My Top 10 Zoya Polishes: Zoya Earth Day Sale Reccomendations

I received an email last night in my inbox about the Zoya Earth Day Sale. While I personally haven't shopped their Earth Day Sale since 2010 (didn't seem that long ago until I really thought about it...), I figured why not show my 10 favorite Zoyas. Just in case you needed suggestions. Though to be honest this list will not be too surprising if you have read any of my other posts. :-)

Onward to the colors!

10. Zara

Zara as you can see is one of my most worn Zoyas, I'm not a huge purple fan, but this one I love (probably the gold shimmer's fault) This and the next one I wore a crap load in spring/summer 2010 (until I got OPI's Mad as a Hatter...then I wore exclusively that for a good while). Even if you aren't a super purple fan (I'm not) this one might be worth a shot.  This one makes me think I need to buy Zoya Leslie but I'm honestly not sure I need two purples like this especially when I don't wear purples all that much. If you think I need both, please let me know :-).

9. Erika

Erika and Hermina were the first two Zoya polishes I ever bought. Erika, is a pale pink with the same sort of shimmer Zara has. I have to admit although I'm really not a pink person this is so delicate and pretty looking that I don't really care it is pink. The shimmer stands out more and just works better with Erika than it does Zara. The golden shimmer is very typical of Zoya gold shimmer, it is a bit gold a bit orange and a touch green at some points. Definitely a must have.

8. Trixie

Trixie is a must have staple. Just a really good all around true silver foil. Some silvers either lean gold or have black speckles in them. This one is just true silver. Not much more to say about it. It is just really good and everyone needs a bottle of this.

7.  Ziv

Ziv on the other hand, is not your standard gold foil. It reminds me of the Skinfood Sparkle Pedicures in that it has a larger particle size without being too big that it looks fuzzy. Ziv is super reflective and has some paler flecks as well as some orange-y/coppery flecks.


6.  Blaze

Blaze is one of many Zoya scattered holographics. While I'm not typically a red nail polish person, nor much of  a holographic nail polish person (though I do love holo glitter). What I love is the depth of this. The base is sheerer than the other versions of this polish and it just transforms the prismatic particles into something more magical. I also own Payton and while it is neat, it just doesn't have the presence this polish has, and I'm not sure any of their other handful of holos have quite this depth (though Dream looks like it could be close).


5. Hazel

Hazel is icy and cool without being too blue. It is a pale blue foil with some golden flakes/particles. It is hard to tell if the gold is a cooler gold or if it is more orange. It could be a little bit of both (like the traditional Zoya gold shimmer just larger) but I'm having trouble telling in this light. Maybe not a must have but very wintery and I really enjoy it.


4. Rikki

Rikki is a green, but I'm not sure what kind of green to describe it as. It isn't quite sage, so I'm just going to call it medium-light true green. It has a smaller particle size than Hazel , at least it seems like it to me. Definitely foil-y and definitely unique. Not much more to say about this!

3. Edyta

Sorry this photo is a bit blurry, but it looked better blurry. This is one of those polishes that was so unique when it came out in 2010. Not so sure if it is quite so revolutionary now, but is still very nice. It has a dark greeny-blue base with lots of the standard Zoya gold shimmer. I consider it a must have for fall. It is different than Butter London's Wallis, but if you like that one you probably will like this as well. Kind of in the same area as China Glaze Cast a Spell as well. They are all different, but in my opinion necessary .


2.  Kerry

I already professed my love for this shade in a recent post, but if you didn't read that or didn't hear it enough then, this is an amazing yellow pseudo-foil. It is super sparkly but in my opinion it just falls a little short to be called a true foil. I don't care what other people say this is not yellow gold, it is straight up yellow. I personally think everyone needs this. Put it in your shopping cart!

1. Logan

Logan came from the 2012 Ornate Holiday Collection. That holiday collection had three holographic shimmers in jelly bases (including Blaze) Ziv, Electra (which was holo bar glitter, and I believe is discontinued) and this beautiful green. For some reason people tend to group Logan in with Blaze, Storm and Aurora, but it isn't holographic at all, no prismatic particles to be seen.  This isn't holo but don't let that be the reason you don't buy Logan. It has the wonderful gold shimmer like many of my favorite Zoyas, but it just has so much dimension and depth. It is, as I said around Christmas, the most perfect holiday green. If you don't already own this one, I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you just are new to Zoya or maybe don't think green is for you. But honestly everyone needs this. I own a backup already. But that is mostly due to my paranoia. After Electra disappeared from their website along with Julie each less than a year after release I didn't want to risk it. I have to admit I was a bit miffed Rose disappeared as well since I had been thinking about that one and Dharma (also gone ) for a long time (they didn't carry those at the salon  where I normally buy my Zoyas, and I just couldn't commit)

*EDIT: OMG... I was scrolling through the Zoya polishes because you know I can't stop myself from looking even though I don't need anymore... and Logan was not there :'( So I'm very sorry if  you got all excited for Logan. So wrong of you Zoya, I swear you did that just to make me sad, because I said some of your polishes disappointed me in the past( because I expect more from a brand Cleveland).

Honorable Mention: Zoya FeiFei! I don't actually own this one, but I own the now discontinued Cover Girl dupe, and I wish I had bought it as the Zoya (the bottles are better) back when it came out. So don't make my mistake :-)

Anyway I hope this gave you some good ideas for the Earth Day Sale! I'm still not sure if I'm doing it this year. I'm not sure there are 6 Zoyas that I really want, let alone need.  Other than maybe finally getting Ivanka (I've been trying not to buy that since it came out in 2010) and maybe trying Blu despite my animosity towards creams, I can't think of any thing else worth getting (aside from the discontinued Rose and Dharma [ why oh why!] ).


~ ♥ drastic

p.s. if anyone was curious I'm wearing China Glaze Rare and Radiant