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Review & Swatches: Zoya Beach Collection for Summer 2012

by Amber on April 2, 2012

in nail polish,new products,product reviews,swatches

I know the first official day of spring was only a few weeks ago, but I have both of the new summer collections from Zoya to show you! First up is the Beach Collection, the second will be posted this week as well—the Surf Collection. Beach has six shades, five of which are cremes, and one is a shimmer. You’ll only see four in the photos, as UPS wasn’t very gentle on my precious cargo! I opened the box to find two broken polish bottles, with polish EVERYWHERE! It took me a while to even get these cleaned up for this post. The two that are missing are raspberry-like cremes (Reagan and Lara), and from what I’ve seen online—they look really pretty. I’m bummed they’re damaged, but I’m so glad these were intact so that I may share them.

Tracie is a shimmering pale grass green. The flow of this one is superb in my opinion, I didn’t experience any streaking—and two coats was perfectly opaque. 

Wednesday is an aqua creme. I felt like the consistency on Wednesday and Arizona (below) seemed a little thicker, but it didn’t prove to be troublesome—I just wanted to note the slight difference.

Arizona is an orange/coral creme. I like that this is almost like it’s a slightly dusty orange, since it’s somewhat muted.

Shelby is a soft, dusty pink creme. I needed a very sheer third coat with this one to get complete coverage, but it wasn’t terrible or anything. I just felt like it made it look a little better!

More photos…

Bottom Line…

These are perfect for anyone who wants to jump on the bright polish trend, but who also don’t want to wear some of the really flashy neons that are so popular right now. My personal picks are Wednesday and Arizona, with Tracie not trailing far behind.

Price & Availability…

$8 each, zoya.com

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  • http://www.jennstaz.com Jenn Staz

    These are so gorgeous! I’m so sorry to hear that some of them broke. What a mess! UPS is on my *list* anyways, and your news of broken cargo didn’t help!

    Anyway, yeah I’m pretty sure I’m going to order all of these. Your swatches are gorgeous. Hey – what do you do to treat your cuticles? Mine are a wreck, but if I do ANYTHING, that would be an improvement.

  • Amber

    Thank you, Jenn! I am OBSESSED with moisturizing my cuticles. I use the Argan Oil/Lavender balm on them from Four Truffles every night before bed. I HIGHLY recommend it, especially when you’re swatching a lot—all of that polish remover kills my cuticles.

  • http://www.BeautyByKrystal.com Beauty By Krystal

    Aw, these shades are divine! I love them ALL!

  • Rebecca

    Generally when new collections come out, I can talk myself out of most of the shades and only get the tones/finishes that I feel my stash is missing… but I think that every shade in both Beach and Surf is going to be a must have for me!! Thanks for your gorgeous swatches and sorry to hear that UPS wasn’t nice to your package! :(

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