Zoya Yara

When I first saw swatches of this beauty, I knew I had to have it.  Military-style, muted green is perfect this fall but add the gold glitter and I am hooked!  I've been saving this polish for too long, and I tend to do that - the bottles sitting in my untrieds bin are the polishes I most coveted, almost like I don't want to open them without a really good reason.  Well, today that reason is so I can share it with you!


Yara is from Zoya's Fall 2011 Smoke and Mirrors Collection and is described as a medium smoky olive drab with an illuminating splash of bright gold glitter.  Intrigued?  Keep reading!

Zoya Yasmeen, Valerie, Roxy, and Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

If there's one color I feel I own too much of, it's surprisingly pinkish blackened purples. I just can't stay away from them. I think it's because that's the shade I went to when I first started branching away from basic reds and pinks with my polish selections. It was almost purple, but not so much that I didn't feel comfortable with it.

Anyway, I have so many of these, and I love them all! Zoya, especially, really knows how to do this color right. I decided I had to compare them once and for all - in my mind, Zoya's Yasmeen, Roxy, and Valerie were basically the same shade but with different finishes, and I knew Deborah Lippmann's Razzle Dazzle reminded me of Zoya's Roxy. Have you always been curious about how close these polishes may be?