Born Pretty Store Textured Polishes #16 and #17

Recently I saw that Born Pretty Store has started selling textured liquid sand nail polish (similar to OPI's Liquid Sand, Zoya Pixie Dust etc.) and I was really curious to see what they're like because I LOVE textured polishes and these are just a fraction of the price of the other brands that do textures! :)

Thought I should mention: Both of these polishes were quite thick when I got them, so I added some nail polish thinner. #17 was much too thick to even use, and needed a lot of thinner but #16 only needed a couple drops. After I added the thinner, though, they worked fine. :)

#16 is an inky blue shimmery base with blue micro glitter that dries to a textured finish. This is the first texture I've tried that has a shimmery base rather than a jelly base. The consistency was awesome on this after adding a little thinner! I really liked the brush, also. I found it super easy to cover my nail evenly. It was also opaque in almost one coat, but I did two. This polish dried super fast and dried gritty, but felt smoother than some brands I've used.
I didn't expect I'd like this one as much as I do. :)

#17 is a red jelly with red glitter that dries to a textured finish. Even after using thinner in the polish, this was still fairly thick. Not so thick that I couldn't use it, but it did require a bit of patience. It also did not dry quickly which is disappointing because most liquid sand polishes do dry pretty quick (and #16 dried super fast). So please excuse the smudge on my middle finger! I wish I had been able to get a shot of this in the sun, also because it was quite sparkly under light!
This also does not feel nearly as gritty as the OPI/Zoya/China Glaze textured polishes. It feels really really smooth to be honest, but it does look textured. This might be a great thing for some people because I know many people can't stand the textured feeling, but love the look.
Apart from the slow dry time I really liked this polish. Super pretty.

The textured polishes are $5.59 usually, and $3.99 on sale right now! :D Go get you some! ;) If you haven't tried any textured polishes, this would be a great time to give them a go because they're really affordable!

You can get 10% off your Born Pretty Store order with the code CAL91. They also have free worldwide shipping.

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