Stampabilities # 014: Zoya

Hi all,

A little late, but here it is: this week's feature of Stampabilities, featuring Zoya this time!


Stampabilities # 014: Zoya - Ivanka, Nidhi, Charla and Mimi. All four of these are from the recent Sparkle Collection. And as you can see, they all show up pretty nice! Ivanka is a little less bright as the others, but still easily visible. I think Nidhi may make an awesome red to stamp with for the holidays :)


If you have suggestions for the upcoming editions of Stampabilities, please let me know! You can leave a comment on this post, but you can also send me an email.

Zoya Robyn

Hi all,

A while ago, I bought some polishes from Angie and she put this polish in as an extra. How sweet!! This isn't a color I would have picked out myself, but after trying it, I have to say: I really like it!

Zoya Robyn, three coats in daylight. Robyn is a bright blue creme. It works really good with my skintone, it really pops. I can see this being an awesome base for nailart, too.

Application was good. The polish was opaque in three easy coats. I did mess it up a bit on one finger, but that was my own fault lol. The polish dried quickly as well.

I wanna have some nice weather around here so I can feel like wearing this color! It felt a bit odd when I put it on, being all grey and rainy outside. But it's definitely a winner for me. Thanks Ange!

Andddd I just saw that I reached 650 followers! Jeez! I never would have thought that I would make it to 50 followers (hell, having 5 followers made me jump up and down), let alone 650. Thank you so much for visiting my little blog. I know I haven't been around that much the last couple of months and that I wasn't really a nice person when I was (most of the time). Even though the sun isn't shining anymore outside, I'm starting to feel a little better and my mood is lifting, step by step. I want to say thank you to all of you who have sent me messages and emails. They mean a lot to me. *takes out the tissues*

Thank you.

Zoya Dovima

Hi all,

How are you doing today? I hope you are doing good. Today I have one of the Zoya Matte Velvets for you.

Zoya Dovima, two coats in indirect sunlight. Domiva is a matte black, packed with shimmer. The matte isn't matte-matte, but has a semi-satin finish. The shimmer in the polish shows mostly silver, but in some lights it also shows you a variety of colors. I topped it off with some topcoat to see how she looked, and I wasn't disappointed.


Zoya Dovima with topcoat to make it shiny. I left this picture bigger, so you can see the shimmer better. I could see blue, red, green, yellow, purple and pink shimmer besides the silver shimmer that's visible most of the time. In the next picture you see a closeup of how the polish looks most of the time.


Application was pretty darn good! Mattes tend to be lumpy and when you go over the same spot twice, you might drag some of the polish off that was already there. I didn't have that issue with this pretty baby though! I wouldn't recommend going over the polish over and over, but it doesn't seem to have the same issues as regular mattes.

The dryingtime was good as well. I would have loved for this to be a pure matte, but to be honest, I don't even mind the subtle satin-ish effect at all. I think it looks pretty..

Zoya Kalista

Hi all!

In the last couple of months, I really reached out to the vampy part of my stash. Somehow those colors were more appealing to me than the summery bright colors, while now it's getting to fall, I feel drawn to pastels hehe. Anyway, I pulled out this pretty baby and put her on and I have to say; I love her!

Zoya Kalista, two coats in daylight. Kalista is a gorgeous brown with lighter brown and bronze shimmer, which gives the polish amazing depth. It reminds me of mahogany wood, somehow.


Application was great. The polish went on smoothly and I didn't have any issues with drying time either. Some of my other Zoya's won't dry with a quickdry topcoat, but this pretty one dried quickly :)

I really love these kind of vampy colors. I'm excited to try more of them so I think I will show you a lot of these in the future :D

Zoya Sparkles Combined

Hi all!

