TOTD (Thought of the Day)
The other day I was feeling kinda 'meh'. I decided to go to Costco and as I was (in the parking lot) putting on some lip stuff in my car, the man beside me rolled down the window of his car and yelled out "There's no point in improving perfection, is there?!" I chuckled, said thank you and he drove away. About 10 minutes later, while at the check out, both of the check out girls decided to compliment me also, one liked my hair and the other my nails. I must say, little things like saying kind words (in the form of a compliment) can really brighten up your day. We should compliment one another more often!
On to the nail stuff!
Ok, so because of a friend of mine, I decided to actually give Essie a try and today I swatched one of my buys, Essie Huckle Buckle. Here it is in the bottle and it looks interesting, right?
In the close up you can really see that the shimmer is in fact pink/blue, not purple at all and although it's pretty, this is not a polish for me. Um hello Essie, if I wanted a funky top coat that i had to layer over something to get the full effect, I'd buy one.
I want to know is it this sheer because it's an older formula? I know this one's from the Essie Summer 2007 Buckle Up collection, so maybe this is before they knew how to make polishes with good formula?
Till next time!
The other day I was feeling kinda 'meh'. I decided to go to Costco and as I was (in the parking lot) putting on some lip stuff in my car, the man beside me rolled down the window of his car and yelled out "There's no point in improving perfection, is there?!" I chuckled, said thank you and he drove away. About 10 minutes later, while at the check out, both of the check out girls decided to compliment me also, one liked my hair and the other my nails. I must say, little things like saying kind words (in the form of a compliment) can really brighten up your day. We should compliment one another more often!
On to the nail stuff!
Ok, so because of a friend of mine, I decided to actually give Essie a try and today I swatched one of my buys, Essie Huckle Buckle. Here it is in the bottle and it looks interesting, right?
Shade pics
It's a shade that changes colour a bit, depending on the lighting. It's sort of a periwinkle blue but on the grey side and it seems to have s pink/purple shimmer to it. So far so good. But then try to put in on. Gah! I'm not impressed with the formula on this at all! It's so super sheer that I kept on putting in on and on, I did 4 coats!
Sun pics
I want to know is it this sheer because it's an older formula? I know this one's from the Essie Summer 2007 Buckle Up collection, so maybe this is before they knew how to make polishes with good formula?
If any of you have gotten great results by layering this over something, let me know please, otherwise this one's going right to the swap pile.
Pretty! I don't think I've ever seen this one!
ReplyDelete@thenailaholic I suppose if you weren't into nail polish back in 2007, then you'd have missed it.
ReplyDeleteI think that Essie is hit or miss for people. Some of their polishes are really sheer & thin/watery, where as some of the other ones are much better. I tend to find that any of the plain cremes are much better in terms of application!
ReplyDeleteNice review & pics! I got nervous after reading this as I'd just acquired Huckle Buckle in swap. Gave it a try over ChG Seaspray & I'm pleased. Try it out! =)
ReplyDelete@Elizabeth The hit and miss is why I haven't been buying any of their products but since I found 2 on sale, I thought I'd give them a try. I prefer thick over thin polishes so I might have to not buy any from Essie.
ReplyDelete@Honey Bomb Oh that's a good tip, thank you. I have Seaspray and will give it a try.
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