Essence ~ Glitter in the Air!

Essence ~ Glitter in the Air!

Green and holographic microglitter

“Glitter in the Air!” is from Essense’s “Glitter On Glitter Off”-collection just like “Spotlight On!” that I showed you yesterday. Today I decided to use my peel off-glitter for nail art.

I started out with two easy coats of Sephora’s “Tribal Tattoo”.

Then I dripped a bit of “Tribal Tattoo”, a bit of Essence’s “Glitter in the Air” and Artistic Colour Revolution’s “Under the Overalls” on a piece of plastic. Then I dipped my sponge in the mix and sponged it onto my nails.

When that was all dry I topped it with topcoat and my manicure was done.

Here it is:

The grey gives the manicure a bit of a cloudy look. I think it would have looked really nice with white as well.

These are the three polishes I used today.

I like this glitter!

Number of coats: I used it for nail art.
Drying time: Average

Finish: Glitter
Overall impression: Pretty glitter, formula not fantastic, neither is drying time

Buy again: Yes, for nail art

Essence ~ Spotlight On!

Essence ~ Spotlight On!

Blue and purple microglitter

“Spotlight On!” is from Essense’s “Glitter On Glitter Off”-collection. I am not crazy about peel off-polishes because I don’t like the idea of the polishes actually popping off my fingernails whenever it decides to. But a couple of these glitters were so pretty that I decided to give them ago anyway. I wanted to use them for nail art. When I actually got my hands on them, they turned out to be even prettier than expected. That’s why I decided to wear this one on its own and not just for nail art.

The formula isn’t that great though. I think it’s a peel-off thing. I used two coats for my manicure but the pictures show that it would have been greater with three coats. The drying time is average.

The stamp is from Moyou London’s stamping plate “Deco Collection-03” and I stamped with El Corazón’s stamping polish “Mint”.

Here’s the final manicure including a layer of topcoat.

This is “Spotlight On!” on its own; two coats and no topcoat yet.

Essence ~ Spotlight On!

These are the things I used today.

This glitter is seriously pretty, I love it. But I’ll use it for nail art in future, just like I intended to.

Number of coats: 2 but 3 would be better
Drying time: Average

Finish: Glitter
Overall impression: Pretty glitter, formula not fantastic, neither is drying time

Buy again: Yes, for nail art

Rival de Loop ~ Chrome Metal #06 and Fairytale

Rival de Loop ~ Chrome Metal #06 and Fairytale

Denim blue metallic with a purple shift

and

Glitter topper with blue flakies

Today I’m wearing two polishes I bought in Germany. The base colour is #06 from Rival de Loop’s Chrome Metal collection. I actually first thought it was a topper but it isn’t. It works its magic in two easy coats – with no undies. The drying time is pretty good.

The topper is also from Rival de Loop, a gorgeous glitter topper with flakes. I used a single coat over the base colour. The drying time was pretty good.

I stuck on a couple of flowers. The glue isn’t amazing unfortunately, so the red one kind of lost its grip. Never mind, it was pretty nonetheless.

Here’s the final manicure including a layer of topcoat.

Isn’t that topper just pretty?!

Here’s #06 on its own. It’s way prettier on the nails than it is in the bottle, I love it when it turns out like that!

Rival de Loop: Chrome Metal #06

Here’s a photo of the polishes I used today.

Rival de Loop: Chrome Metal #06 and Fairytale

I usually check out Rival de Loop’s displays when I visit Germany because they make really nice stuff.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Pretty good

Finish: Metallic duochrome and glitter with flakes
Overall impression: Great polishes both of them

Buy again: Yes to both