How are you all doing? I hope you enjoyed the posts that I sceduled for you, since this is the last one that I planned to go up automatically :) My plane lands today so when you're reading this I'm probably somewhere in the air between Spain and The Netherlands lol. I think I'm to tired to do a post when I come back, so I sceduled this one as well. It's a little something I tried out, and it looks kinda pretty in it's own weird way.

Zoya Charla with a coat of matte topcoat, tips of Zoya Ivanka and green studs from Viva La Nails acting like a bridge between the two. It looks a bit odd maybe, but I like it! The sparkliness of Ivanka contrasts nicely with the matte Charla :)

Well, that's all for now! What do you think of this little arty-ish mani?

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Mimi

Hi all!

Today I have the last of my Zoya Sparkles for you; Mimi.

Zoya Mimi, three coats in daylight. Mimi is a gorgeous medium purple glass flecked polish. It's a little redder in real life, but I think the color is the best I could do with my camera :)

Application is good, the same as with the other sparkles. The polish is a little thin but easy to work with and the polish dries quickly. Glass flecked Zoya's look lovely when they are mattified, so here we go!

Zoya Mimi, three coats with one coat of Essie Matte About You. Whoa, another winner! I loved the look of Ivanka and Charla when they were mattified and Mimi doesn't disappoint either.

What do you think of Mimi? What's your favorite from the Zoya Sparkle Collection?

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Charla And Holiday Announcement

Hi all!

Today I have Zoya Charla for you from the Sparkle Collection for 2010. Most people I know think this is the stunner of the collection. I disagree, Ivanka is way prettier in my opinion, but Charla sure is pretty!

Zoya Charla, three coats in daylight. Charla is a blue green glass flecked polish. It flashes a bit of gold and is more green than my pictures show it, but it's really really gorgeous. I am actually wearing this on my toes right now :D

Application is good. The polish is a little on the thin side, so I needed three coats for opacity but my pictures still show a little visible nail line. Drying time is good.

Such a lovely sparkle must be mattified.

Zoya Charla, three coats with one coat of Essie Matte About You in daylight. Whoa, me likey!

I also want to tell you that in exactly 12 hours time, I will be on a plane to Spain. I have prepared posts that will be posted automatically, so you won't have to miss daily posts. These will be a little shorter than you are used to though.. However, because I'm on a holiday, I will not be able to come online and answer any of your comments, questions or emails. I can't respond to any messages about my blogsale either, so please bear with me. I will try to be up and running as soon as possible when I get back, but in the meantime I hope you'll have patience with me :)

For those of you who will go on a holiday soon, I hope you have a great holiday! And thank you all for your understanding :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Posh

Hi all!

Today I have one of the Matte Velvets for you from Zoya.

Zoya Posh, two coats in daylight. Posh is a rich red matte with a slight berry undertone, making it not your usual red. I say it's matte, but it's actually more of a satin finish. I don't know if the finish is supposed to be like this, because my other Matte Velvet polishes are more matte than this.. Anyway, Posh is a gorgeous shade of red and I can see myself wearing this a lot!

I made Posh glossy as well, to show you a full picture of this polish.

Zoya Posh, two coats with topcoat in daylight. See the sparklies that show up? Really nice effect with the topcoat on it.

Application was good, especially since it's a matte. Some mattes have issues with application because you can't stroke your brush twice over one spot, otherwise you'll get bald spots. This one doesn't have any of it. Posh is really pigmented; I think you can make this a one coater if you apply a thicker coat of polish.

What do you think of Zoya Posh? If you own it, did I get a bad bottle or is yours the same?

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Gilda

Hi all!

Tonight I have another Zoya Sparkle for you: Gilda. Doesn't that remind you of the series that was on, years ago? Sabrina The Teenage Witch? Lol well it does to me. I used to watch it every time it was on and I loved it! Anyway, on to some pics :)

Zoya Gilda, three coats in daylight. Gilda is a bright pink that has the same sparkle finish as Ivanka and Alegra that I showed earlier. Even though I'm not really into pinks anymore, I think this one is pretty. The sparkles really look awesome!

