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

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Essie Braziliant Summer 2011 | Swatches: Absolutely Shore, Super Bossa Nova, Braziliant and Smooth Sailing

The Braziliant Summer 2011 collection by Essie is hot!  I have my four faves from this collection.


Absolutely Shore:


Absolutely Shore | Two Coats


Absolutely Shore  | In the Shade
Absolutely Shore:  Is a fabulous pastel sea foam green.




Super Bossa Nova:


Super Bossa Nova | Two Coats


Super Bossa Nova | In the Shade
Super Bossa Nova:  Is a vibrant shimmery fuchsia.  The shimmer is on the soft blue side in the sun, but indoors it translates to a hot pink shimmer.



Braziliant:


Braziliant | Two Coats


Braziliant | In the Shade
Braziliant:  Is a vibrant orange with a hint of warm shimmer.  After swatching this one I really did not want to remove it, but I had to in order to swatch other colors.  After all the swatches were done.  I wore Braziliant and Super Bossa Nova as an actual manicure.  XD



Smooth Sailing:


Smooth Sailing | Two Coats


Smooth Sailing | In the Shade
Smooth Sailing:  According to Essie Smooth Sailing is a shimmery lavender blue, but it looks more like periwinkle to me in real life.  Nonetheless, it is a gorgeous color!  This is definitely one to grab.

Any of you grab all the colors from the Braziliant line?  What do you think about this collection?

Essie Wedding Collection 2011 | Swatches *PHOTO HEAVY*

I picked up the set at Ulta a while back.  It was right after they finished their promotion of buy 2 get one free.  I didn't realize it was over, but the sign was still up so they honored the promotion and I had a coupon for 20% off my entire purchase.  So I got a pretty darn good deal.  I'm not one for sheer colors, but the two sheers would work very well for French manicures.


Better Together:

Better Together | Two Coats
Better Together is a sheer baby pink that smooths out quite nicely.  I'm not sure how well the pink would translate on stained nails, but my ring finger has a small silk patch and it isn't too visible.  :o)


Made To Honor:


Made To Honor | Two Coats

Made To Honor is a nude sheer and would look great in a french manicure as well. It looked patchy when I started to paint, but it smoothed out very nicely.



Borrowed & Blue:


Borrowed & Blue | Two Coats

Borrowed & Blue is a beautiful opaque pastel blue.  The formula was very thick to me and dried very quickly.  Though it smooths out, I find it very unforgiving.  You can easily see the silk repair patch on my ring finger.  This one was the most difficult to apply.  :o(




First Dance:


First Dance | Two Coats


First Dance:  This eye searing red has a jelly-like texture and glided on like butter.  This is one sexy red.  The formula is absolute perfection.  It hid all the little imperfections and is extremely glossy.

I really enjoyed this collection.  Have any of you picked up any of these colors?

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

St. Patrick's Day Mani & Pedi | Zoya & Nubar


Hello lovely ladies!

Here I have Nubar Greener with a clover fauxnad in Konad's special polish in yellow. I used the Northern Lights Hologram Top coat in Silver.
On my husband's thumb, I mixed Konad's special polish yellow and blue together, and finished this clover with Essie's Matte about you.

On my ring finger is Zoya's Trixie with the same blue and yellow special polishes marbled together for the clover.



Here you can see my two clovers. I really enjoy the Victoria's Secret Island Paradise collection. I am holding Lemon Paradise...such a delicious scent!
They also have Mango Temptation and Island Waters (My fave of the bunch. I am a sucker for Coconut and Pineapple scents).

P.S. Get ready to see all three hand & body creams in my giveaway. ;o)


and my St. Patty's Pedi...

Zoya Polishes from top to bottom:
Ki
Trixie
Reece
Adina
Trixie


Until next time.  :o)
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Essie - Perky Purple


Today I wanted to wear something bright yet classy so I busted out Essie's Perky Purple. This color really is fabulous, and the application, superb. It looks very pink in my photo, but it has a hint of blue in real life making it a perky purple color. It dried quickly and matte like most neons I've tried. I used Konad plate m62 for the bib necklace bow in Konad special polish white, and m36 for the butterflies in Psyche Pink.
This is how my right hand turned out. (Much better than my left)
I am right-handed, but for some reason my left hand looked like I had some real issues and I am too embarrassed to post it.


I'm still an Ammie, but I hope to get better. I will definitely be trying some of those new plates when they come out. :o)
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