Showing posts with label Essence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essence. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Green Nail Polish Heaven!!!

Hi everyone! In picking out my St. Patrick's Day nail polish, I decided to take all of my greens on a field trip to the porch, where I snapped their group photo. This was trickier than it sounds, as first I had to decide which polishes ARE green. Some were close, but too blue, so they didn't make the cut. Overall, I'm happy with this representation. I had to color correct a few pics to get them to look more accurate for you guys. At the end, I'll show you the polish I chose for my nails!

Group 1, left to right:
OPI - Gargantuan Green Grape
FingerPaints - Chrysanthe-mum's the Word
Avon - Jade
American Apparel - Office
Sally Hansen Nailgrowth Miracle - Gentle Blossom

Group 2, left to right:
Sinful Colors - Mint Apple
OPI - Jade is the New Black
New York Summer - Amaranth
Delia*s - no name
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Lime Lights

Group 3, left to right:
Hard Candy - Sweet P
Essence - Lime Up!
FingerPaints - Guggen I'm Lime
Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure - Grass Slipper
Revlon - Beach

Group 4, left to right:
Nfu-Oh - 56
Ulta Professional - Into the Limelight
Zoya - Ivanka
Revlon Matte Suede - Emerald City

Group 5, left to right:
Zoya - Envy
essie - Pretty Edgy
American Apparel - Army Jacket
Essence - Check Me Out

Phew! That was a lot of polish! And I realized I left out one of my favorites: Rescue Beauty Lounge - Recycle. Oh, well. I knew I'd end up leaving something out! Another thing I realized is that I own no green polishes from China Glaze, which is weird to me! I need to change that.

So which did I choose for my St. Patrick's Day manicure?
Zoya - Ivanka! She is perfect green sparkly goodness.

Sadly, I won't be wearing this manicure on the actual day! Happily, I have a job interview for a medical facility, so I chopped down my nails (as you can see) and I'll be wearing a nice neutral color for my interview on Thursday. Wish me luck!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Essence - Sundancer

Right now, I look like a huge tomato. My face is swollen, red, bumpy, and itchy. I'll go to the doctor tomorrow, but for now I'm coated in calamine lotion even though it's not really helping.

So, without MUCH comment, here is Essence - Sundancer. It was $.99 at Ulta and it's a pretty good dark yellow/light orange shade. Not what I wanted though. I was looking for a dark yellow, but this isn't it. To orangey. Still, for a dollar, it's good! It is a smaller bottle though- a mini. This is four coats, though. Yellows always take more coats. I don't really know why! One picture is direct sunlight, one is indirect.

Thanks for reading! Hopefully I don't have to wrap my face up like this to get to the doctor tomorrow. This is what I do for my readers:



That's me all bundled up with my face tied up in a scarf so I could venture onto my porch without scaring the neighborhood children.