MsGoldgirl

A Grown Up's Guide to Life

  • Home
  • Amazon Favorites
  • Shop My Instagram
  • Categories
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Lifestyle
      • Vlogs
      • Food
      • Travel
      • San Antonio
      • Parenting
      • Finances
    • YouTube/Blog Tips
  • Videos
  • Bookshelf
  • About
    • Affiliate Links & Privacy Policy
    • Frequently Used Products
  • Contact
  • Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
    • Activewear & Swim
    • Beauty
    • Blazers & Cardis
    • Denim and Pants
    • Dresses/Skirts/Jumpsuits
    • Handbags & Accessories
    • Home & Hostess
    • Intimates/Pajamas
    • Jewelry
    • Loungewear
    • Mens
    • Outerwear
    • Shoes
    • Sweaters
    • Tops & Blouses

My Current Zoya Nail Polish Favorites

January 5, 2014 by Marnie 12 Comments

One of the most frequent requests I get is for a list
of my favorite Zoya nail polishes.  So, just in time to help you with your
shopping list for Zoya’s annual “Color Your World” sale (where you get 3
nail polishes for $12, including shipping), here is a list of my current 32
favorites, along with my personal wish list of another 17 shades.
Before I get on with the list, I need to remind you
that my personal preference for nail polish is a fully opaque, cream finish.
 I’m also heavily into the more neutral colors like nude, silver, gold,
grey, taupe, and girly colors in pink, purple, and pastel blues and greens.
 I am not excellent at describing colors, finishes, or taking pictures, so
I borrowed heavily from Zoya’s website.  All pictures below were copied
from www.zoya.com.
After you read this post, I strongly urge you to visit their site.  If
Zoya hasn’t already won an award for the most informative and well-designed
beauty related website, they should.  You’ll find everything you need to
know about their products there.  FYI-there are no affiliate links on this post and all polish names/descriptions are UNDER each picture.
My Favorite Neutrals:

If there’s one thing Zoya does better than anyone
else, it’s a nude nail polish.  They have perfected a shade for every skin
tone on earth, from full-coverage to sheer and everything in between.
 While it’s hard to narrow down the field, I chose my most worn shades and
threw in a few neutrals as well.
Taylor-a full coverage, opaque, light toffee cream nude
Jacqueline-a full coverage, opaque creamy beige nude
Shay-an opaque, light peach nude with a slight silver shimmer.  This is one of my most worn shades, perfect for any occasion.
Godiva-a Pixie Dust shade, the ultimate neutral soft nude with a matte sparkle finish and one of my top 5 favorites.
Tomoko-another Pixie Dust polish, but a bit brighter than Godiva with a champagne/silver matte sparkle finish

•   
Jules-a light
taupe polish with a gold, silver and champagne metallic shimmer
Pasha-a taupe/beige opaque nude with silver frost and micro glitter.  One of my top 5 shades.


My Favorite Silver/Grey/White/Black Polishes:
I wasn’t sure how to title this category.  I
personally think these colors are quite neutral and go with everything.

•   
Purity-everyone
needs one pure white cream polish, and this is the one you should own
Dove-a fully opaque, glossy finish light grey cream

•   
Raven-the most
luscious, satiny black with an almost indiscernible silver shimmer. This is the
most wearable black shade I’ve ever seen.

•   
Trixie-another
one of my most worn shades, it is a fully opaque, light silver with a sparkling
metallic foil finish.  A perfect party shade.

•   
London-a fog
grey Pixie Dust with a matte sparkle finish



My Favorite Pinks/Purples:

These run the gamut from the palest of pinks to the
deepest purples…

•   
Shelby-cherry
blossom pink, with an opaque cream finish

•   
Petra-a dusky
grey/purple cream, full coverage polish.  Another of my top picks.

•   
Monica-a
blue-toned deep plum

•   
Stevie-light
violet matte sparkle polish (Pixie Dust)

•   
Toni-oxblood,
raisin/wine, full coverage cream polish

•   
Yana–a geranium
pink, full coverage opaque cream
•    Lara-a fully opaque, bright magenta/rose pink cream polish

•   
Charisma-a great
summer shade (or on toes year round), a neon magenta/purple cream finish that
dries to a matte finish but can be made glossy with a top coat.

