Zoya Drew

Drew is from Zoya's Fall 2009 collection. I bought a bunch from that collection, and only Drew and Pinta remained untried today. Drew is not a color that attracts me in the bottle - the warm mauve is a little too conservative for my taste. But on the nail it's totally pretty! It doesn't dry to the bottle color, so don't be put off by that like I was! I like the shimmer, which I wasn't sure about - it doesn't pull too warm. I'm taking pictures under a new setup now, and I'm very pleased with the color accuracy on my screen. I used 2 coats - it was very pigmented and only slightly thick. I found the brush a little hard to use, as with all Zoyas.

Zoya Ki and giveaway order

My Zoya giveaway order arrived today! I ordered one polish in addition to the 3 free ones. I was able to get my 2 biggest Zoya lemmings - Hope and Kalista. Both are gorgeous! Hope is totally unique to my collection, and Kalista is the warm brown shimmer I've been wanting for fall. Everyone is doing brown cremes, but I only like those if they are taupe-y. I threw in Ki because I was curious about it, and Evangeline because it looks pretty in photos.

I went with Ki today - I was curious to see the duo chrome on my nails.


Generally speaking, I don't like duo chromes. The 2nd color is usually a sickly greenish gold that gives me corpse hands. This is, for instance, why wildfire is the only color in the Nubar green collection that I didn't buy - it's like an entire bottle of that unflattering color! I can't say I think Ki is the most flattering color ever, but it is better than most duos. In indoor light the purple is prevalent, but outdoors it looks green. My bottle was a tad bit thick, and I did experience major shrinkage from my topcoat (not obvious in this photo.)

I just love zoya - their selection is enormous, and every new collection brings interesting new shades and effects. They also do great promotions like this one and the polish exchange. I know their strategy worked for me - before the exchange I would never have tried them, but I'm a customer for life now! I do wish the brushes were better (wider) but they're still better than Essie.

First NOTD - Zoya Roxy

Welcome! After ages of reading everyone else's nail blogs, I've decided to start one of my own! Nailpolish has been a lifelong love for me, ever since my grandma painted my nails for the first time as a little girl! I had acrylics (that I did myself) through high school, and now I'm proud to be all natural (and I'm happy with the shorter length.)

I love almost any color, as long as it isn't boring! For my first post I'm featuring my current favorite polish, Zoya Roxy. It's a magenta jelly with bright purple glitter. I love jellies and I love glitter, so this is a winner! I used 3 coats, topped with Poshe. It has a "glow from within" kind of look, which is hard to capture in photos.

Here's looking forward to much polish in the future!