Essie Recessionista

As I was hunting through my nail polish collection, I decided that I needed to get with the program and ditch my summer brights (the summer is gone and it aint coming back - she weeps) for a more suitable shade for the Autumn.  Essie Reccessionista (love the name) fits the bill and is one of six shades from the Stylenomics collection. This polish is a rich deep plum shade which is just perfect for the colder weather and darker nights. We all know how much Essie is raved about in the blogging world, I personally love the new diffusion range with the wider brush and brush and new formulation but is there anyone out there who doesnt like Essie ??

Essie's new diffusion range can be purchased from Boots and Superdrug for £7.99 however both stores have 3 for 2 offers on just now so you will get even more for your money and thats never a bad thing.

Lots of Love

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Essie Lilacism

Essie Lilacism is a gorgeous soft lilac creme which was released as part of the Art of Spring Collection last year. Lovers of the new boots diffusion line will be happy to know it is available with the new wider brush, yay !!

 

The colour is stunning although the formulation is a bit crap as I have one of the older bottles - you might not find that if you buy one of the new bottles from Boots or Superdrug. This is two coats and its sooo pretty.

 

 

You can purchase Essie Lilacism from Boots or Superdrug for £7.99.

 

Lots of Love

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Essie - Damsel In A Dress

Hey Lovelies

 

I was loving my nude nails today but I thought, to hell with it Im going to have a change since Im heading into town tonight with friends - Im wearing Essie's Damsel In A Dress. This is a really unusual, deep, sexy looking irridescent purple . Just gorgeous - I love it. The formulation is great and really quick to dry but it does have the old brush which makes it a little harder to paint with although that being said I have found that the darker Essie colours with the old brush are quite ok to paint with, it seems to be the paler colours which pose a problem. Try to make sure you dont flood the brush, make contact with the nail around your half moon area and push the brush down towards your cuticle leaving a hair line gap of about 1mm, pull the brush back up towards your free edge.  This should give you a nice line of polish straight down the nail, then dip your brush back in your polish (clean it off slightly) and sweep up either side . I try to think of my nail in three sections and try to paint it in three strokes this helps to minimise that streaky look you get when applying certain polish.

Have a great weekend everyone.

 

 

Lots of Love

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