After blogging about “Cult Classic” makeup, I felt like I needed to talk about a “Cult Classic” nail polish as well! One of my all time favorite girls on YouTube is Yukie, aka WarmVanillaSugar0823. I think I started watching her videos when she had just 500 subscribers and I attribute a good chunk of my nail polish to her! I would watch her videos and then go on a shopping spree.
Yukie has always raved and raved about Zoya “Charla” and how it is her all time favorite polish. I hope I’m not misquoting her, because as a fellow nail polish addict I know that is a HUGE claim. But she just raves about this shade, as well as many other people, so I knew I had to pick it up in my last Zoya order to find out what all the hype was about!
Zoya “Charla” is a blue shimmer with a strong teal glass fleck sheen. It basically looks like a metallic mermaid on your nails. In the shade it looks like the teal shimmer is more like scales because it gives off a flaky like look. I googled this polish to find a blog that could describe this polish better than me, but everyone seems to have a different color description!
The formula on this polish is pretty sheer. It took almost 4 coats to become completely opaque. I did the 3rd coat and saw that I could still see some visible nail line so I did an extra thick 3rd coat just to cut down on time. The consistency is on the thin side as well which I think contributed to the polish being so sheer. But I think as the polish thickens as it gets older, it will become more opaque and easier to apply. The dry time is great on this polish.
Overall, I completely understand why people love this polish! Although this is one of my least favorite finishes, I can’t stop staring at least pictures! It kind of makes me want to put this polish back on.
What do you guys think? What is your all time favorite polish?
Charla was one of my first Zoya polishes. I love it!
i can’t believe i’m so late on the charla train! i can understand how its so popular now. thanks for commenting girl!
This is a perfect polish for you. It’s so pretty 🙂 It looks like a mermaid blue
aww thanks! it is really pretty and was great for summer