Thursday, June 13, 2013

Zoya's Cynthia and Maisie Swatch and Review

Let's take a look at Zoya's Cynthia and Maisie (Maisie is no longer available, but it is the same as Opal, except it had a blue base instead of green)!

Zoya describes Cynthia as a smoky, blackened peacock teal with soft warm undertones. It's very pretty. It is so dark that it almost looks black, but it definitely has depth and richness.  

One coat is fairly sheer and you can really see the peacock color. It took three thin coats to get a nice even, opaque color. Cynthia dried down evenly and I didn't have any trouble with patchiness or bubbling. On it's own it dries pretty gloss and looked nice.

I decided to put Maisie over the top of it to break up how dark Cynthia is on it's own. I think it would be a better color to wear by it's self in the fall and winter, but it's a little dark and vampy (for my tastes) to be worn as a spring/summer color.

With Maisie on top it takes on a beautiful mermaid-esque feel. The mylar flecks in Maisie are a beautiful blue/green holographic color and they stand out really well against Cynthia.

Work of warning, Cynthia stains BAD, so be sure to use a base coat if having stained nails bothers you. I tend not to care since my nails are never bare, meaning no one ever sees any staining.

Overall, I am pleased with both Cynthia and Maisie and I think they are beautiful on their own, and worn together.

Zoya's Cynthia
Zoya's Cynthia
Zoya's Cynthia
Zoya's Cynthia


Zoya's Cynthia

Zoya's Cynthia with Maisie Fleck Effect Top Coat


Zoya's Cynthia with Maisie Fleck Effect Top Coat


Cynthia can be purchased at www.zoya.com for $8. 

*Items in this review were purchased on my own. All opinions expressed are my own and are never paid for* 

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Zoya's Burke Swatch and Review

Today I have Zoya's Burke for you! Burke is described by Zoya as a soft, dusty, light red mulberry with very subtle brick and mauve tones. I can definitely see the brick tones in it. It looks a lot more berry-ish on the website, than it does in person though.

I have to admit, and this is something that I have rarely said about a Zoya polish. This is one polish that I am just not impressed by. I think it has more to do with the formula than the actual color. The formula goes on a little patchy. You can't see it so much in the pictures, but it is definitely noticeable in person. It has decent opacity when it is even, but the formula is thick and seemed to start to get dry and a little tacky very quickly. That made it hard to get the coat on evenly. I ended up doing three coats and I still wasn't happy with it. I can see through some spots of the polish, while it's thicker in other areas, which makes it darker. Overall, I just wasn't impressed.

There is hope though, I have the Zoya Nail Polish Rejuvenator, so I am going to try adding some of that to it the next time I use it and see if it helps. I also want to add in that it may just be my bottle that is thick. I have had multiples of polishes before and experienced one bottle being thicker/thinner than the other.

My final thought would be that I do really love the color, but I did not like the formula at all.


Zoya's Burke

Zoya's Burke

Zoya's Burke

Zoya's Burke
Zoya's Burke