Ombré Ombré Manicure

If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter you may have seen this manicure already but for those that don't here is my 'Ombré Ombré' skittle manicure I created on some falsies.
I freehanded these which was the easy part, finding all the colours was the challenging bit!
Hope you like them as much as I do! 

That's my shower curtain!

I didn't stick these on properly as you can probably tell! lol

Corals: Barry M - Peach Melba Color Club - Oh Naturale Boots 17 - Orange Soda Look Beauty - Juice Barry M - Coral 
Blues: Barry M - Blue Moon Color Club - Take Me To Your Chateau Barry M - Blueberry Ice Cream Barry M - Cobalt Blue Nails Inc - Denim 
Pinks: Barry M - Strawberry Ice Cream Color Club - I believe In Amour Color Club - Poptastic Color Club - Warhol Barry M - Shocking Pink 
Lilacs: Color Club - Sweet Rendezvous Ciate - Bon Bon Topshop - Mink China Glaze - Below Deck Color Club - Rad Nomad 
Greens: Color Club - Twiggie Maybelline Colorama - Green Park M&S - Jade Topshop - Carry On Camping Color Club - Artsy Crafty

H&M Peppermint Fusion

This polish has been around for a while, however, it was only recently I found it in my local H&M. From a distance it looks like a plain periwinkle creme but on closer inspection there is also a subtle light blue shimmer that adds a little more dimension to the finish.

Now that I have it and have worn it on my nails I can understand the love for this polish. It's very feminine and I would imagine flattering against any skintone. The only downside to this polish is that it required 3 coats and that it bubbled in some areas, though this could be partly my fault as I applied quite thick coats and didn't allow each coat dry properly before applying the next.

Do you have this polish and have you experienced any bubbling?

Dupe of essence Choose Me!

Whilst I was photographing Essence Choose Me! I had an inkling I had photographed the same polish before. This evening whilst going through my Helmer my suspicions were confirmed. Take a look at these pictures...

So can you tell which is which?

Index and Ring: Choose Me!. Middle and Little: Sea of Cortez

essence Colour & Go - Choose Me!

I'm on a bit of a roll with swatching the Essence polishes I received from Mateja so expect to see more in the coming days and weeks. Here is the gorgeous Choose Me! which is said to be a pretty spot on dupe for OPI's discontinued Catch Me In Your Net and Zoya's Charla. Unfortunately I don't have the latter two but there are good comparisons floating around.

Choose Me! is a gorgeous blue/green polish with gold foil/glitter. Now my photos show the nail line peeping through but this is actually less apparent in person. The weather has been so pants here in the UK I've had to photograph under my daylight blubs and they're strong.

Two Coats no top coat.

So far I've been really impressed with Essence polishes. I wish they would think about launching in the UK.

essence Nail Colour 3 - Midnight Date

Hi there!
Today I want to share with you Essence 'Midnight Date' from the Colour3 range. I received this from the lovely Mateja from  Rainbows and Blues.

So let's see...

This duo consists of a gorgeous Navy 'base' that shifts between purple and teal and a flakie 'top coat' that has the same colour shift.

This is the base alone. The quality is fantastic and easily a one coater but the picture shows two due to habit! It dries quickly and to a glossy finish.

As you can see I have failed miserably at capturing the multichrome-ness of this polish so you will have to believe me that it shifts to purple and teal!

These duo polishes allow you the choice of wearing the polishes alone or layered. Here I have layered the flakie over the navy base.

The navy base alone is lovely but with the flakie on top it just another dimension to the overall finish. One thing I would say is that after applying the flakie you'll need to add another topcoat if you want a glossy finish.

And here is a picture of the flakie alone (2 coats). In the picture this looks very sheer but in real life the nail line is not as visible.

Overall I love this duo, what I don't love is the packaging as it's a pain in the ass to store!

Hope you enjoyed the pictures xx