I hate it when this happens – huge limited edition full of nail polishes that I have to have … but no time to swatch everything. This time – Essence Season Of Extremes TE is culprit for my dilemma. :biggrin:
This limited edition is roughly divided into 4 sections … and I bought at least one from each category. :blush:
1) Single nude polishes
- The Nude The Better: yellowish beige creme nail polish. My brush was pretty bad – black particles in the polish, uneven bristles …
- Did Someone Say Nude?: pastel green shade. Application is not perfect but top coat evens the “rough edges”.
- Nude Or What?: grayed out cooler violet shade.
- Nude Rules!: elegant cool brown nail polish.
2) Duo nude polishes
- My Best Nude Friends And Me: base color is slightly on warmed brown side with tiny shimmer in it. In the detail photo you can see the combination with layering side. 2 coats + (layering polish) + top coat.
3) Single vibrant colors
- Pimp My Bright: yellowish nail polish (not the sunny kind but more towards the orange side).
- On The Bright Side: orange neon nail polish. Pretty sheer – VNL even after 3 coats … but that is nothing unusual for neon nail polishes. I usually wear them over white base. Application was not demanding. Satin finish.
- Bright Alert!: pink neon nail polish. Formula is the same as in On The Bright Side.
- Little Miss Bright: pretty purple shade, but the formula is not the best. Sheer, uneven application.
Bright Alert!
On The Bright Side
4) Colorful duos
- We Are All Bright: base green comes in creme finish and is one of those lovely greens that look good yellowish skin tone. It’s little bit muted and as such more wearable. Layering side is pretty boring and flat purple shimmer.
- It’s Two Bright: blue base is drool worthy cyan blue. Yellowish pink duochrome shimmer has grown on me … at least it looks “alive” unlike the We Are All Bright one.
Are you one of those who: a) found something they like in Essence Season of Extremes TE or b) find it boring? :silly:
Video review:
Thank you Saša for being at the right place at the right time. :rose:Jajks – spet trend edicija z ogromnim številom lakov … ki jih seveda moram imeti, časa za swatchanje pa ni. Tokrat je za mojo dilemo (kaj swatchati in kaj ne) kriva Essence Season Of Extremes TE. :biggrin:
Omejeno kolekcijo lahko v grobem razdelimo na 4 kategorije … iz vsake sem kupila vsaj en lak. :blush:
1) Enojni “nevtralni” laki
- The Nude The Better: rumenkasto bež odtenek v krem finišu. Moj čopič je bil na žalost katastrofalen – neenakomerno dolge ščetine, nekatere so bile praktično že “zunaj”, čopič pušča črne delce …
- Did Someone Say Nude?: pastelno zelen lak. Nanos je bil nekaj srednjega – pasteli pač. A plast nadlaka hitro reši problem.
- Nude Or What?: hladno vijola barva s precej sive.
- Nude Rules!: eleganten hladno siv lak za nohte.
2) Dvojčki v “nevtralnih” odtenkih
- My Best Nude Friends And Me: osnovna barva je toplejša rjava z drobnim šimrom. Na detajlu pa lahko vidite kako izgleda baza v kombinaciji z lakom za slojenje. 2 plasti + (lak za slojenje) + nadlak.
3) Enojni “živahni” odtenki
- Pimp My Bright: rumen odtenek, ki pa ni sončno rumen temveč vleče rahlo na oranžno stran.
- On The Bright Side: oranžen neon lak. Precej prosojen – konice so vidne tudi po treh plasteh, kar je precej običajno za neon lake. Jaz jih ponavadi tako ali tako nanesem čez belo bazo. Nanos ni bil težaven. Finiš – satenast.
- Bright Alert!: roza neonček. Formula je enaka kot pri On The Bright Side laku.
- Little Miss Bright: sicer zelo lušten vijola odtenek, vendar me formula ni navdušila – prosojna, neenakomeren nanos …
Bright Alert!
On The Bright Side
4) “Vibrantni” dvojčki
- We Are All Bright: krem zelena baza je čudovita – ne tepe se z rumenkastim podtonom, krasen nanos, rahlo “zadimljena” tako da je precej nosljiv odtenek … Stran za slojenje pa mi nikakor ni potegnila – dolgočasna vijola barva …
- It’s Two Bright: moder del je tako lepe modre barve, da bi mi bilo žal, če bi ostala brez tega laka. Rumeno-vijola “nadlak”, pa se mi je s časoma tudi malo bolj priljubil … vsaj malo več da od sebe kot We Are All Bright vijola.
Katerem taboru pripadate – tistemu, ki pravi, da je Essence Season of Extremes dolgočasna ali tistemu, ki je našel nekaj zase? :silly:
Video ocena:
Ena :rose: za Sašo, ki je bila ob pravem času v pravem Mullerju. :biggrin:
A se da tega rozega mogoče še kje dobiti? Mi je tooook všeč, pa ga nikjer ne najdem :(
Hmm – mislim, da bo težka. Če se ne motim je bila LE na voljo samo v Mullerjih, drugače bi morda uvoznik imel še kakšnega na zalogi. :think: