Hello lovelies! It seems that you really liked my last post with the PINCHme box. Hopefully you had a chance to sign up! In the meantime, I have some swatches for you that I did prior to my vacation. Looking at these pics makes me miss my longer nails! Hopefully I'll get some length back quickly - I still take my prenatal vitamins which contain folic acid, calcium, and biotin. Ever since I started taking them before my pregnancy, I noticed that my nails grow in much quicker and they seem healthier too with less breaks.
The collection I have for you today is Zoya's Bubbly Collection for Summer 2014. I really love this collection because it has elements of my favorite finishes, which is iridescent glitter and gold shimmer. Combined together, they really make a bubbly appearance when set within varying jelly bases. Overall, most of these colors used an average of three coats for full opacity due to the jelly base, but each was easy to apply without any clumping of glitter or streaking of the semi-transparent base. I finished each color with a layer of topcoat for added shine.
Zoya Harper was the first color I was allured into using, which is strange because it's a pink. Most likely it struck a chord within me because I get breathless at the sight of pink and gold together. This is a medium shade cool toned pink jelly that really works well with the iridescent glitters and gold shimmer and makes me think of cool summer sunsets(yes, we get cool summer evenings here in SoCal) over the Pacific Ocean. Three coats here with a layer of topcoat, and I ended up wearing this for a few days with excellent durability during that time.
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| Zoya Harper |
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| Zoya Harper |
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| Zoya Harper |
Zoya Alma is a orange tinged gold jelly that takes on a slight foil effect with its abundance of gold shimmer and iridescent glitters. This is another lovely summer color that reminds me of the warm fiery sun, especially during sunset. Three coats with a layer of topcoat here.
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| Zoya Alma |
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| Zoya Alma |
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| Zoya Alma |
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| Zoya Alma |
A surprise finish for me is Zoya Jesy, a salmon based jelly color that when combined with the gold shimmer takes on a duochrome effect that had me smitten. I really love the sheer coral salmon jelly base and how beautiful the gold and iridescent particles contrasted with it. It's unlike any shade I own in my collection. At certain angles it looked mostly salmon colored, and at other angles it was mostly gold. Quite the enigma this one was! At three coats with topcoat, there was still some VNL.
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| Zoya Jesy |
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| Zoya Jesy |
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| Zoya Jesy |
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| Zoya Jesy |
The other pink in the collection is Zoya Binx, which is a darker, more berry tinged pink compared to Zoya Harper. This was a very pretty pink too, and somehow the iridescent glitter and gold shimmer seem to pop a bit more against this base color. Again, three coats here with topcoat.
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| Zoya Binx |
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| Zoya Binx |
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| Zoya Binx |
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| Zoya Binx |
I don't think any collection is complete unless there's a green of some sort, and this collection's green is Zoya Staasi, a muddled lime green jelly that highlights the blue shade of the iridescent glitters. The gold shimmer seems to complement the green shade rather than contrast against it, and all together the green polish reminds me of dew sparkling on blades of grass in the morning sunlight(not that I ever get to see that), or the scales of a magical dragon(not that I ever seen that either!). This is two coats with a layer of topcoat.
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| Zoya Staasi |
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| Zoya Staasi |
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| Zoya Staasi |
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| Zoya Staasi |
And finally, I have Zoya Muse which
I posted a couple weeks ago in my excitement upon swatching it. This is a blue jelly base that seems to let the pink iridescent glitters shine through, and the gold shimmer really helps to accent the aquatic feel of this color. Side note, I'm not sure where that square glitter on my ring finger came from - huh. This is two coats finished with a layer of topcoat.
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| Zoya Muse |
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| Zoya Muse |
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| Zoya Muse |
And just in case you missed it in my earlier post, this is what happens when Zoya Muse meets Wet 'n' Wild Matte topcoat. Score!!
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| Zoya Muse With Wet 'n' Wild Matte Topcoat |
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| Zoya Muse With Wet 'n' Wild Matte Topcoat |
I regret not matting the rest of the colors to see how pretty they'd be, but now it gives me a reason to revisit these polishes again if only to see them matted out.
Overall, I love the bubbly effect of this collection - it is a unique combination of jelly base, iridescent glitters, and gold shimmer that simply is made for each other. I like that Zoya is trending along side the indie polishes and coming up with subtle glitters such as these, rather than falling to the wayside and sticking strictly to shimmers and creams. I'm looking forward to seeing what else Zoya has up its sleeves, as each season it seems to come out with fresh and innovative collections. Keep up to date with Zoya at zoya.com, and make sure to follow Zoya's facebook or blog to find out about any specials that are currently running. Have you checked out Zoya lately, and if so, what colors and/or collection has you most excited about?
