Entries for Wednesday August 08
Zoya’s Celeste
- Manufacturer: Zoya/Art of Beauty
- Availability: originally released in July 2007 as part of Zoya's Masquerade collection
- Color Range: semisheer white-beige shimmer
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 14 ml / .5 fl oz
- Would you purchase again: no
- Similar shades:
This is definitely a semisheer polish - possibly even a straight-out sheer. By Zoya’s reckoning, this and most other shades in this collection are either a 3 or a 2. I used three coats and still didn’t get full coverage. And…it’s streaky. Not terribly, not as noticeably as the China Glaze Romantique colors…but still.
It can add some nice frost to colors. And it’s a pure white, unlike Glimmer or Shimmer that are more muted. I haven’t done a manicure with Snowsicle yet, so I can’t compare that to Celeste. I suspect that aside from the finish, they’ll be fairly similar.
Zoya’s Meg
- Vendor: Zoya/Art of Beauty
- Availability: originally released as part of Zoya's Surf collection
- Color Range: spring-green shimmer
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 14 ml / .5 fl oz
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
Zoya’s Avery
- Vendor: Zoya/Art of Beauty
- Availability: originally released as part of Zoya's Feel collection
- Color Range: blond-beige creme
- Staying Power: 4 out of 4 stars
- Cost/Amount: USD$8 for 14 ml / .5 fl oz
- Would you purchase again: yes
- Similar shades:
Avery applies very smoothly, like the rest of the colors in the Feel collection. It’s a neutral beige creme that appears to have hints of pink or gold, depending on lighting and surroundings. I can wear it without my hands looking red, which is a relief - because other Zoya neutrals (Cho, Farah) are a bit too yellow-toned for me to wear easily. I got full even coverage in two coats, and the formula was good: no slubbing, no chalky consistency, not too thin or too thick.