There have been so many awesome textured polishes released lately, so I figured I'd have a little bit of a splurge and catch up on the ones I really wanted.
From OPI I bought Alcatraz Rocks from the San Francisco Collection and from the Bond Girls collection I picked up Honey Ryder, Jinx, Pussy Galore, Solitaire and Tiffany Case. I also grabbed Lights of Emerald City from the Wizard of Oz Collection.
From China Glaze I grabbed Itty, Bitty & Gritty, In the Rough and Toe-Tally Textured from the Texture 2013 collection. I also picked up Graffiti Glitter from their Glitz and Pieces collection.
I've only grabbed one of Zoya's Pixie Dust polishes so far - Chyna. Zoya is fairly difficult to come across in the UK, and they're on the pricy side here :(. Hopefully I'll be picking some more Pixie Dusts up soon though!
Alcatraz Rocks is a dirty navy/purple with different coloured shimmer. I can see gold that leans slightly to green, flashes of blue, pink and purple. It really is very pretty. I used two coats of this.
For the Bond Girls:
Honey Ryder is a gorgeous, slightly dull yellow gold. Aaah, I really love how the texture looks with this. It looks like poured gold or something - It actually reminds me of fools gold. I used two coats for the photos below.
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Jinx is a ferrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrking lovely orange/red/coral hybrid with gold shimmer. Seriously - this looks proper stunning. Again, two coats.
Pussy Galore (snigger...) is a frosted light pink with darker pink/silver shimmer. I used three coats for this one. I wasn't too sure about the frosted textured finish, but when it dries down completely it's actually really pretty - almost luminous!
Solitaire is a frosted white with silver shimmer and glitter. Again, unsure about the frosted finish but it turns out lovely! Three coats again for this one.
Tiffany Case is a metallic, icy aqua blue packed with blue and silver glitter.
Lights of Emerald City is a really pretty mix of large square white glitter and small translucent, iridescent square glitters. These glitters flash blue and bronze in the bottle, but on the nail it depends what colour you're wearing under it. I felt like this polish was on the thicker side. The glitter had a tendency to bunch up, especially the white glitters, but it wasn't too much trouble to spread them out. Overall, I think this is beautiful!
Onto the China Glaze!
Itty, Bitty and Gritty is a very pretty warm pink coral. It's the same texture we've seen released from Nails Inc and Barry M. I used two coats for this one.
In the Rough is an awesome chartreuse/lime green. I'm a sucker for colours like this. Two coats on this one aswell.
Toe-Tally Textured is a bright (and I mean bright) orange. It's heading towards neon, but doesn't quite make it. Again, two coats.
Graffiti Glitter is a mix of green and black glitters and bar glitter. It applies well, though there are gaps when you try and build up the coats on its own. The photos below show one coat each over OPI Fly and Pink Friday, and four coats of Graffiti Glitter on its own.
Aaaand finally, the Zoya!
Chyna is a classic red with red glitter. My camera refused to pick this up properly - but it is incredibly sparkly in real life.
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