Zoya Ziv

Ziv was released by Zoya as part of its Ornate collection for holiday 2012. Zoya describes Ziv as "a full coverage, yellow-toned metallic gold foil with silver highlights and warm gold flake glitter accents," and I agree. Ziv has a neutral gold metallic base swimming with coppery-gold foily platelet glitters and shimmery silver flecks that give this gleaming golden polish richly grained dimensionality and scintillating sparkle in direct light. Like its silver sibling Trixie, it's more complex and special than your typical precious metal metallic or foil. Another double chocolate chip cookie!

Application was très bon! The consistency is fluid with a bit of extra texture from the glitters. It has the perfect amount of viscosity to keep it where you put it without any running. Pigmentation is also great with slightly sheer streak-free coverage in one coat and complete opacity in two. Although it does self-level to a degree, like most highly reflective metallic polishes this one will show nail bed irregularities so I doubled up on my Butter London Nail Foundation basecoat for this manicure. Like Trixie, cleanup is a bit of a bear (like maybe a baby bear), only because the shimmers and glitters disperse across the skin on contact with acetone or remover. Ziv dries naturally in very good time to a smooth shiny finish.

Photos show two coats of Ziv over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of HK Girl. Please pardon the Lush Lemony Flutter lingering around my nail environs!

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Zoya Ziv

Despite the fact that I'm a silver person and generally avoid golds, I have nothing but good things to say about Ziv. It has a beautiful speckled foily finish that produces a luminous glow in low light. Very elegant and graceful.

love,
Liz