I pulled out some of my untried Zoya greens for the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day. These are from collections last year, but they were both so pretty that I had to share.
First, we have Gemma from their Spring 2011 Intimate collection
- a soft sage green shimmer.
I wanted this shade for its flash of blue-violet shimmer, but I didn't get around to buying it until I found it in an Ulta clearance bin. The formula was pretty thin and watery, but I think that might have been my fault. The poor thing had been sitting around for awhile - it probably needed a lot more rolling to get it mixed back up to normal consistency. I needed three coats to get it opaque, but it might work with two if I mix it better next time.
For those of you in parts of the country where it's still feels more like the end of winter than the beginning of spring...
here's Yara, an olive green with gold flecks,
from the Mirrors half of the Fall 2011 Smoke and Mirrors collection.
Yara's formula was thicker (maybe because it's also newer and needed less shaking?) and went on easily in two coats. I really enjoyed the soft, spring-like effect of Gemma, but I LOVED Yara. This is such a beautiful color. Why didn't I wear this all fall?? It's smoky, it's subtly sparkly, it's so pretty!
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