Zoya’s Spa Essentials collection review

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  • Manufacturer: Zoya/Art of Beauty
  • Availability: unknown release date; available through the webstore and salon retailers
  • Description: 50 nail colors
  • Cost/Amount: $6.00$7.00$8.00 per bottle (not publicly purchasable as a "collection")
  • Would you purchase again: yes
Zoya’s Spa Essentials collection

I am only guessing here…but the Spa Essentials must have been among the first polishes Zoya released, and if they had a name or a grouping, it was only evident to the outside world when, during the site redesign of 2009, the company began listing the collection in which each color debuted. The Spa Essentials group is full of french-manicure colors, sheers and semisheers, and “nude” shades. There are a few duochrome colors, but both the base color and the duochrome effects are rather muted. I only have four colors from this “collection”, and while I like them, I don’t know that I’ll be getting any more colors from this grouping in the future (though I might, if I were more of a fan of french manicures). Most of the colors are just too sheer or too pale for my tastes. I’m guessing that this group makes a good “starting point” for any salon that wants to use or stock Zoya colors, though.

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The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Addison polish. The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Amanda polish. The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Jaime polish. The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Jennifer polish. The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Lauren polish. The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Parker polish. The left hand holding a bottle of nail polish and displaying all manicured fingernails, with 2 coats of Zoya's Suzanne polish.

This collection contained:

  • Addison — metallic rose-mauve shimmer
  • Amanda — warm mauve-brown creme
  • Jaime — semisheer pink-lavender duochrome sheen
  • Jennifer — medium-light honey brown shimmer
  • Lauren — metallic pink-beige sheen
  • Parker — semisheer metallic mauve-pink shimmer
  • Suzanne — metallic magenta-mauve shimmer
  • Abigail — sheer pale sandy pink creme
  • Adel — semisheer off-white sheen
  • Anne — semisheer sandy pink shimmer
  • Ava — semisheer milky pink shimmer
  • Bethany — sheer medium pink creme
  • Betty — sheer mauve-pink creme
  • Brenna — sheer pale pink creme
  • Bridgit — semisheer metallic coral-tan shimmer
  • Charlotte — semisheer metallic peach-tan shimmer
  • Danielle — sheer peach-pink shimmer
  • Daphne — sheer warm pink sheen
  • Dharma — sheer violet-pink duochrome sheen
  • Dovey — sheer metallic golden-pink shimmer
  • Ella — sheer pink-peach sheen
  • Ellen — sheer peach-pink sheen
  • Erin — semisheer pink-white shimmer
  • Giselle — sheer peach-orange creme
  • Grace — sheer neutral pink sheen
  • Gretchen — semisheer pale clay brown creme
  • Helen — semisheer pale peach brown creme
  • Joan — semisheer beige-peach creme
  • Juanita — semisheer golden-peach creme
  • June — semisheer dusty mauve shimmer
  • Kaitlyn — semisheer cool pink creme
  • Loretta — sheer neutral pink sheen
  • Lucy — sheer white sheen
  • Madison — sheer baby-pink creme
  • Maria — semisheer neutral pink creme
  • Megan — sheer warm ivory creme
  • Olivia — sheer pink-ivory sheen
  • Portia — semisheer pale cool pink creme
  • Romy — sheer ivory-beige creme
  • Rose — sheer silver-pink duochrome shimmer
  • Sadie — sheer pale peach creme
  • Sally — semisheer metallic warm mauve shimmer
  • Scarlet — sheer rose-pink creme
  • Skye — pale dusty pink creme
  • Stephanie — semisheer pale pink creme
  • Summer — sheer pink-brown creme
  • Tabitha — sheer peach-beige sheen
  • Tammy — sheer warm pink sheen
  • Uma — semisheer metallic warm pink shimmer
  • Vivienne — sheer beige creme

When I initially started buying from Zoya, I mentally toyed with buying Rose, Dharma, and some of the other quasi-duochromes for layering. I decided against it, though - when I want a duochrome, I want a stronger colorchange (like Ki, or the colors from the Reverie collection, or Nubar's duochromes).

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