I did a little mattification (lol, is this a word?)

Zoya Gilda with one coat of Essie Matte About You. Please excuse the white flakes, my Essie MAY appears to be developing these.. Gilda looks pretty with a matte topcoat! Well that's no surprise since the others were great as well. It look like scales of a fish, or pink dragon hide. Hm. Interesting!

Application was good and Gilda needed three coats for opacity. All three coats dried pretty quick. You can really see the sparkles build up in intensity when you add the second and third layer :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Nidhi

Hi all!

Is the weather there as good as it is here? It's getting hot and sunny in The Netherlands! Today I have another Zoya Sparkle for you: Zoya Nidhi.

Zoya Nidhi, three coats in daylight. Nidhi is the oddball in the Sparkle Collection; it has a different finish than the other five polishes. It's still super pretty though! Nidhi is a tomato red glass flecked polish with silver, red, lime and yellow particles. This is three coats, but I guess you could go with two coats as well.

Application was as good as the other sparkles. The texture is a bit on the thin side but easy to work with. Drying time was good.

Since I made the other Sparkles matte, here's Nidhi mattified:

Zoya Nidhi, three coats with one coat of Essie Matte About You in daylight. Pretty, but not as pretty as the other sparkles! Please excuse the white chip on my nails, my Matte About You seems to have issues..

And of course I did a little (because I don't want to cover up the prettyness of Nidhi) Konad.

Zoya Nidhi, three coats stamped with imageplate M77 and China Glaze Millennium. It's a little stamp, and I have to say that I like it! I have never used this plate before and I've had it for a while..

What do you think of Nidhi?

Also, I've been working behind the scenes on my blog. You might not see it now, but you will see major changes on my blog in the near future. I've worked on it for the past four or five days, yesterday even over 11 hours to make everything perfect. I think it will keep me off the streets since I want everything perfect, but I hope you will enjoy all the effort I put in it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Ivanka

Hi all!

So today I have the second polish from the Zoya Sparkle Collection for you: Zoya Ivanka. Let the pictures do the talking..

Zoya Ivanka, three coats in daylight. For the second picture I adjusted my camera settings a bit to show you how she really looks, since my camera makes her look a bit dull with the regular settings.. Ivanka is a true stunning green with golden sparkles. Whoa. It's no coincidence that this is the color of money with a name like hers..

This one easily makes it to my number one green, bumping China Glaze Emerald Sparkle from it's throne. Damn, this is gorgeous. Of course, I had to mattify her as well..

Zoya Ivanka with one coat of Essie Matte About You. This glows! It looks like dragon hide.. Hm. Maybe I'm reading too much Harry Potter. But look at her!

Is that gorgeous or what? I can't stop saying how awesome this is.

I did a little Konad on her as well. Of course, I used a gold to stamp with..

Zoya Ivanka stamped with imageplate M73 and China Glaze 2030. The colors play really well together! In the closeup you can see that Ivanka just won't stop sparkling underneath the Konadicure.

See? What else can I say.. This is a great color!

Application was good. The polish is a bit watery, but easy to work with and opaque in three coats. Drying time was good as well.

What do you think of Zoya Ivanka?

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Alegra

Hi all!

Did you miss me? Our internet provider decided to cut us off internet, television and phone last wednesday, so I haven't been able to get back online ever since.. I'm at my boyfriend's house at the moment so I'm able to upload and write some posts. Internet will be off till at least monday, but I'll try to upload a couple of posts so you still have enough to read and look at.

However, I don't know if I have time to answer all emails and respond to your comments.. I hope you will understand :)

Recently I got the entire Zoya Sparkles Collection in and I don't have any regret that I bought all six polishes. They're all beautiful and today you will see the first of six: Zoya Alegra.

