Essence: Time for Reflection

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Ik wilde de Essence Special effect topper: Time for Reflection eens proberen. Ik wist niet echt zeker wat voor basislak ik moest gebruiken, dus ik besloot om het te proberen met een zwart creme lakje, zoals jullie hierboven kunnen zien. Na één laagje van de topper zag het er zo uit:

I wanted to try the Essence special effect topper: Time for reflection. I wasn't sure which polish I should use as a base, so I decided to go with a black creme, as you can see above. After one layer of the topper it looked like this:

Best anders toch? ;) De topper geeft een mooie blauwe 'gloed' over de zwarte lak! Ik ben benieuwd hoe deze topper eruit ziet over andere lakjes, zoals paars of misschien rood?

Ik verwachte niet zo'n sterk effect, dus ik ben blij verrast! Hoe vinden jullie het effect?

Bedankt voor het kijken vandaag! :)

Quite different right? ;) It gives this pretty blue sheen to the black polish! I wonder how this topper would look like with other polishes, like purple or red maybe?

I didn't expect it to have an effect as strong as this, so I'm quite pleased! How do you like the effect?

Thanks for watching today! :)

Smallest haul ever

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Even een kleine post om de lakjes te laten zien die ik heb gekocht :) Ik heb ook nagellakremover en wattenschijfjes gekocht, en nog wat andere dingen.. Maar ik vond dat niet interessant genoeg om jullie te laten zien ;)

De lakjes zijn:

Catrice - Mona Lisa is Staring Back

Catrice - Purplelized

Essence - Time for Reflection.

Ik ben vooral nieuwsgierig naar Time for Reflection, het is een special effect topper en hij hoort je lakjes meer duochrome te maken.

Dat is het alweer voor deze post! ;) bedankt voor het kijken :)

Just a small post to show you the polishes I bought :) I also bought some remover and cottonpads and other stuff, but I didn't think that was interesting enough to show you ;)

The polishes are:

Catrice - Mona Lisa is Staring Back

Catrice - Purplelized

Essence - Time for reflection

I'm curious about Time for Reflection, it's a special effect topper and it's supposed to make your polishes more duochrome.

That's it for this post! Thanks for watching :)

NOTD: Essence Out of my Mind

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Vandaag draag ik het andere Essence lakje wat ik pas heb gekocht: Out of my Mind. Ik draag drie laagjes.

Today I'm wearing the other Essence polish I bought recently: Out of my Mind. I'm wearing three coats.

En weer een mooi duochrome lakje. Meestal is het lakje gewoon blauw, maar als het licht het raakt, of wanneer je je hand een beetje beweegt, dan kan je het groene erin echt goed zien.

Had ik maar meer duochromes in mijn bezit!

Bedankt voor het kijken vandaag! :)

Again, another pretty duochrome polish. Most of the time it's blue, but if the light hits it right, or you move your hand a bit, you can see the green in there.

Oh, how I wish I had more duochromes in my collection!

Thanks for stopping by today! :)

NOTD: Essence Where is the Party

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Vandaag heb ik wat meer foto's dan normaal! Ik had erg veel foto's gemaakt en ik kon gewoon niet kiezen, dus ik heb gewoon wat meer foto's in de post gedaan ;)

Dit is Where is the Party van Essence en ik draag twee laagjes.

Today I have a picture heavy post for you! I took a lot of pictures, and it was too difficult to make a descision, so I threw in some extra ;)

This is Where is the Party from Essence and I'm wearing two coats.

In de zon

Sunlight

Mooi toch? :D Het is een hele mooie, budgetproof duochrome! Het enige nadeel is dat het flesje zo klein is.

Wat vinden jullie van duochromes? En bedankt voor het kijken vandaag!

Pretty right? :D It's a very nice, budgetproof duochrome! The only downside is that the bottle is so small.

How do you like duochromes? And thanks for stopping by today! :)

Very small haul

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Ik ben weer eens langs de Kruidvat geweest. Ik ging er heen met goede hoop, maar kwam terug met bijna niets. Ik weet het niet, maar de Kruidvat in mijn plaats is echt altijd leeggeroofd. Misschien moet ik ooit eens heel erg vroeg komen..?!

I went to a local drugstore, Kruidvat. I went there with high hopes, and came back with almost nothing. I don't know, the Kruidvat in my place is always so empty. Maybe I should come really early once..?!

