Showing posts with label rashida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rashida. Show all posts

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

Zoya Comparison Request - Ember, Isla and Rashida

Hi Friends 

Today a lovely reader requested a comparison between Ember, Isla and Rashida, three stunning red polishes.

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

Isla can be described as a rich, velvety blackened red shimmer that appears lit from within. 

Rashida can be described as a ruby red micro pearl shimmer.

Left to right Ember, Isla and Rashida, no dupes, but its close with Isla and Rashida, the shimmer in Isla is a deeper tone than that in Rashida, Rashida comes across as almost with an orange undertone, Ember is the brightest of the three.

All three of these have wonderful formula. All three of these stamp, Rashida likely better over a lighter base. I think the stamping shows the colour differences slightly better too, you can see that blackened base that Rashida has.

I really enjoyed pulling these three out, if you'd like to see others and I have the polishes do let me know.




Friday, 25 June 2021

A Zoya A Day - Alix and Rashida

 Hey Friends

Today on the blog we meet Alix and Rashida

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Alix
Year - 2008
Number - ZP0454
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Vibe
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Alix by Zoya can be best described as a vibrant medium true mid-tone red with a glossy creme finish

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Rashida
Year - 2019

Number - ZP1006
Coats - 1
Finish - Pearl
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Rashida can best be described as a dazzling ruby red with a shimmer of red micro pearl.

Alix is so pretty, a deeper red cream, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat and Alix stamps nicely.

Rashida is similar to Isla from yesterday, gorgeous formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, however, she doesnt stamp :( I think if you want the versatile polish go for Isla.

A comparison of Isla and Rashida, Rashida is slightly brighter than Isla with a slightly different finsih.












Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Zoya Rashida and Margaret

Hi

Its been a while since I posted, I have been struggling with Rosies loss and while I have painted my nails I havent felt like posting the manis on social media. The new cat we adopted a month before she passed has been amazing, he loves human company and has been hanging out with me a lot. I went to bed early last night to read and the picture below is Obi chilling out on my lap.

Today on the blog I have two winter reds to share with you, meet Rashida and Margaret

A Zoya a Day
Name - Rashida
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1006
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Red
Topcoat -None


A Zoya a Day
Name - Margaret
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1005
Coats - 2
Finish - Creme
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Red
Topcoat - None

Rashida is a dark vampy metallic that has a superb formula, no running or pooling and you could get away with one coat if you wanted a lighter than in the bottle colour, if you own Zoya Ember then Rashida is her darker vampier sister, I would love a car in this colour!

Margaret is a mid toned red creme, another amazing formula and with careful application a one coater also, I had one tiny bald spot and a drag mark so my picture shows two coats but again no running or pooling and clean up was good as well.







Saturday, 14 September 2019

Zoya Sensual Fall Collection 2019

Hi

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.