NOTD *Essence Update*

Choose Me! and Make It Golden (ring finger)

I'm not really a fan of the ring finger mani but this kills two birds with one stone.

Urgh, my fingers look like battered mars-bars! Anyway.. 2 coats of 'Choose Me!' & 3 coats of 'Make It Golden' and as usual.. O.P.I Ridge Filler as a base with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top-Coat. In person, Make It Golden doesnt have bald patches like in the photo, its almost fully opaque and I'm sure it would be with 1 more coat. To me, its the gold version of Revlons Facets Of Fuschia, it is so similar.

I can see myself being the owner of more polishes from Essence. From the 3 I bought, I dont have any complaints.

I've got another photo from a few months back so just thought I'd upload it. I'm sure almost everyone owns this polish by now but here it is..

BarryM - Peach Melba

It was towards the end of summer I bought this so didnt really get wearing it much but I love it. Untill a few months ago I would only wear O.P.I, Nails Inc, Leighton Denny etc as I'd had so many bad results from cheaper brands but BarryM and Essence polishes are on par with the big brands.

xo

Gold Finger: Essence Review.

At the start of the week I was in a chemist and saw an Essence stand, I didnt pay much attention to it though, Essence products have never appealed to me before but there was a few nail colours that caught my eye...

Choose Me!, Irreplaceable & Make It Golden

So, because I'm a nail varnish sicko and the prices were so good (£1.29) I had to buy them, well, mum did. :]

I really wasnt expecting much from these, I loved the colours but thought thats where my love would end... WRONG! The bottles are dinky, 5ml but I prefere that, I hardly ever make my way through a full bottle of colour. The brush applied the varnish evenly, they remind me of the Rimmel Pro Lycra brushes but a bit smaller. Colour pay off was good, all are opaque after 2 coats except 'Make It Golden' but I'll be using that soon for a NOTD post and really dont think it'll take too many coats to get good coverage from it.

Choose Me!: This just reminds me of mermaids, it's so pretty! An almost identical dupe for O.P.I Catch Me In Your Net, which I've had my eye on for a while. It's packed with teeny gold, green and blue glitter flecks

Irreplaceable: A nude with a difference, theres gold shimmer running through it.. loads of shimmer! Sometimes I think that shimmer can ruin the look of a polish and make it look a bit tacky so I tend to stay away from them but this just works. It was really hard to get a photo of the gold coming through but go check it out!

Make It Golden: I expected this polish to be like every other cheapy glitter out there but its packed with glitter. The base is shimmery gold with slightly bigger bits of glitter then larger hex glitter. It looks like wee golden gemstones all over your nails.

2 coats of Irreplaceable with Make It Golden tips.

Not a brilliant photo but its the best I could get. I'll do some swatches of the colours on their own for another post. Is anyone else lovin' Essence polishes? Have you tried any other products from them?

xo