•   
Jaime-a pale
milky rose pink with lilac and pink pearl duo chrome

My Favorite Reds/Oranges:
Vanessa-a beautiful berry red, the first red I’ve truly loved and worn often
America-the perfect pin-up shade, a classic tomato red cream finish

•   
Thandie-a bright
citrus orange full coverage cream
My Favorite Blues and Greens:

•   
Blu-a full
coverage, opaque baby blue

•   
Neely-a full
coverage, glossy opaque mint green

•   
Nyx-a
periwinkle/grey matte sparkle (Pixie Dust)

•   
Rocky-almost
Tiffany blue in person,a bright robin’s egg blue cream

•   
Skylar-a medium
steel blue with gold and silver shimmer
Sailor-a classic dark blue/navy
cream polish    
Hunter-the perfect forest (or
hunter) green, full coverage cream

Gemma-the shade that started
off my obsession with Zoya.  It’s an olive green polish with blue and
violet duo chrome.  I’ve never seen another polish like it.
My Wish List:
You’ll probably notice that there aren’t many choices from the newer collections.  I love so many from those, but the ones I’ve chosen are “old friends” that I’ve worn many, many times.  Of course, even with the dozens of Zoya polishes I already have, there are still quite a few that are on my wish list.  I’m trying to expand my range of colors a bit, and also get a few shades that go “just right” with that perfect outfit.  I’m not going to get all seventeen, but here is my wish list (no descriptions this time):
Ali

Audrina

Bailey

Cassi

Erika
Hermina

Joy
Katy
Lo

Meadow
Mira

Nina

Richelle

Sally

Sloane

Stephanie

Zara

So there you have it, my current favorites and a few hopeful new ones.  I’d love to hear from you-what are your top picks?  What do you think I’ve left out that is a must have?  Which shades are you going to order during the Color Your World sale?

© 2020 Marnie Goldberg, All Rights Reserved All opinions are my own. Sponsored posts will always be clearly disclosed as at the top of the post. Hyperlinks for products and retailers are almost always affiliate links. Please click here to read the full disclosure and privacy policy.

[jetpack-related-posts]

Filed Under: Beauty, Uncategorized

Comments

  1. mqs says

    January 5, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    This is super helpful Ms.Marnie! Thanks. xx

    Reply
    • [email protected] says

      January 15, 2014 at 5:56 pm

      You're welcome!!

      Reply
  2. Lisa says

    January 5, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    I only have 2 Zoya polishes and they are the Matte Red and Black from the Holiday collection…..VERY pretty! And the black is more of a charcoal so not real dark and I really like that but they have a little shimmer in them which makes them very pretty!

    Reply
    • [email protected] says

      January 15, 2014 at 5:56 pm

      I missed out on the matte polishes this year. I will definitely be on the lookout for them when they bring them back!

      Reply
  3. Laura SC says

    January 6, 2014 at 1:21 am

    It's because of you that I am so deeply in love with Zoya. Romy is my all time favorite (well there IS Sailor). Thanks for this, I have been trying to decide for the upcoming sale. I think I am going with Raven, Trixie and Erika and, and, and hahaha! I am going to try to stick to just three.

    Reply
    • [email protected] says

      January 15, 2014 at 5:56 pm

      What did you end up getting?

      Reply
  4. Jenn B. says

    January 28, 2014 at 2:45 am

    Love Zoya. So, have they come out with a Jenn/Jenny/Jennifer yet???

    Reply
  5. Anonymous says

    April 28, 2014 at 6:18 pm

    Where can I buy the zoya nail polish? Do you do a clear top coat polish when your done?

    Reply
  6. Kristin says

    January 9, 2016 at 11:32 pm

    You should definitely get Cassi! I have this color and it’s beautiful. I wear it all the time. Hehe – surprised “Marnie” didn’t make this list 😉

    Reply
    • Kristin says

      January 9, 2016 at 11:55 pm

      PS – Thank you for the lead on the Zoya promo! I just picked Taylor, Toni, Sailor and Marnie for just $15 (shipping). You’re my favorite beauty guru!

      Reply
    • Marnie says

      January 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm

      This was written before “Marnie” came out!

      Reply
  7. jyoti nair says

    September 22, 2016 at 12:36 am

    Thanks for the list, I love your taste in Neutral colors, you have a real eye for it. I always have a hard time finding a good red, since I am darker skin tone, I don’t think the reds look as nice on my skin. Two of my favorite nudes are Brigitte and Leah. Looking forward to some new updates. thanks

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

About MsGoldgirl

 photo MsGoldgirlSidebar-About.png

 photo MsGoldgirlSN-FACEBOOK.png photo MsGoldgirlSN-TWITTER.png photo MsGoldgirlSN-INSTAGRAM.png photo MsGoldgirlSN-YOUTUBE.png photo MsGoldgirlSN-PINTEREST.png

Follow on Bloglovin

Follow on Bloglovin

SHOP MY INSTAGRAM FEED

Search this blog

Favorite Sites

These are some of my favorite places to shop online.  Click on the names listed below and you will be taken straight to the site!  Happy shopping!


  • Nordstrom
  • Sephora
  • Ulta
  • Colleen Rothschild
  • Chico's
  • Target
  • Erin Condren
  • GiGi New York
  • Barrington Gifts
  • Loft
  • Ann Taylor
  • Old Navy
  • Walmart

The Fine Print

Privacy Policy available here.

Copyright © 2023 · Ms Gold Girl · Design by Kelly Christine Studio · Development by WP Barista