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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Zoya Summer 2012 Beach Collection - Swatches and Review

Hello! Today I have the Zoya Summer 2012 Beach Collection for you. Actually, this is Becky, Jenny's little sister, reviewing today. Jenny has been super busy with work recently but didn't want to leave her blog in the dust, so here I am to help out. :-)

 Left to right: Wednesday, Reagan, Lara, Arizona, Shelby, Tracie

Wednesday

 Indoors, natural light
Outdoors, sunlight

Wednesday is a lovely turquoise cream. I used 2 coats for this swatch. Unfortunately, my peely nails showed up on these pictures more than they do in person, sorry! But this applied really well. It is much greener than blue, and a bit faded -- the indoors picture is much more true to life.

Reagan

Indoors, natural light
Outdoors, sunlight

Reagan is a fuschia creme. I used two coats here, but you can easily get away with one if you are careful, which makes this a winner in my book! I really like this color. It is a nice in-between of purple and dark pink/berry, which is one of my favorite shades. In person it is probably closer to the indoors picture, but a little lighter. This is my second-favorite of the collection, even though I think it seems a bit more fall than summer. It makes a great pedi color though :-)

Lara

 Indoors, natural light
Outdoors, sunlight

Lara is a magenta creme. I used two coats for this one. It is not nearly as bright as the second picture; much closer to the indoors picture. 

Arizona

Indoors, natural light
Outdoors, sunlight

Arizona is a bright orange creme. It is not neon, but it is very bright for sure! It reminds me of macaroni and cheese. It was a bit thinner than the others, and needed 3 coats. I don't usually wear oranges much, but if bright orange is your thing, this is a nice one.

Shelby

Indoors, natural light
Outdoors, sunlight

Shelby is a light pink creme. Like Arizona, it was a bit thinner, and needed 3 coats. This one is super girly; reminds me of bubblegum. It's a little softer though, and not all that bright. 

Tracie

Indoors, natural light
Outdoors, sunlight

Tracie is the only non-creme of the bunch -- it is a pretty green shimmer. I don't usually do greens, but this turned out to be my favorite! Two coats here. It is a soft and a touch frosty -- the Zoya website describes it as both "pistachio" and "avocado" and I think both of those are quite accurate comparisons.

Overall

The entire collection is quite nice on formula. It is a little thicker than some other Zoya cremes, and mostly applied quite well in two coats, three coats tops. My favorites were Tracie, Reagan, and Wednesday, but I am sure there is something in here that will appeal to everyone.

For fun, I did a skittles manicure with some fun stamping from Konad plate m30; I wore it for two days so there is some tipwear, but I thought it was cute:


And here ends my first swatch and review! Hope I was helpful; and hopefully Jenny will be back soon to blog for you :-) 

Have a nice day!

DISCLOSURE: The polishes featured in this post  were provided to Polishology by Zoya for review purposes.  This is an honest and independent review and was in no way influenced by the company.

2 comments:

  1. The polish shades in this collection are all very pretty!

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  2. I've just found your blog. It's great :))

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