Polish Review: Zoya Envy

I'm just going to say straight out, Zoya Envy is a beautiful color.  It's like distilled swamp, without the smell and a whole lot more class; a deep, fluid green with just a touch of brown.  So dark it's almost black, unless you're in the right light.

Just two coats! Goes with most of my clothes! LOVE!

I wore this for three or four days, and was disappointed to have to take it off.  But when it was gone, I was horrified - it left behind this sickly yellow-green stain that has now lasted well over a week, though multiple applications of new color and cleanings.  There is clearly visible definition between the stain and the pink of new nail.

It's completely maddening, because I can't use any transparent polish, or even go natural.  It looks terrible.  I'm so disappointed in this color, because it's so pretty and I would love to wear it frequently, but the stain means that it's relegated to accents on top of other colors.  Either that or I get a steel-strength base coat, and even then, I can't be sure.

:(

Polish Review: Zoya Kamilah

I really, really like Zoya polishes.  I'm still new to the world of nail polish, but of the few brands I've tried, Zoya is probably my favorite.  It applies smoothly, it looks great, and it lasts.

One of the staples of any polish collection is RED.  I'm not talking subtle red, here, but #ff0000 RED.  Zoya had a big sale a few months ago, so I bought six polishes primarily to fill out the basic needs of my collection.  So, obviously, I needed a RED.

The first individual polish review I'm doing on my blog is precisely this RED, both because it is beautiful and because the name, Zoya Kamilah, is pleasantly close to my own name (Cami).

Just look at this color!

RED. SRSLY RED.

Zoya describes this color as: "Fiery orange-toned red base with cool toned red metallic shimmer. A smoking hot metallic for a flirty nail look."

I'll be honest, I don't see the orange tone at all.  This polish is red base with red tone with lots of little red bits in it.  I'm a huge fan of metallics, so I love this one even more for it.