Nailing an Interview with Zoya

Burlington County Times Interview with Zoya Reyzis

Columnist and blogger, Judy Rusk shares with the Burlington County Times her experience speaking Zoya Nail Polish Founder, Zoya Reyzis. During the interview, Zoya explained that she doesn't view herself as a celebrity like most of the people in the beauty world do, and that there is no artist without an audience, which is exactly what she sees in herself. 

Rusk looked back at the interview to some of her favorite quotes from Zoya Reyzis: 

“Be free. Fingernail polish doesn’t have to match your toes.”
“Polish can show what’s going on in our lives. People see our hands as much as they see our face." “Nail polish reflects economical situations.”

And my personal favorite quote from Reyzis? She said this as she talked about respecting the consumer, and being only as important as the people who support you: 

 “Don’t assume people are stupid.”

Read the entire article by Judy Rusk here.

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Zoya for Rolando Santana - Princess Polish

 Inspiration with Zoya Reyzis

What's more fun than an event with manis, cupcakes and bubbly? We can think of one thing - if the founder of Zoya Nail Polish, Zoya Reyzis was there! Zoya recently visited New York City for an event with fashion designer, Rolando Santana to display the "Alegre" collection that was custom made by Zoya Nail Polish for New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014. Beauty Blogger, Princess Polish was one of the lucky guests to attend the event and was inspired by what Zoya shared. Want to learn a few fun facts about Zoya Reyzis? Princess Polish has the scoop!

"Zoya is a classically trained pianist who considers dead composers such as Bach and Chopin (her current favorites, which change constantly) to be amongst her best friends and confidantes. She didn't care that the government took her passport from her when she left, but that they took her diploma from the Moscow Conservatory, which she had studied and trained tirelessly to earn." - Princess Polish"

She recognized that most nail technicians aren't just of one profession. Rather, they are friends, confidantes, and psychiatrists. "Oh, the things women would tell me," Zoya said with a slight laugh. "One woman told me she was having an affair with a friend's husband. She was one of my clients, too, and I was always afraid one day, I might slip!" - Princess Polish

Learn more about the event Zoya Nail Polish co-hosted with Rolando Santana here. GIVEAWAY ALERT! Want to enter Princess Polish's contest, learn more about the event and learn how Zoya Reyzis inspired attendees? Read the full post here.


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Stranded NYC Presents Zoya Nail Polish

Zoya Nail Polish and Rolando Santana Event

Stranded NYC recently stopped by an event that Zoya Nail Polish co-hosted with fashion designer Rolando Santana for manis, cupcakes, and bubbly! With a little background on Rolando Santana, Stranded NYC paints a perfect picture of what the event involved.
 
Guests were treated to manicures using the custom color by Zoya trio "petal effect" look from the NYFW SS14 Rolando Santana collection. Stranded NYC interviewed both Rolando Santana and Zoya Nail Polish founder, Zoya Reyzis.

Image via StrandedNYC.com

"We always look at the balance of the collection from a commercial point of view. We learned about Zoya and I thought it was a great outlet for us. Not just to use color on the clothes but to accessorize. Women love nail polish. It was a great way to interpret the main colors of the collection.” -Rolando Santana

"Zoya looked beautiful and glowing so we couldn’t resist asking, just how does Zoya pamper herself? She says her secret is none other than… yoga. “I am a firm believer of Yoga. I study Yoga philosophy and I do yoga poses. I am fascinated by the idea and concept of relaxation and I can talk a lot about. People think that Yoga is the art of living. Whatever is beautiful is called art.” - Zoya Reyzis 

Stranded NYC also talks a bit about the collaboration between Rolando Santana and Zoya Nail Polish and the origin of the idea, along with the inspiration behind Rolando's Spring/Summer 2014 collection.

To read the full article by Stranded NYC, click here. 

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Rolando Santana and Zoya Nail Polish Mani Event

Nail Polish, Cupcakes and Bubbly

What more could a girl want!? Zoya Nail Polish traveled to NYC this week for a very fun event with fashion designer Rolando Santana at his showroom. Guests were invited to indulge in manicures, cupcakes, and champagne while a beautiful model causally strolled though the showroom showcasing a few of Rolando's best looks. Zoya Reyzis, founder of Zoya Nail Polish,  and Rolando Santana casually engaged with a select group of fashion and beauty fans.

