Beautiful, beautiful purple I've got from a swap with Karen - thanks again!

Zoya Valerie - stunning deep blue-ish purple colour with reddish duochrome purple flecks which goes to gold colour. I love the contrast between the cold and warm purple and the shimmery particles! Formula was very good as well, I needed two coats for a perfect coverage and polish dried fast.

Don't you just love it when the colour is beautiful AND the formula is great too? This polish is definitely one of my favourites at this time. It reminds me China Glaze Cowgirl Up except CHG has very subtle shimmer.

Price: 3/5
Formula: 4/5
Coverage: 4/5
Chipping: 4/5

For a Winter 2009 Zoya released UltraGlitter Collection. I finally got my hands on one of them-Astra (it is quite hard to get Zoyas :(  ) It applied very nice despite the fact it is all rosy-magenta glitter in light pink jelly base. I wanted it last long so I applied two coats of Astra and then Seche Vite top coat and Wet Glaze top coat. And it lasted amazing 6 days without any chipping. After 6 days I wanted a change so I took it off. I'm sure, it would last at least another 4 days in perfect condition.

The removal was AWFUL!Yes, I know it is a glitter, but even on glitter it was awful! What was worst - while removing glittery nail polish, glitters scratched my nails so I had to smooth them with nail buffer.

BUT all the dreadful removing was beaten with all the beauty and colour of the polish. It totally matched to my glitter top and I couldn't stop watching my nails!

After application/ Po aplikaci

After 4 days/ Po 4 dnech

After 6 days/ Po 6 dnech

Pro lonskou Zimu 2009 Zoya vytvorila kolekci UltraGlitter. Konecne se mi z ni podarilo ukoristit alespon jeden lacek-Astra. lak se aplikoval moc pekne navzdory tomu, ze je to ruzovo-fuchsiovy glitter v naruzovelem zele zakladu. Chtela jsem, aby mi dlouho vydrzel, takze jsem nanesla dve vrstvy laku a na to vrstvu Seche Vite top coatu a pak jeste vrstvu tekuteho skla. Lak vydrzel uzasnych 6 dni bez jakehokoliv poskozeni (viz. fotky)! Po 6 dnech uz jsem chtela vyzkouset jiny lak,takze jsem ho sundala. Jsem ale presvedcena,ze by vydrzel bez chybicky alespon dalsi 4 dny.

Odlakovavani bylo jednim slovem priserny! I na glitrovy lak to bylo hrozne! Nejhorsi bylo,ze pri odlakovavani mi glitry poskrabaly nehty a odlupovaly se mi takove jemne dlouhe supinky. Musela jsem je potom zahladit jemnym pilnikem.

Ale i ta hrozna zkusenost s odlakovavanim byla prebita krasou a nadhernou barvou tohoto laku! Krasne doplnoval muj glitrovy topik a nemohla jsem prestat koukat na svy nehty :)