Archive for the ‘Essence’ Category
For this ruffian manicure I used Essence Sparkling Dawn and Essence Undead?:
Have a nice time!
Lyra*
I’ve been wearing different color combinations of ruffian manicure for the entire week. Here is a silver/blue combination. I used Essence Rock’n’Roll for the base and then go over with Deborah 03 Mat, which is dark navy blue matte shade.
Lyra*
OMG! OMG! I got the whole new Essence Trend Edition – Eclipse. It is inspired by the latest movie of Twilight Saga Eclipse. I was so excited when I heard that essence came out with an entire collection about it. And of course like a true Twilight fan I had to have it. I have to warn you, that this post is pic heavy.
Eclipse Trend Edition:
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POLISHES: there are five shades in this collection.
Undead?: is jelly black base with purple glitter mixed in it. I was a little afraid that the glitter won’t be seen on the nails, but it’s not like that. I can’t tell you how much I love this shade. It needs two coats for full coverage.
Thrsty?: is a really dark jelly red shade. It’s like blood. I love it! There are also two coats.
Don’t Bite Me – Kiss Me: is medium berry shade with purple shimmer in it. It’s opaque in two coats.
Hide Bella Hide: is frosty metallic silver shade. I was expecting trouble with application, but it was easy. It needs also two coats.
Ready To be Bitten?: hell yes I’m ready! 
I’m joking a little bit. This shade is also nice. It’s sheer nude shade with rose undertone, but it is shimmer that is special. It looks like it has melted glass in it. Lovely color. This one needs three coats for full coverage.
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LIP-GLOSSES: There are four lip-glosses in this collection. I just swatched three of them on my lips, the black one however doesn’t look interesting on the lips.
Don’t Bite Me – Kiss Me lip-gloss: is nice light purple shade with pink, blue and silver slitter mixed in it. Glitter is not too big, so you can’t feel it on the lips.
Ready To Be Bitten lip-gloss: this one is really nice. Clear base with loads of silver, blue and pink glitter in it. It makes your lips sparkle.
Lunch At Cullen’s: oh I love the name! And the gloss it’s also beautiful. It’s like China Glaze Ruby Pumps on the lips. Red jelly base with a lot of red glitter mixed in it. My lips are not made for red color, I should use a lip-liner.
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DUO EYESHADOWS: there are three duo eye-shadows in this collection. I didn’t swatch them, I just took a close up picture of them. The colors look nice, but I hear that they are hard. So the base or the wet application is necessary. I also love the naming of them 
DIAMOND POWDER: it’s called Too Beautiful To Be True. It’s most silver, but you can also find some gold shimmer in it. This one is perfect if you want your skin to look like Edward on sunlight. You can use it on body or face. This one is also recommended to apply wet. I will save this one for New Year’s Eve.
So, this is it. What do you think about this collection?
Have a nice Twilight day! Lyra*
Hello!
This is a manicure which I’m wearing at the moment. The base is Essence Pointbreak, and the roses are stamped with Essence Romeo. I used Konad image plate m65.
Have a nice time!
~Lyra~
Hi everyone!
I’m having a great time swapping with Tiffany from Yardsticks 4 Lunatics. You have to check out her blog, you won’t be sorry! I already got three packs from her! She sent me loads of polishes from my wish list and some other cool stuff. Look at all these beauties!
Claire’s and Sally Hansen polishes:
Color Club polishes:
Nubar polishes:
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Not so long ago I also got a nice surprise present from Maestra. She helped me out with finding Essence Surfer Babe and Into The Wild polishes, but she also included a few I wasn’t expecting!
Maestra thank you again!
-Lyra**
Mancina asked me to make a comparison between Essence Zulu and China Glaze Channelesque so I made it. I also added Essence Desert Fox and Catrice from Dusk to Dawn for compare.
I can say for sure that none of them are dupes. Zulu is the lightest and in comparisson to the others looks the grayest. Channelesque is the one with the strongest purple undertone. Desert Fox and FDTD have brown base, but Desert Fox is more grayish.
I hope you find this comparison useful.
-Lyra**
Hi!!
Yaaaay!! I have a new Essence Trend Edition collection. It’s called Into The Wild. You can find polishes, lip-glosses, eye-shadows, bronzing powder and jumbo eye-pencils in it. Look at all this stuff:
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POLISHES: in collection are four polishes.
Desert Fox is warm brown shade with gray undertone. The application was OK, and I applied two coats. If I was more careful, one would be enough. 
Zulu is my favorite. It’s gray color with a hint of lavender. This one should be matte, but the matte effect is not so strong. It’s more plastic like looking. Anyway I like glossy look more than matte so it doesn’t bother me. I applied two coats.
Heart Chakra is my second favorite. It is nice mixture between coral and rose shade, so under some lights is more rosy and on the other is more coral looking. It needs two coats for full coverage.
Bongo Drums is neutral milky shade. This one is not well pigmented. After the first layer it looks like it’s almost clear. On the pictures are three layers, but the white tips are still visible. It’s also quite streaky. 
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LIP-GLOSSES: the collection has three different shades of lip-glosses. Essence usually disappoints me with their glosses, because they are not well pigmented, but this time I was pleasantly surprised. They are good pigmented and the colors are also nice. One is jelly looking and the other two have shimmer in them.
Here I made swatches on my arm:
Heart Chakra is nice jelly rose shade, with coral undertones. This is my favorite.
Beat the Heat is shimmering golden color. Nice, but it doesn’t suit me at all.
40 Degree is golden brown shade with silver and red shimmer mixed in it.
How do you like this collection?
Have a nice day! -Lyra
Hello!
Today I will show you two Catrice polishes. Yes, you read right, two!
The first one is named Clay-Ton My Hero. Funny name, but very special polish. It is a brownish gray color with a golden shimmer. It’s pretty unique. I don’t have any similar shade in my collection. It needs two coats for full coverage.
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My Bests Friends Tiara is also beauty in the bottle. It is white color with a silver shimmer, and it also has a hint of gray in it. It looks so luxury. The finish is frosty and it’s opaque in two coats.
I put some Konad on this one. I used Essence Bonnie for stamping and pattern from m64. I love how it comes out.
See you soon!
Lyra*
Yesterday I had a really good idea for my manicure, and it turned out so good! It looks even better than what I imagined.
Essence Go Wild is really nice warm toned purple. I don’t know actually how to describe this color, so I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
I stamped with China Glaze OMG all-over flower pattern from Konad image plate m73. The result is stunning! It looks even better in person.
What do you think?
Have a nice day!!
-Lyra
Hi!
Here is another example of how you can do a different French manicure. I made this one a while ago. The pink polish on tips is Essence (SYF) Flashy pink. I used Konad image plates m6 and m9. White flowers were made with Konad special polish white, and the blue ones with Essence Deep Blue Sea.
I’m being little bit lazy for writing posts, but I’m taking pictures of my manicures anyway. I have to start writing every day again 
See you soon!
Lyra*