Tuesday 17 July 2012

Summer Nails! Summery :)

Ok, it's 17th July and it's like the depths of Winter outside - Cold, windy and miserably wet! :(
Needed some cheering up so got an urge this evening to try and 'get back' some Summer....

These are my NOTD!

The blue base is Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in 440 'Calypso Blue'... Everything else is just some artist's acrylic paint. Used a cheapy top from Color Club to 'seal' it - been caught out way too many times with Seche Vite dragging the colours downwards :(

Been thinking of this design in my head for a while, but only got it down on paper, or I should say Nails, tonight! Quite happy with this one!

Nessie x


Tuesday 10 July 2012

Essence Snow White Collection

Haven't posted on this in ages but I aim to rectify that now!
Ok, I adore this collection by Essence - it's SO cute! The collection consists of 1 x 10ml Bottle, 7 x 5ml (dwarf) bottles, 3 x 10ml Special Effect Toppers bottles, a nail file and a cute set of nail stickers. After 2 trips to Penneys, aka Primark, I've finally got all the polishes, and the file, in the set.
Can't find the stickers anywhere though - Booohooo! :(

First up is '01 - Snow White', a bright shiny red, in a 10ml bottle. I thought this would be a one-coater for sure but, no, it took 3 to get it as opaque as in the pic here below and I think I could've really done with one more...

Next up is '04 - Happy', a deep yellow... a 5ml bottle. Nice sunny colour :)

Now, this one is '05 - Sneezy', another 5ml, a brown colour with a touch of silvery/gold metallic shimmer running through it... Not quite sure if I like this or not! :/

Next up is '06 Sleepy' - 5ml. Quite fond of this one! A lovely cool blue - very nice indeed!

I Love this next one, '03 - Doc', also 5ml, a super happy shade of orange! Gorgeous! One to put you in good humour just by looking at it (I really think one should've been called 'Happy'!)
A big fave in the collection for me.... :)

'07 - Bashful', another 5ml. This is a fab green with a gorgeous gold shimmer running through it. Very eye-catching! A must-have for any green lovers! :)

Next on the list is '08 - Dopey', once more a 5ml bottle - they really are teeny!! This is a lovely lilac with tiny flecks of silver. Nice colour when you finally get it on - this is 4 coats here! 

Here we have '02 - Grumpy', the last 5ml in the set. This is a WOW Blue, I think it's fab and it's actually very similiar to Nails Inc Baker Street too! Goes on really nice... I just love this one!


Now, on to the toppers! From left to right: 01 Evil Queen, 02 The Huntsman and 03 Prince Charming... A Lovely trio I think you'll agree?? :)

Regretfully, I did not have time to give the toppers a proper try, so here's just a quick shot of them on 3 nails... I will try come back and do them justice soon!


Well, all in all, I think it's a fab cute collection. The polishes all go on well apart from 'Snow White', the red and 'Dopey', which both took a lot of coats but I can get over that! I'd totally recommend purchasing this set, I think you'd love it! x