Remember that blog post where I talked about my Mom’s favorite makeup products? I received several emails from you guys telling me how much you loved it and that you would like to see more of these “personal stuff meets beauty” kinds of posts, so here’s a mini-series for you!
As you know, my Mom was able to visit me in September, and that’s why I wasn’t really working at all that month. I scheduled as many posts in advance as I could and just enjoyed my time with her without worrying too much about blogging deadlines. Sadly, I am only able to see her once a year at best, because my parents live in Moscow, Russia, so it’s not exactly a cheap trip. By the way, I haven’t seen my Dad since 2012, but luckily him and Mom made plans to come visit me together in March.
While Mom was visiting, she decided to stock up on nail polish, because as far as I know Zoya is not officially sold in Russia [and if it is, I’m sure it’s a lot more expensive]. She is totally a girly girl, so most of her picks gravitated toward pink hues, although she chose a few other colors which I will cover in Part III.
Those four pink shades she bought were Wendy, Yana, Harper, and Caprice. Looks like her and I have a lot in common when it comes to nail polish colors, because I totally loved her picks!
Zoya describes Wendy as a cool summer melon creme, but this shade screams Spring to me. It’s sort of like a pastel peachy melon, and it looks a lot pinker in person than it does on Zoya website. The color is very beautiful, and I can see myself buying a lip gloss in the same shade if I saw it at the store. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if I already own something like that π The formula is great – two coats for full opacity, and as with most cremes, it’s better to be patient and try to apply it slowly to avoid streaks.
Yana is described as cool geranium pink creme with very fine silvery microscopic shimmer, but to me it appears more raspberry’ish in person, because all of the geraniums I’ve ever seen were more red or more coral than that. Again, the formula is fantastic – two coats for full opacity.
Caprice is a tricky one. On Zoya website it looks more orchid, in person it’s pink fuchsia, and on the nails it’s bright rosy watermelon. I have no idea how that works, or why there’s such color discrepancy, but I do like the final color after all. However, both Mom and I were very confused when she received her order and it looked nothing like the picture on Zoya.com.
Last nail polish shade that I will be sharing with you today is Harper, described as a fun cotton candy pink with gold glitters. Mom normally only wears cremes on her fingers, but she loves experimenting with pedicure colors. After all, if it looks too wild, she could always hide it inside shoes or socks. She loved Harper so much, she will actually wear it on her fingers! This glitter looks great when worn alone, or layered over another color. We tried sandwiching it with Wendy [swatched above], and the result was very pretty!
Well, that’s it for today, folks, I really hope you enjoyed this post, and stay tuned for Part II and Part III in the upcoming weeks where I will feature her nudes/neutrals and brights [although IMO some of these are vivid enough to be considered bright].
Lovely colors!
Zoya is based out of my city (cleveland, oh) and I actually know the lady yana who that nail polish is named after. I think she did a collaboration with them to design it.
I’m not a pink person but I think I have a few of these. I’ll wear coral shades all day long, though.
Wow she loves pink! My favorite of these are Caprece and Wendy
It’s hard for me to choose a favorite pink. I have so many and love them all. I suppose if pressed, I’d have to say OPI I’m India Mood for Love is my number one. When I want my nails to look pink and so fabulous they knock socks off, that is the polish I reach for. Come to think of it, I need another bottle… π
Wow your mom has great taste in nail colors! I don’t think I have a favorite pink polish but I’m pretty sure I must have Harper after seeing this post!
So pretty! I have a lot of pinks that I like.
Adorable! I love your mom’s choices.
Omg how awesome! Great choices!
Those are great picks! I love most pinks nail polishes and at the moment I don´t have really a favorite one.
These are all awesome looking pinks!
You got some great colors!
woohoo – those are some gorgeous shades. Way to go Haul.
I love Zoya polishes–they wear like iron and have the most unique shades. I have Harper and it’s one of my all time favs!
Such gorgeous pinks! I have Harper but I’m going to put the others on my Zoya wishlist. I can never have too many pinks! I’m so glad you had some time off with your Mom!
Your mom made some awesome choices!
All of those shades are so pretty
I freaking love all of these!
That is so sweet that you and your mom bond over nail polish. How sad that they are so far away! Are you also from Russia, then?
My parents and I have always been close, so I was really sad that I can’t just see them anytime I want. And yep, I am originally from Russia, and moved to the US three years ago π English is my second language.
I love that your mother is so daring with colour. My mother usually chooses clear or a pinkish clear. Boring!
I’m not much of a pink person but Zoya is all kinds of amazing π