Essence Vampire's Love Collection - Into the Dark and Dawn is Broken

Today I have two polishes from the Essence TE Vampire's Love Collection for you.

Essence Into The Dark - two coats with top coat

02 Into the Dark is a dark blue packed with silver shimmers. I thought the name is very apt, as it reminds me of the sky when it is just about to be pitch black.

Essence Dawn is Broken - two coats with top coat

04 Dawn is Broken is a light grey with micro silver and blue glitters. It dries a little bit gritty, but nothing a thick top coat can't fix.

I cannot fault the formula of these polishes, and as I love shimmery polishes, these are right up my alley. The Vampire's Love Collection has a total of five polishes, and I shall show you the rest soon!

Butter London - All Hail The Queen with Essence Circus Confetti

Hello my readers! Today I have for you Butter London All Hail The Queen. I wanted to go for a more neutral color after all the glamorous holiday mani, and AHTQ seems like the perfect choice.

Butter London All Hail The Queen (two coats) layered with Essence Circus Confetti (one coat)

Then I thought being New Year and all, why not jazz it up a little with Essence Circus Confetti? I really like how this turns out; a mani that is not in your face but still fun!

AHTQ two coats with no top coat

And here is All Hail The Queen on its lonesome. It is a neutral / beige with tiny micro holo glitters. It applies on nails like butter, and dries to a very glossy finish. Initially I thought this looks like a boring polish inside the bottle, but it makes me feel more sophisticated and ladylike after putting it on my nails, I really love it!

New Year's Eve Mani

Happy New Year peeps! Here is to 2012, may the new year brings everybody good health, good fortune, and most importantly, more awesome polishes!

OPI Lucerne Tainly Look Marvelous (three coats) with Essence silver stamping polish

Just a quick post on my NYE mani. I used OPI Lucerne Tainly Look Marvelous as a base color, and did a simple stamping with Essence silver stamping polish to jazz it up. Although my stamping skill is still not the greatest, I like how it turns out, elegant and not over the top. I got quite a few compliments on my nails too! I am also in awe of how awesome Lucerne Tainly Look Marvelous looks! The tiny pink, green, yellow, blue and purple shimmers twinkle on the pewter base, stunning!

That's it girls, thank you for sticking around and showing your support for my blog. I look forward to sharing more gorgeous polishes with you in 2012! :D

A first for me: Essence Back to 50's

Hello my dear readers! First of all, apologies for the lack of post in the past week, I was preoccupied with Tiny Tower and didn't have much time for anything else! (for those who doesn't know, it is a free iPhone game app, and it is super addictive! If you like Sim Tower, then you'd love this!)

Essence Back to 50's - two coats with top coat

So back to polish talk. Why is this a first for me? Well that's because this is the first time I wear a red polish (holo does not count)! I have always avoided red, thinking it is not the color for me. But when I received this polish from a swap, I thought I might as well try it out, and I am pleasantly surprised!

Under dimmer lights

Back to 50's is part of Essence 50's Girls Reloaded collection. It is a true red creme with a semi-jelly finish, giving it a vibrant and youthful look. The formula is good too, it is opaque with two coats.

All in all, I am definitely going to keep Back to 50's, because a polish collection is not complete without a red creme!

Catherine Arley #673 + Stamping

Hello ladies! This is my first time trying to stamp a full nail pattern, and I must admit I definitely need more practice! I have trouble transferring the whole pattern to my bigger nails (namely thumbs and middle fingers), but other than that I quite like this abstract pattern from fauxard plate m36. I used Essence special silver stamping polish here.

Catherine Arley #673 - two coats with base and top coat

My base color is Catherine Arley #673. After eight months, my Catherine Arley order from Belgium have finally arrived! It is a bit annoying that these polishes have no names, but #673 is a lovely grape purple scattered holo. I like how the holo effect is soft, and yet it is still noticeable even under dim lights. It is almost worth the wait! I have no problem with the formula, and with two easy coats I get full opacity.

So pretty!

I have yet to try the other Catherine Arley holos, so watch this space for more swatches very soon!

Arituam Purple Holo + Essence It's Purplicious

I got my friend to get me couple of Arituam polishes from Seoul after reading from another blogger that they make holo polishes! Korean polishes have been quite popular in the polish world lately, and I am glad I have jumped onto the bandwagon, because they are indeed good quality and relatively cheap!

Aritaum Purple Holo (two coats) + Essence It's Purplicious (one coat)

Here I am wearing Arituam purple lilac holo layered with Essence It's Purplicious special effect topper. I am normally not a glitter person, but I like how the layering makes this mani more fun! It's Purplicious is a purple clear base polish packed with tiny purple glitters and large purple square pieces. One coat is enough for layering as you don't want to drown out the base color.

Arituam Purple Holo

Arituam purple holo is also lovely on its own. It has a faint holo effect that could only been seen under bright lights. It reminds me a lot of Catrice Dirty Berry (one of my favorite polishes). The formula is perfect, and it applies like a dream!

Can you see the subtle holo effect here?

I have another pink holo from Arituam that I will be showing you soon! Have you tried Arituam polishes before? Do you prefer it on its own or with the layering polish?

I Scream Peach! by Catrice

Base: Catrice I Scream Peach!, Stamp: Essence Stampy Black Polish

There are a few colors I don't wear - yellows, most greens, most reds, and oranges. Even coral is pushing it. So I Scream Peach! by Catrice is definitely an "out of the box" color for me.

I am glad I tried this color on. I am surprised how much I like it on me. I Scream Peach! is a peachy coral creme that applies very nicely. I am loving all my Catrices so far!

To jazz up my mani, I used my m64 Fauxad plate and Essence Stampy Black Polish. My stamping skill is still a bit of a hit or miss, but I am still quite happy with the final look.

What do you think of this mani? Do you like it as much as I do?

I Scream Peach! on its own, two coats