Green Eyed Monster

Zoya Envy: a really great dark green!

Here I've got three coats going on and I love it.  It is a dark, but not tooooo dark green. There is a  tendency to be warm. It feels almost like a dark rainforest green, perhaps shadows of the Amazon dripping with poisonous snakes, eye-licking bees, and stealthy jaguars. (I just read a book about an explorer who was lost in the Amazon - I might survive with a dozen cans of raid, a bug net, and...oh, let's face it, I'd be freaking out)

This is also a great frankening green. It imparts darkness and greenness. Not blue, which can be troublesome.

It also has a secret shimmer!

I just browsed the Zoya website and they call this a creme, but it really does have some delicious light-catching shimmer in  it, which is a beautiful thing in a dark polish.

I did have chipping issues, I am going to work on this, because I was using a cheap base coat that was a combo of several leftovers poured into one bottle. I have been told that their Color Lock system is very good for stopping chips, but I've also been told that a couple other options may work as well. I guess my only issue is that I have so many base/top coats that I hate to buy more. Worse, I hate having to remember what I should wear with what brand. This also goes for shrinkage issues, too. This, however, isn't the only polish I have to work on "special" application with, so I realize it's just part of the territory of nail polish chemistry. Am I the Lucy van Pelt of nail polish? Am I fussy? Probably. Moving on!

I purchased one bottle in the recycle program Zoya was running and prior to that I received one when they were running a green special for six free greens. I love it, as it has creme and shimmer combined.

Great job Zoya!!

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