Zoya - Dovima

Hello everyone,

Hope you've been doing fine! Me, I hate late autumn, the depressive November coming up next...changing the hour this weekend... and this cold wind! Oh well, hope December will come sooner with its Christmas-y, joyful atmosphere!

Anyways, today I have for you a love at first sight! I saw it on many blogs, and I decided to purchase it. I think it's from the Matte Velvet collection 2009. Well, I don't think it suits me very well, though I still love the shade and the matte charcoal finish.
The application is very good. I tried both one coat and 2 coats. Because most of the blogs show it in 2 coats, here I'm actually wearing 1 coat of Zoya Dovima, no top coat:

Thank you so much for watching!!!

Hugs!

Zoya Faye

 Hello everyone,

How you've been doing? Me... oh it's hard being on a vacation ;D (not)!
Sorry for the long blogging pause, but I've had some very busy days lately.

Today I'd like to show you the last of the Zoya Sunshine collection polish I've purchased, and it's a wonder! So beautiful and sparky! The application was very smooth, not problem at all and it's opaque in two coats.
The base is a lavender purple with lot of sparkling gold shimmer inside!

So, here I'm wearing 2 coats of Zoya Faye, not top coat:

What was you favourite polish from this collection? For me... I think it was Reva followed by Faye, then Apple and Tanzy.

Thank you so much for watching!

See ya soon!
Hugs everyone!

Zoya Christinna

Hello everyone,

Yes! A polish with my name!!!  ;) I had to have this one ;) It's Stephanie from So Nailed who inspired me into buying this polish as she had her own.. and, on a coincidence, she swatched her Stephanie polish tonight too!

But, I really don't get the double "n" in the name.  I don't know any Christina to spell her name like this... oh well.

When I first saw it in her bottle, I was almost disappointed. After one coat I was extremely disappointed because it is very sheer. Needed 4 coats to obtain what you're seeing in the pics. But after all the 4 coats, the finish is indeed amazing. Pure satin! I've never seen anything like it. This polish is nothing about colour. (it's white, and white is not a colour LOL! ). No. It's all about the finish. Pure satin. I beleive it was especially created for brides. I cannot see any othe polish that can go better with a satin (of taffetas) white wedding dress! Just gorgeous.

However, my advice would be to get this applied by a professional if you decide to wear this for your wedding, beacuse the application is a bit tricky and needs 4 coats. Also, the drying time is a misery because of the 4 coats, so, to be done the event's eve.

So, as I was saying, here I'm wearing 4 coats of Zoya Christinna, no top coat:

Sorry about the bump on my middle, but I really didn't wat to start all over with all the 4 coats and everything...

And something blue ;) I applied one coat of OPI Last Friday Night over the ring (very symbolic, right? :)):

And with other glitters, in case you want pink instead (one coat of OPI Teenage Dream on my middle) or something more daring like OPI Simmer and Shimmer  (on my index):

Now I have to ask the same question as Stéphanie: do you already have a polish with your name? :D

Thank you for watching!

See ya soo!
Hugs!!!

Zoya Areej

Hello everyone,

I'm on holiday!!! Yaaay!!! :D I've been to the seaside on these past 2 days, and it was sooo great! :D Too bad here in Toulouse there's a storm going on right now and the sky was and will be gray all the weekend...
BUT, my holidays are not over yet, they've just beagun ;D On Monday I'll be going to my country to see my parents and I'll be there until the 24th of August ;) But that doesn't mean no posts: I'll be having my camera with me, some nice and new nail polishes and Internet access... and up we go ;)

Today I have for you the last of the 4 Zoyas from the Summertime collection 2011: Zoya Areej.
Like her sisters from the collection, this too applied excellently, and I can say that is almost a one coater. Excellent formula, great shiny finish! I also love the colour, which is a dusty fuchsia, more purple than pink. Great shade, in my opinion!

Here I applied 2 coats of Zoya Areej, no top coat (great shine, humm? :))

And for an accent finger I tried to put a coat of Zoya Faye on my ring:

Thank you, everyone, for watching!

See ya soon!!!
HUGS!!!

Zoya Richelle

Hello everyone,

Today I'll be showing you another Zoya! I'm starting to own a few in my collection now ;) But this one it wasn't my choice. It was sent to me by mebeautylounge instead of Zoya Faye...! I was really mad to find this one in my package instead of the gorgeous Faye. But, still it's a cute polish, holidays like. I hasd to search for this one, see from which collection is.. And I've found that it is part of the 2008 Holidays Collection (Flourish, I believe it is called).

Zoya Richelle is a nice copper foil, with a millions and millions of coppery shimmer inside. The application was ok, but there are steel some brush stroke traces left, and I, personlally, don't really appreciate this... Needs 2 coats for full coverage.

So here are the pictures:

And then decided to try and see how a cooper crackle would look over a copper polish?? :)
Well, like this:

Yes, La Rosa crackle dries matte! And the effect is bizarre. Looks as if my nails grew in volume and are about to lose one coat of skin, like serpents :)

But with a coat of Seche Vite on top of all this, everything get better:

Not the nicest mani I've done :) But I couldn't resist the temptation of trying to layer these two together ;)

Whish you all an excellent week!!

See ya!
Big hugs everyone!

Zoya Sooki

Hello everyone,

This is the 3^rd of the 4 polishes from the Zoya Summertime Collection 2011 I’ve purchased.

And it’s yet another perfect red! Zoya released this summer 2 truly perfect reds! A blue-based one (Sooki) and an orange-based one (Tamsen, swatched here)! And these are the best reds I have ever seen. If you are looking for a red, I can assure you that amongst these two, you’ll find you happiness! ;)

The formula is perfect, applies like butter, I haven’t seen the slightest streak while applying it! Though 2 coats were used here, a single one could do it if you are in a hurry. The finish is incredibly smooth and shiny!

I’m not going to add anything else, I’ll just let you enjoy the pictures:

Thank you for reading!

See ya soon!
Hugs!!!

Zoya Tanzy

Hello everyone!

Hope you've had a great week-end! Me, ok, but not exceptional, only a barbecue with friends today, I've just arrived home and it's late... so, this will be a quicky quicky post..;).
So today I'll be showing you Zoya Tanzy, from the Sunshine Collections (summer 2011).
This is a very nice and shiny colour. It has a sheer orange jelly base which with lots of gold shimmer inside. The effect of these two together is quite nice, very summer-ish and sparky. I like it a lot!
I had no issues with the application, but I needed 3 coats for full opacity. The drying time is excellent!

So here I'm wearing 3 coats of Zoya Tanzy, no top coat:

Just a little experience with my white crackle on top (it's Burst Crackle #8 Blizzard):

I find the combination quite funny to look at ;)

I've also been tagged with an award by Kristyn from Paint That Nail - thank you so much, Kristyn! - that is so nice of her! I'll be doing the award post properly tomorrow, because now it's very late and I'm working tomorrow early in the morning...

Have a nice week!
See ya!
Big hugs everyone!