Attendees were treated to a complimentary Zoya Nail Bar by lead manicurist Sunshine Outing and her team that provided the SS14 Rolando Santana show look as well as delicious cupcakes from Baked By Melissa! The nail look created for the Rolando Santana SS14 show by Sunshine Outing was a "petal effect" using Zoya Nail Polish in Natasha and Zoya Nail Polish in Sara; both custom colors for the runway collection. Zoya and Rolando spoke to the guests about their inspirations and their collaboration for NYFW SS2014 as well as their life stories. Guests were fascinated by the stories Zoya told about some of her life experiences that brought her to be the woman she is today, and the ladies sitting around her listening were truly in awe. The biggest thing guests took home from this experience was:

"Don't be afraid to experiment, you don't have to ask permission to be who you are". - Zoya Reyzis

Guests also had fun with a nail look contest where they used the Rolando Santana SS2014 Zoya Nail Polish trio in their own variations created on a whim in an effort to win a season of Zoya Color and Treatments! The most creative nail look went to blogger, Princess Polish who received all of the Fall 2013 Zoya collections, a Zoya shirt, and the custom Rolando Santana trio. 


 
Manicures, cupcakes,socializing, and nail polish was a great way to end a cold Wednesday night in the city! The Rolando Santana SS2014 custom trio is no longer available, however you can find more beautiful floral shades on Zoya.com. Learn more about the NYFW SS2014 collaboration with Rolando Santana and Zoya Nail Polish here and see all of the pictures from the event here.

Zoya Nail Polish founders, Michael and Zoya Reyzis with Rolando Santana

Rolando Santana, Zoya and Michael Reyzis

Attendees enjoying the Zoya Nail Polish colors

Gift bags provided to guests

Cupcakes by Baked by Melissa

A group shot at the end of the event

Learn more about fashion designer Rolando Santana and his beautiful collections here. 

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Zoya Talks Color in NAILPRO Magazine

Name That Polish

Ever wonder how your favorite Zoya Nail Polish got her name? Well at this year's Cosmoprof, Zoya Reyzis was there to dish to NAILPRO Magazine on how she started naming all these beauties.

"I started out naming polishes after real fictional people. Subconsciously, with color we are expressing something very, very deep...color becomes a symbol, it becomes a language." Zoya Reyzis in NAILPRO Magazine

So next time you reach for a color that grabs your eye, think about how you feel in that moment.  You might be surprised to find that the nail polish color you choose, imitates your feelings. 

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Zoya Nail Polish Founder named Natural Health Hero!

Zoya Reyzis (Zoya Nail Polish* founder) named a Natural Health Hero.

- Excerpt from...

How Zoya Reyzis Brought Natural Beauty to Women in Brilliant Color

In 1984, Zoya and Michael Reyzis were expecting a baby. This created a bit of a concern for Zoya who was working as an aesthetician. That’s because the harsh chemicals used in nail polishes, removers and other common cosmetics could cause birth defects.

Zoya realized that this wasn’t only a problem for her – but for the many women who were pregnant and still wanted attractive, colorful nails. She questioned why nail polishes had to be made with these chemicals.
 

Those chemicals include toluene, dibutyl phthalate, and formaldehyde – which are sometimes referred to as “the toxic trio.”  The FDA has stated that toluene may cause birth defects and development issues in children. Studies of dibutyl phthalate or DBP has also been linked to birth defects in animals, and formaldehyde is considered a carcinogen.

Nail polish and removers can also contain methyl methacrylate and acetonitrile, a chemical that breaks down into potentially poisonous cyanide if ingested in the human body.

It’s no wonder those things were such a major concern for an expectant mother who worked around these chemicals all day long.

Fortunately, Zoya had someone quite knowledgeable at her disposal. Michael Reyzis just happens to be a brilliant chemist. So Zoya asked her husband to start creating nail polishes that were safer to use.

It turned out that Michael had a talent for developing these products. Working in a lab built in the basement of their home, Michael started bringing Zoya’s ideas to life. Together the couple formed a dream-team developing a host of cosmetics using less dangerous ingredients and more natural alternatives.

 - Kasey Steinbrinck, naturalhealthyconcepts.com

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See the entire Natural Health Heroes article featuring Zoya Reyzis here.

