.

Since I got this set I have been watching all the reviews on youtube, there seems to be real issues with the glitters, several reviews have reported slow dry time and a very *sticky* formula.

Rhiannon for me has an ok formula, it doesnt run or pool, however, it does seem *sticky*, the brush has splayed out like the normal round brush used to do in a pixie dust, I just wonder if this formula is the issue, prior to these Zoya didnt really do glitter polishes, the last pure glitters they did were in 2009 Nova, Roxy and Luna in the Ultra Glitter collection, I own Nova and Roxy and the glitters in those fall to bottom of the bottle and require a long shake before wearing.

I'm probably never going to wear these are full manicures due to the sticky formula, they work as toppers though.  Rhiannon took about 30 minutes to fully dry two coats.  I wouldnt want to wear this if I needed a quick out the door manicure. 

I really dont understand why they didnt make these pixie dusts, just because no-one else is doing them, does not mean we polish addicts dont want them.  I for one adore my pixie dusts, they are my go to when I'm travelling or about to do something rough with my hands. They're usually one or two coats, they dry fast and they are tough to chip.

I am so disappointed, the actual colours of the glitters are gorgeous, the colours are so bright and fun but oh man the formula is awful.

The last photo shows the brush of Chita a pixie dust with the original round brush and Rhiannon with the z wide brush.