Ik heb alleen een nagelvijl van Essence gekocht en twee essence Colour&Go lakjes

I got an essence nailfile and 2 essence Colour&Go polishes.

Links: 43 Where is the party?

Rechts: 52 Out of my mind

Ik wilde Where is the Party echt heel erg graag hebben, en ze hadden er nog maar eentje! Dus ik heb wel een beetje geluk gehad vandaag! :D Ze lijken mij beide heel erg mooie duochrome lakjes, jullie kunnen snel swatches verwachten! :)

Bedankt voor het kijken vandaag! :)

Left: 43 Where is the party?

Right: 52 Out of my mind

I really wanted to get Where is the Party, and there was only one left! So I was lucky with that one! :D They both seem like really pretty duochrome polishes, expect swatches soon! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Winner of the essence magnet!

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Here I am today to announce the winner of the essence magnet! I only had three entries (new followers count too! ;)) so everybody had a 33,33% chance of winning!

I used random.org to generate a random number, so first I had to give everybody a number! First comment was number one, second number two, and third number three. So:

Math: 1

Linda: 2

Anne: 3

And random.org decided the winner is....:

Number 3, Anne! Congratiolations!

Dus Anne, laat een comment achter met jouw e-mailadres zodat ik zeker weet dat jij het bent ;) Dan stuur ik jou een e-mail om te vragen naar je adresgegevens :) Natuurlijk haal ik je e-mailadres daarna uit de comments! :)

That's all for today, thanks for stopping by! :)

Free essence metallics magnet?

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Remember when I already bought the Essence Metallics Magnet and I would buy the nailpolish later? Well, still no nailpolish here. I went to different stores in different places, but they were sold out all the time. And still I have that magnet laying around here, so I thought: "What can I do with it?"

I decided to give it away. I know, it's not big or anything, but still... :P

Do you have the polishes and don't have the magnet? Or do you want a back-up? Or give one to your friend? Or whatever reason... Just leave me a comment and I will pick a random number. I don't have a lot of followers so the chance of winning is quite big haha!

You enter by leaving a comment, it's as simple as that :) It's open internationally!

You can enter 'till the 11th of January. I will announce the winner in a blogpost, and if it's you, please send me an email with your address info and I will send it to you :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

NOTD: New Year

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This was my NOTD on new year's eve. I'm sorry for the low quality pictures, it started to chip and the rhinestones on my ringfinger were almost falling off, so I had to take some pictures fast... And I didn't have my camera with me, so I used my mobile phone.

I used a plain black polish from essence to create the french tip and some random silver glitter that I have in my collection. It has a kind of holographic effect to it.

Not my best picture ever... But you can see the holographic effect here! At first I was doubting if I should add the glitter, but I'm glad I did! It felt like a there was a party going on on my nails haha.

That's it for today, thanks for stopping by! :)

Essence Nail Fashion Stickers: Part 2

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Here I am again with the Essence Nail Fashion Stickers. This is after work:

^ Left hand

They held up better than I expected. I expected them to fall of, but they are all still there. You can see that the colour started to wear off, this is because I have to open a lot of boxes during work, so my nails "suffer" a lot.

^ right hand

More damage than on the left hand, maybe I didn't press the stickers as hard as on the left hand, or maybe it's because my right hand is my dominant hand.

I think these would stay on fine if you don't work a lot with your hands. But I don't know if they will last 5 days as the package is advertising. It's still a piece of paper, and what if you're going to wash your hands with these on? Won't they soak off?

It was a fun experiment, but I prefer regular nailpolish. I like the idea of these stickers, but they just don't seem to work for me. I like the designs, but I don't think I will ever buy a new set. I would like these a lot more if they didn't feel so paper-like.

Maybe the Incoco ones are better? If I come across those, I will definitely give them a try!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Essence Nail Fashion Stickers

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Today I tried the Essence Studio Nails; nail fashion stickers. Here's the result:

Yup, not that pretty... The stickers couldn't quite handle the curve of my nails, that's why they are wrinkly at the sides.

I had some problems with filing the excess of. You can't really tell from the pictures, but it looks like I have some tipwear, my file removed some of the colour from the stickers...

I don't like these stickers. They annoy me, it really feels like you're taping a piece of paper onto your nails. Maybe it would work for people with "flatter" nails, I don't know.

Also, the sizes weren't really perfect for my nails, the stickers are to small for my nails, just look at my ringfinger...

