Milani Texture Nail Polish - Purple Streak

Hello Lovelies! It's already been on heckuva morning here at KLK. First of all I'm having a down kind of day. Sometimes the little things get to me, and today is one of those "sometimes". I think that we all forget how much work goes into blogging, and that there are actual people behind those pretty pictures. Then I opened up my comments, and the reason why I blog slapped me in the face again.  I blog because I love to share my love of all things nail polish, and my readers are pretty damned awesome. So thank you for being here, I appreciate each and every one of you. You guys rock!

Then I managed to kill my Flakie Friday Mani and had to start all over again. Needless to say Flakie Friday has been delayed until this evening.  But enough of the down stuff...let's see some awesome polish!

Today I have one of the new Milani Texture Polishes to share with you (Texture Creams? Texture Nail Lacquer? Texture Collection? I've seen all of these...I'm just gonna stick with Nail Polish for now!). I found these babies at Walgreens last week and have been dying to play with them. The other night I decided to take a break from just swatching and gave in to my need to play!

Purple Streak is a beautiful deep purple textured polish. The textured finish is so cool! It's different from the liquid sand polishes, yet has a similar texture. Check it out!

This is 2 coats of Milani Texture Nail Polish in Purple Streak, no top coat (please note that there are no irregularities in the texture IRL. The side that the light is strongest on tends to look less textured in these shots):

I am really loving these polishes. One thing that makes them stand out from the liquid sands (to me anyway) is that these are a solid color. I think these are also a bit m ore textured as well, although they weren't annoying at all. I played with the texture a bit, but I didn't have the urge to scrape this off my nails. I don't have any of the Zoya Pixie Dust polishes yet, but I think I need to grab some so I can compare.

Purple Srtreak's formula was excellent. Thin, yet not watery, it applied effortlessly with just the right amount of texture. I did find this to be streaky on the first coat, but the second coat evened things out beautifully. Dry time was very fast, and since this applied so well I barely had to worry about clean-up (and you know how OCD I am about my polish lines being perfect!).

I really need to mention the wear-time with this polish. The pictures you see here were taken a full 24 hours after application. At that point I had no tip wear and no chips, and the finish hadn't worn or dulled at all. I was worried that since I wasn't wearing top coat that this mani wouldn't hold up, but it held up incredibly well. I had even showered, bathed the baby, done some laundry, and household chores before taking photos. Impressive, right?

Milani Texture Creams can be found at select drugstores and online at Milanicosmetics.com. I grabbed mine for $3.99 each at Walgreens.

What do you think of the textured trend? Do you have any of the Milani Textured Polishes?

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for Flakie Friday!
-Kimber