So Much Essence!

I am so excited! What is better than cheap, cute and pretty nail polish? Not much. I had heard about Essence polishes coming to Canada for a while and I had been stalking Shoppers Drug Mart like no other and FINALLY found the display! Within a week I had 6 polishes. Yummy =) I controlled myself well I thought, considering they are only $1.49 each. Granted it is for only 5ml BUT I figure I have so much polish anyway that it doesn't matter because I definitely won't be using up any polishes anytime soon. I think we all realize that I will have all the different polishes available here within the next couple weeks... But we won't talk about that =)
Sidenote, my nails at this point and time were awkwardly growing in. I had just cut them all off and was waiting for them to grow in a little before I shaped them. They are not the greatest =(

First up is High Spirits. This colour reminds me of some sort of mixture between pistachios and army pants. It is such a cool colour! I like that it isn't a super bright stand out colour that will attract everyone's attention but it is still quite unique and pretty on the nails. There is also faint silvery shimmer running throughout it that makes it just that more gorgeous. Two coater!



Then we have Choose Me! which is a popular colour I've noticed because it is a Zoya Charla dupe. And yes, I do have Charla and they are very darn similar. Both are so pretty for summer and they are the type of colour that I adore to wear on my toenails. This polish just made me feel like a mermaid =)



LOL can you see how crappy my paint job was on this? Vomit. I wanted to redo the photos for this colour but my nails are different shaped now and that would probably irritate me more than the crap paint job. Anywho! This is Lime Up! and it is an awesome mix of Shrek and bright lime-ness. It is a pretty cream colour that is fairly unique and is easy to work with. I just had some major issues on my pointer finger apparently. =P I have a sudden urge to do some cool black stamping over this polish. I think that would look super neat!



This colour is all types of awesome, minus the brush marks. If you are careful you can avoid them but I kinda wanted to show you how evident they are if they do appear. So my middle finger was painted more sloppily, if you will. This colour is called Where Is The Party? and it is a duochrome that shifts between a purple and a greenish sorta colour. This picture wasn't my favourite but it shows the different colours very well!



The last photo shows off two polishes! The awesome lavender is called A Lovely Secret and the glitter accent is Space Queen. I LOVE A LOVELY SECRET. Oh man. This is my colour for this season. It is soooo pretty. This is that muted pastel purple colour that isn't necessarily bright but it stands out so well and looks amazing on the nails. The glitter is pretty fun too! It is nice for layering and adding a bit of bling without going overboard (but we all need to go overboard sometimes :P)



So that is currently my little Essence collection and overview! Any polishes that I must pick up? Please tempt me!
xoxo Ania

Layla Ocean Rush

Dear Holographic nail polishes, I love you. Nothing has tickled my fancy more than holo nail polishes recently. I'm semi hoarding them like the world will really end this year. They just make me SO HAPPY. I can't help but smile everytime I walk outside and see rainbow goodness radiating from my nails. And Layla polishes are so holo that even indoors you can see their awesomeness. ANYWHO! This is a semi awkward photo but I wanted to show you what I discovered, which is probably not news to anyone but me. I had always used my Nails Inc matte top coat as a base for under my holo polishes because it helped apply them the best. Then in one of my videos I was complaining about holo application and someone in the comments said to use Seche Vite. So I did! The thumb nail is Seche Vite and the rest of the nails is matte top coat. With Layla's Ocean Rush on top.



Holy bajeezus. Can you see the immense difference? It is easier to apply over matte top coat but the effect of it on top of Seche Vite is amazing! So worth it. Since wearing this I have ordered the Nfu Oh Aqua Base so we will see how that goes. I also like wearing my holo polishes on top of bare nails and that works really well but it chips instantly. So that is kinda a bummer.
Do you guys have any favourite holo polishes?! Let me know so I can lust over them!
xoxo Ania

Comparison - Hits Zeus and Layla Flash Black

Hi all! I'm having a super productive day today. I finally bought a Melmer! Woohoo! I have spent the day making a spreadsheet of all my polishes and organizing my Melmer. I love it sooo much =D Let me know if you wish to see an overview of my storage once it is all good and dandy!

So the other day I decided I felt like a comparison. I am a huge fan of holo polishes and I had not worn Hits Zeus yet and so I figured I would compare it to Layla Flash Black, which I love. These do NOT compare at all! Holy macaroni! The first and third fingers are Layla and the second and fourth are Hits.



As you can see, Flash Black is a OMG IN YOUR FACE HOLO CAN YOU SEE THAT AMAZEBALLS RAINBOW!?!? <333 And Hits is super subtle. It almost looks like a scattered holo but in a linear design.. That makes little logical sense haha. I applied both of these with no base because that usually works better for me than any base. To be honest, if I had bought Flash Black before Zeus I would have never purchased Zeus. But I have ended up with both =P Which is ok by me, because the more holos the better! But Flash Black is definitely better if you are looking for an intense holo, which is what I love.
Till next time!

xoxo Ania