Review and swatches: Essence Snow White trend editionOpis in ocena: Essence Snow White TE

Aaahhhh – my darling Maestra found full Essence Snow White trend edition stand so I have ALL Snow White nail polishes! :happy: I was scared that Snow White would be left without one of her dwarfs … or prince charming or evil queen … :biggrin:

I wanted this trend edition because of the theme, after all Snow White is one of the rare fairy tales where main character is not blond. :silly: But in the end I was pleasantly surprised by quite a few of the shades. Let’s start with my favorites.

Essence Snow White is one of those reds that you immediately identify as something special. This is first red nail polish after Illamasqua Throb that I can say it was crush at first sight. It’s more to the cool side, but for some reason becomes slightly warmer in strong light. Formula was great, possibly one-coater if you don’t mind visible nail line … which is slightly seen even after second coat.

My second love is Essence Grumpy. What can I tell you except it’s perfect electric blue shade with good formula. :love: As this belongs into category of slightly thicker and highly pigmented nail polishes, you can use only one coat for full coverage … if you’re careful that is. 2 coats + top coat.

Pair Grumpy with Essence Prince Charming and you get drop dead gorgeous combo of electric blue base with 2 coats of blue and holographic glitter. :drop:

Essence Sleepy doesn’t look really sleepy to me, more like great spring/summer base. :silly: Color is on of those tricky shades that look more greenish one moment as bluish the next. Essence added as fine as dust shimmer, but it doesn’t really translate onto the nails. 2 coats.

Essence Dopey is another almost pastel like shade and this one is also “moody” – it can be more purple or blue. Formula was sheer, so I used 2 thicker layers + top coat.

Essence Bashful is another Snow White TE polishes with identity crisis. :biggrin: Only this time it’s how green is the base. Sometimes it looks like somebody put grayed out layer over it and sometimes it look a lot more rich green. Shimmer is lovely – I just with those tiny tiny flakes were larger.

I found all toppers to be slightly problematic … with Prince Charming being the best one. I think it’s the clear base they used to suspend glitter in + lots of huge chunks of glitter. I had hard time placing the glitter onto the nails as majority got stuck on the brush. I had to pat the glitter on and then arrange it by toothpick. :think:

Essence The Huntsman topper is not special to me because of it’s gold hexagons. What cough my eye were strange glitter particles that looked like plastic duochromes(?). I wish Essence would shred those paricles in smaller pieces and mad topper just with those beauties. 2 coats over Snow White.

Essence Evil Queen was my least favorite topper. I simply did not like anything about it – glitter was too big, application not easy … 2 coats over Dopey.

Essence Doc is nice orange shade. Not too orange and not too overpowering. I quite liked it. Thick and pigmented formula allows for one coat for full coverage. 2 coats + top coat.

Essence Sneezy and Happy did not make it to my honor roll – I didn’t like either one. Happy leans to much to ocher side and Sneezy is not my kind of brown.

Price:

• 1,69 EUR for 5ml (0.16 fl.oz.) bottle
• 2,19 EUR for 10ml (0.33 fl.oz.) Special Effect topper
• Snow White – 1,89 EUR

Video review:

Which one is your favorite from Essence Snow White trend edition … and does anybody actually like last two nail polishes? :angel:

For the end Maestra and I prepared little giveaway for you. We chose Grumpy and Prince Charming for the prize.

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.

Aaahhhh – zlata Maestra je bila ob pravem času na pravem kraju in mi je tako lahko kupila VSE lak v Essence Snow White omejeni izdaji! :happy: Me je bilo že strah, da bo Sneguljčica ostala brez katerega izmed palčkov … ali princa, mačehe … :biggrin:

Omejeno izdajo sem želela predvsem zaradi tematike in ne toliko zaradi samih odtenkov. Konec koncev je Sneguljčica le ena izmed tistih redkih pravljic, kjer smo temnolaske še kaj drugega kot čarovnice. :silly: Sem bila pa tudi zelo prijetno presenečena nad nekaterimi odtenki, tako da si najprej poglejmo moje favorite.

