Follow these steps to maximize the wear of Zoya Nail Polish on natural nails:
Always start with a clean nail. Having residue or excess oils on your nail plate can significantly reduce nail polish wear. Use Zoya Remove to remove old nail polish, clean the nail plate and condition the nail.
Always use a base coat.. Base coat's protect the nail from staining as well a providing a flexible high adhesion surface for nail polish. Zoya Anchor is best for regular nails, while Zoya GetEven is ideal if you have ridges.
Use a top coat! Top coats protect your nail color from external chips and dents and give it a high gloss finish. Try Zoya Armor which uses same polyurethane technology that protects the space shuttle.
Seal The Deal! Using a polish drying accelerator drops like Zoya HurryUp will cut your drying time in half, as well as seal your base coat, nail polish and top coat together for a stronger more flexible


















10/3/2012
aminal
I do love a shimmery purple. The size of the sparkle in this one is just bordering on being too large for me, but not quite. (Too large is when the color is like sandpaper glued to my nails when I try to remove it.) This is a true amethyst color, I would say, neither leaning reddish (plummy) or bluish (violet-y).
But. Had it on for TWO days (then had to take it off for a conservative meeting), and my nail was STAINED! A pinky-plum color, fairly pale, but definitely noticeable.
I did my usual base coats that I use w/all my polishes, including Zoya`s. I`ve never had a Zoya polish cause staining problems before, so I was quite surprised, and disappointed. (Also tried Charla, from the same "Sparkle" collection, for the same 2 days -- and had a staining problem w/it, too, although the blue tinge to my nail wasn`t quite as noticeable as w/Mimi, because the slight blue countered my pink-peach nail bed, where the Mimi pink-plum deepened the normal pink of my nail bed.)
Very disappointed, because I had waited so long to finally be able to try on these actual polishes. But, because of the staining, both went right back where I bought them from.