Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Pale pink is probably the last colour you would think for Christmas, but personally, I have fallen in love with Essie's Fiji. It feels like a shade that could be appropriate for every time of the year, for every season. For summer it's fresh and cool, for autumn is fun and unexpected, for winter it can mimic the snow and cold weather, for spring it can represent the fragile new flowers that are beginning to blossom — that sounds rather poetic.
Thursday, 15 January 2015
Wednesday, 2 April 2014
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Anyway, let's talk about nails! Recently, I went to Boots and I saw this beautiful coral nail lacquer called Tart Deco (the camera doesn't do it justice). You could say it was love at first sight, well it always is with me. The fact that I fall in love with beauty and fashion items so easily is becoming a concern of mine. The colour is the most beautiful coral nail varnish I've ever seen. It seems to be the happy medium between a bright and a pastel shade. It's just stunning and I got a couple of compliments on my nails with this. This was the first Essie nail colour I tried from the new line and I absolutely love it. The brush is absolutely amazing and helps the application of the polish making it so easy and quick. I started off with Sally Hansen's Double Duty as my base coat, then I applied three coats of Tart Deco and lastly I used two coats of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat. I am also surprised at how well it has lasted on my nails. It lasted for almost two weeks and I removed it from my finger nails yesterday. I can definitely say that Essie is becoming one of my favourite brands.
Have you tried Tart Deco? What's your favourite Essie nail lacquer?
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Hello everyone. How has your week been so far? Today, I decided to paint my nails and to be just a little bit creative and fun for my birthday, which is tomorrow. I can't believe that I will be 19 in a while. It just seems so old! Well, enough with my quarter life crisis, let's talk about nails! I honestly had no idea nor plan for my nails and I just went with the flow, I guess. That's my favourite way of painting on a canvas, too. I love it when I don't even know what I'm going to end up with. I knew I wanted to use Essie - In The Cab-Ana, because I absolutely love that colour, but I had no clue of what else I wanted to do. I started off with a layer of my go-to base coat, the Sally Hansen Double Duty Strengthening Base & Top Coat. Then I applied two coats of In The Cab-Ana, but a third one would have been ideal. Now on to the fun part! Firstly, I decided to opt for an ombre/gradient effect on the middle finger using China Glaze - Re-Fresh Mint. The same nail lacquer and an eBay dotting tool were used to create the polka dots on my index finger of my left hand and my right ring finger. After that, I used the angle of a square sellotape piece and Nubar - Star Sparkle Nail Lacquer to create just one chevron design dividing my thumbnail, left ring finger and right index nail. Also, I added some Re-Fresh Mint abstract lines and dots where Essie meets Nubar, with the smaller end of the dotting tool. Lastly, I applied a generous coat of Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
Do you like my nails? What have you got on your nails at the moment?
Friday, 2 August 2013
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Hello everyone. Instead of doing a fashion post, like the previous two Thursdays, I am going to be talking about a nail varnish. Yesterday, Essie In The Cab-Ana arrived at my house after ordering it from Amazon three weeks ago. This is the first Essie polish I've ever tried, as I'm almost certain they aren't sold in my country. I have the lovely Lily Pebbles to blame for this purchase as I saw her wear this colour on her nails in one of her videos. It is such an amazingly beautiful colour that screams summer to me and I haven't got anything like it. I've been wanting to try this brand for a long time, but there's a lot of love and hate surrounding it. I believe there are two different lines, with different applicators and formulas and this is from the older one. I can see why a lot of people dislike this range, as the application can be a bit streaky, but as Lily said, it's nothing Seche Vite can't fix. I was actually in a hurry when I painted my nails with this, yesterday. Like I said in yesterday's post, I went to a beach, birthday party and five minutes before leaving I decided to give this a go, as I couldn't resist. I started off with Sally Hansen Double Duty as my base coat and ended up applying two coats of In The Cab-Ana, for a more even finish. Last step was of course a coat of Seche Vite, like I said I was in a hurry to get to the party and this top coat dries amazingly fast.
Isn't it a gorgeous shade?
