Annie. This may be my favorite out of all of them. It's a bright reddish orange with gold shimmer. Really awesome.
Bekka. This is the one I was most excited about, but I was pretty disappointed with it. First of all, my brush had a bunch of long hairs sticking out which made it impossible to use, so I had to give it a "haircut" before I could use it. Second, it took four coats to even out. And third, it wouldn't mix- it was chunky when I was applying it. See that grey sludge in the bottom? It wouldn't mix in and I have no idea what it is. Closer:
Elke. Isn't this pretty? It's reddish with gold shimmer, makes it look coral. It shimmers like crazy. Reminds me of Rimmel Play Fast in Out Of Control.
Erika. Pale pink with lots of fabulous gold shimmer. Not a color I would wear very often (I'm just not much of a pale pink girl), but you have to love how beautiful it is.
Gaia. I LOVE THIS. It's what I wanted Chanel White Satin to be. It's a pure, clean white with gold shimmer. White with depth, definitely! No white-out here.
And last but not least, Lianne. Bright orange with gold shimmer. Perfect for summer. I really love how the gold shimmer makes the orange appear to glow.
Overall, I really loved this collection. All of them, with the exception of Bekka, applied beautifully. Thin, smooth, beautiful, even coats. The shimmer is what I like the most. It adds interest to the colors and makes you want to keep looking at your sparkling nails!
You can get all of these directly from Zoya.
Bekka looks kind of blah IMO. But annie and elke are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah! I love gold shimmer! They look gorgeous! Sad that Bekka was a little tricky though:/. I don't think I would be able to keep my hands off some piggies and add some in it hehe:)
ReplyDeleteApart from Bekka, how many coats did they all need to become opaque?
And here's a compliment from my sisters- You rock and you have gorgeous nails:) And probably from my mom and dad too, they were all excited and happy about the package from you!:D
Emelie, Bekka isn't what I thought it would be! I thought it was neon green, but it turned out to be sparkly yellow! The rest are gorgeous, though!
ReplyDeleteSanna, Awwww!! How sweet!! :D :D :D
ReplyDeleteThey only needed 2 coats, except for Gaia which needed three.
Send my best wishes to your lovely family :D
I love them all apart from the yellow, but erika really stands out to me
ReplyDeleteTabe-chan, Erika is so pretty in person. The gold shimmer is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteDid you hear these were all named after beauty bloggers? Personally, I was pissed because they didn't feature my three fave bloggers... (scrangie totally being one of them!)
ReplyDeleteanyways, what color do you think scrangie would have been? :)
Jessica, I didn't know that! How cool! I recognized "Elke" but now I have to guess who the others are.... I think Erika could be the Erika from Makeupbag, possibly... Hmmm!
ReplyDeleteI want a polish named after me! Scrangie would have to be something dark, with lots of glitter! Like a purple/green duochrome with silver glitter... Maybe I'll have to make my own :D
You're right, I heard Erika is from makeupbag, and I know that Annie is the Annie of blogdorfgoodman.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is totally how I would picture the Scrangie color.... you've got to franken one!
Wow, Annie is lucky to have such a cool color named after her!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna try to make my own polish... I'm not very good at it, but we'll see :D
great colours-Elke is just beautiful! I love the look of Gaia-white is so pretty in the warmer weather.
ReplyDeleteHotPinkHeels, I agree! I'm really starting to get into white, and Gaia might be my new favorite "white plus" (white with a little something extra!), maybe tied with China Glaze White-kwik-slvr.
ReplyDeleteI've never used Zoya but Erika is soooo pretty.
ReplyDeleteGrace, you should give Zoya a try! I think their polishes are awesome, they have a lot of really great colors :D
ReplyDeleteAnnie, Elke and Erika are my favourites!:)
ReplyDeleteBadbomben, I'm wearing Annie and I can't believe how pretty it is :D
ReplyDeleteOooh, great swatches scrangie! I haven't had a chance to swatch this collection yet - wish I had 10hands or more. lol. As most of these colors are nice, I'm totally drawn into Gala. Must be something about finding the perfect white. How is the coverage compared to white satin?
ReplyDeleteSteph, thanks! Gaia is great compared to White Satin- only three coats to be completely opaque, whereas White Satin took me at least five. And hey, about one third of the price, too :D
ReplyDeleteI have a theory on what the grey is in the yellow - I've been staring at two bottles of yellow NP I got and noticed they had some greyish looking stuff at the bottom - then when I looked at the polish from different angles I realized it changed how the grey looked slightly and eventually it disappeared - it was the effect of the glass against the nail polish!
ReplyDeleteGrace Waste- Interesting, very interesting!! If this one wasn't so chunky I'd say that was the case- but I definitely have the grey thing going on in my China Glaze Solar Power and looking at it now, I think you're right! :D
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