Collection: Zoya 2014 Summer, Bubbly
Back in July, I picked up six Zoyas during their Color Cube sale, and here’s the last swatch from that batch of colors.
Today’s polish is from Zoya’s 2014 Summer collection, Bubbly.
Alma (ZP741) is described by Zoya as a “warm golden peach metallic featuring the exclusive liquid-metal holographic jelly”. It’s loaded with gorgeous, light gold shimmer; the holo glitter comes in a scantier amount. The consistency is also more like that of a regular sheer polish than a jelly.
You’ll see that on the nail, Alma looks more golden yellow-orange than it does in the bottle. This is due to all the gold shimmer and light-colored glitter that ends up layered on the nail.
I’m probably sounding a bit iffy on this polish, now, but actually, I really love Alma! It’s perfect for layering as it has a sheer base and it applies gorgeously. The glitter spreads out very evenly, and I like that the holo isn’t overdone. I used two coats in my swatch, which gives a more opaque look, thanks to all of the sparkly bits.
Here it is with three coats, and different lighting. In person, the holo flashes pastel green, blue and pink.
I also think the heavy yellow-gold tone of the polish will make it more interesting and more wearable for a wider range of people. It always surprises me how many dislike orange, but it is one of my favorite polish colors to wear!
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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.
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A huge MEH leaning towards a NAW for this shade. Just so yellow. And sheer. And glittery.
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LMAO. Everything you hate?! Shh, Alma, don’t listen to her.
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Alma, it’s not you, it’s me.
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This is like a color for babies! Lol
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Waaaah what do you mean?? 😀
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LOL like for babies that want to start out with beauty and makeup.. they would choose this color, no?!
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Hahahaha!!! Probably! I think my very first nail polish was given to me at a birthday party, and it was a pale pink shimmer. I think I’d have preferred an Alma-lookalike! shimma-shimma
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Shimma Shimma! Like a makeup geek eye shadow
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I second stashmatters’ comment! 😛 if I wore it, it would make me think I had a goldfish skinned onto my nails……bad mental image #sorrynotsorry
why do you wear these obnoxious colours well? huh? huh? huh?
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Hahaha! Goldish is actually a great description, I love it! Eww at your image, though. WTF!!! :O
Man, I love orange, guys. And yellow. :p
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I find yellow/orange polishes usually less flattering in general. But wow, that’s really pretty, kind of like a fresh citrus jelly, or pretty orange goldfish :)!
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You’re the second person to mention goldfish – I can’t believe it didn’t occur to me. You guys are totally right! 🙂
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Yeah, I agree with Joy.
Starters, I should say. But it looks like one of Disney Princesses gowns (there! to support the “babies” more)
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LOL! More Alma for me, then! 😀 It does have a princessy vibe, with all the sparkles.
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I can’t stop laughing! 😀
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