My Goldfish Mani. ;-) Essence,Colorama flakies and a Matte.

Good evening! Wow, it's almost midnight here. I'm tired, and I've had a couple of glasses of wine, so I hope this makes sense. LOL! ;-)

I started out with essence What Do U Think? It is a med. Peachy orange color. There are actually two versions of this color. One is a cream, and the other has gold shimmer in it. The cream is a bit darker. I have both. I decided I wanted to wear the one with the shimmer in it. Well....I had them sitting side by side, and I ended up using them both. By accident. I started out with the polish that has the shimmer in it, but when I went to do my second coat, I guess I grabbed the wrong one. I noticed AFTER I had painted three nails that it looked darker,and I couldn't see the shimmer. LOL! So, I just decided to go with the cream. I didn't feel like taking the polish off and starting again. So, the version I'm going to show you is the darker peach/orange color. I ended up using three coats. It was a little thick, but it evened out okay.

I liked it just fine, but I had wanted shimmer today. So, I added a coat of Maybelline Colorama Shimmer Girl on top. Shimmer Girl is a wonderful flakie. It has bright orange,light orange and teal flakes in it. I love this polish. I found it in an old beauty supply shop for only a dollar. After I added SG on top, I decided to matte it with Essie's Matte About You. When I was done, the colors reminded me of goldfish. :-)

First up, the finished project.



Before I added the Matte top coat.







Close Up.



Essence What Do You Think? By itself. This one is said to be a dupe for Chanel Orange Fizz. I can't say for sure, as I don't have Orange Fizz, but quite a few people On MUA have said it's pretty close.









Thanks for looking! I'm off to get some much needed sleep! :-)

Essence Fairytale Collection Swatches

Hey guys! Happy March! Can you believe it's almost Spring?! I can't! The past year has flown by. I am def. ready for warmer weather though.

Today I have two polishes from the new essence Fairytale collection to show you. There are six altogether, but I just got the two that appealed to me the most. I might actually go get a couple more, now that I've worn these, and love them. I found them at Ulta.

First up is Once Upon A Time. It is a bright red with gold flecks. Application was wonderful and I used two coats.











Next up is Fairy Berry. A really pretty foily purple with silver shimmer. Application was also great on this one, and I used two coats.









Bottle Pics. They are really cute. :-)





Have you seen this collection yet? If so what did you get, if any? Or do you already have them?

Beauty Gems,Essence Surfer Babe and WnW

Today I have several swatches for you. They are all from my haul that I posted a few down.

First up are the Ulta Beauty Gems. Little gems they are! ;-) I was surprised by how much I ended up liking all of them. They are made up of two creams,one glitter and one shimmer/foil.

Emerald is a forest green jelly with green and gold glitter. This is tied for my fav. of the bunch. This is two coats, as were all four. No TC used.



Smoky Quartz is one of the two creams of the group. This isn't usually my kind of color, but I really do like this one. It's a good color for fall, and I def. will be wearing this again.



Pink Ruby is the second cream and also my other fav. very pretty dark pink.



Last but not least, is Amethyst. It's the shimmer/foil of the group. Another good one for fall.



The next two are part of the new Essence Surfer Babe collection. There are four in total, but I just got the two. I also found these at Ulta.

The World's Coolest is a robins egg blue, and the formula was quite milky. I used four coats, but I do like the way it turned out.



I decided to try the last three polishes with Cover Girl's Disco Dazzle over top. I like the way they all turned out. :-)



Pointbreak is the second of the essence that I picked up. I LOVE this color. It's a gray cream. I actually bought two of this one. I plan to use it in my up coming giveaway. This was two coats. Application was great on this one.





And with CG's DD



The last one I have for you today, is Wet n Wild Blue Moon. I picked it up at the grocery store yesterday. It says it's a new shade. I don't know if it really is, but it was the first time I'd seen it. It's a very pretty inky blue with blue shimmer. Application was a bit messy, but that could have just been me. LOL! This one was three coats, but could have gotten away with two.



With CG's DD




Whew! I feel like I've been swatching all day! I did more than this, but those are for another day. :-) How has your week been going so far? It feels like it should be Fri. already! Wishful thinking. ;-) Well, I hope you all have a wonderful night. I'm off to grab some dinner,have a bath and catch up on my tv shows.