Essence - I Feel Gritty, swatch + nail art

I like texture polishes so of course I had to buy the texture top coat from Essence called I feel gritty. The finish isn't that gritty or textured when touching it, it's like if one coat of tc could fix it. As for all of the texture top coats I've seen it has "glittery stuff" combined with the "texture stuff". Here I've applied 1 coat over my new years eve nail art, which is a black creme + decoration. I've also tried it over other colors and finishes and the conclusion is that the texture top coat always gray the base down heavily. Also the nail art decoration gets hidden quite much, something to think about in future nail art's. (Which reminds me that it's Sunday, and therefore Nail Art Sunday today, omg the days are a mess right now).

I can imagine this is awesome for any person who loves the glittery textures, but me preferring the creme textures the most, this is just okay and doesn't make me go up and down jumping of joy. What do you think?

Polishes and materials used:
ZTIZ (black creme)
Silver metal beads
Essence - I feel gritty

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New years eve nail art goes matte

Some days late perhaps but I also have a matte version of my new years eve nail art. I think I actually preferred the shiny version but of course I'll show you this anyhow.

love this matte tc!

Polishes and materials used:
ZTIZ (black creme)
Silver metal beads
Claire's matte top coat

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New years eve nail art

We have now reached the last of the themes in the Winter Nail Art Challenge which appropriately is New Years Eve. My nail art for today is very simple, a black base and silver metal beads placed with the help of a dotting tool. It's actually simpler than one can think to place them in intricate patterns like numbers etc. Try it! And now you wonder, will this be my actual new years nail art? But the answer is no, I have other plans.. ;)

Polish and materials used:
ZTIZ (black creme)
metal beads, silver

A summary of the winter nail art challenge will come later, but for now I'd like to thank Helena at Lacky Corner for being a great host for this challenge. :)

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