Thursday 17 July 2014
Essie 'Mint Candy Apple' Review- America Collection 2
This polish has been on my wish list for an extremely long time, and it wasn't until I travelled across the Atlantic that I organised myself to actually buy it. I was in CVS and couldn't help myself from the beautiful green/duck egg blue colour and I snapped it up for $8!
As it is almost my last day in the big US o' A I'm trying to get all my American polishes reviewed before I get back on English soil, so this is the second of my 'America collection' . This polish is fetted over by bloggers and nail artists everywhere so why all the hype?
Well firstly, the colour is a beautiful mix between green and blue which interchange depending on the angle you view it from and the light you are in. If you are going for a pastel nail look which is extremely popular at the moment then you can use it for this by putting a matte top coat on, but it can also serve as a shiny and glam polish if you put on a top coat. So it is an extremely versatile polish.
For this mani I used Essie's 'good to go' top coat, which I didn't really love as it gets gloopy very quickly. Just to diverge to top coats and away from the polish, I find basic topcoats are the best. I use the Topshop 'base and top' for mine and this works perfectly well despite not having a flashy nail brand to it, the base coat is more important as it is this that can make or break a manicure and for this I use OPI.
But, back to the real star 'Mint Candy Apple'. It was extremely thick, which some people struggle with to apply as it can all gather in certain places of the nail and I am one of those people but (I will write about how to avoid this and put the link below) once you get past this hurdle it is a gorgeous polish and I would rather it be thick and glossy and have to apply less coats than having gaps in the polish (since some Essies are known for this issue of having to do about a million coats).
I only wore it for about two days and it didn't budge, but I cannot really fairly judge the chipping.
It is a very summery colour and though it may not be the flashiest it is great for everyday wear and I am so glad I finally managed to buy it, even if it did mean going across 'the pond' for two weeks!
Here are my ratings for 'Mint Candy Apple':
Chipping- 3
Shine- (works both with and without but with) 4
Richness of colour- (for a pastel colour) 3.5
Classic-ness- (doesn't really apply here) 3
Overall- 4
Love,
Tash
x
Links:
Review of first 'America Collection': http://hellotnails.blogspot.com/2014/07/essie-tart-deco-polish-review.html
As it is almost my last day in the big US o' A I'm trying to get all my American polishes reviewed before I get back on English soil, so this is the second of my 'America collection' . This polish is fetted over by bloggers and nail artists everywhere so why all the hype?
Well firstly, the colour is a beautiful mix between green and blue which interchange depending on the angle you view it from and the light you are in. If you are going for a pastel nail look which is extremely popular at the moment then you can use it for this by putting a matte top coat on, but it can also serve as a shiny and glam polish if you put on a top coat. So it is an extremely versatile polish.
For this mani I used Essie's 'good to go' top coat, which I didn't really love as it gets gloopy very quickly. Just to diverge to top coats and away from the polish, I find basic topcoats are the best. I use the Topshop 'base and top' for mine and this works perfectly well despite not having a flashy nail brand to it, the base coat is more important as it is this that can make or break a manicure and for this I use OPI.
But, back to the real star 'Mint Candy Apple'. It was extremely thick, which some people struggle with to apply as it can all gather in certain places of the nail and I am one of those people but (I will write about how to avoid this and put the link below) once you get past this hurdle it is a gorgeous polish and I would rather it be thick and glossy and have to apply less coats than having gaps in the polish (since some Essies are known for this issue of having to do about a million coats).
I only wore it for about two days and it didn't budge, but I cannot really fairly judge the chipping.
It is a very summery colour and though it may not be the flashiest it is great for everyday wear and I am so glad I finally managed to buy it, even if it did mean going across 'the pond' for two weeks!
Here are my ratings for 'Mint Candy Apple':
Chipping- 3
Shine- (works both with and without but with) 4
Richness of colour- (for a pastel colour) 3.5
Classic-ness- (doesn't really apply here) 3
Overall- 4
Love,
Tash
x
Links:
Review of first 'America Collection': http://hellotnails.blogspot.com/2014/07/essie-tart-deco-polish-review.html
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Essie Tart Deco' polish review- America Collection 1
After breaking up from school for my last ever "school holidays", since I am going into my final year of school and next summer I will be getting ready for university! This terrifies and excites me, mostly terrifies. However, summer holidays didn't keep me from school for long as on the day after I broke up I hopped on a plane to Boston to spend two weeks at Brown University doing a summer school. After a few days of being distracted by people swooning over my English accent I realised my pre-holiday manicure was starting to chip (review will be up soon) and having not brought any polish with me I ventured to CVS to see what the nail polish selection was. To my delight it was stacked full of nail polish, but I was drawn to the Essie section as it harbours many colours that have been on my wish list for a while now for example; 'Mint Candy Apple', 'Limo-scene' and of course 'Tart Deco'.
I would consider myself a nail polish aficionado however even I struggle to tell the difference between the 15 different coral colours Essie has produced, it was the interesting name and slightly pink tinge to the colour that attracted me to this polish so I bought it. Another great aspect of buying Essie's in America is the price, which is much less than in England so I got myself a little haul, reviews of which will come soon.
As soon as I got back to my dorm, instead of doing my reading homework I started painting my nails. This colour is one of those that despite being impressive in the bottle is even more beautiful once on the nails and it was extremely thick and easy to apply.
There is some discrepancy in the brushes of Essie polishes as some of them are square and wide and others are round and more thin. Both are good to apply, but due to the thickness I was glad for the rounded brush as it carries less polish at a time.
1 and 1/2 coats and topcoat later I flapped my hands around a bit and was ready to do activities that didn't use my hands, this dries quite slowly so isn't one to use in a rush but still a beautiful colour making the hands look tanned and a long lasting polish despite the bashing it received from fans, pens and showers.
Here are my ratings for Essie's Tart Deco:
Chipping-3.75
Shine-4.5
Richness of colour- 3.75
Classic-ness- (debate-able but) 3.5
Overall- 4.5
Love,
Tash
x
I would consider myself a nail polish aficionado however even I struggle to tell the difference between the 15 different coral colours Essie has produced, it was the interesting name and slightly pink tinge to the colour that attracted me to this polish so I bought it. Another great aspect of buying Essie's in America is the price, which is much less than in England so I got myself a little haul, reviews of which will come soon.
As soon as I got back to my dorm, instead of doing my reading homework I started painting my nails. This colour is one of those that despite being impressive in the bottle is even more beautiful once on the nails and it was extremely thick and easy to apply.
There is some discrepancy in the brushes of Essie polishes as some of them are square and wide and others are round and more thin. Both are good to apply, but due to the thickness I was glad for the rounded brush as it carries less polish at a time.
1 and 1/2 coats and topcoat later I flapped my hands around a bit and was ready to do activities that didn't use my hands, this dries quite slowly so isn't one to use in a rush but still a beautiful colour making the hands look tanned and a long lasting polish despite the bashing it received from fans, pens and showers.
Here are my ratings for Essie's Tart Deco:
Chipping-3.75
Shine-4.5
Richness of colour- 3.75
Classic-ness- (debate-able but) 3.5
Overall- 4.5
Love,
Tash
x
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