I can’t believe how much swatching I got done this weekend and now I have tons of stuff saved up to show you. I was in a swatching mindset and things were just going my way so that’s how I managed to get so much done. One of the collections that I swatched this weekend is the Zoya Naturel Satins Collection. To be perfectly honest, I was totally expecting to hate this one so hard because I just kind of hate dealing with most matte/satin collections because the formula on them ends up being a huge pain in the ass. Well, I know you are dying to hear what I thought (not), so let me show you my swatches before I get into it.
Zoya Tove
Zoya Sage
Zoya Rowan
Zoya Leah
Zoya Brittany
Zoya Ana
Ok, let m just say that I really like how these look. They are the perfect in between finish–everything that was promised. Surprisingly, the formula is not horrible but it’s not perfect either. For all of these I applied 1 regular coat and 1 thick coat to smooth everything out. The polish doesn’t set up lighting fast, so you have a little time to play with the polish, but it is also very easy to overwork it and get a super lumpfest. I findt he shades here very lovely and perfectly transitional as they were meant to be. I’m a little torn on these. I guess I can say that I don’t love them, but I don’t hate them either. If these had been regular cremes, I would have lost my marbles over them. I guess I can just top coat them, but I just don’t want to have to fiddle with the finicky formula. If I had to pick a favorite, I would go with Sage or Tove. Overall, I am pleasantly surprised with these and can recommend them if you don’t mind the formula and the finish. You can find these on Zoya.com where each polish retails for $9. What do you think about these? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon.
These look nice. I like how soft and wearable they are.
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These look really good and make me think “maybe I should try them again, maybe I didn’t give them a fair chance” and then I remember how long they took to dry w the thick coats used to try to smooth them out and I’m like nahhhhh. I think the finish is interesting though, just not my thing. They’re like a LITTLE too shiny I think.
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I’m so dead. These look so gorgeous on you! Especially the first two! Great swatches!
Sage was my fav from above too 🙂
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Interesting finish! For some reason I thought these would look like Matte Velvets and I think I probably would’ve preferred that. This satin finish looks a bit rubbery but still interesting somehow..hmm. I’m torn! Tove is a lovely shade!
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Potential for super lumpfest…nooo!
You have a good point that these would’ve been killer as straight cremes (at least in my opinion, haha).