Grunge Me Tender!

The latest Catrice and Essence limited collections are filled with lovely spring colours. A few days ago, the local drugstore happened to have updated the limited collection display already, while these collections are supposed to hit the stores in April. You'll hear no complaints from me =]

So let's take a look at Essence TE Floral Grunge where feminine meets grunge. This is Grunge Me Tender:

Grunge Me Tender is described as mint on the Essence website, but I think it's more pastel green. Furthermore, Grunge Me Tender is a creme with subtle white/silver shimmer and has a soft matte finish. This is hinted by the sticker "The Suede" on the bottle.

Only two coats is needed to reach opacity and it dried quite fast.

I wanted to know how it looked with a layer of TC:

Have a nice one!

Glitter on me

This is Essence's newest member in the nail art Special Effect! topper family: Glitter On Me.

Glitter On Me has a clear base filled with tiny silver glitter and aqua, gold, pink and silver bar glitters. 

I started with two coats of KIKO Pastel Blue as base colour and added one layer of Glitter On Me. The end result didn't feel gritty at all, so I just skipped TC.

Have a great one!

Circus Confetti in the Green Room

Once again, here is Topshop's Green Room with a little bling:

In the previous post, I've mentioned how surprisingly sheer Green Room was. That makes it a perfect ingredient for a glitter sandwich. I used Essence Circus Confetti and layered one coat of Green Room on top. 

Circus Confetti is a real party glitter with its multi-coloured glitters in different sizes.
Before the sandwich:

After:

What do you think of this combination?

Have a great one!
 

Bonbon inspired mani

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I did a bonbon inspired mani:

The chocolate nails are swatched with Barry M's Chocolate and the ring finger has three coats of Essence Team Nude. The pink stripes are done with a striping brush and Essie Van D'Go. I added Canmake Nail Topping Coat #04 Mixed Fruit Seeds on the index and ring finger. The little heart on the middle finger is painted with OPI Red Hot Ayers Rock.

As I mentioned above, this mani was inspired by sweet bonbons. They looked like this before I devoured them:

Have a sweet day!

Topshop Green Room

My lovely sister bought this one for me as a souvenir from France. It was a pleasant surprise, both the gift and the polish itself:

This is Topshop Green Room, which is a beautiful green with an extremely glossy finish. I didn't expect the jelly-like formula judging from the bottle. So I was surprised to find out that Green room was so sheer. It will become opaque with three coats.

one coat

three coats

 The camera couldn't capture the real colour of Green Room, so I edited one of the pictures to give you a better impression of how Green Room looks like in real life.

In the next post, I will make a glitter sandwich with Green Room. Don't miss it...

Have a great one!

Broken, but not feeling blue

As a nail polish blogger, there is this one thing that is terrible: damage to the nails. Due to the cold weather and obviously lack of care, a split occurred at one fourth length above the nail tip on my middle finger. The horizontal split went halfway through, but I could not cut it all off, since it was still attached to the soft tissue. But luckily it is growing back. I left my nails unswatched for a week and I can’t take it anymore. So please don’t mind the weird shaped nail.

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It feels great to have colour on the nails. I used 2 coats of Essence Movie Star as base. Movie Star is a dark grey creme and it is from the old Colour & Go collection. Then I stamped a design from BM205 with Color Club Blue Heaven. 

When I saw the sheer layer of Blue Heaven on the stamping tool, I was afraid that it wasn’t visible once stamped. But the holo awesomeness is incredible. Here are some shots in the shade:

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Have a great one! 

Celeb Party Girl

Another polish that I bought from Etude House’s Dear My Party Nails is called: Celeb Girl (PPP503). 

Celeb Girl is a milky light blue sheer base filled with gold, light and dark blue glitters in different sizes. The glitter sandwiches that you can create with each layer are beautiful and unique. 

one coat

three coats

The formula was easy to work with and there was no need to dab the glitters on the nails. Three coats were necessary to get rid of vnl. I just love the combination of the blue and gold in Celeb Girl. When you don't have time for nail art and you want a stunning look, this will be a perfect option!

Have a wonderful one!