A Zoya A Day - Avi and Suri

Hey Friends

Today on the blog we meet Avi and Suri.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Avi
Year - 2020
Number - ZP1066
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Intriguing
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Avi can best be described as a smoky greige cream with a hint of red-brown.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Suri
Year - 2023
Number - ZP0633
Coats - 2

Finish - Metallic
Collection - Diva

Colour - Purple

Topcoat - No

Suri by Zoya can be best described as a medium blue-toned purple with delicate red and blue shimmer and a smooth metallic finish.

Avi is gorgeous. I love the dusty grey undertone, my first pic is the disaster of my first coat, I got my hair into my index finger then over worked the other nails, Avi has a good formula, no running or pooling and should have been opaque in one coat but I had to do two to fix my mistakes. Avi stamps.

Suri is stunning, the blue undertone and the shimmer are wonderful, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. Suri also stamps, probably best over a lighter base.

The last pics are my weekend mani which didnt quite work out, I needed a darker green and should have stamped the cobwebs last. I used the following

The dark green to light green thermal was The Baddest Witch by Fancy Gloss.

The purple to orange is Gothic Summer also by Fancy Gloss,

The stamping over the orange was Becca by Zoya and the cobwebs were Cosmic Fate by Color Club, the stamping over the green was Cooper by Zoya and the cobwebs were Kismet by Color Club, plates were by Dixie Plates.  

Next time I'll use Mel by Zoya for the green, I did an experiment on my thumb using that polish over Cooper and it was much better.

Zoya Areetha and Suri

Today on the blog I have two stunning purples for you.

A Zoya a Day
Name - Areetha

Year - 2000
Number - ZP288
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic

Collection - Classic
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - None

A Zoya a Day
Name - Suri

Year - 2012
Number - ZP633
Coats - 2
Finish - Creme

Collection - Diva
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - None

First up Areetha, an interesting spelling of Arethea I think, this didnt appear in any collection so must have been part of their core range, this reminds me of Models Own Chrome Mauve but with a slightly bluer undertone.  Brush strokey going on but they mostly went away once dry, good formula opaque in two coats with no running or pooling.

The other purple is Suvi from the Diva collection, not to be confused with the Divas collection from 2004, Zoya have a habit of reusing names both for collections and polishes, we've had two Sunshine collections and several reusing of names like Chloe, Kylie, Danielle and Tabitha. This again had a great formula almost a one coater just was a midge sheer at the tips of my nails so did two coats. I was expecting this to be sheer like Suvi from the Downtown collection in 2007, no idea why, maybe it was just the similar name.

Bonus pic at the end of Miss Rosie in the sink, which was damp from being used but she didnt appear to mind, strange cat, she loves to drink out the sink but not from the tap.