Sunday 25 September 2011

Essence - Chuck and Blair

Hey guys! How about I show you something from the big pile of Essence photos? Have you seen the new fall colours of their line? Boy oh boy! I love them. Plus the brush is fantastic. Until I started with my nail polish addiction I never thought much of Essence polish but now I see just how wrong I was. They're cool, seriously cool. Even though I hate their LE policy. Sure, make everything a part of limited edition so it sells ridiculously fast and people go crazy over it. Thankfully I'm out of that phase. The moment I got out of it and didn't care too much about if I get the LEs or not, I started finding full counters of them, hehe. Still, I wish they'd put the products to their regular line too, some are real gems. 
Another thing that surprised me about Essence is how bitchy they can be to bloggers. I mean, they asked Nihrida to remove the pictures of coming LEs off her blog. Seriously, now, Essence? Nihrida's swatches of your products are so good I actually bought a couple of polishes and eyeshadows just because I saw how awesome they really are on her site (the two of today's post included). Maybe you should be thankful, not bitchy, eh? The attitude totally surprised me. 

But anyway! I won't show nothing new, because ... frankly, most of them are still in my untrieds. *blush* This Twin set is relatively old, but not discontinued and you've all seen it before, I'm sure. Chuck is this amazing blue colour, seriously awesome, his pair is Blair. I had no idea who they are supposed to be, then I read on another blog that they're a pair from a series, I think the title is Gossip Girl? Something with gossip. I don't know. When it comes to series I'm more of a geek, less of a chick. I'd make pairs like Arwen and Aragorn, Starbuck and Anders, Penny and Leonard ...  ;) Still, the colour pair is cool!




I'm not too happy with the photos, but Chuck tends to get too bright in lightbox (see the second photo) so I have to work with what light I had on my porch. My different nail lenght shows I wore Chuck alone once and later on bought Blair and paired them, to see where Essence was going with the combination.

Chuck is amazing. Basically a one coater, I had to do two on my biggest nails. Dries really fast and glossy, brush is awesome. Just ... perfect polish, for 1,89€. Awesome! I adore the colour too. 
Blair is an awesome layering polish, very nice. I think it would look better over black and red though. Still, a cool combination! I had problems with the removal of Blair, even with foil technique. Just a warning, soak the nails a bit longer than usually. 

What do you think of the pair? What would you call your pair and what colours would they be? 

Thank you for reading! 

17 comments:

  1. Love it! I agree on the names, would make them different, more classic, but it's a marketing thing. I'd name mine Lula and Sailor ;)
    and perhaps this topper could work even better with some other base, but now you've inspired me to try both of these

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  2. Both of them look pretty, but I don't think they look like a pair that belongs together...
    I think I'm like you when it comes to series. I'd really like to see a polish-pair called Aragon and Arwen... Maybe Aragon could be a dark forest green creme and Arwen a super sheer layering polish that makes Aragon sparkle in green and gold..? :D

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  3. Stunningly gorgeous, I love that combo so much!

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  4. Pri Essence so žal res malo hecni (če se lepo izrazim). Tudi me smo že umaknile fotke, ker jim ni bilo všeč. Ahja, le kdo bi jih razumel. :S
    Sicer pa lepa kombinacija. Gossip Girl ne gledam in nisem vedela, da sta imeni od tam. Nimam ideje za svoj par. Čisto sem brez idej/navdiha v tem trenutku. Tvoj par mi je všeč in tudi jaz si predstavljam kombinacijo, ki jo je napisala Annie.

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  5. Meni so všeč slike in barva :P Si kar zadela, ja, Gossip Girl je naslov serije, hehe
    Teh dveh še nisem preizkusila, so me pa navdušili ostali dvojčki, tako da mogoče enkrat prideta na vrsto :)

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  6. u i ja bi rado vidjela nesto poput Arwen i Aragorna i Leonarda i Penny :D a chucka i blair obozavam i zajedno i odvojeno u svim kombinacijama mogucim

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  7. I love this combination ;) the blue base is amazing :)

    lady-flower123.blogspot.com

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  8. Thank you, everyone! :)

    Hehe, Annie, that's exactly how I imagined Arwen and Aragorn, awesome! :)

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  9. meni su ovo dvoje sasvim dobra kombinacija... a još bolje bi bilo da je blair samo od crnih šljokica, tražim takav lak... netko zna za kojeg ;-D
    a shrek i fiona, popaj i oliva, charlie i snoopy... molim lijepo ;-)

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  10. I love this combination, it looks so pretty!

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  11. nail nubar polka dots mozda? imaju crnu i bijelu verziju

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  12. I like Chuck. V vseh oblikah. :$

    Btw kmalu boš imela 100.000 ogledov bloga! Jeeej, čestitam. :)

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  13. @ Nail crazy, baš što je i Lendoxia rekla, Nubar polka dots, crni je super! I wet'n'wild ima jednog crnog sad u novi LE ali kažu da jo je teško pronaći i za swap. Oooo, popaj i oliva!! Fantasično! :D

    @ Krvava Meri, vem, mi je kar hecno! 100 000 je res ogromno! :D Hvala ti!

    Thank you all for your comments! Hvala za komentarje!

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  14. Chuck je tudi meni izredno ljub, vendar nimam njegovega para. Pač mi je ljubše če je samski. Glede imen parčkov; Arwen in Aragorn bi bila res super, moji predlogi so pa Peter in Pehta (moja dva hrčka), Peter bi bil srednje siv z malce modrega prihiha, Pehta pa nadlak nabit z belimi in srebrnimi krpicami. Potem Legolas in Saša (oja, to bi šlo :D). Pa Harry in Hermiona, samo zato ker bi rada videla rjave drekastične bleščice. Weirdo :D

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