I'm forcing myself to keep this on, because I have to work tomorrowmorning. I want to see how the stickers will handle it. I expect them to fall off or something, they don't seem to stick very well to my nails. We'll see tomorrow!

That's it for today, make sure to come again tomorrow for my final verdict on these stickers!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Small haul!

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Today I went to the Kruidvat, again... :P, hoping they would have the metallic polishes. They didn't have them :( I asked the salesperson there, and they said they would restock them soon. There were some problems with the delivery of some sort...

But here's what I got!

The magnet... So now I'll HAVE to buy the polishes!

Two of the Essence nail fashion stickers, I read some negative reviews on them, but I was really curious! Also notice the fact how they put "top inovation" on everything, while it isn't a top innovation at all... :P

And an Essence glitter topcoat, simply because I didn't own one before!

As I was writing this post, I suddenly remembered that I also bought the Catrice matt topcoat! I forgot to take a picture of it, so here's a picture with low lighting:

This is my first matt topcoat, so I'm kinda curious how I'll like the effect "in real life"!

Thanks for stopping by :)

Essence SOS Nail Repair Pads: Part 3

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Again, a post without pictures, sorry!

I decided to give the Essence SOS nail repair pads another try. The nail of my thumb was cracked. My thumb nail is very thick and absolutely not flexible in any way (for example, I can “fold” the nail of my pinky without any problem). So it doesn’t crack fast, but once it’s cracked it’ll break off very easily.

I wondered if the nail repair pads could handle this. Put them on, 2 coats of nailglue, and then just my regular polish.
Two days later my nail broke off. I took something out of my schoolbag, don’t really know exactly how it happened, but it slipped out of my hand and as a result my nail broke off. So the pads didn’t really help with “saving” my nail… I filled my nail down so it would look better, but I didn’t take the pad off, because I didn’t had the time to do that.

Also I found that the pads let go off the nail easily. After 5 days, it started to peel off around the cuticle area. I could rip half of the thing off without any effort. Maybe it’s because of the glue? I used the Essence SOS glue.

I don’t really like this pads as they don’t work for me. I followed the instructions so I don’t think I did something wrong. Do you have any experiences with these pads and were that better experiences? Please let me know, because I really like the idea of the pads!

Thanks for reading!

Review: Essence Strawberry Nailpolish Remover

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Today I'm doing a small review of the Essence nailpolish remover, the nail hardening one.

Yes, the bottle in the picture is empty, but that's because I transferred it to my remover dispenser ;)

So, what it says it does:

I don't really think it helps me with strengthning my nails, but overall I have pretty strong nails so I didn't bought it for that reason. I just wanted to have a nice smelling nailpolish remover! Lol.

When I first smelled this I didn't like it at all. Very chemical and weird... But when I used it, I started to like it! I was done doing my nails, and I smelled something on my hands.. Something sweet and candylike. I couldn't figure it out, but then it hit me... It was the scent of the nailpolish remover! So, in my opinion it smells nice when you use it, but when you smell it from the bottle, it's just weird...

The bottle comes with a big.. Hole? Thingy? I don't really like big ones, because I always put way too much on my cotton pad. But on the other hand, it is nice for cleaning up with a brush, you just dip your brush in it and you're good to go!

(I'm using a different nailpolish remover for my clean ups btw)

This works fine for me. Not good, not bad, just normal. Removes polish as it should do. What I do like about this one, is that it makes my nails feel super soft. With some (non acetone) removers, I experienced getting very dry nails.

Overall I like this product. I would buy it again, not only for its price (€1.29), but also for it scent, and it works as it should ^^

I think I'm going to buy an other when this one runs out, maybe the one with the coconut scent? I have yet to decide! haha

If you have any questions, please let me know! Thanks for reading :)

Essence SOS Nail Repair Pads: Part 2

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So here I am again with part 2 of the Essence SOS nail pads!

I'm 50% pleased... Because one of my nails still broke off! Of course, it was my nail on my middlefinger... The layers still seperated/splitted after I applied the pads and after that it broke of.

See here:

(Yes, I got impatient and annoyed, so I peeled off the pads. Which I probably shouldn't have done blabla, but it really annoyed me, and I didn't feel like soaking my nails into nailpolish remover...!)

It worked perfectly fine with the "normal" crack. But I felt like the difference in lenght was too much, so I cut all of my nails...

