A Zoya A Day - Tiggy

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Today I'm sharing my manicure of Tiggy.

Available on the website - Yes
Brush used - Z Wide
Name - Tiggy
Year - 2025
Number - ZP1270

Does it stamp - No

Coats - 2

Finish - Holographic/Glitter
Collection - Tutti Frutti

Colour - Pink

Topcoat - No 

Tiggy is described is a ripe watermelon red with a golden metallic shimmer finish that brings out your playful side.

Um, Tiggy is absolutely pink, I dont see any red in this at all.  Tiggy has a great formula, no running or pooling and I did two coats for my manicure, this is so bright, almost neon.

My Manicure using Fancy Gloss Pansy

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Today I'm sharing the manicure I've done for the next few days.

I started with two coats of Fancy Gloss Pansy a stunning deep pink base with a strong golden shimmer when cold to a white when hot thermal. I then added a coat of Witchcraft on my thumbs and middle fingers, then a coat of Zoya Terra on my thumbs as well, then finally I stamped using Zoya Kieko using Fun 21 by Fab Ur Nails and Finger Angels XL14, the Finger Angels plate was from AliExpress. 

This has a lot of photos so hang tight.  I am loving the strong golden shimmer in this.

This is Pansy, the pink is cold and the white is the hot, so cool.

Check out that transition! So fun. I really like the lilac cast putting Terra over Witchcraft gave too.

Fully cold.

Mid transition

Fully warm.

A Zoya A Day - Dominique and Sophia

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Today on the blog we meet Dominique and Sophia.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Dominique
Year - 2021
Number - ZP1029
Coats - 1
Finish - Glass Fleck
Collection - Dazzle
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - Yes

Dominique can best be described as a royal purple with a fierce glass fleck effect.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Sophia
Year - 2021
Number - ZP1028
Coats - 1
Finish - Glass Fleck
Collection - Dazzle
Colour - Red
Topcoat - Yes

Sophia can best be described as an intense crimson red with a golden glass-fleck blended in.

Both of these are stunning. Dominique has a fabulous formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat.

Sophia is gorgeous, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, I then stamping Ming over Dominique and Leighton over Sophia for a tonal look, top coated with Barry M Plumpy Topcoat, which is fast drying and does not smudge stamping.  The stamping plate is Born Pretty - Artist - L003.

I might put a coat of Fancy Gloss Sharp Class over these as well, Sharp Class is a black thermal base loaded with golden flakies.

A Zoya A Day - Aggie

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Today on the blog we meet Aggie

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Aggie
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0811
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Flair
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Aggie by Zoya can be best described as a gold holo flip liquid metal with bronze micro glitter.

I really love this one, I would say that the micro micro glitter look more red to me than bronze, this has a good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, this also stamps. I've tried to show the little red sparkles in the third pic.

A Zoya A Day - Solange

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Happy Friday and its a Grand Prix weekend, we're at Spa Francorchamps 

Today on the blog we meet Solange

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Solange
Year - 2013
Number - ZP0683
Coats - 2
Finish - Pixie Dust
Collection - Summer Pixie Dusts
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Solange by Zoya can be best described as a gold metal foil sparkle featuring a Zoya EXCLUSIVE GOLD PIGMENT in the best-selling Zoya PixieDust.

This has a great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. I really like this one as its a very bright in your face yellow gold, the next polish will be Kerry who is exactly the same colour just in a none pixie dust formula.

A Zoya A Day - Maria Luisa

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Today on the blog we meet Maria-Luisa

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Maria-Luisa
Year - 2013
Number - ZP0662
Coats - 1
Finish - Special Effect Topper
Collection - Satins
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Maria-Luisa by Zoya can be best described as gold cellophane accent topper (Originally designed for Rafael Cennamo/AW13).

So I decided as this was a topper I'd pop it over a couple of different colours, so I've gone for white, black, blue and a deep maroon plus a naked nail so you can see the effect.

This has a very good formula, the flakies spread out well and you get a good amount on your brush without it being base heavy. I believe you can get this opaque by sponging it on. The second pic shows that this polish likes to settle but a good shake and shes all good, I have a few Zoya that settle.

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 - Lyric

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Today on the blog we meet Lyric

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Lyric
Year - 2007
Number - ZP0401
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Serendipity
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Lyric by Zoya can be best described as a warm peach with orange and terracotta undertones and soft gold and champagne shimmer.

A gorgeous peachy gold, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, this also stamps, probably best over a darker colour. This does have some brush strokes but not bad.

A Zoya A Day - Austine

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Today on the blog we meet Austine

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Austine
Year - 2007
Number - ZP0431
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Utopia
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Austine by Zoya can be best described as a soft pale gold metallic frost with subtle light orange and peach tones flecked with fine silver shimmer. 

I dont know that I see the silver shimmer but its a stunning colour, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, if I was in a hurry I could get away with one. This gives me copper vibes. I think I should have stamped it over black as well, the photo is so dark as it wasnt showing up under my LED light.

Wait until you see the other polishes from this collection, theyre stunning and its one of my favourite collections, all very unique colours. Check out the last pic.

A Zoya A Day - Hermina

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Today on the blog we meet Hermina

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Hermina
Year - 2000
Number - ZP0131
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Classic
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Hermina by Zoya can be best described as a pale golden-beige frost with silvery metallic highlight.

You'll notice my bottle says Hernina, ah Zoya, does love a misspelling moment.

This is a gorgeous pale gold, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, this does have brush strokes but they go as you can see in the third pic as thats in normal light, the second pic is taken under my LED light which exaggerates the brush strokes. This also stamps, think I should have do the stamp over black though.

A Zoya A Day - Ziv

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Today on the blog we meet Ziv

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Ziv
Year - 2012
Number - ZP0644
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Ornate
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Ziv by Zoya can be best described as a full coverage, yellow-toned metallic gold foil with silver highlights and warm gold flake glitter accents.

This is the sparkliest most delicious gold ever, this has a great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, however, clean up is a bugger as those little golden sparkles stick to everything! I hope you can see the silver sparkles in this, its not just a straight up gold.

A Zoya A Day - Severine

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Today on the blog we meet Severine

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Severine
Year - 2018
Number - ZP8105R
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Classic
Colour - Gold
Topcoat - No

Severine was a limited edition mini that was available with purchase on the US site in winter 2018, its a pale golden yellow. The UK website never offers minis or extras as far as I am aware.  I wasnt sure if I should post pics of this one but its in my collection and I said I'd swatch everything, I have a couple more mini limited editions and a mini set of the original colourful matte velvets to share.

This is the cutest mini and Zoya minis are the best value as they're exactly half the size of their normal bottles at 7.5ml. The brush in the mini bottle is the same size as the normal bottle just on a shorter stem.  OPI minis are 3.75ml in comparison which is barely enough for two manicures.

This has a great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. This is a bit brush strokey too, its the nature of a metallic. The first swatch pic under my LED light and the second is kinda in natural light, I think it shows the colour slightly better.

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