Sunday, January 15, 2012

Essence Colour & Go Nail Polish in Choose Me! - Swatch + Review

Exactly a month ago I was wandering with my friend around Westfields at Burwood for the first time. 
We spent quite a while in Target going through the products in the beauty aisles.
While looking for bargains, I saw a new brand! 'Essence'. I got all giddy going through their nail polishes @ $2.55 each, narrowing down which ones I was going to buy. Their entire range of nail polishes had been completely untouched when I first saw it... I didn't think it'd sell out so fast! 
I ended up with 'Choose Me' and 'Make it golden' because I love love love glittery/shimmery nailpolishes! I don't have much of them though. I had previously used Make it golden in my nail art post here.

Well anyway, I finally had a chance to try out Choose Me! And I love it!
Except that I think it's a bit overwhelming on it's own so after adding or applying it differently, I thought it looked much better!

The shade is actually more of a greenish-blue with a slight golden sparkle! No matter how I tried to take the picture, I just couldn't capture the green! It just looks blue. I google imaged it and I dont think anyone else was able to either.... 

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 The bottle is pretty small being 0.16 fl.oz which is approximately 5ml
A normal size bottle is usually 14ml so this is pretty small.

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 The cap for each of the nail polishes from Essence's range has the shade of the nailpolish on it along with the name on a sticker.

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 Flat brush

Choose Me! applied with 2 layers:
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*unbelievably super sparkly if you see it in real life!

Trying to go for the backdrop of where Ariel would live (in the deep deep deep ocean):
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 Gradient layers (my favourite!):
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And last of all, Choose Me! without painting in the half moons:
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So many types of ways to use the nail polish! I love it!


 Pros
Many shades and types to choose from
Moderately quick drying

Cons
None

Product: 4/5
Packaging: 3/5
Quality: 4/5
Price: 
Target (as far as I know) @ $2.55

Would I recommend this product?
Yes! They have so so so many shades that I think everyone would like!

Would I repurchase?
Cheap nail polishes in Australia.... I don't come by that very often! Yes!


I hope this review helped ☺



Disclaimer: The product/s mentioned in this review was purchased by the author.

10 comments:

  1. 2016dp

    Ooh sounds like a potential Ulta3 competitor? Thanks for sharing, will definitely be on the look out for these!

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    Cheap nail polish is so hard to come by in Australia! I love the colour, you can slightly see the green at the very tip? Gradient looks soooo pretty :D

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    I love cheap (but good) polishes! So sparkly, I like! :)

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    You should probably make a tutorial for the gradient nails! I would love to try them, soooo pretty! :)

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    The shade looks really different from the pictures in real life! 
    You should check their range out if they're available in your area!!

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    Me too! I hope more come to Sydney :D

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    Definitely, I think I'll do a picture tutorial in my upcoming post! Run to Target before they're all sold out!!!

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    What a fantastic color! I'll definitely have to try leaving out the half moons next time I do my nails. 

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    I think that leaving the half moons out look so much better with a lot of nail polishes! And it's super easy to apply too!

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    Hi I saw your blog on essence au love the swatches and in love with essence. If your interested have a look at my blog at http://makeupmattify.blogspot.com.au/
    Thanks Katey.

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