One of my newer favorite products, Zoya!

Earler this year I discovered Zoya nail polish. They had a buy 3, get 3 sale so I figured I'd give it a shot. I was looking into nail polish options for Amara when I found them. They are a cruelty free, vegan nail polish company. I did not realize there was such a thing as vegan nail polish until this point. They are also 5 free. This means it is free of toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, DBP (phthalates) and camphor. It's a natural nail polish. If Amara gnaws on it and swallows some, she isn't going to be eating carcinogens like a lot of other drug store polishes have in them. Nor will they be absorbed through our skin/nails.

This stuff is simply amazing. It lasts forever without chipping. My toe nails usually grow out too much before the polish chips. I had the same color on my toes with no chips for a month when we traveled to the U.S. earlier this year. My hands, it usually goes a week. I end up banging my nails up cooking or cleaning. There are 300+ different colors, so don't be put off thinking vegan means there is no glitz or bright colors available. It's so hard to choose which ones to get because there are so many beautiful colors. They are a little pricey at $8 a bottle, but worth it due to quality and safe ingredients. They also have sales and coupons. I understand they are sold at Ulta too, but I'm not sure what sort of specials Ulta may or may not run on this polish since I can't shop there currently.

I used some of my Share the Love points to get a coupon code for this order. You get points for sharing their products. Then you can redeem these points for coupons. They change them up monthly though. They have had things like free shipping, free bottle of polish, and X dollars off of purchase in the past. I used a coupon for $15 off of $25. The coupon 'cost' me 500 points. If you click any of the links below (color names), you can sign up for an account. You'll get a coupon for a free bottle of polish, and if you buy at least 2 more polishes, you get free shipping in addition to the free bottle. I'll get points for sharing the product with you. Then I can use them for coupons on future purchases. Win/win for all!

I got Rekha. A nice blood red from their 2012 Fall New York Fashion Week collection.

Then, Monica also from the Fall NYFW collection. It's a very deep, dark plum color.

Also, Blaze from their Winter 2012 Ornate collection. It's a pretty red with lots of sparkle.

Also from the new winter line up, Electra. A silver sparkle.

 And lastly, Aurora, also from the new Ornate line up. A sparkly, purple color.

Sadly, not all of them will be mine to keep. I'm not going to say which ones I'm keeping for me at this point. I may change my mind when they get here and I see them in person. They should be here soon though. This is why I didn't put up any model pictures. I don't want to give away what ones are gifts (or use a sample of someone's gift). UPDATE: Since Christmas is over and everyone has received their gifts, I kept Electra, Blaze, and Monica. Blaze has been used more than a few times already. It went perfect with my dress for my husband's work holiday party. Amara really likes the 'sparkle' one and keeps asking for Electra on her fingers, and she has constantly had 'purple' on her toes (AKA Monica). 

My only 'issue' with Zoya is shipping. They will only ship within the U.S. and not to FPO/APO or P.O. Boxes. First order, I used the 'mom forwards the box for me' method. This time around we used ShipitAPO. It's a company that will forward packages to FPO/APO addresses (so long as the items do not break USPS rules like no batteries or fluids etc). For example, if a company only ships UPS we cannot get the package. All items must be sent USPS. ShipitAPO gives you a personalized address to their warehouse. Then when you order, you give the company this ShipitAPO address. Package gets sent to their facility. Then when it arrives, they turn around and mail it USPS to the FPO/APO address you gave them at sign up following your specifications (insurance, shipping confirmation, priority, first class etc). Rates are fair and they only charge a small handling fee for their time.