Essence Snow White je ena izmed tistih rdečih, ki se ti takoj usede v srce. Mislim, da je tole prvi rdečko, v katerega sem se “zacopala” po Illamasqua Throb laku. Odtenek je sicer bolj na hladni strani, vendar je pod močno svetlobo rahlo bolj topel. Formula in nanos sta bila krasna. Če pa ste bolj natančne (in vas ne motijo vidne konice), potem vam bo zadoščala že ena plast. Naj omenim še to, da tudi po dveh plasteh lak še ni 100% prekriven.

Na drugem mestu se je znašel krasen električno moder odtenek po imenu Essence Grumpy. :love: Spada v kategorijo lakov, ki so malo gostejši po konsistenci in močno pigmentirani … ena nanos je lahko že zadosti za popolno prekrivnost. 2plasti + nadlak.

Če Grumpy-ja nadgradimo z Essence Prince Charming topper-jem, dobimo ven fantastično kombinacijo električno modre baze ter modrih in holografskih bleščic. :drop:

Essence Sleepy mi ne deluje prav zaspano, ampak bolj spominja na razigranega kameleončka, ki je občasno bolj zelen, občasno pa bolj moder. :silly: Vsebuje tudi zelo droben šimer, vendar je ta na nohtih praktično neviden. 2 plasti.

Essence Dopey je še eden svetlejši odtenek, ki prav tako rahlo spreminja barvo – lahko je bolj moder ali vijola. Formula je precej prosojna, zato sem uporabila 2 debelejši plasti + nadlak.

Essence Bashful ima prav tako težave z identiteto. :biggrin: Vendar tokrat ne skače od ene barve k druge, temveč lak večinoma izgleda kot nekako “prevlečen” s sivkasto plastjo, občasno pa je vidna bolj globoka zelena. Šimer/bleščice je krasen, vendar ne bi škodilo, če bi bile krpice malenkost večje.

Vsei topperji/nadlaki so se težje nanašali oz. bolje rečeno jih je bilo težko lepo razporediti. Bleščice so se oklepale čopiča, tako da sem jih morala dobesedno “potapkati” na noht, nato pa razporediti z zobotrebcem. Prince Charming se je še najbole obnesel. Če bi ugibala, bi rekla, da je težava v prozorni bazi + velikosti bleščic. :think:

Essence The Huntsman topper se mi ni priljubil zaradi zlatih šestkotnih bleščic, temveč so me pritegnile zanimive (duochrome?) plastične krpice. Želim si, da bi Essence krpice razcefral in jih samostojno uporabil v nadlaku. 2 plasti čez Snow White.

Essence Evil Queen nadlak mi ni bil prav nič všeč. Bleščice so prevelike, težko jih je razporediti … 2 plasti čez Dopey.

Essence Doc je lušten oran
en odtenek. Barva je ravno prav zamolkla, da ni preveč izstopajoča in bo krasno služila kot baza za nail art. Gosta in pigmentirana formula – ena plast zadostuje za polno prekrivnost. 2 plasti + nadlak.

Essence Sneezy in Happy se nahajata daleč na koncu seznama priljubljenih … niti eden mi ni bil všeč. Happy se preveč nagiba na oker stran, Sneezy pa enostavno ni moj tip rjave.

Cene:

• 1,69 EUR za 5ml stekleničko
• 2,19 EUR za 10ml stekleničko Special Effect topperja
• Snow White – 1,89 EUR

Video ocena:

Kateri je vaš najljubši odtenek iz Essence Snow White TE … ter ali je kateri celo všeč kateri izmed zadnjih dveh odtenkov? :angel:

Za konec sva vama z Maestro pripravili manjši giveaway. Za nagradico sva izbrali Grumpy in Prince Charming laka.

GIVEAWAY JE ZAKLJUČEN. ZMAGOVALKA BO KMALU OBJAVLJENA.