Zoya Alegra, three coats in daylight. The weather was really bad when I did this one, so please bear with me. Alegra is a bright fuchsia sparkle; not really glitter, not really shimmer either. I'd say the finish is somewhere in between large shimmer and glass flecked. It's really pretty! As always - when there's an interesting finish to look at - a closeup shot:

Pretty huh? Zoya really does know how to do sparkles.

This polish was just screaming at me to be mattified, so of course I put a coat of Essie Matte About You over it.

Zoya Alegra, three coats with one coat of Essie Matte About You in daylight. Woah! Damn. It glows! look at it!

Pfew.. This is the kind of pink that I can actually see myself wearing every week, either sparkly or matte.

And to finish it off, I did a small konadicure with one of my Bundle monster plates.

Zoya Alegra, three coats stamped with Bundle monster plate BM05 and China Glaze Millennium. I didn't want to put too much over it because it looks so pretty.. (the color is a lot brighter than shown in this picture!)

Application was good. The polish is a bit runny and thin, but it was easy to apply. Drying time was good, even with three coats of polish. I think you could do with two coats for opacity, but I did three out of habit. I love the sparkles..

Stay tuned for more swatches of the Zoya Sparkles Collection!

Thanks for stopping by!

PS: I haven't had the time to count the votes in the nailart contest yet because I couldn't get online till now.. I hope I will be able to post the winner somewhere this weekend. I won't forget to announce the winner!

From The Vault: Zoya Yasmeen

Hi all!

Due to lack of time, I haven't been able to swatch ANYTHING the last one and a half weeks.. So I have something a little older for you. Zoya Yasmeen was one of my latest acquirements and I love it so much. Can you see why?

Zoya Yasmeen, I believe this was three coats. This picture is taken under artificial lighting, but in my opinion this shows you the true color of Yasmeen - my pictures taken by daylight show here way too blue. Yasmeen has a gorgeous shimmer to her, that colors both pink and gold. Stunning! I'm really curious to see how she looks matte.. Why do I think of that just now?? I stamped her with imageplate M21 and China Glaze Millennium.

Application was good, the polish went on smoothly. It did clash with Nubar Diamont though - as you can see it gave me major shrinkage *sigh*. I might try another topcoat to prevent that the next time I wear her :)

I won't be posting in the next couple of days since I will be out all weekend. I will be resuming normal posting on tuesday.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Loredana; Swatches & Comparison

Hi all!

So, today I have quite a lengthy post for you. I decided to do a matte mani and while I was at it, I did a 'complete' post; Swatching both matte and shiny plus a comparison. Lots to cover, so on to the pics!

Zoya Loredana, two coats in natural light. Loredana is a medium grey, charcoal colored polish. This one isn't shiny, a true matte! I love how this looks. Because she is so pretty, another picture:

Application on Loredana was super easy. The polish structure was just right; not too thick or too thin. A couple of my mattes/suedes tend to be a bit gloopy, but this one certainly wasn't. I didn't have problems whatsoever and since the polish dried so quickly, it's an A+ polish for me!

There isn't any matte that I wouldn't try to make shiny, so Loredana is no exception:

Zoya Loredana, two coats with one coat of Seche Vite in natural light. Pretty huh? She really shows her shimmer when you make her shiny. It looks so pretty! I can't decide if I like her better matte or shiny.. What do you think?

Judging on the color, I thought she might be close to OPI Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede, so I grabbed my bottle and did a comparison.

Index and ring are Zoya Loredana, middle and pinkie are OPI Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees Suede.

Loredana is two coats, while SSITP is three coats. Opacity is better with Loredana. On the nail they are closer colorwise, but my camera shows a huge difference. These are no dupes, but similar. SSITP is a darker grey with more shimmer than Loredana. Loredana looks a bit flat besides SSITP because she is a true matte.

A shiny comparison:

Again, Zoya Loredana on index and ring, SSITP on middle and pinkie. Both are topped with a coat of Seche Vite. You can clearly see now that SSITP looks deeper because she holds more shimmer.

