Some Kind Of Wonderful

Behold the lovely heaven of Zoya's Kelly.
The grey is cold, murky, twisted, loch ness-like and full of Sleepy Hollow evil. Chanel's Paradoxal is almost cheerful in comparison. Fall is going to be a Tim Burton fairyland.

Kelly is part of the Zoya Fall collection called Wonderful. Kelly retails solo for $7. The entire Wonderful sampler collection retails for $36. Visit http://www.zoya.com/content/38/category/Zoya.html?brndid=38 to order or for more details.

Disclosure: A press sample was provided by Zoya and Chanel.

Zoya Fall Shades

The cream collection is called Vibe.
Asia is an amaranth red. It is a more rosy red shade.
Alix is a crimson red. It is a deep red with some blue. Think British Redcoats.
Riley is a loganberry red.
Dakota is a carnelian red. It is a reddish brown.
Nina is a hot fudge chocolate shade.
Sam is a maroon red with some sangria thrown in. Think of a fall red wine.

Pulse

Sloane is an eggplant purple. It has a fine shimmer backdrop. The glitter is a hodgepodge of purple and red glitter. The red fire is evident in the sunlight.
At first glance Mikka looks like Sloane until you get it on the nails. This shade is a cool grape with some silver pearl.
Blair is cool toned berry shimmer.
Colbie is a warm toned coppery red.
Rihana is my current manicure shade. It is a garnet plummy shade.
Jacy is a red violet with tiny blue shimmer. Run and get this one.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman and Wikipedia

Disclaimer: A press sample of this product was provided by Zoya.

Zoya is releasing two collections in May called Chit Chat and Gossip. Chit chat is inspired by beauty bloggers while gossip's inspiration is the MTV television show, The Hills.

Gaia from The Non Blonde will be a shimmery white. I know that I will use her shade for my springtime french manicures.
Lianne from Makeup Girl ,Erika from Makeup Bag, Elke from The BeautyBlog Network and Michelle from the nail polish bible All Lacquered Up will all have a polish named in their honor.

I also have been chosen to be a part of this group. When I first found out, I could not wait to tell my nail tech. She has been a longtime supportive of Zoya.
My shade will be a red orange with gold shimmer.

The Gossip collection will fly off the shelves. The colors are strong, bright and season appropriate. I will be caving on Elodie just because she is such a badass. I was delighted when she put the screws to Heidi.

Visit All Lacquered Up for a sneak of the shades:
http://www.alllacqueredup.com/2008/02/zoya-summer-collections-2008-sneak-peek.html

Credit: Blogdorf Goodman (These are not part of the new Zoya Collections)

Zoya Fall 2007 Collection

Dramaqueenie2 is the one that alerted me to the new Fall Zoya collection. She stated that it was spectacular and lemming worthy. DQ2 is my nail tech editor and confidante. When she says something is heart stopping gorgeous, then you not only listen, but you purchase it the first opportunity you get.

As always she was 100% correct about this collection.

It is stunning.

It is broken into two parts.

The Uptown Collection features red based shades while the Downtown collection is filled with dark shimmers ranging from navy to eggplant.

Freja

Uptown

Tess is duochrome rose shade

Chelsea is going to be a hot at my nail salon. It is a candy cane shimmery red that will be perfect for holiday pedicures. It shimmers and pops.

Andi is a deeper and more blue based red. It reminds me of a British hunting jacket.

Quinn is a burgundy that leans on the purple side

Coco is a dusty brown based red. This color is off the charts unique and fabulous. In the bottle it appears to be a plummy pink.

Paige is like Coco but with more of a pink based red. I am guessing that DQ2 will be able to nail descriptions of these last two colors. I am at a loss to be able to describe them with accuracy. I have spent the last two days going back and forth from saying they are pink based plums to muted reds.


Downtown

Freja: A gun metal gray shade with a smidge of dusty lilac shimmer thrown in. This is a pretty feminine version of all the blacks on the market.

This is the one that will fly off the shelves.

Indigo: Marianne from Koneko Mostly Beauty Diary nailed it when she said that it reminded her of Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night. The deep mysterious navy twinkles and sparkles with every turn in the sunlight. This is my personal favorite from the entire collection.

Kotori: A shimmery sheer intense teal with a black base. This layers very well with dark based shades. The shimmer power packs a powerful punch. It is also gorgeous.

Reg Ray is a shimmery eggplant. I have not seen or tested this shade personally.

Suvi is shimmery hunter green. The sparkle is less intense to the power of Kotori but they share the same sheer black base. This takes 3 coats and over to achieve it's full effect. It is worth it though. I predict that DQ2 will fall under its spell.

Lael is a deep eggplant creme. There is no shimmery or spark but it is rich and captivating.

Coco and Paige

Suvi

Lael

Kotori and Indigo

Part 2 by Dramaqueenie2 is coming soon.

Credits: Zoya, Style.com and Blogdorf Goodman
Disclosure: A press sample of this product was provided by Zoya.