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Found this at Ulta after considering an online purchase of Zoya (after reading reviews). Gemma is an army green color, and in the bottle, you can see the contrast dichroic-type effect of pale purple shimmer. However, once it's on the nails, that dichro effect is lost. It simply looks like a shiny army green. I think that the difference between regular ambient light in a room (or outdoors) and the pale purple shimmer is simply not great enough to show a difference. If you're looking for army green, go for it. If you're looking for dichroic effect, keep looking.On the plus side, I did my nails last night and have spent about 10 hours typing since then, and they show no wear at all. Right now I'm using OPI's Natural Nail Base Coat and Top Coat, but I have the Zoya products on order (Ulta didn't stock those). I'm hoping the all-Zoya combo will give me a super long wear. I'll come back and report in when this one starts to show wear, and also after my first all-Zoya manicure begins to show wear. So far, I recommend!
Edit. Zoya took a really long time to ship out my stuff. My Gemma manicure lasted 10 days with only minimal edge wear (which only I could see; people talking to me couldn't tell). I was bored with the color, so I went to Ulta and bought "Sarah" (a metallic red) and did that with Orly's "Top 2 Bottom" base/top coat. So far this has lasted 5 days and is not showing wear.
Of course the Zoya stuff showed up the next day. So I stripped the "Sarah" manicure off my right hand and used the Zoya Anchor base coat, 2 coats of Sarah, and the Armor top coat. This has lasted 4 days so far (no wear). I'm really impressed with the longevity of this nail polish. I used to be an all-OPI girl, but when their stuff started chipping within a day I decided it was time to look elsewhere. Zoya is now my top stop for new nail polishes. Just wish they'd either ship faster, or that Ulta would stock 100% of their products!
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