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| Zoya Entice-- Fall 2014 |
Hi everyone!! Entice is the classic creme finish half of Zoya's Fall 2014 collections. You know cremes are my jam, lol, and Zoya's fall cremes are the ones I look forward to all year long. Let's get started.
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| Zoya Nyssa |
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| Zoya Nyssa |
Nyssa is a medium camel shade, and more cognac than chocolate, which is how Zoya describes it. It's less foody and more fashion-- I have a couple pairs of boots in this color and I love them. Nyssa feels like an extension of the brown tones in Naturel Deux {HERE}. Two coats, one layer of topcoat.
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| Zoya Claire |
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| Zoya Claire |
Claire is the ubiquitous fall classic burgundy jelly. Some are red leaning, some purple; this one leans brown. Two coats, one layer of topcoat. Beware of cuticle flooding and staining.
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| Zoya Veronica |
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| Zoya Veronica |
Veronica is a classic, warm magenta. I always find myself rather bored with this shade but fall in love once I have it on my nails. Two coats, one layer of topcoat.
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| Zoya Margo |
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| Zoya Margo |
Margo is a cool plum. I like the slight edge of chill and drama this one has on Veronica. Two coats, one layer of topcoat.
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| Zoya Ryan |
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| Zoya Ryan |
Ryan is a dark midnight blue jelly that translates darker than my photos in real life (I received a comment yesterday from a gal who had to look closer at my nails to convince herself it wasn't black). Ryan's got some very slight cuticle staining issues but I've experienced much, much worse. For a dark blue, this one is nearly faultless. Two coats, one layer of topcoat.
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| Zoya Genevieve |
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| Zoya Genevieve |
Genevieve is a dark shark grey with some nearly imperceptible microshimmer, giving it a slight and very cool hint of a frost finish. Two coats, one layer of topcoat.
I've said before that I feel Zoya's cremes are where their formula is lacking a bit. Both Naturel collections and summer's Tickled seemed to prove that remedied but there is not one polish in this set that didn't give me a little trouble-- all are on the thin side, with the jellies, Claire and Ryan, being especially problematic. Be careful and expect to spend a little more time than usual on cleanup.
Entice is pretty, in summation, but neither mindblowing nor original. I
mentioned Nyssa as feeling like an extension of Naturel Deux; Veronica, Claire,
and Margo could easily be, as well. This isn't a bad thing, but a
little more diversity after Deux would have been welcome. A dark blue with minimal staining and a chic grey are always welcome in my collection, though-- my top choices are Ryan and Genevieve.
The Entice collection is available on Zoya.com for $9each, $54 for the full set.
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Thank you for reading and have a lovely day!! ♥♥
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I'm really liking Ryan and Claire. I know they're not super unique but I love a good dark creme!
ReplyDeleteI do, too :) If Claire was a little redder I'd like it better.
DeleteReally nice fall shades. I like them a lot.
ReplyDeleteSaweet!! Zoya is always spot-on for fall :)
DeleteReally nice collection! Liking the blue a lot :-)
ReplyDeleteThe blue... ♥♥♥
DeleteThese aren't the wowzers that the Ignite shades are, but I do really like Veronica and Margo. How predictable. :) Claire reminds me of Pepper quite a bit.
ReplyDeletePepper is a creme and much redder (I like it better, actually) but good call! These are nice shades, to be sure. I liked last year's better.
DeleteHi sis - great post, very helpful review!!! I actually felt the same about the extension of the Naturel 2 - as if these shades were part of the selection but didn't make it into that previous collection - I like Nyssa though quite a lot! My other picks would be Margo and Genevieve - I haven't aborted blue but it seems so not oroginal and my alltime dark blue jelly is still the one from - guess!!! Butter London - have a lovely day too!!! xxx
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to figure out which Butter and I just don't recall! I think that, because I have two other vampy loves (including a Butter), they is why Claire didn't wow me (though I maintain there's too much brown in this one). As for the blue, I've had such trouble with those shades staining that I'm just happy to now have a fair well behaved one in my stash ;)
DeleteSorry to hear that the formula wasn't great but they do look great on. I love both the berry shades and that navy blue.
ReplyDeleteWell, no one else seems to have found fault with them so maybe I'm just over critical. It is a very pretty collection, to be sure.
DeleteGreat swatches, wanna bet which one I got? Hahaha :)
ReplyDeleteNo idea. None. :)
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