Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

NOTD - Essie Lady Like and Lace Tips

Hello Lovelies!

Today I am wearing Essie "Lady Like" - one of my favourite polishes! It is a nude pink creme polish and requires two coats for full opacity. I wore this as my manicure for a day and then got the urge to do some stamping. So using Konad plate M57 and the lace tip design and my trusty Konad Black stamping polish I stamped the lace design over the tips of my nails. I am really happy with how it turned out, so simple and quick and a great way to add art to your nails!

What do you think? X





Sunday, 16 December 2012

NOTD Essie Stroke of Brilliance and Nails Inc Motcomb Street

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy
Base Colour: Nails Inc Motcomb Street
Glitter Polish: Essie Stroke of Brilliance
Top Coat: Seche Vite

Saturday, 31 December 2011

NOTD - New Year's Eve Nails

Happy New Year's Eve Lovelies!!!

I can't believe it's the last day of 2011! This has been the greatest year of my life as I had my baby daughter in July and so it has been such a life changing year but definitely the best!!! So waving goodbye to the most memorable year!

Also 2011 was the year where my nail polish obsession was born so here's to a healthy and prosperous New Year to all and many more nail polish purchases, swatches and fun!!!

Today I am wearing Essie's "Turquoise & Caicos" an aqua blue creme nail polish. Sadly this took three coats to reach opacity. It is a beautiful Tiffany & Co colour so I decided to jazz it up with some silver bling using Essie's " A Cut Above" which is a clear based polish packed full of micro, medium and large silver hexagon glitter particles. I went for another glitter gradient effect for the tips and am happy with how this mani turned out!

What do you think? X

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

NOTD - On Wednesday's We Wear Pink - Essie A Cut Above

Good Day Lovelies!

Today I am wearing a beautiful mani (even if I do say so myself!) For this manicure I used 2 coats of China Glaze's "Liquid Leather" nail polish - a super glossy black creme (my go to black!) Once the base was dry I painted a thin coat of Essie's "A Cut Above" from the Luxeffects Collection 2011. A Cut Above is a stunning clear based polish packed full of vintage rose pink large, medium and micro hexagon glitter. I started the thin coat by striking the brush upwards from 1/3 of the way down the nail. The coverage was good and I was deliberately trying not to distribute too much glitter in an effort to create a gradient effect. To finish the gradient effect I applied a thicker coat more towards the tip end of my nail. To finish I used two coats of Seche Vite Top Coat to smooth it all out!

I absolutely adore this mani and it looks so pretty! It's very glam, girly and glitzy (my kinda manicure!)

So what do you think? X

Saturday, 26 November 2011

NOTD - Purple Crumpet Fairy Challenge - Your Most Ugly Nail Polish

Good afternoon lovelies!

Ok, so I joined a group on Facebook called The Purple Crumpet Fairy. They set new manicure challenges for each Friday and this week's challenge is to wear your most ugly polish. I am sorry that this post is a little late but better late than never!

Ok, so from the outset I thought this challenge would prove difficult especially because I tend to EBay my ugly polishes and so on looking through my stash and particularly my un-trieds I eventually found "Case Study" from Essie's Brand New Bag Collection 2011 and I remembered a conversation I had with my cousin Haley where she said she wore this and it reminded her of baby poo - so obviously not a good look so it must be ugly! Right?

Anyway, now that i am wearing it I have to confess I kind of like this little piece of ugly! Not sure when I will wear it again exactly but I think it's a keeper - mostly to do with the fact it was almost a one-coater (I still applied two) also applied extremely well and looks so creamy. The colour is a mixture of brown/khaki/green and beige and it is a creme finish. It reminds me of a military colour. It isn't all that appealing in the bottle nor on the nails as it's just not what I would consider "pretty", however, it's not as bad as I thought! I can see why my cousin thought it looks like baby you know what especially against different skin tones it might appear to look like that!

I also used NYC's Grand Central Station as a top coat for this mani and I am very impressed with the speedy drying time and the glossy finish - good job really considering I now have 6 bottles of it!

I apologise that these photos were not taken in daylight but this post is late enough already and I couldn't hold out another day!

What do you think? Would you wear this colour?

Thursday, 24 November 2011

NOTD - Essie Chinchilly

Hey lovelies and Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US!!!

