Essence came out with duo nail polishes this spring and when I was buying some of them for swap, I decided to buy one for me. I picked duo Shopping Trip in Soho, of course. :i They're called Essence Nail Colour3 - "choose from either of the two colours or layer them over each other to create your unique 3rd colour!" That's what it says on the bottle.
I decided to layer them, because the flakie side is sheer so it's perfect for layering. :) Each side has also name stamped on the bottle with really cute font. :)
The base Shopping Trip in Soho is pink with really subtle pink shimmer, but it looks like it's a pink creme on nails. My phone doesn't want to pick up the shimmer but it's really visible in the bottle but unfortunately not on nails. I added 2 coats for full opacity.
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OPI Nail Envy Nail Strengthener
Essence - Shopping Trip in Soho / 2 coats
Then I added one coat of Party all night long. It's a sheer jelly base with pink and blue flakies. It reminds me of jam - so juicy and delicious. :D They're not super visible on the nail, but if you look closely, you will see this blurple and pink sheen.
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OPI Nail Envy Nail Strengthener
Essence - Shopping Trip in Soho / 2 coats
Essence - Party all night long / 1 coat
Flakies.. :L
Just because I was bored, I added a coat of Waking up in Vegas (also by Essence) on my ring finger. More flakies. :L
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OPI Nail Envy Nail Strengthener
Essence - Shopping Trip in Soho / 2 coats
Essence - Party all night long / 1 coat
Ring Finger: Essence - Waking up in Vegas / 1 coat
I'm not really a fan of pinks with blue shimmer, so I'm not really sure how I feel about pink with blue flakies. :D I won't say I hate it but I'm not really loving it either. :D I'm also not a fan of duo polishes - you get 2x4 ml of polish, they're hard to storage, because they're so long. If you don't like how long they are, just simply pull them apart and you'll get 2 tiny bottles easy to storage.
Do you have any of these Essence's Duos? What's your favorite? :)
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I love this collection so bad!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful one!!
Looks pretty, I only have the blue one, but never tried it ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm not a huge pink fan, but this is just lovely :D
ReplyDeleteI have two, both with flakies, and have tried navy blue one but not this one!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the swatch, now I definitely must try this myself.
It also looks great with Waking up in Vegas, I need to try this!
I love the Essence double polish pens! They are so cool and this pink flakie is awesome!
ReplyDeleteZ nadlakom je krasen <3
ReplyDeleteta ra ta taaa, konačno sam imala nekog pinkaća na blogu prije tebe ;-D
ReplyDeletekrasan mi je <3
The topper is very gorgeous! The pink isn't sooo special ^.^
ReplyDeleteReally pretty Ivana!!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!!! I'd die for some Essence ;)
ReplyDeletesuper je i boja i kombinacija, ali te duo bocice osim sto su preskupe su nespretne s njima za lakirat, bar meni
ReplyDeleteCute! ♥
ReplyDeleteI voted for your manicure... I hope you'll win! You deserve it!
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I really love these together, they make a gorgeous combo!!
ReplyDeleteIvana bas je divan ovaj essence
ReplyDeletebas sam go preko jucer gledala u Dm
Very pretty, I have a couple of these and really pleased with them :-)
ReplyDeleteI love 2-in-1 polishes! I love these flakies!
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you! This looks fantastic on you... But then I'm a little coo coo for anything flakie ;)
ReplyDeleteBregje sent me the blue dual polish and yes, storage is tricky, but I am so happy I own it. I don't have access to these here in Canada :)