Welcome to Swatch Sunday! I’m excited about today’s post. I don’t know if you know this, but I list all the polishes I own in my polish list, and this is what helps me decide what I’m going to swatch. Swatch Saturday goes down the list from the top, which it’s always a Blue-Eyed Girl Lacquer polish. Swatch Sunday is the first polish from each brand, and the brands are in alphabetical order. So, since today’s swatch is a Zoya polish, next week we’ll loop back around to Butter London, and I’m excited about that. So, to celebrate one go-around of the Swatch Sunday polish list, here’s Zoya’s Envy. I’m wearing three coats of Envy with one coat of Seche Vite.
Not sure why the tips look worn.
Envy is a blackened green creme. Application is good; the product consistency is on the thin side but is still easy to use. The polish dries with a glossy finish before top coat.
So I’m just going to say this. This stains. It stains bad. This polish has given me the worst yellow nails I’ve ever had. In fact, I used two coats of Seche Base for this swatch in order to avoid — I hope — the staining. It’s a shame, too, because I really love this shade. It’s not as harsh as black, and it’s an unexpected alternative to blackened burgundies and browns. A similar polish might be Essie’s Stylenomics; it looks similar, but I can’t vouch whether or not it stains the same way. I almost went for another Zoya instead, but I’m a blogger, and it’s kind of my job to wreck my nails so you don’t have to.
Envy and other Zoya polishes are sold at Ulta, though I don’t recommend you buy it. It’s funny, after all these years, I don’t think I’ve ever discouraged anyone from buying anything until now.
Ughhhh I hate when polishes stain yellow. Those stains never can be removed. Big boo for me.
I have this but haven’t worn it since it stained my nails horribly through two coats of base coat. I love to wear jelly shades a lot so bad staining is a no-go for me.
Beautiful green. Too bad about the staining as it would be great for a base shade for Christmas stamping.
It’s such a pretty green. What a shame it’s a stainer.
I hate that this is a stainer, the shade is pretty unique! 🙁
Haha, I totally have systems like this that help me decide what to wear! Love this color on you.
This is an amazing green!
Ugh, too bad it stains!
This was one of the bigger disappointments from Zoya. It and Liberty are the ones that stained me the most and they are some fantastic colors. It’s such a shame! It is lovely on you!
I did hear about the staining with Liberty, that was super disappointing because it’s so pretty!
I love me a good blackened creme but bummer about the staining.
I was loving this until you said it stained, what a shame! x
occupational hazards, man.
I just swatched a shade (from OPNL) that is a blackened green, but its shimmery. You might like that one instead. No staining!
This is such a lovely green! It’s disappointing that it stained that bad!
Such a deep green it almost looks black — yes, I love it!
Oh no this is a really pretty shade, it’s such a shame it is a stainer x
Hmmm. I don’t really love that green honestly so I probably wouldn’t buy it. Sorry you had a bad experience!
I don’t like any shade of green polish on my nails. I think I’m too green skinned to pull it off or something. And staining, yuck! Nobody has time for that!