Saturday, April 19, 2014

Essence Nail Art Special Effect Topper in Black Dress and White Tie

The speckled egg nail polish trend is one that I've had my eye on since the gorgeous Illamasqua polishes burst onto the scene. I didn't really feel like spending that much on a polish, especially because I was pretty sure that there would be millions of copies made by more affordable brands in no time at all, so I waited it out.

Of course, as is always the case with me and trends, because of my stingy nature I end up jumping on the bandwagon waaaayyy after it has been and gone. It doesn't really bother me all that much, in fact I was thrilled when I saw that Essence had come out with this alternative for about $3!

I will admit, this isn't exactly a speckled egg kind of polish but it's close enough to satisfy my cravings. In fact, I think it would be better described as a hundreds and thousands kind of polish but nevertheless, whatever you wish to call it...it looks pretty cool.

It's a gorgeous black and white spotty polish with fine silver glitter throughout it. I personally would prefer it without the glitter however it does suit the polish and look quite nice on. I also love that it is actually quite fast drying.

I only applied one coat for the photos but I find two or three coats to be even more effective and eye catching. Speaking of photos, don't look too closely! I must apologise because I took the photos four days after having applied the polish (base and top coat) and therefore there was significant chipping. At least you get the idea of what it looks like, even if it isn't perfect...

I did find that there was a particular technique you could use when applying the polish for better results. I found that by 'pressing' the polish onto the nail I was able to control the amount of glitter and its placement a lot more than the traditional way of painting it on with long strokes. I used the traditional method to achieve the look with the tan coloured base, and the 'pressing' method for the pink base...you can see the significant difference it made.

In regards to the most important thing about a glitter polish, as always it is absolutely horrendous to remove. I had to scrape the glitter off my nails physically as polish remover just wasn't able to do the job.

Despite this, I am so very fond of this polish and think it gives the coolest effect in a really simple and easy way. 




9 comments:

  1. I love that polish over the pink! Very pretty. I've seen a few of the new Essence toppers, can't wait to get my hands on them!

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    1. Thank you! Highly recommend this one, it's easy to work with and looks pretty cool :) x

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  2. Pretty! I'm good because I got a black and white top coat from Ulta3 haha, they're all coming out now! I actually bought one of Illamasqua's speckle polishes for only $5! Do you have an illamasqua counter near you? Because you should totally check out if they have any on clearance. Otherwise I know that Ulta3 just released a speckle collection :)

    Tasha // shiwashiful.

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    1. I have seen the Ulta ones on blogs but haven't spotted them anywhere, it's so frustrating! No way, what a bargain! x

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  3. Ooh pretty, love the spotted look! This also reminds me to get a black and white polish..

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    1. Thank you Sheri, I couldn't recommend it enough x

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  4. definitely want to try this trend out now! Now all I need to do is hunt down these essence polishes....

    www.lilting-grace.blogspot.com

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