Showing posts with label Essence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essence. Show all posts

24 June 2013

Essence Date in the Moonlight

I went to a wedding at the beginning of the month and wanted to do a simple but elegant mani for the occasion.  I decided to wear a blue striped summer dress and chose to use Essence Date in the Moonlight which I picked up a bit ago.


Date in the Moonlight is a super dark navy blue with brighter blue shimmer.  It's part of the Color and Go collection so the fast dry aspect appealed to me.  It went on wonderfully in two coats. 

It chipped really easily though :( I did this mani two days before the wedding, and it completely peeled off the day before so I had to redo it. It didn't peel off that time, but I had a few chips before the ceremony was even over.


I added some silver glitter on the tips using Barry M Silver Glitter and rhinestones on the moon.

This last picture is taken in direct sunlight and really shows off the brighter blue shimmer.


14 January 2013

31 Day Challenge, Part 2!: Day 10, Gradient


For today's gradient, I decided to go shimmery!


The base coat is Essence Rich & Pretty. I used 3 coats for this mani which I'm totally okay with since it dried very quickly. With my little man, I'm all about fast (but pretty!) manis!


On top of it I used a wedge makeup sponge and sponged on Illamasqua Phallic. It's a gorgeous metallic blue.


To bring it all together, I topped with one coat of Sally Hansen Ice Queen.


Check out some other gorgeous gradient manis below.

08 October 2012

Boo! spider nails

I've got a bit more nail art for you today.  For the base coat, I used two coats of Essence Rich & Pretty. This is my first Essence polish, and I have to say I'm impressed. Great formula, love the brush, and it really does dry fast!

Then I added some nail art using Rimmel Black Satin and glitter with L.A. Girl Uninhibited.