Alcatraz Rocks OPI San Francisco collection

Good morning everyone. I don't know about you all, but I am still recovering from Miley Cyrus' vma performance last night. Gross!  Enough of that, onto polish.

Today I have Alcatraz Rocks from OPI's new fall collection. Of the entire collection this is the one I HAD to have. Alcatraz Rocks is a liquid sand polish (matte texture). This is a greyed out purple with lots of sparkle. In fact it is hard to call it a matte the sparkle is so noticeable. Photos are three thin coats with no top coat. You may be able to get away with two coats on shorter nails. Bonus, no staining to report!

I know not everyone loves textured polish, but I heart this one! What do you think? Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today. I always appreciate it!

*polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*

Zoya Vespa

Zoya Vespa from the PixieDust collection. As I am sure you all know, these are Zoya's texture polishes. Zoya states that you don't need a base coat, but I always use one with these anyway.  I don't think it effects anything.  And of course to maintain the matteness and sparkle at the same time, you aren't supposed to use top coat.  Of course, this does leave your nails feeling gritty, and I do understand why some people don't like it.  Personally I find myself constantly rubbing a nail!   Photos are 3 coats of Vespa.

No top coat. 

 With top coat.

I feel top coat changes the look quite a bit.  With Vespa I prefer it without top coat.  What do you think?

As I am in Canada, the only place I have been able to find Zoya is online at Nail Polish Canada.  In the United States I know you can get it directly from the Zoya website.  Worldwide, I am honestly not sure. Sorry about that.  Let me know where you get it from!
Thoughts on texture polishes?  I would love to hear from you. Cheers!

*Polish purchased by me and all opinions are my own*