Zoya's more demure second half of their summer collection is called Summertime, filled with opaque full-figured crèmes that certainly aren't lacking in pigment. I wasn't especially excited for this half like I was Sunshine, but I was pleasantly surprised at the quality I found in these lacquers.
Areej is a soft, muted cool fuchsia pink that teeters on being almost dusty. This is two coats, which is pretty fab, I would expect to do three on a color like this.

Kieko is a warm, red toned light berry purple. Lovingly dusty in finish, which I quite like and didn't expect to see in a summer color. This is also two coats.

Sooki is the brightest in the bunch, as a crispy cherry red. This would be my favorite, except I found she stains badly. Oh well, she's a sassy minx. This is two coats as well. Almost a jelly, more a jelly crème really.

Mira (love the name!) is a medium grape purple that reminds me of China Glaze Grape Pop but pulls a little lighter. It has that same almost dusty look that Areej does. This is three coats.

Breezi is probably my favorite in the collection. Very similar if not a dupe for OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui. This is three coats with a topcoat, as I wore it as a full mani.

Tamsen is the only name I've never heard before, haha. And it's another of my favorite picks from the bunch. A tomato red, pulling more orange than Sooki, this lacquer is also a deeper red and more complex. I really like this.

So this collection is not the most unique set of colors ever produced, but it is a solid group of well pigmented shades. I was surprised to see some of these in a summer collection, as I said, but that's fine, nothing wrong with pushing the rules a bit! What say you, oh loved ones?
Areej is a soft, muted cool fuchsia pink that teeters on being almost dusty. This is two coats, which is pretty fab, I would expect to do three on a color like this.












You know, I really like this collection. It isn't anything amazing, but I find all these colors really suit me when I think of summer. Just nice rich creme that make me think of warm weather. =)
ReplyDeleteI think they're all very nice and probably would have gotten the whole collection if I hadn't put myself on a no-buy for pinks and reds--I did get the purples and the blue.
ReplyDeletethese look great
ReplyDeleteI liked this collection but I had OPI exact dupes for all of them, except Sooki. Kind of a bummer the colors were not more original.
ReplyDeleteMira is beautiful
ReplyDeleteLove Mira :)
ReplyDeleteI love this collection, zoya cremes are awesome!
ReplyDeleteAreej looks beautiful on you! Zoya always chooses such weird names for their polishes, ones you never hear of. Now why can't they do one with my name... =P
ReplyDeleteLovely colors.
ReplyDeleteThe first one is my absolute favourite one, but the reds stand right behind it :)
ReplyDeleteI just can't help it, but when I see a gorgeous red I love it. Sooki is my favorite. I think it's named for Sooki of TrueBlood fame. The red fits it perfectly! I own the whole collection. When Zoya had the buy 6 get 6 free I went to town!
ReplyDeletePersonally I am a fan of cremes and "ordinary" colors. I love all of these! I think I might have to order these when Juan falls asleep! HA!
ReplyDeleteI love cremes, so this collection I quite like
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love, Breezi. It's the only one I got from the collection and I'm pleased that I did!
ReplyDeleteI've just swatched them all and I wore Areej as a full mani. They are great polishes, very easy to paint with and on my nails all of them gave full coverage with two layers. Not very "summery" but still absolutely gorgeous! My favourite is Mira. Stunning purple!
ReplyDeleteThese all look beautiful on you. I don't do reds, but the rest are calling my name!
ReplyDeletelove the blue and purple! i have been a fan of zoya for a long time!! :)
ReplyDeletei want them all all all alllllll!!!!!!! so pretty eeeeee come to us summer!
ReplyDeletexooxoxox