Review and swatches: Essence Crazy Good TimesOpis in ocena: Essence Crazy Good Times

I feel like it was just yesterday I was going through Essence Crazy Good Times preview photos and could not believe it when Maestra called to tell me that we already have this TE in Ljubljana. :w00t:
She was a doll and got me all 6 nail polishes. :rose:

Essence Crazy Good Times nail polishes
Essence Crazy Good Times nail polishes

Colors I like – pretty much all of them … yes – even lime green. :silly: Formula on the other hand is not the greatest. Some of them apply like molten chewing gum. Blue one had to be almost stippled onto the nails. I’m guessing they needed more jelly like formula to suspend all that glitter, but I think they went little bit overboard.

You can see nail wheel swatches and glitter close up in Essence Crazy Good Times trend edition video.

Colourbration I was hesitating about. Should I get it? On one hand it didn’t really look like my color (and swatches are still sparse for this TE) but on the other hand I need colors like this in my collection. And I must admit that this color works for me. Tiny yellowish/greenish/orangy flakies make this shade alive and more wearable. I used two thicker coat because of the rubbery formula and no top coat – that is why surface looks rough.

Essence Crazy Good Times Colourbration
Essence Crazy Good Times Colourbration

Candyction I was most looking forward of. It’s filled with flakies – do I need to say anything more? :silly: Unfortunately flakies are not that visible as they are too close color-wise to base color. Formula is better than the Colourbration one, but still not something I could say that is easy to work with. IRL color is more orange-y with slight peachy undertone.

Essence Crazy Good Times Candyction
Essence Crazy Good Times Candyction

Princessorize is something for pink nail polish lovers. It’s complex pink shade with blue flashes + almost reddish pink shimmer. This one was not that hard to apply, but it does leave VNL after 2 coats.

Essence Crazy Good Times Princessorize
Essence Crazy Good Times Princessorize

Now, if Essence put flakies in Confetteria instead of hexagonal glitter, I would adore this shade. Lovely dark blues base with starry glitter as backdrop and lighter blue hexagons to spice things up. As I already said, this one was hardest to apply. I literally had to tap the polish onto the nails as I would had to use huge amount of polish otherwise just to apply one coat. Second coat went on easier. And it has really weird smell to boot.

Essence Crazy Good Times Confetteria
Essence Crazy Good Times Confetteria

Glitterastic glittery bomb was very pleasant surprise. Silver hexagons blend perfectly into mini silver glitter base to achieve one very sparkly nail polish. Nail line is visible pretty much only on photos as all that sparkle masks it IRL. 2 coats + top coat.

Essence Crazy Good Times Glitterastic
Essence Crazy Good Times Glitterastic

As Glitterastic was the most sheer (and easy to apply) polish from Essence Crazy Good Times TE, I used it as layering polish over Paradelade.

Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade, Glitterastic layering
Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade, Glitterastic layering

Paradelade is nice black nail polish with loads of primarily silver glitter, but nothing I would be really impressed with. And the formula was jelly-sticky. 2 coats + top coat.

Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade
Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade

Realisticaly speaking, I’ll probably reach the most for Glitterastic and Candyction, but I think Colourbration will come out to play too in spring/summer.

Price: 1,89 EUR (2.5 USD) for 8ml (0.27 fl.oz.)

Which one is your favorite? How do you find Essence Crazy Good Times formula?


Here is what Maestra has to say about fals eyelashes:

I still haven’t tried out these eyelashes, but I have a feeling that they are not that comfortable. The seam looks pretty thick and not very bendable. It’s obvious that these are plastic eyelashes (shine gives them away). They are long and colorful and as such suitable for the bold users or special occasions. I bought them because they com in pretty colors and the price was affordable.

Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes

Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye LashesEssence Crazy Good Times TE je že na voljo pri nas? :w00t: Sem ostala kar brez besed, ko me je Maestra poklicala in rekla, da stoji pred polnim stojalom. :biggrin:
Naša Maestra je pravi srček in mi je vzela vseh 6 lakov iz Crazy Good Times kolekcije. :rose:

Essence Crazy Good Times nail polishes
Essence Crazy Good Times nail polishes

Barve v Crazy Good Times kolekciji so mi všeč … ja, tudi rumeno-zelena. :silly: Formula je pa precej čudaška. Še najbolj me spominja na stopljen čigumi v želeju. Modri lak sem dobesedno natapkala na nohte. Verjetno so potrebovali gostejšo žele strukturo, da so lahko dodali v lak večje količine bleščic, vendar se mi vseeno zdi, da so malo pretiravali.

Video swatche na prozornem ovalu si lahko pogledate v videoposnetku: Essence Crazy Good Times trend edition.

