Copper Week Day 5: Zoya Cheryl

This one may be a bit of a stretch, as Cheryl is a dark, dark copper shimmer verging on brown, but in the sunlight pictures, you can see that it justifies its inclusion in the copper category.  Cheryl is easy to work with and opaque in two coats.  All swatches are two coats with no top coat (the streaks on my index finger are only visible in that one shot, not in real life).

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Cheryl was originally part of the Wicked collection from Fall 2010 and is now part of Zoya's core line, and can be found on their website and in some salons and brick and mortar stores.

Copper Week Day 4: Illamasqua Faithful

Faithful was part of the 2012 Summer collection from Illamasqua, but is still available at Sephora.  It's a dusty, browned copper shimmer with a lovely formula--it was opaque in two coats and went exactly where I wanted it to.  This is actually quite different from the rest of my collection of copper polishes, and I'm glad I spent the extra money for it!  All swatches are two coats with one coat of Nubar Diamont.

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Faithful fills a gap in my copper collection I didn't even know I had, and it's definitely available on Sephora's website, although I'm not sure whether or not it's available in their brick and mortar stores.

Copper Week Day 3: Zoya Ivy

Ivy is a beautiful coppery red with a ton of shimmer and sass.  It's a little bit shimmery for some workplaces, but the color is the sum total of Autumn for me.  It's opaque in two coats, shiny before top coat, and flows onto the nail with ease and no dragging or pooling.  All swatches are two coats without top coat.

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A stunning fall copper with a lovely formula, Ivy is part of Zoya's core line, and can be found on their website and in some salons and brick and mortar stores.

Copper Week Day 2: Sephora Vivid Metallic

Vivid Metallic was part of Sephora's Pantone Universe collaboration to celebrate the color of 2012, Tangerine Tango.  It's an orange-leaning copper foil, which took three coats for opacity, showed every flaw in my nails despite ridge-filling base coat and showed brush strokes like mad.  Fortunately, I only paid $3, and it will be a decent base for copper glitter topcoats.

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Sephora polishes are available on their website and in their brick and mortar stores.

Copper Week Day 1: Zoya Colette

I can't believe I haven't done a whole week dedicated to copper polishes yet!  Well, it's officially Autumn, so I'm remedying that mistake.

Colette is a very soft browned copper shimmer polish and is one of Zoya's core colors.  It's work-appropriate, fall-appropriate, opaque in two coats,and a lovely background for any of my dozen or so copper glitter toppers.  What more could I ask for? :)  All swatches are two coats of this very well-behaved polish (neither too thick nor too thin, no pooling, dripping, lagging or bald spots).

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Colette isn't a true duochrome, but the color does shift slightly towards either the orange or the brown end of copper depending on the lighting.  It's also decent for stamping.  Colette is available on Zoya's website and at salons and some brick and mortar stores which carry Zoya polishes.