Zoya - Carter (Fall 2013 PixieDust Collection)

It was in my drawer for a while now: Zoya Carter. And it is one of the best liquid sands/pixie dusts I have ever tried! The base colour is this wonderful dark purple and it has tiny fuschia glitters in it to give it sparkle and colour. I love it when they add different colour glitters to a dark base: spectacular!
The first layer was a bit weird: it was uneven and streaky and very translucent, but the second layer gave it all its colour and evenness.

Zoya - Carter

As usual my camera doesn't pick up the blue very good: the colour is much more intense and deep then my pictures suggest.
If you like these texture polishes you absolutely should try and get your hands on this one: it is stunning!

Zoya - Stevie (PixieDust Collection summer 2013)

Ahhh, it is liquid sand/pixiedust day today!
I love these textures because they are easy to work with, no top coat required and they dry very fast >happy<
At first glance I thought that Stevie would be a cold colour and would perhaps not compliment my skintone: I was wrong! Stevie seems to morph and flatters my skin tone instead of creating lobster fingers >happy<

I used a basecoat and two coats of Stevie to get this result:

Zoya - Stevie, PixieDust

I love the colour, it could be this is one of my favorite texture polishes I tried so far! PixieDust wears very well: just do not get into cleaning loads of tiny stones for your fish (without latex gloves), by shoveling your hands through them....it wears your polish down pretty quickly :-)

Zoya PixieDust spring 2013 - Vespa

Keeping it green these days...
Zoya Vespa is a PixieDust polish like the Liquid Sands by OPI from the spring 2013 collection and I love these kind of finishes!
The colour is a light and slightly transparent sage green with tiny silver micro glitter. The base dries swift and matte and the micro glitter gives the whole thing a little umph.
I used it this time without any base or strenghtening stuff and no topcoat ofcourse, just to see how that would wear. At day three there is no tippwear, no bits and pieces missing, it still looks fresh and perfect!

The first three pictures were taken at day 1:

Zoya PixieDust - Vespa

in diffused light

day three, in sunlight

day five, diffused light

Well, as you can see Vespa stays very much put...even without basecoat! You can see some minimal every day wear but after 5 whole days my nails still look pretty decent :-)
I just want another colour now.....I only have to figure out which one is up next.....