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

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Essence Nail Art Twins Gabriella and Troy!

Hello my beautiful readers! Today I want to show you another set of Essence Nail Art Twins, Gabriella and Troy. I obtained these in an international swap. I really wish they were available here. They are so cute and so fun!

Gabriella is the base color. It is a medium purple with a hint of a blue shimmer. It looks opaque but I actually needed 3 coats. I love the brush though! It applied well.

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Can you see the shimmer?

Up next is Troy, which is the glitter topper. I only needed one coat because the glitter covered so well. This time the glitter is smaller, in mostly squares with some hexagons. The colors of the glitter are blue, purple and gold. 

As always, I followed up Troy with a layer of Gelous before adding CND Air Dry topcoat.

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Readers Choice! Essence Twins Edward and Bella!

Thank you to everyone who voted last week! You had a choice of my Essence Nail Art Twins, and the winner was Bella and Edward! Bella and Edward received 38 votes and 46% overall.

Bella is the color base of the set. It is turquoise shade that has great opacity, you could totally get away with one coat! I happened to do 2, just because its a habit lol. I loved the brush, it was easy to work with.

Here are some photos of Bella on her own....
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Edward is the glitter topper of the set. I was surprised how thick this polish applied. It is packed with two different sizes of glitter in square and hexagon shapes. The colors of the glitter are green, blue and holographic. I only needed one coat of this to look even and well covered. I applied a layer of Gelous before adding Orly Sec N' Dry top coat.

Check out these two combined...
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I received these in an international swap, I am very fortunate to have a friend in The Netherlands who sent them to me. I have not seen these sets in the US. I really wish Essence would supply us with the same great polishes they have in Europe!

What do you think of this combo?