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Friday, May 18, 2012

Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy and holo glitter tips

Hello my lovelies! It's Friday! And that means a whole weekend of relaxation and playing computer games for me. I got the new Diablo and I love it and play it non-stop. Today's post is about a polish from this year's Essie spring collection. It's the first Essie polish that disappointed me. Let's take a look! 

Essie To Buy Or Not To Buy indoors, artificial light
TBONTB (I'm not that crazy about the long name either) is a lovely pastel lilac with a very interesting blue shimmer in it. Of course the shimmer is more evident in the bottle but I already expected that to happen. You can still see it a bit up-close on the nails (especially on the middle finger). The problem I encountered was the formula. It's very thin and watery and sheer. It needed 3 coats for opacity but even so it didn't apply well at all. The wateriness made the application streaky and impossible to level out. I just gave up after 3 coats because I never do 4 coats for a polish.


You can see that there's a huge bald spot on my middle finger. I tried to cover it but it was impossible. The streaks are not that evident in the pictures but they made me crazy. So I decided to use glitter because glitter makes everything better. 


I sponged the tips with Rapsodi 20, which is a larger size holo glitter and topped everything with a coat of INM Northern Lights (a finer holo glitter). Northern Lights is my go to polish for saving a manicure because it also levels out any unevenness and makes the mani fry faster. Plus it's a holo glitter, of course!

in the sun
I ended up loving this mani but I'm not sure about this Essie polish. All the Essies I own have top-notch formula and even the lighter ones apply like butter. I didn't spend any money on it because I won it in a giveaway, but still. This makes me think the Essie formula is not that foolproof. 


Does anyone else have this polish? Did you have the same issues or maybe I got a dud? Let me know!


8 comments:

  1. You totally saved it with the tips! I wasn't crazy about this polish either!

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    1. Thanks! I'm glad I'm not the only one. The idea with the blue shimmer is great. Such a shame :(

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  2. Love the glitter tips!! It's so angelic. Aww man, I have this one. I hope I like it :-/

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    1. Thank you Marisa. I sure hope yours will be better!

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  3. I just got it today in the mail but I haven't tried it yet...I will let you know what I think of it as soon as I'll try it :)

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    1. Can't wait to see it on you! Hope you'll like it better than me.

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  4. This is so pretty Mihaela, very girly, are you going soft on us?? :-D xx

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    1. I know! It's so not me but I do like it once in a while. Especially for spring!xx

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