Zoya Heather – Swatch
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| Zoya Heather in sunlight, indoors. |
What's equally amazing is the shade itself – Zoya Heather. Heather is a pale, slightly warm lilac with extremely subtle silver microshimmer that's only visible in the bottle. And, as someone who generally dislikes subtle shimmers, I am 100% okay with that. As I've never actually noticed the shimmer translate onto the nails, I'm just going to go ahead and label this one a creme.
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| Zoya Heather in yellow/incandescent light, indoors. |
I've been on the lookout for such a shade for a while. China Glaze Sweet Hook was my original target, but then the Zoya New Year promo happened and I just had to order. ($15 for 3 full-size bottles of my choice and a mystery mini trio? Including shipping and handling? Um, yes.) Heather is my current favorite! Here's a quick breakdown of the polish.
Zoya Heather
Price: $9, standard retail
Color: Whitened lilac
Finish: Crème, with existent but unnoticeable silver shimmer. I'm wearing a thick, gel-like clear topcoat in each of these pictures to mitigate some application issues.
Application: A little problematic. It often failed to self-level, so even with careful application attempts, I was left with slightly bald streaks or uneven thickness. Otherwise, consistency was standard.
Opacity: These pictures depict 4 coats.
+ : The color! So gorgeous.
– : Application was finicky, and it lacks that perfectly smooth gloss I can achieve with my other crème polishes.
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| Sunlight, indoors. Apologies for poor quality, but the color was most accurate in this shot. |
Conclusion: Zoya Heather is worth its four coats and self-evening issues for me, but only because I don't have a similar color. Does China Glaze Sweet Hook have fewer application issues? (Or would CG Light As Air be a better dupe?) All in all, I still adore this color – and it makes for a perfect spring mani.
And... look what arrived!
Here's a preview of the next post ;)
Pre-cleanup and all on my most summery sheets! My phone hates neons still.
Thanks for reading :^)
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