Day 1: Zoya Crystal

I purchased Zoya Crystal last fall and didn't get the chance to wear it for the first time until February. But thanks to you awesome readers, I'm now rocking Crystal on campus and getting tons of compliments.



Zoya Crystal is an amazingly gorgeous ice blue color that applies like butter. It has flecks of silver and gold glitter all throughout the polish. It really looks naturally speckled, not even like glitter is suspended in it at all.



Close up, you can see that Crystal's base color looks very similar to Noel, a shade you'll see as soon as my Halloween package comes in the mail.

It really is the perfect color as we move into winter. Can you believe there's actually snow on the ground at my campus?

Alright, readers... it's up to you again! Let's go with my favorite color of all this time: purple! Zoya Nimue, Zoya Meeka, Zoya Petra, and Zoya Jem are your choices. (I'm saving the more glittery purples for a different theme). Get to voting.

Announcing: 30 Days of Zoya + Giveaway!

I wanted to challenge myself to do something different than random swatching for the month of November. So I decided to do a 30-day challenge in which I use one particular brand and have all you readers vote on which colors you want me to swatch. All readers who vote will be entered into a giveaway for two mystery Zoya polishes!

And who better to kick off my challenge than Zoya?

So starting tomorrow, we'll have 30 days of Zoya polishes, with some extra swatches of collections and random colors, as well as some deal alerts thrown in.

Here's how it will work: I'll write about one color, as well as its swatches, and end the post with a choice of three polishes for the following day. And then it's up to you guys!

So feel free to comment on this post via Facebook or in the comments section of the blog. All readers who vote will be entered into a giveaway for two mystery Zoya polishes!

Here are the rules:

1. You must be a GFC Follower or be a fan of Princess Polish on Facebook to win.

2. You can vote twice per day, once on Facebook and once in the comments section, for a total of 60 entries over the course of the challenge.

3. You can also receive one additional vote OVERALL for sharing the challenge/giveaway on Facebook.

4. You can receive one additional vote OVERALL for re-tweeting my post on Twitter, via @PrincessPolish. RT Check out @Princess_Polish's 30 Days of Zoya Challenge for a chance to win two mystery Zoya polishes. See how: http://tinyurl.com/3umgs4o

5. Votes from the previous day will no longer be counted for a giveaway entry after the current day goes live. For example, votes for Day 1's color won't be counted after Day 3's post goes live.

6. This is open to individuals in the United States who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the US with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).

7. The deadline to enter is 48 hours after the final post of the challenge, Day 30.

8. You must use a valid email address and/or Twitter/Facebook account to enter.

9. Once notified as a winner, you must respond within 48 hours or I will select a new winner.

Tomorrow's post will be blue-themed and here are your choices: Crystal, Marina, and Cynthia. Get to voting!!!

EPIC HAUL: Borghese Fantasioso (Rapido) Collection

I was picking up Halloween decorations at a local, independent dollar store near my house and out of the corner of my eye, spotted a supermarket basket next to a nail polish display. Through the slats, I noticed these familiar swirly tops that could only mean one thing...

BORGHESE!!!!

Borghese polishes retail for upwards of $8 at various drug stores, but for $1? I bought one of every color! As it turned out, these were their quick-dry polishes from the Spring 2011 collection.



First up is Capriccio Blue which looks a lot like Revlon Blue Lagoon without the sparkle. I only wish it had a little better application.



Next is Romanzo Pink, a bubblegum pink. This is the shade that pops into my mind when I think of Barbie pink. Again, same streak issue.



Cantanto Purple was a lovely dark lilac color that I adore. I apologize for the blurry nature of the picture, I did not realize my Macro wasn't on during this shot. But it's a beautiful color and was probably the least streaky of the collection.



Felice Tangerine was a great shade in the bottle and would have been awesome if it wasn't so streaky. Yet again. Unfortunately, while this shade would have been one of a few oranges to actually work with my skin tone, it looked terribly clumpy on my nails.



Fantastico Lime was, by far, the worst application of the collection. And it really was a shame for such a promising color.



Last is Castello Blue, a deep sky blue. I LOVED this color, but the application is pretty streaky. I think that this is mainly because of the quick-dry formula, as it was a common theme throughout this collection.

Overall, I was disappointed in the application of the color. If you pick up any colors, I would go with Cantanto Purple hands down. It is the easiest to work with and I think the color I would wear more than once.

PRESS RELEASE: Zoya Feel (Winter Collection)

Zoya FEEL Collection
Kristen (ZP591): Full coverage, gull gray cream.
Carey (ZP592): Full coverage, periwinkle gray cream.
Megan (ZP593): Full coverage, taupe gray cream.
Kendal (ZP594): Full coverage, rose quartz beige cream.
Kennedy (ZP595): Full coverage, pale french beige cream.
Avery (ZP596): Full coverage, blonde beige cream.

Zoya is the new color of fashion...

Vegan friendly, ultra long-wearing, glossy nail lacquers by Zoya are free of harmful industrial chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resins or dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.

Find Zoya FEEL as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion Zoya shades at www.zoya.com. As always, each and every Zoya color is made for women so we name them after women.

Sug. Retail $8.00 per 0.5 fl.oz. bottle (US).

Available / Shipping November 15, 2011 on zoya.com


I'm kind of on the fence about these polishes. You know I'm big on dark/vampy or bold/glitter, but I'm kind of starting to dig the "your nails but better" trend. So maybe I'll like these.

What do you think, fellow polish junkies?

- Princess Polish