A Zoya A Day - Michaela and Neeka

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Today on the blog we meet Michaela and Neeka.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Michaela
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1009
Coats - 1
Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Michaela can best be described as a dusty purple taupe cream.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Neeka
Year - 2011
Number - ZP0574
Coats - 1

Finish - Metallic
Collection - Mirrors

Colour - Purple

Topcoat - No

Neeka by Zoya can be best described as a greyed amethyst with subtle red duochrome shimmer and bright gold glitter accents.

Michaela is so pretty,, this has a brown/grey undertone, gorgeous formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, this also stamps nicely.

Neeka is unusual, this is a dusty grey/blue undertoned purple with sparkles that are sort of hidden within the polish, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one coat, this also stamps.

A Zoya A Day - Lotus and Vesper

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Today on the blog we meet Lotus and Vesper.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Lotus
Year - 2012
Number - ZP0590
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - True
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Lotus is a very soft, dusty blue-toned amethyst purple with colorful shimmer that reflects pink, red and gold.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Vesper
Year - 2019
Number - ZP1010
Coats - 1

Finish - Cream
Collection - Sensual

Colour - Purple

Topcoat - No

Vesper can best be described as a deep, antique grey-violet cream.

Lotus is stunning so unusual, a dusty grey/blue undertone with sparkles in a pink sparkles and a pink shimmer, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, this doesnt stamp due to the shimmer needing to be seen.

Vesper is lush, Vesper has a grey/blue undertone, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in one sweet coat, Vesper stamps nicely.

A Zoya A Day - Andrea and Marlowe

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Today on the blog we meet Andrea and Marlowe.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - Yes
Name - Anndrea
Year - 2020
Number - ZP1049
Coats - 1
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Luscious
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Andrea can best be described as a cool-toned, duo-chrome metallic with a purple and green shift..

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Marlowe
Year - 2021
Number - ZP1075
Coats - 2

Finish - Special Effect
Collection - Naturel 4

Colour - Purple

Topcoat - No

Marlowe can best be described as a duo-chrome with a rose-gold shimmer and slate-blue base.

Andrea is stunning this is a gorgeous multichrome, this goes from a purple to a steel blue, this has a great formula, no running or pooling and is opaque in one sweet coat, Andrea also stamps.

Marlowe is gorgeous, the sparkles in this are a cooper orange with purple, good formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Zoya Nostalgic Swatch and Bottle Comparisons - Fall/Autumn 2021

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Today on the blog I have swatch and bottle comparisons of the Nostalgic collection for you.

This is a six piece collection for fall/autumn 2021.

As is usual the new polish is the first left and pics were taken in natural daylight.

These are gorgeous, great formula, they were all one coaters and they stamp very well.

Left to right we have 
Vivi, Flora, Mara and Zanna. no dupes, Vivi has a much pinker undertone than the others.

Left to right the new Vivi compared to the original Vivi, theyre totally different and of course the original Vivi is discontinued.

Left to right Rumi, Charity and Fawne, no dupes, Rumi is deeper in tone and is a cream compared to Charity and Fawne who have shimmer. Fawne is also discontinued.

Left to right are Mila, Courtney, Rachael and the other Milla with two ells, no dupes, Mila has a brown undertone. Milla is discontinued. Courtney is a crelly like formula so its a solid two if not three coater.

 

Left to right Becca, Leighton and Sloane, this is quite difficult to see but they arnt dupes, Leighton has a black undertone, Becca has a blue undertone and Sloane a red undertone, plus Leighton only looks purple in bright light.

Left to right Austin, Darby and Tommy, no dupes, this is one of Zoya's chameleon colours, by itself it looks blue but hold it beside Tommy and it looks grey, Darby has that blue shimmer.

Left to right, Cooper, Charli and Dree, no dupes, Cooper doesnt have the brown undertone of Charli or the yellow of Dree.

The stamping test of them all.

The Zoya wall, I think I'm going to have to put the top row into a helmer drawer, I'm running our of room again. Also once I've completed the purples I think I'll do swatch reviews for all of the new polishes from last year and this year before I move on to the blues and greens, I've been playing with so many other polishes at the weekends I have a lot of untried Zoya's.

Weekend Mani

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Bonus post! I decided to do some more hidden stamping for my weekend mani.

I started with two coats of Fancy Gloss Want Some Fries? a red (cold) to yellow (hot) thermal.

I then stamped using Zoya Karen (red) and Pretty Serious Honey Puff (Yellow), I used plates B031 from Whats Up Nails and Fluid Movement - Liquid Texture from UberChicBeauty.

Mt topcoat of choice for all stamping is Barry M Plumpy Topcoat as it doesnt smudge stamping and gives a glass like finish.  I use the Clear Jelly Stamper Big Bling stamper 95% of the time, if I need a sticky stamper I have one from Nail Artisan Cosmetics I like.  The yellow stamped ok but I see that Whats Up Nails do a yellow stamping polish which I am going to pick up from Rainbow Connection.

A Zoya A Day - Hope and Lorna

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Today on the blog we meet Hope and Lorna.

Available on USA website - Yes
Available on the UK website - Yes
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Hope
Year - 2000
Number - ZP0212
Coats - 2
Finish - Metallic
Collection - Classic
Colour - Purple
Topcoat - No

Hope by Zoya can be best described as a flashy medium violet-purple with frosty blue, red and silver colored shimmer.

Available on USA website - Yes

Available on the UK website - No
Brush used - Original
Does it stamp - No
Name - Lorna
Year - 2016
Number - ZP0873
Coats - 2

Finish - Pixie Dust
Collection - Enchanted

Colour - Purple

Topcoat - No

Lorna by Zoya can be best described as a luscious berry with a sugary sparkle in the exclusive Zoya PixieDust.

Hope is a sister to Haven from yesterday, look at that sunshine shot, stunning, the shimmer stands out very well, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats.

Lorna is gorgeous, a deep purple base with super bright pink sparkles mixed with deep purple sparkles, great formula, no running or pooling and opaque in two coats, Lorna is different than Carter, much deeper red toned purple, hopefully you can see that in the bottle shot of them together.

I was asked about my stamping plate collection and I have quite a lot so a pic of my storage, plates are very hard to photograph to show the designs. I have tiny round plates, the mini plates, the large normal plates, 2 DRK nails plates which are the size of an A5 piece of paper and then I have the giant Apiplia plates that are the size of an A4 sheet of paper. The blue holder for the round plates was 3D printed by my hubs.