silver - Lucy's Stash

Hello lovelies!

Today is the next day of a Summer Challenge and the topic is Chelsea Flower Show! Up until now I haven't heard of this show but apparently it's a big deal in the 'flower business' :)

I didn't have much time to do a special manicure with nail art even though I'd love to do a flower mani. So For the Chelsea Flower Show theme I've chosen swatches of Peggy Sage Tulip Glitter. Just the name is flowery and look at the colourful glitter in a jelly base! Awesome!

Tulip Glitter- dark wine red jelly with different coloured and sized glitter. This is such a beautiful polish! I love the jelly shade and the different glitter in it. Just imagine the glitter represents flowers - you can see red, green, blue, white and pink!

I've applied two coats and as you can see they were opaque enough. It applied ok but the jelly formula played up a bit. The polish dried very fast so I've experienced little bit of patching and also polish was 'glooping' around the bottle neck so I might need to use thinner later. No topcoat.

These are the girls participating in the Summer challenge, Check out their blogs and see their interpretation of the 'Chelsea Flower Show' theme:

Danielle - http://lbobeauty.blogspot.co.uk/

Neivys - http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/

Jo @ Northern Nails - http://therockchicksrambles.blogspot.co.uk/

Arlene @ http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/

Helena - http://nailwish.blogspot.com.es/

Róisín- http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.com/

Katee - www.agirlandherpolish.blogspot.com

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/

Sarah - http://www.ynails.blogspot.co.uk/

Bec - http://lacquerdreams.blogspot.com.au/

Misha - www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com

Sharon - http://whatcolorismycoat.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/

Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/

Emma @ http://manicurity.blogspot.com/

Caitlin - www.caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Jane- http://absolutevarnish.blogspot.com/

Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net

Jackie- http://memasmanis-jackie.blogspot.com/

Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/

Stella - http://mywetnails.blogspot.com

Missy @ http://missysmanis.blogspot.co.uk/

Kim @ http://apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com/

Christine @ http://lost-in-my-reverie.blogspot.com

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.