More essence polishes from Wilkinson

Keen to try more of the essence polishes I bought from Wilkinson, I attempted another nail art design inspired by this pin. You can see theirs is a little more elegant than mine. But I'm pretty pleased with they way it came out, better than my last striping manicure.

This time I used striping ribbon instead of scotch tape, I found it leaves a cleaner line. Base colour is essence 'prom berry' and the light purple is 'hello marshmallow'.

I have only one more to try which is a lovely teal colour with a purple/blue shift, so keen to try and see if the effect shows on the nail. I also bought an effects polish called 'Blue-jeaned' (Jeans Sugar) which is a dark blue matt polish with a silver shimmer. Lovely, very much like OPI's Suede version of Russian Navy. 

essence polishes from Wilkinsons

So I've been told that Wilkinson stores stock a makeup brand called essence and this includes a rather fine array of polishes at rock bottom prices. These little bottles of happiness are just that! At a slightly smaller size of 8ml where OPI are 14ml, these polishes are £1.60 and when I bought mine they were buy 2 get 1 free!

You honestly can't go wrong with these polishes, apart from the messy mani above! The quality is amazing and you can even get away with one coat! They dry to a very satisfying sheen without top coat, and the brushes are wide and make for easy application. 

The above colour is 'berry me now' and was the first of these polishes I tried, very happy with everything. Colour, finish, application, consistency and durability, I can't fault the polish. Even better that some other more expensive brands!

I used the three colours below to attempt my first patch work mani (top). This was inspired by a Pin from Chole's nails, here's her tutorial and much neater mani. Unfortunately the tape method didn't go to plan and I ended up doing the last colour free hand, which you can tell.  

Colours from left to right are ' prom-berry', 'berry me now' and 'let's get lost'. Formula on all three was perfect and the purple has a very slight metallic finish to it. As well as the price I like the fact the bottles are smaller, it gives me a fighting chance of actually finishing a whole bottle of Nail Polish.

No Buy - Lasted 3 weeks!

My 'No Buy' lasted a whole three weeks, until I spent the weekend in Manchester and this happened!

Through a facebook nail conversation I was alerted to the 2true polishes that Superdrug carry. I've seen these before but never picked up as I wasn't sure that they were any good. Then I was led to this post by the Nailsaurus and I was converted. 

The polishes above are 'Nicole' a gorgeous purple polish which had to bought after seeing the following swatches on Polly Polish! Just look at these, it's so shiny just on it's own! If Superdrug would have had the Glitterati polish in 'Shade 4' I would have had that too, but alas they did not.

So just the two, 'Nicole' and this amazing topper which was only £1.99. What a bargain for a polish with this effect. It has silver glitter and fine sparkles, that on the purple base shift from what looks to be gold, black and purple. It's going to look different over any colour you want to layer it over. As the Nailsaurus says it' called 'Shade no.2' or 'Clear Sparkle', so happy to still find it on the shelves at the second Superdrug I tried.

In the Arnale shopping centre I also had to walk past this huge essence nail polish display. Before the 'No Buy' I bought a few of these from the Wilkos website which are still sitting in my Untried list. These polishes are £1.60, and Wilkinsons at the moment are doing 3 for 2 deal. I've seen some great reviews of these polishes and the colour range is pretty good. They have a few glitter and effects polishes at about the £2 mark but if you're looking for a cheap cream colour then it's worth checking out your local Wilko's.

I also resisted reduced polishes in H+M and TKMaxx, THAT is how good I was. I'd decided I was only going to get the three 2true polishes and that was it! Still it's a broken 'No Buy' and still many Untried I need to use!