The end result:

Tomorrow I still have an old "NOTD" for you, and that will be my last post with my longer nails...

I don't really mind that much, I kinda like them at this lenght.

Thanks for reading! :)

Essence SOS Nail Repair Pads

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I used the Essence SOS Nail repair pads for the first time this week.

Used it together with the SOS nail glue!

As we all know, nails are build of different layers. With my middlefinger, they always seem to "split" (don't really know how to explain this correctly in English? :P). I think the nail on my middlefingers are my weakest nails... So it started to seperate/split/however you should call it, so I thought, why not try the SOS pads out?

My other nail was "simply" broken.

After I just applied them

2 coats of glue later... Looks kinda freaky btw :P Very dry... haha

OMG! Naked nails!!

It's been almost a week now since I put these on. I will post an update blogpost later this day, I still need to take some pictures!

Thanks for reading :)

NOTD: Gradient effect

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Today's NOTD is my first try at a gradient effect!

This is my right hand, the hand you normally don't see... ;)

I think it turned out pretty decent! I had this design on for about 5 days, so that must mean I like it.. ;)

Polishes I used:

OPI - Alpine Snow

China Glaze - Sugar High

China Glaze - Heli-Yum

I forgot to take a picture of the glitter polish... But I used Carrie by Essence!

Thanks for reading! :)

NOTD: First stamping experience

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This is my first stamping experience! I was at the Kruidvat again, and I saw a Essence stamping set. I always wanted to try Konad, but was too lazy to buy it online, so I couldn't resist this set when I saw it ;)

What I used:

The stamping set, which came with an imageplate, a stamper and a scraper
China Glaze - Re-fresh mint
China Glaze - Sugar High


For a first try I think it's okay. They didn't come off perfectly, and I applied topcoat too fast so I have a little bit of smearing.. But oh well!

Thanks for reading :)

NOTD: Ruffian

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At first I didn't want to show you this, although I did put a lot of effort in it. But I had some problems with showing you this... First my skin around my nails is looking horrible. It's getting worse again, so please don't mind that! Second, I had some bubble-issues with my topcoat. Probably put too much on... And third, it isn't perfect. Not that I can do any better than this, but still.
Hope you'll like my NOTD anyways!



Polishes I used:

China Glaze Sci-Fi and a black Essence polish.

Thanks for reading! :)


OK, so I saved this article, went on with the things I had to do, but then it hit me. I was super annoyed by the bubbles on my nails. So I thought, why not try my new glitter polish out? I used essence Julia.

Spiced up ruffian? How do you like it? :P
And yes, my middle finger is more damaged in this picture. Seriously, does anybody know how to stop this biting? Nailpolish doesn't help. Smearing with disguisting-tasting stuff also doesn't help. I want pretty nails, skin and cuticles! :(



Well, thanks for reading, again ;)

Amsterdam haul

Hello everybody!

Yesterday I went to Amsterdam and I bought some stuff!

First, what I bought at Kruidvat. Kruidvat is a Dutch drugstore.

I got 2 Catrice polishes, Blue's brother, and, of course, Sold out forever. Even if Sold out forever was an ugly colour, I still would have bought it because of the name... lol. These are my first Cartrice polishes! They came with annoying tape around it, couldn't get it off, so I just cut the tape around the bottle...
3 Essence polishes, 2 glitters: Carrie (the pink) and Julia (the silver) and just a plain black nailpolish, 'cause I needed one. Also I wanted to give to S.O.S. nail repair pads I try. I don't have a crack in my nails now, but when I do get one, I will give these a try :) Bought it together with the glue.

Also a few sponges, because I want to try out the gradient effect. I know, polish addicted and never tried gradient? I'm ashamed...

Next is the body shop!

Got the Japanese Cherry Blossom eau de toilette and shower gel. It smells amazing! But I have to admit I also bought it's Japanese cherry blossom. People who know me, know I'm a litte asian-obsessed. Just a litte... haha. But reallty, it smells sooo good!

And I also went to lush!

Got the ice blue soap. It smells really refreshing! They say it's a stimulating minty, sea salt body soap (to give you a tingle all over). I haven't used it yet, so can't say if it really gives a tingle all over!
Also the green sugar scrub. I have yet to decide if I'm going to use this as it is, or if I'm going to make a paste out if it...

This was my haul! As I was typing this my Eyeko polishes came with the mail. So you can expect a post about it soon!
Thanks for reading :)