Kiko Cupcake Nail Lacquer - 656 Pistachio

 

Pistachio is another of Kiko's textured Cupcake range, this one is a very pale, yellowy green shade with darker orange and blue sprinkles.

 

As with all the Cupcake polishes it applies really nicely and dries fast.

Kiko Cupcake - 651 - Strawberry

 

Another Cupcake polish today, this time the pink from the collection 651, Strawberry.

 

651 reminds me of a strawberry milkshake, it's exactly the right creamy pink colour speckled through with red and blue textured pieces - hopefully you don't get them in your next milkshake!

Kiko Cupcake - 654

Another of the Cupcake polishes today, this time 654, Anise.

 

 

Similar finish and application to the others I have posted about recently but this time a pale blue base with darker blue sprinkles through it.

 

I really love the colour; it's a very bright, icy blue shade. 

 

 



Kiko Cupcake 647

 

647, or Jasmine as it's called on the UK Kiko site, is a white base with orange and blue speckles and strands through it's textured base.

 

These pictures are two coats and as you can see it's nicely opaque at that.  The polish dries reasonably fast but not quite as fast as the Sugar Mats, possibly due to the different textures and make up of the additional colour particles.

 

What really impressed me about this polish is how well it lasted, even without a top coat, it managed 4 days with minimal tip wear and no chips which is pretty good going for a textured polish.

Kiko Cupcake Nail Lacquer

 

I have polishes from a new collection from by Kiko to show you today, Cupcake Nail Lacquer, the release of them coincided nicely with a friend from work visiting Spain so she offered to bring me a few back, here are the four I chose;

 

648 Pineapple, 652 Lilac, 653 Wisteria and 655 Mint.

 

 

It pains me slightly not to buy the whole collection but I figured it was best to try a few out before getting carried away, as I wasn't sure I would love these quite as much as Kiko's other textured polishes the Sugar Mat Collection.

 

The Cupcake collection are similar to the Sugar Mats, but not the same; the formula is a bit chunkier as the Cupcakes have more multi-coloured pieces in them rather than just fine shimmer.  Despite this they apply in a similar fashion and dry nice and fast (although not quite as fast as the Sugar Mat).  They definitely have a slightly more chunky, textured look to them too.

 

 

The colours are lovely, soft pastels, perfect for spring.

 

The pale base colours are shot through with slightly darker colours in complimenting shades.

 

They reminded me of mini eggs when I first saw them on my nails, perfect for Easter, but actually they look less like mini eggs when you see them right beside mini eggs as my foray into using chocolates as props shows...

 

I still think they're pretty sweet though. :)

 

While I don't love them quite as much as the Sugar Mats on first try I do really like these so I think I might be adding a few more to my collection at some point.