Revlon Mayan Riviera and French Roast

Today I have two random Revlon shades for you.

Mayan Riviera is a new shade from their pebbled texture collection. Personally, I find this to be more of a densely packed glitter polish opposed to an actual textured polish. It was very dense which made it difficult to apply nicely. A lot of dabbing was required. It dries to a matte finish. I didn't use top coat. I really liked the colour of this polish, but other then that, it was a fail for me. This also was slow to dry.

French Roast is from their Colorstay line. I actually found this at a dollar store! It's a medium brown creme with a lighter brown shimmer and a small amount of blue microshimmers. I used two coats plus top coat. It self leveled perfectly, and was nice and shiny. I really enjoyed this one!

At least one of them was a winner for me! I won't be purchasing anymore of the Revlon textures, that is for sure. Revlon is available at most drugstores.

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

Gosh Polish Frosted Soft Coral textured polish

Today I have a new polish from Gosh for you. 07 Frosted Soft Coral. Not the most original name. Frosted sand look with a glittery matte finish.

I used two thin coats for complete coverage. Average dry time. Pebbly to the touch once it's dry. The glitter is a nice touch to this. I think it would be too plain without it. The polish does have a bit of a wrinkly look to it. No issues with application. Following photos show the polish with no top coat.

The next pics show Frosted Soft Coral with a coat of top coat. I used HK Girl. The polish really ate it up. Almost right away, you couldn't tell that a top coat had been applied. My guess is you would need at least three coats of top coat to smooth this out and leave it shiny.

And there you have it. I purchased this from a local drugstore. Shoppers Drug Mart. To be honest, I'm not sure where all this brand is carried. Sorry about that! Hope you have a great day.

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

China Glaze Sea Goddess texture polish

I have two picks from the China Glaze Sea Goddess collection. Sand Dolla Make You Holla and Wish A Starfish. This is another textured polish collection. I admit that these are the first textured polishes from CG that I have bought. Their previous textures looked terrible to me. These reminded more of the OPI Liquid Sands, so I thought I would give them a try.

Sand Dolla Make You Holla has a white base with multi coloured glitter. Formula was really sheer. After the first coat you could barely tell that anything was on the nail. To finish off I applied two more thicker coats. It didn't level off that well, and since these are meant to be worn without top coat, there is no way to fix it. I found this took a long time to dry. Maybe that is just because I am used to using fast dry top coat.

Wish On A Starfish is a matte pink with gold glitter. Patrick automatically comes to mind. I can't help it! This applied much better. I used two medium coats, again with no top coat. The gold really jumps out. Dried faster then the first polish, but still slower then a regular polish.

So, I really love Wish On a Starfish. Sand Dolla is a pass for me. I think China Glaze is improving on their textures, but they still have a ways to go! Thanks for having a look at today's post. See you soon!

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

Zoya Dahlia swatches

Dahlia is a PixieDust shade from Zoya. Personally Zoya makes my favourite textured polishes.

Dahlia is black with fine silver glitter. Opaque in two coats. No top coat, of course. Some of the PixieDusts do look good with top coat, but I prefer them without.

Being in Canada I have few options to purchase these. My go to is Nail Polish Canada. I sometimes can find them at Winners. How do you guys feel about textured polish. Is the fad done? I think they might stick around a bit longer. Also, just an FYI, I think the PixieDusts are great on toes! Try it out.

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

Zoya Nail Polish Corals - Elodie, Myrta, and Destiny

Today I have three Zoya Polishes that are in the coral family. I will give you the official description from the Zoya site followed by my interpretation.  I am also including their opaqueness scale. 1-5,  1 = sheer and 5 = opaque.

Elodie is officially described as a "warm melon pink creme with a touch of coral". Also on the Zoya scale of opaqueness they score this a 5. Now I find the colour description accurate, but that is about it. My bottle, to me, is a sheer jelly. I am actually wondering if there was some sort of mislabeling incident? How do you go from an opaque creme to a sheer jelly? My photos are 3 coats of Elodie, and there is still significant vnl. My guess is I would have needed another 2 coats for full opacity. The vnl isn't that obvious in the pics, but it is in person.

Myrta is described as a "medium orange coral with red undertone, gold and silver metallic shimmer, and a foil like finish". Again, accurate. Opaque scale scored this a 5, which I would agree with this time! Photos shown are 2 coats with top coat. I'm not normally a big foil fan, but I quite like this one. No issues with streaking to report.

Destiny is a PixieDust shade. I know textured polish isn't everyone's thing, but I love the Pixie's! Officially called a "coral metal sparkle". Opaqueness 5. Pretty close. This has a ton of sparkle for a matte polish. I really like it. It does lean a bit orange. The first 2 pics are without top coat and the second 2 are with. I like it both ways! Most of the time with the PixieDusts I prefer it without top coat.

As I am in Canada, I purchase my Zoya products from Nail Polish Canada. If you are in the States, you can buy direct from Zoya. And I apologize, if you are anywhere else, I am not sure where to buy from.

Thanks everyone! Hope you all have a great weekend.

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

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*

Dance Legend No 9 Sand!Which? and No 12 White Noise

Today I am showing you two Dance Legend polishes from the Sahara Crystal line. The line is textured polish.

Sand!Which? is a pink glitter with silver shimmer. Full coverage in two coats. Formula was on the thicker side but had no issues applying it. Average drying time. Also, it dries shiny on its own. Photos below show pics with and without top coat. I can't decide which I like better. Overall, I was very happy with this polish.

no top coat

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 with top coat

 with top coat

Next up is White Noise. Although this is from the same line, it is completely different. It has a matte white creme base with small black and silver glitter. Again, the formula was on the thicker side, but this was much harder to apply nicely. I used two coats and then dabbed a third to cover some areas. You will also notice in the pictures that it does hang over the end of the nail. I didn't file this down as I was just doing some swatching of it. This also had a longer drying time. It kind of makes me think that it looks like painting your nails in white out and then sprinkling some pepper on them. Photos below show with and without topcoat. Overall, not a fan. Disappointed as I was quite excited to get this one.

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 with top coat

 with top coat

These polishes were purchased from Llarowe. As I write this Sand!Which? is in stock and White Noise is sold out. I would sign up for their newsletter to learn about restocks. Thanks for stopping by today, and as always I would love to hear you thoughts! Dance Legend is new to me, but I have a few more that I purchased at the same time to show you guys. Stay tuned!

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

Fuzzy Coat from Sally Hansen

Hey everyone. I broke down and bought two of the new fuzzy coat textured polishes from Sally Hansen. Even though I hate bar glitter, I decided I had to give it a try. I purchased these from my local Shoppers Drug Mart. They were on sale for $5.99.

Wool Lite is light pink and white micro bar glitter in a clear base. I have two coats layered over Lime Crime Parfait Day. Top coat is a must to help smooth. Although I didn't have any of the bars sticking up off the nail, they did tend to hang off the ends and needed to be pushed back onto the nail. I didn't try, but I am pretty sure there is no way you could get full coverage with these.

Fuzzy Fantasy is the light green one. Possibly a bit of yellow mixed in. This one was extremely hard to photograph. I have two coats layered over Lime Crime Pastelchio. I think this one would have been better layered over a contrasting colour?

Overall, I don't think I am a fan. They looked okay, but bar glitter just doesn't do it for me. How do you feel about bar glitter? At least I can say I tried. Thanks for stopping in. Hope to see you back soon.

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