Collection: Zoya 2015 Summer, Island Fun
I recently picked up six Zoyas during their Color Cube sale last month, and here’s another swatch from that batch of colors.
Today’s polish is from Zoya’s 2015 Summer collection, Island Fun (the cream finish half of Zoya’s usual dual-releases). I’ve previously reviewed Cecilia, Nana, and Talia from this collection.
Serenity (ZP799) is described by Zoya as a “summer purple”, “[r]eminiscent of beautiful blooming irises, a harbinger of summer”. Very poetic! It is a cool, blue-toned purple cream that runs on the deeper end of midtone, but remains vivid, not vampy. It certainly is iris-inspired!
Like Nana, this isn’t the most unique shade, but it’s a fine, and even elegant, example of a blue-toned purple.
Application is lovely, as is typical for Zoya, and the polish is opaque in two coats. The polish dries to a glossy shine.
Zoya Professional Lacquer retails for US$9 and is 0.5 US fl oz / 15 mL. Zoya nail polishes are free of toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and camphor, and are made in the USA.
Zoya is part of Art of Beauty, a privately held company based in Cleveland, OH, USA.
What kind of girl’s name is Serenity? This should have been called Iris. That’s a real person’s name. DUH Zoya. I may have even called this Tullia: The name Tullia comes from the Irish origin. In Irish The meaning of the name Tullia is: Peaceful.
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This kind of girl, obviously! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/11/Serenityship.jpg
Heehee! They probably already released an Iris but it was orange or something. 😀 j/k
Oh, Tullia is a nice name! Never heard of it before. So many Irish names sound really pretty to an English ear.
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I agree, Iris is a much more common name, but I was friends with a girl online whose sister in law was named Serenity (can’t believe I remember that, lol). I really like this shade, super pretty.
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I’ve known Serenas, but not Serenitys! It reminds me of all those Puritanical-sounding names like Chastity, Mercy, and Providence. The real Puritanical names get really odd, too: http://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/usage/puritan
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Yeah, exactly lol. Like Hope and Chastity and Purity (ones I’ve heard…) That list tho, lordy. My favourites were “IF-CHRIST-HAD-NOT-DIED-FOR-THEE-THOU-HAD” and “JESUS-CHRIST-CAME-INTO-THE-WORLD-TO-SAVE”
Imagine calling your kid to breakfast. “Breakfast! Serenity, Mercy, Chastity, Jesus-Christ-Came-Into-The-World-To-Save!” And just calling them Jesus would be slander, so what do you call them for a nickname? World? JCCITWTS? Jay-Cee? LOL. Hey, if people called their kids it, I’ll accept it as a name.
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LMAO! Oh man, those are nuts. I’d def go with JC. I guess there are a lot of Spanish-speakers named Jesús, too…but at least they keep it short 😀
I liked “Hate-Bad” and “Meek”, too. They’re almost like names from a sci-fi.
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Her sister’s name is Serenity? In the US, they name babies super odd names ;D
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LOL I don’t disagree!
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Nice violet tinted purple colour.
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