I started the week wearing Zoya Yves from this year's Matte Velvet Collection. All the reviews I have read have raved about this one, but it seemed really flat while matte. I don't really like flat matte nails, which is why the matte velvets appeal to me, They've got some shimmer/texture when matte. Yves is not like that though. I rarely wear the Matte Velvets matte though, I always topcoat to bring out that breathtaking shimmer. Yves has it, but it's pretty hidden unless you are under strong lighting.
I am unsure how I feel about this one. I'm disappointed in the look of it matte, and I wish the shimmer was more prominent. It has a fantastic formula but stains really bad. It looks very similar to OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue, but the OPI is metallic and this one looks like a navy cream unless the lighting shows the shimmer. It might go in my destash pile, I haven't decided yet.
After being disappointed in Yves, I decided that I wanted to wear a truly sparkly Zoya. I opted for Zoya's Gilda from the Sparkle Collection.
Gilda is a bright nearly hot pink jelly loaded with gold flaky glitter. The glitter takes on some of the pink color making it look orange. Gilda is very very sheer and when I put 3 coats on, you could still see the dark blue staining from Yves. So I ended up wearing it over a berry cream color (Zoya's Areej). Areej is a nice 2 coater cream which I topped with 2 coats of Gilda. Gilda is the color of the bottle in the picture, my nails are cooler toned because of the berry base. I ended up getting really busy and wore this for 4 or 5 days.
After bright pink, I wanted to wear a fall-esque color and chose OPI Green on the Runway from last year's Coca Cola Collection. It is a emerald green/copper red duochrome.
Green on the Runway is a 2-3 coater with a fantastic color shift. It's probably my favorite duochrome. Although metallic, it doesn't leave obvious brushstrokes. This was my favorite polish of the week.
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