A Zoya A Day - Elliot and Yves

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Today on the blog we meet Elliot and Yves.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Elliot
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1011
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Blue
Topcoat - No

Elliot can best be described as a blackened peacock blue cream.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Yves
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0818
Coats - 1

Finish - Matte Velvet

Collection - Winter Matte Velvets

Colour - Blue

Topcoat - No

Yves by Zoya can be best described as a deep sapphire that's midway in between indigo and royal blue with a blue pearl fleck in the traditional Matte Velvet finish.

Elliot's description is spot on, a deep teal blue reminiscent of a peacock tail, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Elliot also stamps. I have one coat of matte topcoat on my middle nail.

Yves is gorgeous, I love the deep inkiness of this but you can still tell its a blue, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Yves does stamp but you gotta work fast! As with a lot of mattes Yves dries fast. I've also swapped out the brush to the z wide on this after doing the mani, I switched out the brushes on all the matte velvets. There is also a coat of topcoat on my middle nail.

I wish Zoya would do more matte velvet polishes.

A Zoya A Day - Demi and Ripley

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Today on the blog we meet Demi and Ripley.

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Demi
Year - 2009
Number - ZP0488
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Dare
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Demi is a discontinued polish from Zoya and can be best described as a medium dusty mauve-purple cream with strong red undertones. 

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Ripley
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1008
Coats - 1

Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual

Colour - Purple

Topcoat - No

Ripley can best be described as a rich boysenberry cream.

These look similar but I hope you can see that the undertones are different.

Demi is gorgeous she has a red undertone but theres also a blue hint to it, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Demi also stamps.

Ripley has a red undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, Ripley also stamps well.

A Zoya A Day - Alia and Etta

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Today on the blog we meet Alia and Etta

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Alia
Year - 2018
Number - ZP0939
Coats - 2
Finish - Jelly
Collection - Jelly Brites
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Alia by Zoya can be best described as a non-streaking, buildable, translucent plum jelly with an ultra glossy finish.

Available on USA website - No

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Etta
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1007
Coats - 2
Finish - Pearl
Collection - Sensual

Colour - Red/Purple
Topcoat - No 

Etta can best be described as a vampy cabernet with a hint of violet micro pearl.

Alia is really pretty, good formula, no running or pooling, as this is a jelly and wearable in different coat levels, I did two for my photos and there are three on my swatch stick.

Etta is a stunner, I love the browny flash undertone, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Etta did stamp but probably best over a lighter colour.

Last pics are of my weekend mani, I did some hidden stamping over a pair of Fancy Glosses, on my left hand I had Cosmic Candy and my right hand was Purple Confetti both two coats each, then stamping with Zoya Iris over Cosmic Candy and Savita over Purple Confetti, they matched really well.

Cosmic Candy is a tri-thermal going from black (cold) periwinkle blue (warm) to pink (hot) jam packed with multi-coloured flakies.

Purple Confetti is a purple (cold) to white (hot) thermal also jam packed with flakies.

I wasnt able to post for a few days as I was fighting a bad migraine attack since Saturday, migraine finally left last night, abortives were not working neither were painkillers. I think the weather and pressure changes had a hand in this one.

A Zoya A Day - Alix and Rashida

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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.

A Zoya A Day - Margaret and Renee

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Today on the blog we meet Margaret and Renee

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Margaret
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1005
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Margaret can best be described as a well-balanced auburn red cream.

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Renee
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0821
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Redbook Trio
Colour - Red
Topcoat - No

Renee is a discontinued polish but can be described as cheery red cream.

Margaret is gorgeous, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, she also stamps nicely.

Renee is a reuse of the name, the original Renee was ZP476 and described as a toned down, medium berry creme. I've not managed to track this one down, ZP821 has a good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, she also stamps nicely, I hope you can tell in the side by side shots that Renee is slightly lighter in tone than Margaret with less of a blue undertone.

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.

A Zoya A Day - Joss and Addison

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Today on the blog we meet Joss and Addison

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Addison
Year - 2006
Number - ZP0374
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Spa Essentials
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Addison by Zoya can be best described as a light dusty rose mauve with a subtle touch of silvery metallic shimmer

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Joss
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1001
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Pink
Topcoat - No

Zoya in Joss can best be described as a soft colonial rose cream.

Love both of these.

Addison has that brown undertone, I added a bottle and nail shot to show you it dries darker than the bottle. Great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two sweet coats. The shimmer is very shy and doesnt show up on the nail.

Joss is another almost mannequin hand polish for me, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. Another work appropriate chic polish, some would say a grandma colour too.

Both of these stamp as well, probably best over a lighter colour though.

Bonus pic of Obi doing what he loves to, crashing out on my lap with his paws in my hand, grinning and showing his fangs :) the green light was because my head wasnt in a great place yesterday so I was using green light therapy with my Phillips Hue bulbs.