I really like both of these! It depends on my mood which one I will wear, but I know for a fact that both will be a part of my go-to polishes when I'm in a hurry. If you can't decide which one you like best of these two, I'd say the Zoya is 'better', but only because she is opaque in two coats, while OPI needed three to be opaque.

I hope this was helpful :)

Thanks for stopping by!

OPI Hot n Spicy

Hi all!

Hoe was jullie vrijdag? Is iedereen blij dat het weekend is, of zijn er drukke dagen voor de boeg? :) Ik heb vandaag een lak van de OPI Hong Kong Collectie: Hot n Spicy.

How was your Friday? Is everyone happy that it's weekend or are you all having the wildest plans? Today I have a polish from the OPI Hong Kong collection for you: Hot n Spicy.


Hot n Spicy, drie laagjes in daglicht. Hot n Spicy is een oranje lak met een peachy of rozige ondertoon. Applicatie bij deze lak was vreselijk. De lak was vrij waterig en liep richting mijn nagelriemen, waardoor het een grote smeerboel werd. De laagjes waren streperig en zelfs na drie laagjes zie je nog de tip van mijn nagel (=niet goed). Mijn hemel, wat een slechte lak! Dat ben ik niet gewend van OPI. De kleur is ook niet echt mijn ding, maar op zich wel een leuke lente/zomerkleur. Droogtijd was verder prima, maar de tijd die ik over hield bij het drogen, had ik echt nodig om cleanup te doen.

Hot n Spicy, three coats in daylight. Hot n spicy is an orange polish with peachy or pink undertones. Application with this one was horrible. The polish was watery and was constantly flooding my cuticles. The coats were streaky and after three coats, I still have visible nail line (=not good!). My gosh, what a horrible polish! I'm not used to this kind of polish from OPI. The color isn't really my thing (I loved it from swatches!) but it's a pretty spring/summer color. Drying time was fine, but the time I had left after drying was needed to do cleanup.


Hot n Spicy gestempeld met Zoya Veruschka en imageplate M78. Matte nagellak zoals Veruschka is een beetje tricky om mee te stempelen omdat het zo snel droogt, maar geeft wel een leuk effect! Het is niet mijn favo combinatie, maar toch best leuk :)

Hot n Spicy stamped with Zoya Veruschka and imageplate M78. Matte polish like Veruschka is a bit tricky to use for stamping since it dries so quickly, but it does give a nice effect when stamped on a shiny polish. It's not my favorite combination, but I think it's quite nice though :)

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Veruschka

Hi all!

Het verhuizen is allemaal goed gegaan, bedankt voor de lieve berichtjes :) Vanaf vandaag kan ik weer fijn lakken en foto's maken. Vandaag weer een nieuwe lak; Zoya Veruschka Matte Velvet Lacquer.

All went well with the move, thank you all for your kind and sweet messages :) Today I can start polishing my nails again and take pictures. Today I have a new polish for you; Zoya Veruschka Matte Velvet Lacquer.


Zoya Veruschka, twee laagjes in daglicht. Veruschka is een diepe groene, matte lak met héél veel shimmer. Ze is echt ontzettend mooi. Ik vond matte lakken maar niks, tot voor kort en ik ben heel blij dat ik ze nu wel mooi vind! Anders had ik een heleboel leuks misgelopen.. Applicatie was prima, droogtijd was erg snel, maar dat is standaard bij matte lakken. Ik heb bij deze lak totaal geen problemen ervaren.

Zoya Veruschka, two coats in daylight. Veruschka is a deep greep matte polish with lots and lots of shimmer. She is so incredibly beautiful. I didn't like matte polishes till recently and I'm glad I like them now! I would have missed out on all those matte/suede pretties.. Application was good, drying time was excellent. These matte polishes dry very quickly and are good go-to polishes when you are in a hurry. I didn't have any application problems with her.


