Zoya True Collection Swatches and Review

Happy New Year, lacquered loved ones! I am starting the new year off with a bang, as a real beauty blogger. Zoya sent me the new True Collection to swatch and review, my first ever nail polish gift for review. I'm blown away that Zoya takes me and my blog seriously, and I'm especially thrilled because they are a local company. These polishes will be available for purchase on January 13, 2012 at Zoya.

Thank you so much, Zoya!

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Now, on to the swatches:

Zoya describes Cho as "Full coverage, vanilla shimmer metallic" and I would say that it's on the yellow side of beige, and the shimmer is extremely subtle. It adds a tiny bit of glow rather than being in your face. It took three coats for full coverage and dried in a reasonable time.

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Zoya describes Farah as "Full coverage, latte beige cream" and color-wise it's a browner version of Cho, with a tiny hint of rose. Like Cho, it took three coats for full coverage, but dried quickly.

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Zoya describes Bevin as "Full coverage, pale sage green cream" and I would add that it's perfect. I didn't think from the press release that I would be able to wear this, but it's not at all a yellow-sage, but leans just slightly blue-grey, and it's dusty and lovely and beautiful. It was an easy two-coater, and dried quickly.

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Zoya describes Skylar as "Full coverage, silvered slate blue metallic" and I would say it's in the same family as Barielle Falling Star, but with silver shimmer instead of copper. I used two coats, and while the pictures show some bald spots that could have been covered with a third coat, they were not visible from typical conversational distance. Dry time was a bit slower than the others in this collection, but still quite decent.

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Next up is Lotus, which Zoya describes as "Full coverage, light lotus purple metallic" and I say it's a red-purple the exact color of the buds on my lilac bushes, full of fuchsia shimmer. It was an easy two-coater, dried fairly quickly, and absolutely defeated my camera when it came to getting pictures of the shimmer. It's completely amazing.

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Last and definitely not least, Tru. Zoya describes this beauty as "Full coverage, gilded purple orchid metallic" which is true but inadequate. This is a dark reddish purple with copper and fuchsia glitter, which I may have to re-swatch when I get my new camera. It's a two-coater and frankly stunning. This is the polish equivalent of New Year's fireworks!

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So to sum up, Zoya knocked it out of the part with four of the shades in this collection and added two pretty neutrals with the other two. If you like purples, Tru and Lotus are don't-miss colors!

And a little teaser for my next series of posts...