Avon - Star Dust - Teal Glitter and Polished Plum

As always with Avon in the UK they seem to be behind in the release of any new nail polish line they have, i had seen other ladies from the USA comment about the Star Dust textured Avon had and at the time i remember being upset because i was super in to the Textured polishes, of course the awesome ladies offered to help me out but it was going to be to much for my budget to post them, so i forgot about them for a while.

Then my lovely Avon girl Charlotte dropped off my order with a new book and to my surprise the Star Dust polishes was in it and even better half price, the colours and names seem to differ from the US ones and the bottle shape to, but i bought all of them.

So first let me same the bottle shape is so cute, and the actual formula is out of this world lol considering they are called Stardust i thought that was worth a giggle....No???? OK IL stop trying to be funny.

Ive always found textured polish to go on so easy i can paint my nails and not have any clean up or shaping around my cuticles.......it would of be fine with just 1 coat, it drys so fast and evenly and to a matte finish but still got sparkle....It contain different sizes of glitter and does have that gritty feel but i mean of course it does, its a textured finish......i get a little annoyed with gritty polish cuz sometimes i snag it on clothing, so i applied one coat of seche vite just to take that sharpness off it...

I was surprised at the staying power, i wore this mani for about 2 weeks with hardly any chipping, but the great thing about textured polish is, its so easy to patch over with out leaving any trace you patched it.

Barry M Textured polish Countess

Countess is part of the Barrym Royal glitter textures, Autumn/winter 2013 collection and i have to say its my fave colour so far out of the 5 available, its hard to explain the colour? most would say Purple? but id personally say its a a deep Aubergine with flecks of Gold glitters, a lot of bloggers are saying the texture is that of the OPI liquid sand, but i do have a few of those and this texture to me is more like Jesses Girl Gundrops.

As with all textured polish it goes on SO well, honestly textured polish is my fave to apply, it take me no time to paint my nails and with no clean up it dries super fast to a rough feel, now of course you can topcoat it if you don't like that rough feel on your nails, which i generally don't.....but i also think to top coat it, changes the way it looks.....so i do feel its best to keep it as it is and try to deal with the feel of it....

Rimmel Space Dust - Moon Walking

Rimmel seem to be on the ball with whats hot in the polish world, normally it takes them a while to catch on and the fad has past by the time they bring out a new collections.

How ever they has impressed me with the new "Space Dust" collection, there is 5 colours in total, i do believe they are called ...Aurora, Luna Love, Shooting Stars, Total Eclipse and the one I'm wearing below is Moon Walking.....

I wasn't able to buy them all because there was only a few on sale in Asda (Walmart) where i came across them for £3.99 a bottle.......At first i thought they would just be like their "Precious Stones" polish, but how wrong i was.

Moon Walking is a really pretty purple I've seen other say its Lilac but I'm not on board with that lol, I'm gonna go for Lavender with little round and hexagon shaped gritty glitter, and I'm in love with Textured polish and well this is no different, i love it, as with all textured polish you don't get a smooth finish, so if you are like me get annoyed unless your polish is smooth as a babies but then you can top coat it and it still looks awesome.....

I choose to leave it as it was and after a while i got used to the feeling.....I wore this for 5 days with out any visible chipping or tip wear....but like all Textured polish i find its so easy to refill any chips, the texture in it really helps hide them, also it does on so easy and looks pretty sweet i think.

I cant wait to try the others, i hope they do get all the colours in Asda, if not i will have to venture in to town and get them.

So have you tried them? what do you think? and what is your favourite shade?

BarryM Textured Polish - Lady

Ive been seeing lots of photos on Facebook of the BarryM Textured polish, and as i seem to be "into" textured polish at this time, i had to go buy me some, when i say some, i mean all of them of course lol

This is one is "Lady" from BarryM Autumn.Winter collection, with Royal themed names, they are a Textured/Glitter effect and so easy to use and work with, ive been excited to have a white Textured polish, and i LOVE this one.

