A Zoya A Day - Lulu

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Today on the blog we meet Lulu

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Lulu
Year - 2008
Number - ZP0434
Coats - 3
Finish - French/Cream
Collection - Blissful
Colour - Peach/Orange
Topcoat - No

Lulu by Zoya can be best described as a light peach with pale coral-pink and orange undertones in a sheer creme finish.

This is very sheer, streaky and its not a good formula, it wants to pool at the sides if you do too thick of a coat, I did three thin coats for the pics,  I think this is one that might benefit from the z wide brush. This would be good for a french manicure though.

Third pic is a break on my nail, way way down, like half way down my nail, no idea how I did it either but I'm going to be using silk wrap and structure gel to fix it.

A Zoya A Day - Tiffany

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Today on the blog we meet Tiffany

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Tiffany
Year - 2010
Number - ZP0531
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Fire and Ice
Colour - Orange/Coral
Topcoat - No

Tiffany is a discontinued polish from Zoya, I'd describe it as a peachy coral orange base with golden shimmer sparkles.

This has a good formula, no running or pooling, its just sheer so I did three coats for opacity. I really wish this was not so sheer as I like the colour, maybe I'll try and find an under colour for it. This also has a pink undertone its quite an unusual colour. In the hand swatch the first pic is in natural light then the second is under my LED, and then a comparison with Nadia from yesterday to see how pinky coral Tiffany is. I own the full Fire and Ice collection, theyre all really gorgeous! 

A Zoya A Day - Nadia

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Today on the blog we meet Nadia

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Nadia
Year - 2017
Number - ZP0927
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Party Girls
Colour - Orange
Topcoat - No

Nadia by Zoya can be best described as a buildable, sparkling, gingery gold metallic "disco" topper.

This is like wearing fire on your nails, its all little metallic pieces in gold, orange and red, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in three coats.

A Zoya A Day - Tanzy

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Today on the blog we meet Tanzy

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Tanzy
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0549
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Sunshine (Original)
Colour - Orange
Topcoat - No

Tanzy by Zoya can be best described as a light, bright tangerine orange with yellow gold metallic sparkle.

This is gorgeous, a juicy shiny bright orange metallic, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. This isnt glitter so it will be relatively easy to remove, you'll just get little sparkles everywhere :)

A Zoya A Day - Alma

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Today on the blog we meet Alma

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Alma
Year - 2014
Number - ZP0741
Coats - 2
Finish - Glitter
Collection - Bubbly
Colour - Orange
Topcoat - No

Alma by Zoya can be best described as a warm golden peach metallic featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly formula.

This was a set of 6 all in the same formula.

One from a favourite whole collection, good formula, no running or pooling, if you have longer nails or a whiter smile line you'll probably need three coats.

Weekend Mani - Nice, Eunice and some stamping with Dree

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I picked up the full Zoya Intriguing collection from Nail Polish Direct in their black Friday sale, I've run out of swatch sticks and label tape! Have ordered swatch sticks and label tape, so hopefully at some point this week I'll be able to do a swatch comparison.

As I didnt manage to get a post up on Friday, I'm going to share my weekend mani with you.

I started out with two coats each of Nico and Eunice, great formula on both, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Then I decided I fancied some stamping, to colour match I went with Zoya Dree. I used plate Flourishes and Ornaments from Uber Chic with Big Bling Stamper from Clear Jelly Stamper.  These have turned out really nicely, I then topped with Barry M Plumpy topcoat and then used Barry M matte topcoat over the stamping.

A Zoya A Day - Mitzi

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Today on the blog we meet Mitzi

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Mitzi
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0559
Coats - 3
Finish - Matte
Collection - Mod Mattes
Colour - Yellow/Lime
Topcoat - No

Mitzi is a discontinued polish from Zoya, I would describe it as a pale chartreuse yellow. When this set came out it was limited edition, I was extremely! lucky to find a mini set that had only been swatched once or twice.