Colourbration je bil še največja uganka. Si želim tole “shrekasto” barvo? Swatchev je izredno malo za to TE, tako da sem se kar na blef odločila, da vzamem vse. Tako ali tako mi v kolekciji manjkajo rumeno-zeleni toni, torej ga očitno potrebujem. :silly: Presenetljivo izgleda lak zelo lepo v kombinaciji z mojo poltjo. Drobne rumene/zelene/oranžne krpice neverjetno poživijo za moj okus preveč rumeno bazo. Uporabila sem dve debelejši plasti precej težavne “gumijaste” formule. Površina izgleda hrapava, ker sem pozabila uporabiti nadlak. :blush:

Essence Crazy Good Times Colourbration
Essence Crazy Good Times Colourbration

Candyction odtenka sem se še najbolj veselila. Zakaj? Finiš – krpice … je potrebno še kaj dodati?  :silly:
Na žalost so krpice v precej podobnem odtenku kot baza, tako da niso zelo vidne. Vendar je sam efekt še vedno lep. Formula je boljša kot pri Colourbration, vendar še vedno težavna. Barva ni čisto identična kot na fotografiji – v resnici je bolj oranžna z rahlo breskvastim podtonom.

Essence Crazy Good Times Candyction
Essence Crazy Good Times Candyction

Princessorize laka za nohte se bodo razveselile ljubiteljice roza odtenkov. Čeprav nisem ljubiteljica roza barve, moram priznati, da je odtenek všečen … predvsem zaradi kompleksnosti/kombinacije rdečkasto roza šimra z modrimi prebliski. Nanos ni bil težaven, je pa odtenek prosojen in so po dveh nanosih še vedno vidne konice nohtov.

Essence Crazy Good Times Princessorize
Essence Crazy Good Times Princessorize

Če bi v Confetteria odtenek dodali krpice in ne šesterokotnih bleščic, bi lahko hitro postal eden mojih najljubših odtenkov. Temno modra osnova z mini bleščicami, ki tvorijo zvezdnato ozadje … in modrimi šesterokotnik. Kot sem že omenila, je bil nanos katastrofalen. Mogoče bi mi uspelo nanesti enakomerno plasti, če bi imela res ogromno količino laka na čopiču. Ampak ker si res nisem želela ekstremno debele plasti, sem raje lak natapkala na nohte. Druga plast se je rahlo lepše nanašala.

Essence Crazy Good Times Confetteria
Essence Crazy Good Times Confetteria

Glitterastic je prava bleščičasta bomba. Srebrni šesterokotniki se lepo zlijejo z bazo iz srebrnih bleščic. Skupaj tvorijo krasen bleščeč finiš. Na fotografiji sicer lahko vidite konico nohta, vendar v živo to ni tako opazno zaradi bleščanja. 2 plasti + nadlak.

Essence Crazy Good Times Glitterastic
Essence Crazy Good Times Glitterastic

Glitterastic je bil še najbolj prosojen odtenek (in se je najlepše nanašal), tako da sem ga slojila čez Paradelade.

Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade, Glitterastic layering
Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade, Glitterastic layering

Paradelade je sicer čisto lušten lak s črno bazo in mini krpicami (prevladuje srebrna), vendar bi težko rekla da je kaj še nevidenega/posebnega/nujno potrebnega. Pa še težko se je nanašal. 2 plasti + nadlak.

Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade
Essence Crazy Good Times Paradelade

Realistično gledano bom verjetno najbolj posegala po Glitterastic in Candyction, čeprav bi znal tudi Colourbration spomladi/poleti pokukati na plan.

Cena: 1,89 EUR za 8ml.

Kateri odtenek je vaš favorit? Kakšna se vam zdi formula v Essence Crazy Good Times lakih za nohte?

P.S. Essence Crazy Good Times kolekcija bo na voljo samo v Mullerjih.


Maestrino mnenje o trepalnicah:

Čeprav teh trepalnic še nisem preizkusila, imam občutek, da niso ravno udobne za nositi. Izgleda, da imajo precej debel trak, ki ni ravno najbolj upogljiv. Na pogled so videti umetne (imajo tisti plastični lesk). Gre za zelo dolge in bogate trepalnice, ki so dejansko samo za drzne ali pa samo za posebne priložnosti. Mene so v nakup prepričale lepe barve in oblika ter ugodna cena.

Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes
Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes

Essence - Crazy Good Times TE: False Eye Lashes

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  1. Hmm, zakaj imam občutek, kot da sem tole že komentirala? Možno, da je bilo preko FBja. :undecided: Sem se znašla pred polnim stojalom, pa me noben ni prepričal toliko, da bi ga vzela. Je pa res, da zadnje čase tele LE kar dežujejo, morda sem se jih nasitila. Ampak swatchi so pa super!

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  2. I want some polishes from this collection (esp the lime one) but I’m scrared I won’t find it because some people already found it but not me… even if it’s supposed to be on stale in Feb.

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  3. Sigh…I guess they’re never coming here…if only I had knew before…I didn’t find any info on website!
    I love how Glitterasti and Confetteria look!!!*__*

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