Zoya "Tickled" Summer Collection

Summer is just around the corner. If you live just about anywhere else in America, you're probably under the impression that summer starts in late June, but you're wrong. If you live near or on the Jersey Shore, or vacation to the Jersey Shore, you know that summer actually starts on Memoral Day weekend. 

Nail Polish companies do even better than that, coming out with seasonal lines months before the actual season is upon us. So I'VE been ready for summer since mid-April, when Zoya announced the release of their two summer lines: Tickled and Bubbly. 

The Tickled collection features six, full coverage creme shades that are supposed to compliment most skin tones. The Bubbly collection boasts another six shades in an opaque, full coverage, jelly holographic formula (that means "sparkly and buildable" to you and me). 

The Easter Bunny was good to me and ordered me the Tickled line for my Easter Basket, and I finally got the chance to swatch all the colors! Without further ado...

L to R: "Kirtridge", "Wendy", "Rooney", "Rocha", "Tilda", and "Ling"

First up is "Kirtridge", which is a light, bubble gum pink color. I usually don't pick up colors like this, but almost always love the way they look against my skin. 

This is "Wendy", which is actually the color that I would have picked up first if I did not get the whole collection at once. "Wendy" is a super flattering coral creme. I did my mom's nails in this color this week and it looked awesome on her, too. Definitely one of my favorites. 

Here we have "Rocha". Zoya describes this color as a "classic folly red with warm undertones", and it certainly photographs that way, but when I put it on my polish rack it just belongs with the oranges, to me. It definitely has orange undertones to it, but it's a wonderful firey shade that is a perfect summer twist to your traditional fire engine red. 

 

This one is "Ling", a royal blue creme with a neutral undertone to flatter most skin tones. I'm not exactly sure what I did with the lighting here, but sorry it looks so golden! I do enjoy this color, but it looks different on my skin than I thought it would... It's hard to place. 

"Tilda" is one of two examples of how this color photographs completely different than how it looks on my nails in real life. This is described by Zoya as a "warm mantis green". On my nails it looked exactly like pimento olive green. When I snapped a photo, BAM! Granny Smith apple green. I suspect this color will look slightly different depending on what kind of lighting you're in. It's a great green shade either way though, I didn't have anything like it before!

Finally, we have "Rooney". This color screams "RADIANT ORCHID" to me, even though Zoya's description of a "mid-range magenta" places it firmly in the pink range. It's definitely a color that messes with your perception of it. I painted my nails this color for the week, and my husband asked, "Pink? Or, wait, purple?". Exactly. In this photo it definitely appears hot pink. But check it out in natural light...

It has a totally different tone. I was surprised at how obsessed I was with this color on my nails. It has been my favorite of the bunch so far! When I couldn't bare to take it off, I just put a coat of Essie's "Shine of the Times" and OPI's Matte Top Coat on it and fell in love again...

So much fun! I completely adore this collection. The formula on all the colors was a total dream, smooth application and completely full coverage in two coats. I know I'll get a ton of use out of all of these colors all summer long.