I don't own many higher end nail polishes, most polishes I own came from the drug store and cost at most five bucks. I just find spending so much on one polish to be a little crazy, especially cause I'm in college and definitely on a budget. So a couple of months ago when I received a ZOYA polish in my ipsy bag, lets just say I was super pumped about trying it out.
The color I received is called Odette, which is a muted purple hue. Work friendly, not too eye catching, just a violet/purple. So today I finally had the chance to try it out an while the color is stunning, I will say I'm a bit disappointed when it comes to application. I've heard from some people who have used ZOYA that it can be a very one coat friendly polish. Lets just say my polish is not one of those.
I forgot to take a picture after one coat but I'm just going to say my nails looked like a mess. I'm not a fan of the tiny brush that Zoya polishes have, precision is all well and good, but I'd rather have an even application of product then a streak fest any day. Not a fan. Anyway, with a sigh, I knew it was going to take a second coat, so I waited...and waited for the first coat to dry.
Then I noticed a second pitfall of this polish, it took
forever for a single coat of polish to dry. Forty minutes later I gave in and applied a second coat. Maybe I should have waited another ten minutes, cause I had some bubbling that after some fixing is still visible on a couple of my nails. I'm sorry, but I am not someone with the patience to wait for almost an hour to let my nails dry. Even if I can just put on a show and zone, almost an hour, that's just not me.
I almost gave up and just wrote off this polish, but I really do enjoy the color, it's not quite as bright as it looks in the bottle. I feel it's more of a spring into fall color then a spring/summer look. Still it is a really lovely color. So instead of removing it all and starting over, I went ahead and waited for another thirty to forty minutes, went to get a bite of food and immediately nicked and smudged my nail, so still not dry...great. At least this polish has quite a bit of shine to it that you can't see the nick and smudging unless you know where to look.
All of this has left me on the fence about Zoya, and granted this is a first impression and I do have a blue Zoya polish to try sometime and I just might. I hope it isn't an every polish same experience kinda thing. Cause at this moment I'm so frustrated by the whole thing that I don't see myself buying this product or recommending it to friends.
Are there any polishes you've tried that have made you feel this way? What are some polishes you've tried and wrote off as a fail? Let me know in the comments below.
