Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Zoya Isla & Zoya Kalmia



Above & Below: The above pictures were taken outdoors at dusk, no flash, below picture in indoors with flash. Index and ring fingers are wearing 2 coats of Kalmia, middle and pinkie fingers are sporting 2 coats of Isla.
Well, I told you I wanted to finish up the Truth set tonight and I still had these 2 polishes to swatch, but laziness set in. So what we have is a skittled look with beautiful colors that unfortunately, don't look so beautiful together. Hopefully you get the general idea of the colors individually and forgive me for being lazy! Isla is a rich, shimmery deep ruby red that seems to have a black base. I do believe that of the 6 polishes in the Truth set, this one is my favorite. I was quite taken with Drew, the carnation pink shimmer I posted first in this series, but Isla is in a class of it's own. Kalmia is pretty also, as it appears to be the color of caramelized peaches (those are delicious over ice cream, by the way). It's a burnt orange shade, but it has a touch of golden shimmer, which seems to soften it somewhat.
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  1. NicoleAugust 5, 2009 at 10:00 PM

    So glad you swatched these - I actually picked out Isla so now I'm happy I did, looks GORGEOUS! Yay! Even more excited to get it now.
    Now I want ice cream, with caramelized peaches. I've never had that, but I love caramel. Can't wait for fall!
    Wow, that was a bit random. I must need to go to bed.

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  2. PinkgingerAugust 5, 2009 at 10:27 PM

    Wow,I love Zoya! The colours they have are always gorgeous,and these ones look great on you.Too bad they don't ship to Canada :(

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  3. KaeAugust 5, 2009 at 11:12 PM

    I can't wait to get my 3! I like Kalmia a lot.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 5, 2009 at 11:34 PM

    I am more and more impressed with Zoya the more I look at swatches. Unfortunately I don't own any Zoya polishes but I may have to change that! I couldn't decide what shade I like more from your pics so great swatch! Thank you :)

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  5. Helen (Nice Things)August 6, 2009 at 3:35 AM

    I think Isla would be my favourite too - absolutely gorgeous!

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  6. SkyeAugust 6, 2009 at 5:09 AM

    gorjuz

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  7. LucyAugust 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM

    Very pretty colors. I believe that I bought these two yesterday. Glad they look so pretty.

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  8. VelvetAugust 6, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    They're both so lovely! I like em both.

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