Press Sample
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| Zoya Holiday Matte Velvets Winter 2015 |
First, let me say that the finish on these absolutely differ from the previous Zoya mattes. These have less shimmer in the polish. They are certainly shimmery, but once I get to the comparisons, you will see the lack of silver shimmer in the new batch.
Aspen: 3 coats. Because of the shimmer in this and Sue, the amount that gets on your cuticles after removal is insane. Be careful or you'll be swimming in shimmer for a while.
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| Zoya Aspen |
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| Zoya Aspen |
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| Zoya Aspen with top coat |
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| Aspen compared to Revlon Powder Puff |
Sue: 2-3 coats. I could have been good with two, but I wanted three for depth. This polish is beautiful. I love the champagne color and when you top coat it, there's gorgeous iridescent rainbow shimmer in it also!
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| Zoya Sue |
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| Zoya Sue |
Sue with top coat:
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| Zoya Sue with top coat |
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| Zoya Sue with top coat |
Yves: 2 coats. This is a deep navy blue matte. Be careful of staining when you remove. It's a little dark for my skin tone, but I love it shiny on my nails. Weird how that works.
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| Zoya Yves |
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| Zoya Yves |
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| Zoya Yves with top coat |
Yves with Pure Ice Blue Midnight on ring: These are obviously very different tones of blue and Blue Midnight has much more silver shimmer.
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| Yves with Pure Ice Blue Midnight |
Iris: 3 coats. This one was a bit patchy with the formula and needed the three coats to even out. It's a deep eggplant plum matte. Another one that I prefer shiny.
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| Zoya Iris |
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| Zoya Iris |
Iris with top coat: The purple shimmer is really beautiful in this.
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| Zoya Iris with top coat |
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| Zoya Iris with top coat |
Iris on index and pinky. Harlow 2009 on middle nail. Harlow 2014 on ring. I will forever love the original Harlow.
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| Iris on index and pinky. Harlow 2009. Harlow 2014. |
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| Iris on index and pinky. Harlow 2009. Harlow 2014. |
Honor: 2 coats. I have so many green mattes like this. I will always love them. Unlike Yves and Iris, this isn't so dark. It's a great balance of pine green and bright.
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| Zoya Honor |
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| Zoya Honor |
Honor with top coat. It's super beautiful shiny!
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| Zoya Honor with top coat |
Honor on index. Verushka 2014 middle. Verushka 2009 on ring. Revlon Emerald City on pinky. For this battle of the green mattes, I feel Honor wins. It is the most matte. The Revlon is a tad darker. And both Verushkas look less matte!
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| Zoya Honor with Zoya Verushka 2009 and 2014, and Revlon Emerald City |
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| Zoya Honor with Zoya Verushka 2009 and 2014, and Revlon Emerald City |
Amal: 2 coats. This one is a stunner. It's amazing. I seriously love this shade of red in matte and it totally sparkles. This is coming from someone who hates to wear red nail polish alone. It's gorgeous.
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| Zoya Amal |
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| Zoya Amal |
Amal with top coat. Fire on my nails. It's stunning.
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| Zoya Amal with top coat |
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| Zoya Amal with top coat |
Amal on index. Posh 2014 on middle. Posh 2009 on ring. Revlon Ruby Ribbon on pinky. None of the colors are the same. Amal and both Posh versions are gorgeous. The Revlon looks pretty crappy compared to the perfection of Zoya.
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| Amal. Posh 2014. Posh 2009. Revlon Ruby Ribbon |
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| Amal. Posh 2014. Posh 2009. Revlon Ruby Ribbon |
My favorites are Amal and Sue. But really, this collection is beautiful and clearly very different from the previous mattes, so I say the entire collection is worth being picked up. I have no other mattes like them and they are equally beautiful matte and shiny.
The Zoya Holiday Matte Velvet Collection is available HERE on their web site. The collection retails for $10 each or you can grab the entire sampler for $60. Make sure to like Zoya on Facebook so you are always up to date with new collections.
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What a fantastic post! Love all the comparisons. Thanks for your hard work to show all the differences.
ReplyDeleteThanks!! The comps also helped me figure out which I need to purge :)
DeleteI love comparison posts! Thank you for your hard work :)
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