Today I am wearing Essie's "Chinchilly". This is a lovely grey creme. In some lights it almost has a taupe appearance and in others it is a plain grey. This applied like butter and required two coats although I feel like some areas appear a little bald to my eye and so perhaps could have done with three coats but I didn't have time! Grey isn't usually a colour I would select but this bottle had me intrigued! I am actually surprised at how much I like it. I think it would look lovely with some nail art on top so watch this space!!!

What do you think? Do you wear much grey?

Monday, 21 November 2011

NOTD - PAA Lace Challenge - Essie Eternal Optimist

Good morning lovelies!

Today I am wearing a mani inspired by the Facebook Group Polish-aholics Anonymous. The group sets mani challenges which are set for Mondays and today's challenge is "Lace". As I have not long long just joined this is my first mani challenge - hopefully the first of many!

I was unsure where to start with this one as I thought a lace pattern could be tricky but then I remembered my good old Konad!

So for this mani I used Essie's "Eternal Optimist" - a lovely nude/peachy colour. This was one of my untrieds. It took two coats for full opacity but because I smudged a few I went over with a third layer also! The application was good too applied like butter! It has a lovely cream finish and it seems to remind me of a favourite of mine which is OPI's "Dulce De Leche". Anyways, so to create the lace effect I decided to use my Konad Stamping Kit and plate number m57. I used OPI "Alpine Snow" as the stamping colour and proceeded to apply to my nails. I decided to use a lace strip design across the tip of my nails and overall am pleased with the outcome. Although I would have been happier if the White would have shown up more but still it is my first attempt at this sort of thing and so I am happy :-)

What do you think of today's lace inspired mani?

Thursday, 17 November 2011

NOTD - Minnie Mouse Polka Dot Nails

Hey lovelies!

Today I am wearing my existing manicure Essie's "Jelly Apple" nail polish which is a red creme/jelly (please see previous post for photos and info). I decided to do white polka dots on top inspired by Minnie Mouse! Well it was my first attempt at a polka dot manicure so there were a few mishaps along the way but nothing too noticeable! It was surprisingly easy to polka dot my left hand too which I wasn't expecting! For the polka dots I used a dotting tool which I dipped into OPI's "Alpine Snow" nail polish and then applied to the nail. I used Andrea Fulerton's Dot & Flick Pen for the black bow on my ring finger.

Overall I am pleased with this look especially for my first attempt! What do you think?

Monday, 14 November 2011

NOTD - Essie Jelly Apple

Hey lovelies!

Today I am wearing Essie's "Jelly Apple". It is a juicy red colour with a creme/jelly finish and is super shiny without topcoat! The application was amazing and took two coats to achieve opacity. I applied a topcoat to prolong the wear and wow I cannot stop staring at my nails and how glossy they are! This is now my go to red! I adore it!

I can feel a red leopard manicure coming very soon - so undecided white or gold spots - any thoughts?

What do you think?

Monday, 31 October 2011

NOTD - Essie "Brooch The Subject" Winter 2011

Today I am wearing one of Essie's new Winter 2011 collection polishes called "Brooch The Subject". It is a nude beige creme colour. The first coat was streaky but the second evened it out and was nearly opaque but not enough for me so I applied three coats. Overall I am pleased with the colour it really does give me the mannequin hands look! It looks so pale to me but lately I have worn so many vamp colours I think I went to the other extreme!

What do you think?

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

NOTD - Essie Smokin Hot

Today I am wearing Essie "Smokin' Hot" that was sent to me in a swap. I believe this is from Essie's Winter 2010 collection. I absolutely love this colour it is hard to describe but it's a kind of purple/mauve greige type of colour! Perfect for Winter!!! I applied two coats and application was easy as expected with Essie and a lovely opaque creme finish very glossy! I think the colour is just so beautiful.

As you will see from the photos I have kept the accent mani finger with Barry M "silver foil" as base, two coats of Milani "Silver FX" and a layer on top of OPI "Servin up Sparkle".

What do you think?

Thursday, 20 October 2011

My First Post and it's a NOTD


Well this is my first official post and hopefully will be the first of many NOTD's.
Today I am wearing Essie Carry On from the Fall 2011 Collection. It is a deep plum purple creme. The formula is good and I used two coats to achieve complete opacity. The polish is vampy and perfect for fall! As much as the mani looked lovely on its own I decided to put some Color Club Covered In Diamonds of the ring fingers for something extra - not to mention the fact that I love the accent fingers trend ATM. I feel like the polish looks almost black on me and is perhaps a bit too dark but at this time of the year it is warming!

I used OPI Nail Envy as base and Seche Vite as Top Coat.

What do you think?