Today I wanted to share three of the Fall 2013 Satin collection shades from Zoya. I usually wait for one of Zoya's amazing sales, but I just couldn't wait this time!
![Zoya Channing swatch]( "Zoya Channing")
![Zoya Channing swatch]( "Zoya Channing")
![Zoya Mason swatch]( "Zoya Mason")
![Zoya Mason swatch]( "Zoya Mason")
![Zoya Maria Luisa layered over Channing Swatch]( "Zoya Maria Luisa over Channing")
![Zoya Maria Luisa layered over Channing swatch]( "Zoya Maria Luisa over Channing")
![Zoya Maria Luisa layered over Mason swatch]( "Zoya Maria Luisa over Mason")
![Zoya Maria Luisa layered over Mason swatch]( "Zoya Maria Luisa over Mason")
I think these were well worth it, and I hope to pick up a few more shades when Zoya has another one of its ubiquitous sales!
Zoya Channing is the epitome of fall, a rust colored metallic with gold shimmer throughout. It can lean orange or rusty red in different lighting, but it glows regardless. Such a pretty shade, and I have nothing quite like it in my collection. Plus, the name Channing always reminds me of Stockard Channing, the actress who played Rizzo in Grease (Channing Tatum, who?). This is two coats.
Zoya Mason is not a color I usually go out of my way to buy, but it made me curious! This is a bright red-violet with fuchsia shimmers. This shade isn't uncommon, but in the bottle it looked like it had a bit of duo-chrome going on. On the nail it's not as apparent, but it has that "lit from within" look that gives a lovely depth to the shade. This is three coats.
Finally, what made me bite the bullet and buy these without a sale is Zoya Maria Luisa. I never had the chance to get one of those "real" gold flaky topcoats at a decent price, but this is making up for that! Rather than larger, sparse gold flakes, Maria Luisa is a densely packed flakie topcoat with a mix of yellow golds that are almost iridescent. This is GORGEOUS over warm shades like Channing, above. It transforms the shade! It looks like hammered copper, I love this effect.
Over Mason, the contrast of purple and gold is so striking. This is only one coat and is already quite dense!
I think these were well worth it, and I hope to pick up a few more shades when Zoya has another one of its ubiquitous sales!