From other reviews i read, many said it only took 2 layers, but it just didn't seem enough to me, so i layered it over a white polish, as you can see from the close up there is pretty blue flash through it, and personally i feel this is a perfect Christmas polish, as it reminds me of fine snow.

Jesses's Girl Hot Cinnamon

Hot Cinnamon is from the Jesse's Girl Julie G Gumdrops collections, the polish is a textured polish with a sparkle to it, now if you haven't tried Textured polish, let me tell you it apply very different from regular polish, to me it goes on SO easier, but that's just my option...but this went on like a dream, i had no mess and no clean up and it drys SUPER fast,the formula is just  perfect, its not runny bu not a thick polish, its just so easy to work with.....it left no patches like some Textured polish.

I'm not normally a red polish person, it has to be pretty special for me to wear it, and this is one of those special reds....its not a in your face red, which was why i liked it,Its described as a "Hot Red" with a glitter finish.

From what i have seen this is a True Dupe for Zoya Destiny....id say this is a substitute.

Jesses Girl - Crushed Candy

Crushed Candy  if from the Jesse's Girl Julie G Gumdrops collections, the polish is a textured polish with a sparkle to it, now if you haven't tried Textured polish, let me tell you it apply very different from regular polish, to me it apply's easier, but that's just my option...but this went on like a dream, i had no mess and no clean up and it drys SUPER fast with no patches like some Textured polish.

I think the best thing about this polish is how long it lasts, i wore this for just under 2 weeks....i was being lazy and had no inspiration to change my polish so this was a good choice, because its textured i found when it did chip it filled in so flawless, you couldn't tell because the texture of it made it look like there was never a chip there.....also any tip wear was easy to conceal to and my nails looked freshly polished every day.....out of all Textured polish i have to say the gumdrops collection is perfect.

 

Jesse's Girl JulieG Frosted Gum Drop Rock Candy

I sat and waited and hoped that when Jesse's Girl's Gumdrops was released that id be able to get them Now its no secret to my friends that i LOVE Jesses's Girl, I'm always mentioning it to my mum and she is like "where can i get it? do they sell it I'm Super Drug?" oh BOY i wish they did, but sadly no mother they don't sell in the UK yet....and i say yet cuz i have faith one day they might.....

I have an Angel of a friend in Rachel from CherryGlamGirl.....she is my American address and was sweet enough to let me have them sent to her and then she sent them onto me with a few other items i got.

 The very kind Christine helped me out a while ago and was kind enough to help me get my hand on some of their polish, and i was so thankful to her for doing that.....anyway on to the polish, i know a lot have already blogged about these, but I'm slow and just around to doing my review lol anywhoooooo.....

In the collection you can choose from:

Hot Cinnamon: Hot-red with a glitter finish
Rock Candy: Teal infused with silver glitter
Blueberry Fizz: Berry blue mixed with shiny silver glitter
Crushed Candy: Pure purple with silver sparkle appeal
Sugar Rush: Bright reddish-pink with pops of gold glitter
Tangerine Dream: Citrus orange with specs of sparkle

 

 The Polish is a textured polish with a sparkle to it, now if you haven't tried Textured polish, let me tell you it apply very different from regular polish, to me it apply's easier, but that's just my option...but this went on like a dream, i had no mess and no clean up and it drys SUPER fast with no patches like some Textured polish.

Christine herself told me to not put a topcoat on and i do believe there is something on their site about getting the best effect by not applying a base or a  top coat, so i did try that, and well OK i know the whole reason to wearing textured polish is to feel the texture, but i cant stand the feel or gritty polish lol, so I'm sorry i HAD to apply a top coat to make it smooth and i have to say other then not feeling the texture there was no difference in how it looked.....But my verdict its a sure fire HIT, love them and cant wait to wear the others i got, but Rock Candy is my fave cuz I'm a teal gal.

 

 

Rock Candy

Sugar Rush

Hot Cinnamon

Hot Cinnamon