Zoya Dree Swatch on St. Patrick Day

It's St. Patrick's Day today! We don't celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Malaysia and therefore I have no idea what this day is all about. As curious as a cat, I decided to look up in the Wikipedia to understand better. Quoted from Wikipedia, St. Patrick's Day commemorates Saint Patrick (c. AD 387–461), the most commonly recognised of the patron saints of Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.

Green color and shamrock, a 3 leaved clover, always associate with St. Patrick Day and therefore I decided to put on a green color polish today. I don't have many green polishes in my Stash and today I have chosen 1 of my favorite green - Zoya Dree from the Smoke and Mirrors collection 2011!

Zoya Dree is the first Zoya polish that I own. Prior becoming a Zoya craze, I have been consistently reading good reviews on Zoya polish. During my trip to US on last Jan, I decided to pick up a bottle of Zoya at Ulta. Due to the tight budget, I only managed to pick 1 up (though I have a long list in my wish list :D). I fell in love instantly when the first stroke landed on my nail bed. Though today this is not my first time wearing this color, I am still in love with this color.

Zoya Dree - Flash

 Dree is a yellow toned olive green which work excellently on a warm skin tone like mine. This color reminded me of the army uniform which I used to see at the streets on weekends when I studied in Singapore.

Zoya Dree - artificial light

The formula is excellent like all other Zoya polishes. It was so easy to work with even the most careless person wouldn't make mistake when applying Zoya. This is one of the main reasons why I love Zoya so much, their formula never fail me. 

By the way, I went out bared nail this morning before I put Dree on. If you are interested how my bare nails look like, head on down to my another blog here.

Til next time... Esther

Zoya Yara Swatch & Review

I have been reading post regarding Zoya polishes but never have a chance  to get my hands on it for long long time. I guess Zoya is not as famous as other brands such as OPI in Malaysia and that makes harder to get one here, unless we order online.

As I read more about Zoya, my interests on this brand expands. I knew I wanted to start collecting Zoya when they released the Smoke and Mirror collection last Fall. The colors were captivating and interesting. 

However, I did not manage to get any until my last trip to US in Jan. Since I was super broke shopping too much, I only managed to get 1 from the collection  during that trip and that was Zoya Dree. After I returned to Malaysia, I regretted not getting Zoya Yara! Whenever Yara swatch photos popped out in Google, I drooled so hard that I decided to place an order with Sharon from Nail Polish Spree in late Jan. 

I finally got the polish last Monday and I knew at once that I would definitely love this color by looking at the bottle alone. Opps, I have been telling too much of the grandmother story.. So here is the swatch photos...

Love the stunning gold shimmer!

This color does look good on my warm skin tone.

One thing I love about Zoya polish, other than the lovely color, is the superb formula. The polish flows easily and level itself effortlessly. Zoya is marketed as the longest wearing nail lacquer. Well, I do not wear a color for more than 3 days so I couldn't confirm the durability. I guess base coat and top coat do play a big part on this. It is my 2nd day on wearing this color with Essie First Base as base coat and Essie Good to Go as top, let's see when I would see the first chip.

Til next time... Esther

Surprised Nail Mail...

I have a surprised nail mail this morning. It was a recent purchase from Ebay seller u4iasalon on 3rd Feb. Did not expect it to arrive in 8 days from US to Malaysia! I am certainly pleased and satisfied with the shipping time.


It was all started with my recent crush on Zoya polish. I love their variety of color and most importantly their good formula. Initially I thought I would buy a lot of them during my recent trip to US in Jan but only managed to get 1 bottle because I was almost broke spending too much shopping in US. 


Like most of the international Zoya lovers, I am really sad and disappointed that zoya.com doesn't ship internationally. It is almost impossible for us to find Zoya in Malaysia retail and the only way is purchase through some polish spree-er such as NAIL POLISH SPREE - MALAYSIAN EDITION. However, the wait time could some time go up to 1 month+. Although I normally order from Sharon in NAIL POLISH SPREE - MALAYSIAN EDITION, I do want to try my luck searching online for alternative ways.


Forgot where I have read some forum discussion saying u4iasalon offers good range of Zoya. Out of curiosity, I checked out their Ebay store. Though not many polishes was listed in their store, I was able to find 1 of the Zoya I was looking for - Zoya Avery from Feel collection. Since their received 100% positive feedback, so I decided to give it a try. You could tell I am 100% satisfied with this purchase! :)


The package that came in this morning. It was all the way from US to Malaysia and it only took 8 days! cool :)

Zoya Avery. Far in the background are the boxes that keep my polish collection :) The polish was nicely wrapped in bubble wrap and a piece of red gift paper. I was too excited and I ripped open the package before I remember to take a photo of the nice package. Definitely would have to do a swatch blog on this...

Other than the polish I ordered, the seller was also kind enough to send me 2 free nail enamel boards and some hand written Thank You notes. Love! 

I definitely will check back this store again if I look for any Zoya products in the future. I do hope they have more listings in Ebay but since they have contact detail listed in their website, I guess no harm emailing them on other Zoya items that are not listed in the store, might even find some surprises though. 




Til next time... Esther