Wednesday 5 September 2012

Essie Blue Rhapsody - swatches and review

This is a gorgeous polish with oooooh sooooo bad qualities unfortunately :/ But I've read it's really good for stamping so that's what I'll use it for in the future ;)

In daylight

In daylight - again ;)

Can you see my pink camera reflecting in the nail? ;)

In artificial light

In sunlight

Full hand in daylight

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Metallic.

Colour: Light blue metallic with a slight mirror effect.

Collection: Essie's Mirror Metallics Collection Summer 2012.

Opacity: Very good! If you play your cards right ;) this is a one coater! :D I messed up a bit so this is two coats :)

Drying time: Slower than normal. Maybe because the formula is so thick...

Formula: Horrible!! >:( Sorry Essie, it's sad but true... You have to apply it with so light strokes and with a minimal number of strokes in order to avoid streaky nails... Even for a skilled polish painter this polish is a great challange... And after it has dried every tiny single mark is soooo visible...

Brush: Thin and awful to work with, as always with Essie... :(

Shine: After drying it gets a cool mirror effekt (but not as visible as Layla's mirror polishes though) which isn't glossy but... shiny ;) I have one coat of Seche Vite in these pictures but if you have the patience to wait for it to dry I recommend that you skip the top coat... Blue Rhapsody looks better without a top coat.

Accurate colour, photo vs IRL: Accurate! What you see is what you get so to speak ;)

Grade: 3+/5 :)

This is a BEAUTIFUL polish IF you get it right! :D
BUT to get it right is hard and requires a lot of patience...

Have you tried any other polish from this collection?
Are they better or did you struggle with them to...?

4 comments:

  1. Jag tycker det är riktigt snyggt (på andra med perfekta naglar) med chrome-lack, men det blir aldrig bra på mig tyvärr :/

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    1. Jag har inte perfekta naglar, men jag tycker det blev lite snyggt ändå... ;)
      Fast just det här metallacket var en mardröm att lacka med... >:(
      Men som man säger... practice makes perfect! ;)
      Jag har en ridge filler underst, det kanske du kan prova?

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  2. Den e fin å den passar din fina ansikte men jag föredrar nog Orly Sweet Peacock trots att den e foil å inte metallic som Essie. :P
    BTW tom H&Ms lack har bättre borste än Essie!!!

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    1. Heeeej!!! :D
      ALLA märken har bättre borste än Essie!!!! T.o.m budget-Depend!!! :P
      Ja, Sweet Peacock är verkligen finaste foilen hittills!!! ;)

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