Are you guys already fed up with all the textured polishes? Hope not, because I have a gorgeous one to show you guys today! Once again Adenina provided some products for review and I chose Depend Jade Vine (#2063)* (and some studs that I'll use in another post). I have tried quite a few of textured polishes from different brands but this was my first Depend textured one, or Rough Sparkle as they call their textured polishes line. The color of the polish was so beautiful that I didn't want to cover it too much with some decorations, but I still wanted to do something else with it than just do a one polish mani, so I decided to do some gradient tips to go along with it.
So first I did two coats of Depend Jade Vine (with base coat) and after that was completely dry I did the gradient using the same Jade Vine and Kiko Hot Pink (index and ring) or Zoya Liberty* (middle and pinky).
I really liked how this textured gradient turned out, though my bf's first comment was that the nails reminded him of the '90s... I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but I really liked this look!
Misa BACKbone
Depend Jade Vine 2 coats*
gradient: Kiko Hot Pink (index, ring), Zoya Liberty (middle, pinky)
I also took some pictures of Jade Vine alone so that you can see the gorgeous color and overall look it has:
I thought this color was really pretty and I didn't own any textured polishes similar to this before. I wore this alone when I went to a local store and I noticed IsaDora's Sugar Crush stand there and when I compared Jade Vine to their Turquoise Crush the colors seemed really similar though this Depend version seems to have more of those bigger glitters in it. I posted the comparison picture to Instagram, you can check it out here.
I really liked the formula and quality of this Depend texture polish. It covered really nicely with just two coats and it seemed to dry really quickly too. The one thing I don't like so much about Depend is the fact that the bottles are so small (only 5ml) and the price is quite high if you consider the amount that you get, but the quality was so nice that I think I might get some other color of these Rough Sparkle polishes. I also have to say that I love the fact that these Depend polishes have finally names! Though unfortunately the name isn't printed on the bottle as the bottles only have the numbers, but at least they do have some names..
All the link in this post are here only for your assitance, I don't gain anything if you use them.
*Depend Jade Vine and Zoya Liberty were sent for me to review, for more information see my disclosure policy.
I've done couple different Marimekko Unikko inspired nail before (you can see them here and here), but for a while I've thought that the pattern would be fun to do with textured polishes. This time I wanted to do only an accent nail with the Unikko pattern and use a textured polish as the rest of the mani.
So I chose couple of Zoya PixieDusts polishes to use in this mani. I did all but my ring finger with Zoya Miranda* and for the accent nail I used OPI Skull & Glossbones as my base color, then I did the Unikko flowers with Zoya Miranda, China Glaze White Out and Zoya Liberty*.
Miranda is really a gorgeous textured polish! The color is so pretty and it's unique at least compared to the other textured polishes that I have. I used three coats of Miranda for this mani, though it was pretty good with just two. I did the third one for just in case. I have to tell you that I'm a bit afraid to use Liberty for a whole mani as I've read that it stains nails really badly, but I guess I just have to try it to find out. At least the color is gorgeous too and I think Miranda and Liberty are a nice pair.
Nail Tek Foundation II
Zoya Miranda 3 coats
accent nail:
Nail Tek Foundation II
OPI Skull & Glossbones 3 coats
Sally Hansen Insta Dri
Zoya Miranda, China Glaze White Out and Zoya Liberty
*Zoya Miranda and Liberty were sent for me to review, for more information see my disclosure polic
I got four Zoya summer PixieDusts for review from the Finnish Zoya importer and they all looked so good that I couldn't decide which one to try out first. I certainly wanted to try out the light purple PixieDust called Stevie, but I decided to use Liberty and Miranda too (and also Zoya Julie). Here's what I came up with:
I used two coats of Zoya Stevie for my index and pinky fingers (and also thumb), I have no top coat over Stevie (of course), but I did use base coat. Then I did my middle and ring fingers with Zoya Julie, topped it of with base coat and waited it to be completely dry. After that I did the dots using dotting tool and the three PixieDust polishes Stevie, Liberty and Miranda. I didn't apply any topcoat over the dots as I wanted them to have the texture effect.
I've been waiting for someone to make a textured polish with the color of Stevie, so I'm sooo glad that Zoya did it! It's totally my kind of color and I love it! Also Miranda and Liberty looked really nice, I can't wait to try them out properly. However, I've heard that Liberty stains really badly, so I have to try to remember to do at least two coats of base coat under it.
I think these three colors went really well together and I liked the finished look very much. Also it was quite fun to have those textured dots over a regular smooth polish. I think I need to use these and other textured polishes more with regular ones.
Mereneid Base Coat - Ridgefiller Rose**
Zoya Stevie* 2 coats (index and pinky)
Zoya Julie* 2 coats with one coat of Sally Hansen Insta Dri (middle and ring)
Zoya Stevie, Liberty* and Miranda* (dots)
*Zoya Stevie, Julie, Liberty and Miranda were sent for me to review, for more information see my disclosure policy. **I got Mereneid Base Coat from the goodie bag from our meeting.
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