Zoya Valerie, Jem, & Karina, Sarah Comparison

Recently Zoya had yet another promo in their never ending string of polish promos, and of course I participated! How could I not? They offer beautiful nail polish that is healthy for you, well as healthy as nail polish can be, and they have the most amazing customer service. Seriously, there are many companies out there that could take some advice from them (ahem, OPI...ahem, ahem). I found out about Zoya in January, I believe? And since then, I have had the opportunity to participate in 3 of their promos, and every single promo is worth participating in. The last one was a free Big Flipper bottle of Remove+ polish remover with the purchase of one other item, can't really go wrong. Not to mention, that polish remover is simply incredible. With just a few simple swipes my polish is gone. Yes, even heavy glitter polish. But this is a whole other blog post that I am wasting here so I will save the rest for later!

Anywho, this most recent promo was buy one original priced item and get 2 free bottles of polish free. I purchased Blair, & got Jem and Karina free. Within 2 days of Zoya charging my credit card, these beauties were waiting on my doorstep. When I opened them, I instantly noticed that both Jem & Karina looked suspiciously like 2 Zoya's I already have. Namely, Valerie & Sarah. Jem & Valerie are both purply, eggplant colors with just a subtle hint of a brown undertone. Sarah & Karina are crimson reds with a slight gold sheen. I immediately broke out all 4 bottles, swiped my polish off with Remove+ and Shiseido Facial Cotton (amazing stuff, I've done a blog post on them hint, hint) and did a swatch comparison.

Jem & Valerie are so close to being dupes it is insane. They are NOT dupes, but polish both hands, alternating colors and no one is going to tell the difference. Unless they look very, very closely. I definitely like Jem over Valerie and I use to love Valerie. The reason I love Jem more? She has noticeably less glitter. Valerie also has a little more of that gold undertone to it.

But Sarah & Karina...I think they are dupes. I have looked at them both in every light imaginable and I cannot see an extremely distinct difference between the two. Sarah looks like she has more gold glitter in her than Karina but on my hands I don't see it. I'm waiting to see what other bloggers say, but in my opinion they are dupes.

Bottom line? I wouldn't get all 4 colors. They are too close to spend the money on having them all. For me personally, I wouldn't care which of Sarah or Karina I keep although I think I will keep Sarah just because I have had her longer. But as far as Jem & Valerie? Jem is definitely staying...Valerie is going to swap.

Thanks for tuning in! Until next time:

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