Essence ~ Time
for romance (#72)
A mauve-ish
jelly base with small and large pink glitters and hexagons
The hardest thing about this polish is actually to
describe the colour. It’s brownish/mauve-ish and even pink-ish with lots of
small and large glitters. It looks so pretty in the bottle. I don’t think it’s quite
as pretty on my nails though. I don’t know what’s wrong with it – it’s just
“meh!” Thinking of it, it might be the
fact that I though it was Bordeaux
– and then it turned out brown. Not really my colour, to be honest.
Here’s three coats, no top coat:
It grew a bit on me over the next day or so, but I
think I need to try it over a more powerful colour, to make it stand out more. Drying
time between the coats was pretty good.
Oh – I did try a new top coat
after taking this picture – also from Essence. It’s called “Gel look-top coat”.
There’s a label on the bottle, saying "XXXL shine" – which sounded promising.
And yes – it did make the mani very shiny. But man – it just took forever to dry. It was as if it wouldn’t stop being tacky. :/ I probably won’t bother buying that again.
Essence ~ Time
for Romance
Opacity: 5/10
Colour, prettiness: 4/10
Durability: 4/10
Value for money: 5/10
Overall: 4.5/10
Buy again: No
Colour, prettiness: 4/10
Durability: 4/10
Value for money: 5/10
Overall: 4.5/10
Buy again: No
Essence ~ Gel
look top coat
Opacity: -/10
Colour, prettiness: -/10
Durability: 6/10
Value for money: 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Buy again: No
Colour, prettiness: -/10
Durability: 6/10
Value for money: 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Buy again: No
Oh i was gonna buy the 'gel topcoat' cause i love the look of super shiny nails. But stopped myself a few times for that very reason. I dont have time to use anything other than a quick-dry topcoat.
ReplyDeleteNo, me neither. I'm so good at making dents in almost dry nails, so I need something that dries relatively fast.
DeleteIf Essence was sold here then I would definitely have bought Time for Romance by now. I've seen it on other blogs and I think you'll like it better layered over a fuchsia pink or indeed a maroon colour.
ReplyDeleteShame about the top coat taking so long to dry :-(
Thanks for the advice, I think I'll try with both those colours. I hope that it'll show up more vibrant that way. :)
DeleteLovely mani.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I'm glad you like it.
Deletevery pretty,would be gorgeous in the summer when the light catches the glitter x
ReplyDeleteGood point indeed. I think I started blogging at the wrong time of the year, - so many of my polishes would look so much better with some sunshine on them. :)
DeleteReally? I just couldn't get used to it myself.
ReplyDeleteThis one is in the mail to me! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing how it looks on you. :)
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