Zoya Veruschka met een laagje Nubar Diamont, wederom in daglicht. WOW! Dit laat heel goed de shimmer zien. Mocht je gek zijn op groene lakken, maar niet houden van mat, dan weet je wat je te doen staat.. ;)

Zoya Veruschka with one coat of Nubar Diamont, again in daylight. WOW!! Look at all that shimmer! The topcoat really shows how much shimmer is in the polish. If you love green, but don't like mattes, you know what to do.. ;)


En om nog even verder te spelen: Veruschka met China Glaze Millennium. Ik heb gestempeld met plate M78 (een van de nieuwe plates). Het design is best leuk, maar Millennium is net even te veel van het goede bij zo'n drukke afbeelding. Toch vind ik de kleurencombinatie wel leuk, het doet me aan Zwadderich denken.. *binnenkort de Harry Potter nagels maar eens doen*

And to play a little more with polish: Veruschka with China Glaze Millennium. I used plate M78 (one of the new plates) for stamping. I like the design, but Millennium is just too much with such a busy print on the nails. I may have gone a little overboard on this one.. lol. I do like the color combination though! It reminds me of Slytherin.. *must do the Harry Potter nails this week*

Well that's it for now! What do you think of Veruschka? Do you like her better with or without topcoat?

Thanks for stopping by!

Comparison: Barbie vs Cotton Candy

Index and ring are Cotton Candy, middle and pinkie are Barbie.

While I was at it, I thought I'd do a little comparison between Zoya Barbie and Diamond Cosmetics Cotton Candy. They seemed quite similar when I looked at the bottle of Cotton Candy and Barbie on my nails. They are not the same on the nails. Cotton Candy is quite a lot darker and barbie is more of a 'sweet' color. These are not dupes. Note: I didn't have any sunlight in these pics since it has been snowing for days around here. The color of Barbie is a bit off in comparison to the previous pictures, sorry for that.

Another thing: a friend of mine started her own blog this weekend, so be sure you check out LACQUERIZED.. She has beautiful nails!

Thanks for stopping by!

Zoya Barbie

Dit is twee laagjes. De structuur van de lak is een beetje stroperig, waardoor lakken vrij lastig was. Dit is twee laagjes, maar naar mijn mening eigenlijk nog net niet dekkend genoeg. Eigenlijk had ik nog een laagje extra moeten doen, maar daar had ik het geduld niet voor aangezien de lak vrij langzaam droogt. Wat ik jammer vind aan deze lak is dat er in het flesje een subtiele shimmer te zien is, die op de nagel helemaal niet naar voren komt. Jammer, want dat had de lak een stuk interessanter gemaakt denk ik.

This is two coats. Application was a bit tricky since the polish was a bit goopy. This is two coats but I think I should have added another coat, since there is too much visible nail line to my liking. I didn't have the patience to put on another since dryingtime was longer than average. The polish shows a very pretty subtle shimmer in the bottle, which don't shows on the nails. Pity!

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing You A Happy New Year

De laatste post van dit jaar alweer! 2009 is bijna voorbij en dan beginnen we aan 2010. Ik heb voor Zoya Luna gekozen als NYE lak.

The last post of the year! 2009 is almost over and then we start a new year: 2010. I decided to do my NYE mani with Zoya Luna.



Mijn foto's doen deze lak geen eer aan. De lak is zoveel mooier in het echt! Zilveren glitter in een licht zilveren basis, geweldig! Het is echt heel erg veel glitter en ik vind het daarom perfect bij oud & nieuw passen.

My pictures don't do this polish justice. It's so much prettier in real life. Silver glitter in a light silver base, this is three coats. It's a real UltraGlitter and I might even get backups for all three Zoya UltraGlitters. They're gorgeous! So sparkly and festive.

I want to wish you all a happy and healthy new year and I hope to see you in the new year. Be careful with fireworks!

Love, Daph