I've swatched this on my thumb only as its a mini bottle, the formula on this is not good, it dries very fast meaning its almost impossible to get it on your nails without streaks. I did two thick coats with the minimum of brush strokes  I have worn this in a full mani once as I wanted to test the formula myself. I'm also not sure if my bottle has faded ever so slightly...? Actually its not the bottle thats faded its the actual swatch thats changed colour. I also popped topcoat on half my nail so you could see what that looked like.

You can see it has more green than Bekka.

Reading reviews seems this was the trickiest of the three because of the high yellow content. 

A Zoya A Day - Bekka

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Today on the blog we meet Bekka

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Z Wide
Does it stamp - No
Name - Bekka
Year - 2008
Number - ZP0446
Coats - 3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Chit-Chat
Colour - Yellow/Lime
Topcoat - No

Bekka is a sadly discontinued polish, I'd describe it as a lime yellow with yellow/gold/red shimmer.

This is stunning, its one of my all time favs, I've worn it a lot. Its got a thin sheer formula but it doesnt run or pool, I also use the z wide brush to give as streak free a finish as possible. 

I did three coats on its own on my left hand and one coat over Virago Varnish No More S'mores on my right hand. I really want to compare this to Eunice from the new Intriguing collection. My photos do not do this polish justice. I wish I had a backup bottle.

A Zoya A Day - Darcy

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Today on the blog we meet Darcy

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Darcy
Year - 2013
Number - ZP0663
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Stunning
Colour - Yellow
Topcoat - No

Darcy by Zoya can be best described as a full-coverage, sunny yellow cream. I'd call this more an egg yolk yellow.

This is darker than Creamy, pretty good formula, streaky on the first coat but it self levels very well and its opaque in two coats. Do please ignore the mess that is my ring finger, I shoved my hand in my pocket and the polish on that finger wasnt dry.

I love both these collections and I really wish they did this kind again where you got a cream with a corresponding shimmer.

Bonus Ellie pic as she is too cute not to show!.

A Zoya A Day - Creamy

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Today on the blog we meet Creamy

Available on USA website - No
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Creamy
Year - 2007
Number - ZP0405
Coats - 2
Finish - Cream
Collection - Candy
Colour - Yellow
Topcoat - No 

Creamy is a discontinued polish from Zoya, I'd describe it as a sunshine medium pale yellow.

This has a much better formula than Miss Pippa, its sheer and streaky on the first coat but the second coat fixes all that, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, lovely colour.  

A comparison showing you Pippa and Creamy and I'm bummed they discontinued Creamy and not Pippa, also this does dry shiny but apparently my ridgy nails decided to make it look matte.  

Think I need to buff my nails out. Last picture is the gorgeous Corinna who I wore this weekend.

A Zoya A Day - Pippa

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Today on the blog we meet Pippa

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Pippa
Year - 2009
Number - ZP0479
Coats - 3
Finish - Cream
Collection - La-di-da
Colour - Yellow
Topcoat - No 

Pippa by Zoya can be best described as an ultra-bright, sunny and cheerful medium lemon yellow creme.

I love the colour of Pippa but oh boy, not the best formula, streaky, thin and its quite difficult to work with, its hard to get just the right amount on your brush. This took three coats, its slow drying as well, I have Creamy to try for Monday which is extremely close colour wise. I think I've figured out whats going on with my photos, I dont think my phone camera likes my LED light :( the nails on the right are the most colour accurate, will need to have a think about how to take pics in future to get the best pics. Last pic is Ellie begging for fussing from my hubs :) she is uber cute!

A Zoya A Day - Daisy

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Today on the blog we meet Daisy

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Daisy
Year - 2015
Number - ZP0775
Coats - 2/3
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Lovely
Colour - Yellow
Topcoat - No 

Daisy by Zoya can be best described as a refreshing lemon meringue yellow metallic with an energizing turquoise metallic flash.

How pretty is this yellow, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats. my little fingers are ridgy so I did need three on them, love the blue shimmer, so pleased you can see the shimmer. This whole collection was so pretty, I own all of them.