Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Stash Swatch Initiative: Zoya Adina

Hello again!!

Zoya Adina. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
Today's beauty is the lovely Adina from the Reverie Collection!

Zoya Adina. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
Zoya Adina was part of my first ever Zoya purchase. I was so excited for this one, and I'm very glad it's now in my little stash bin. It's a gorgeous purple with green to silver duochrome shimmer. The formula on this was great. It's thin and flows easily, but it's workable and doesn't pool. Swatches today are a base of Sally Hansen Nail Protix, three coats of Adina, and a topcoat of Orly Sec n' Dry. At two coats, I could still see some VNL, so three coats are a must for this one.

Zoya Adina. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
This was also the polish that taught me to keep Seche Vite away from my Zoyas. The first time I wore this, I had terrible shrinkage; it looked like I had serious tipwear immediately. I haven't had great luck with SV and Zoya together since then, so I've sought alternatives to SV. That's why you see that I use Orly's Sec n' Dry when I wear Zoya polish, but my go-to topcoat is usually Seche Vite. Anyone else notice that SV doesn't play well with Zoya?

Zoya Adina. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.
As I've said before: I bought my bottle from Zoya's website. They offer a lot of great deals, especially if you're plugged into their social networking, so like them on Facebook! They also offer deals to their existing customers (those who have an account set up at their website) on occasion. If you don't have an account and want one, you're welcome to use this link to make a new account. It's my "Share the Love" link, which if you do sign up by using it, I'll get points to use towards more deals on polish and, as a first time customer, you'll get a free bottle of polish when you order! Awesome! My link takes you to the seasonal collections page; you can create a new account by using the link at the top of that page that says "Create An Account". Once your account is set up, if you go to "My Account" then click "My Coupon Codes" you'll see the code for a free bottle of polish. I believe you have to order more items to use it, so it's not a total freebie.

Zoya Adina. Indoors, artificial light, with flash.
Zoya Month rolls along tomorrow with another purple polish!

Zoya Adina. Indoors, artificial light, no flash.
More soon!! ^_^










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