*Zoya is Big5Free! - Zoya Nail Polish and Treatments are completely free of Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Dibutyl Phthalate, Toluene and camphor

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Cleveland International Piano Competition 2013

Cleveland International Piano Competition 2013.

An accomplished pianist herself, Zoya Reyzis, Zoya Nail Polish founder and CIPC (Cleveland International Piano Competition) Director and her husband Michael Reyzis, Art of Beauty President and CIPC Advisory Director proudly serve as Grand Virtuoso Benefactors as well as Baroque and Contemporary Prize sponsors of the competition.

Former 3rd place award winner (2005), Russian Stanislav Khristenko, claimed the coveted First Prize of the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 2013 with his electric performance of Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1. 

Cleveland International Piano Competition:
First Prize Winner Stanislav Khristenko.
Congratulations to all Winners at the Cleveland International Piano Competition from Art of Beauty (makers of Zoya and Qtica).

Stanislav Khristenko was named the Mixon First Prize winner of the 2013 Cleveland International Piano Competition.  He was selected from a field of 28 candidates who performed over a ten-day period - See more at: http://www.clevelandpiano.org/2013/08/stanislav-khristenko-wins-first-prize-special-prizes-awarded/#sthash.GHK6arGf.dpuf

 Ben Schoeman

Andrejs Osokins

In addition, Art of Beauty sends special congratulations to our CIPC sponsored category winners...

Baroque Prize Winner:
Andrejs Osokins.

Andrejs Osokins

Andrejs Osokins

Andrejs Osokins

Contemporary Prize Winner:
Ben Schoeman.
For a list of all winners
see the CIPC blog.

 


To see all of the incredible featured performances on the Cleveland International Piano Competition visit the CIPC You Tube page here.

Wellbis Magazine Tells The Zoya Nail Polish Story!

Have you ever wondered how Zoya Nail Polish was founded? Wellbis, a Croation Magazine, explains how the husband-wife team, Michael and Zoya Reyzis, built the brand up to what it is today. See the English Translation of this article below (via Google Translate). To read a little more about the background of Art of Beauty (Makers of Zoya & Qtica Products) click here. 
 

English Translation via Google Translate: 

"Art of Beauty was founded in 1986 by Michael Reyzis. Michael Reyzis had a vision that has evolved from a small nail salon to the spa, with a focus on natural nails, skin care and alternative Europeanherbal treatments. Today the company has grown andbecome, as they point out, the most innovative manufacturer of professional cosmetics. Zoya, a classical pianistin Russia, was awarded a license for cosmetology when she and her husband Michaelimmigrated to the United States.

While employment for a pianist waslimited, the world cosmetology offered a new profession and a way to build a new career. Zoya, through hard work and the demand for high-quality, healthy, natural ingredients for their customers had come to realize that there is a need for a perfect product.

In response to his wife, Michael, an advanced chemist, developed and patented unique products andanti-wrinkle treatments, shampoos and treatments to regenerate in salons and spas.

He also created the first fast-drying top coatand most durable nail polish; it has made a revolutionin paints. Today Zoya, Michael and everyonein AOB createdto focus on the highest quality products for professional salons and spas. Through brands like Zoya nail polishes, treatmentsand Qtica, QticaSmart Spa, AOBoffers salons and spas superior quality, satisfaction and exceptional value.  AOB was the first to remove toxic ingredientssuch as toluene, formaldehyde and DPB from theirformula.  Art of beauty focuses on the health, welfare salons, spas and all consumers."

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NailPro Magazine - Essentials features Zoya Reyzis!

In this month's issue of Essentials Magazine (supplement to NailPro),
Zoya Nail Polish Founder -
Zoya Reyzis, talks beauty necessities...

"A classic rich red represents a passionate, loving, strong woman." - Zoya Reyzis 

Did you know that Zoya Nail Polish in Carmen (featured shade) was the first Zoya Professional Lacquer hue ever created? As a classical pianist herself, Zoya Reyzis connected with the music of Carmen and the talents of the Operas French composer, Georges Bizet. It was this creative inspiration that led to her first color creation, a passionate red, to represent a strong, passionate woman... Carmen. And now, the tradition of naming Zoya Nail Polish with women's names continues - with the same passion poured into every new bottle!

Essentials Magazine asked Zoya what her top beauty necessity would be besides beautiful Zoya Nail Polish color - She's loving the Aria Sonic Skin Cleansing System by Clarisonic! 

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