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Hello lovelies!

I am soo excited to show you the first half of the Zoya Surf & Beach collection for this summer! The colours are awesome and the formulas are really great! So let's check it out!

Zoya says: "Summer 2012 is going to be a super stylish season for nails with the latest offering of nail polish collections, Beach and Surf, from the new color of fashion, Zoya! This new splash of color, designed by the Zoya color experts, is kissed by sea and sand translating beautifully onto the nail in the famous, full-coverage Zoya formula.

Dive into the creamy shades of the Zoya Beach Collection or the shimmering sea foils of the Zoya Surf Collection. The choice is yours – this color palette is sure to be a splash!"

Shelby - soft pink creme shade. Shelby is the lightest pink of the whole collection. It is quite warm-toned so suits me well. The formula is absolutely amazing! I've applied two coats but one coat would have been just enough if I would apply thicker coat. Or if you have short nails and your nail line is not very visible you would absolutely do with one coat. It applied flawlessly and drying time was very good too. Removal was easy :)

Lara - medium pink creme (Zoya: vivid cerise pink creme). Another lovely shade of pink with exactly the same formula as Shelby - flawless application, great pigmentation and easy removal. I've again applied two coats but one coat was almost enough. I like Lara much more than Shelby as I prefer darker colours and also it's much warmer shade.

Reagan - deep cerise pink creme.This is my favourite shade from the whole Beach collection, I love the warm deep fuchsia colour and great formula. I've applied two coats and the colour was almost opaque in the first coat. I love Zoya polishes for this, they are almost always great quality!

Arizona - muted orange creme. Zoya describes the shade as 'soft coral orange cream' but I don't really see any coral tones. It's muted orange with quite a lot of white and yellow in it. It is still bright colour but not pure bold orange. It's hard to describe but thankfully I have pictures, right? I needed two coats for full coverage as the pigmentation is little bit worse than with the previous pink/purple polishes. But overall two coats will do the job perfectly. It applied very easily.

Tracie - pistachio green with silver pearl shimmer. Zoya describes this polish as sea grass metallic but I really see awesome pistachio green but it s not metallic at all :) The subtle silver shimmer might give a little bit of metallic finish but it is not really metallic finish. The shimmer might cause little streaks so i had to pay attention to application. Tracie has the same formula like Arizona - two coats are enough for perfect coverage and polish applies easily.

Wednesday - soft aqua creme. Such a lovely spring shade! I don't wear blue polishes often but I will this one, especially in combination with Zuza! I needed two coats for full coverage and it applied flawlessly. In the first coat the finish looked little bit like jelly which I liked very much and in the second coat it looks like creme finish.

I can't say nothing else than well done Zoya! All polishes in beach collection have absolutely flawless formula, they apply easily and level out perfectly. Pigmentation is really good two - I've used two coats with all polishes but the pinks/purples could do with one thicker coat. Drying time is good to average. I really adore the colours and they are also good for stamping! However the first three polishes (pink/purples) are easily 'dupable' and we've seen them before. But the last three shades Arizona, Tracie & Wednesday are not that usual shades.

*These were provided for a review

Hi everybody!

Today I'll show you the rest of the Texture coats that Nicole by OPI offers...

Turquoise Texture - vibrant turquoise Texture coat. Awesome bright shade that stands out the best over white and black. It looks like metallic finish...crackled :) It is highly pigmented so I had no problem with getting a good colour without using thick layer. OPI, big sister brand did almost the same polish, only called Turquoise Shatter.

Black Texture - black creme Texture coat. Classic creme crackling polish that is pigmented well and dries fast. In fact I always have to work fast with creme crackling polishes and use just one brush stroke at one place, because they dry very fast.

Gold Texture - metallic gold Texture coat. This is a very lovely shade of gold I felt comfortable in. It is little bit less pigmented that the Turquoise or black Texture coat so I applied little thicker layer. That caused the big cracks. Otherwise it applied nicely and dried reasonably fast.

Silver Texture - metallic silver Texture coat. If we had gold, we need also silver, right? I've tested the silver over white as well and it looks lovely and delicate. It applied nicely and the silver Texture coat is a tad better pigmented than the gold and I'm wearing quite thin coat.

Red Texture - red creme Texture coat. Another classic shade from the crackle collection. Every brand that has released crackling polishes included red (and white and black) in their range so it is not an unique shade. But I like red, especially combined with white (which you can see below). In this case I've applied the Red Texture coat over Models Own Indian Ocean, pale blue with pink shimmer.

White Texture - white creme Texture coat. The last from the classic shades, it's a very bright white. It dried very fast, almost too fast to my liking so I had to work fast. Three brushstrokes and that was it. I really like this red and white combo, the red polish is Illamasqua Ruthless.

These Texture coats have a nice formula but the creme shades dry very fast. I had to work fast and use just three brush strokes. All of these shades are quite classic in comparison with the shades from other brands but the Turquoise Texture coat stands out to me. Yes it does have a dupe by OPI but it just looks so good and bold! I'd probably wear it when would want to have bright 'statement' nails. I also didn't experience that 'gloopiness' around the bottle neck like for example with China Glaze creme Crackles.

If you're not tired of crackling polishes, you might like these very much.