Nail Fixation with The Face Shop & Essence

It's another Nail Fixation which I do regularly when my nails start to get all tacky and the polish is blouchy. I thought I'll share my nails that I deeply admire and also which I have on this week. 

This week I made the change from bright coral orange (Essence C'est La Vie - not pictured) which I had on spontaneously because my nails looked atrocious and I quickly painted my nail before clubbing with friends. 

After that I got bored of a plain coat of coral-orange polish, I opted for dark blue nails courtesy of The Face Shop's BL602 which I adore so so much and also putting to use the Essence Nail Polish in Blue Addicted which I bought recently for my Essence Haul (in which I will blog about real soon). 

I saw this polish first debut on Sleep & Water, after seeing her (Sorry I don't know your name!) swatch the beautiful blue (here), as well as seeing how I was eyeing Deborah Lippman's polishes, her post was at the right timing for me! 

This was 1/10 of what Deborah Lippman was sold for considering they're $26 online. Coming down to just $2.55 for the little bottle of Essence Nail Polish and accompanying it is the $4 for The Face Shop Nail Polish in BL602. This whole set including the top coat from Essence at ($3.45) is rounded up to perfect nail fixation for $10. 

I've been searching everywhere for Blue Addicted and I cannot find it anywhere! Until my local Priceline recently stocked and installed a full shelf of Essence products and I was quick to grab this along with other things I wanted to try and haul. I also saw Tram that day at the shopping centre too! Haha! 

The Face Shop Nail Polish was purchased by my cousin at Melbourne (when I was there) It was $4 at some Korean store which stocks all Korean Cosmetics (which I cannot remember the name of it - I think it was called Ecoshop or Eco something!) but it was at Glen Waveley near Coles (which is all I can remember)

2-3 layers of BL602 from The Face Shop. 

Love the reflects of glitter in this polish and the colour is beyond beautiful. 

Then a generous layer of Essence's Blue Addicted, probably around 2 coats is enough and seal it with a top coat after applying and allowing that coat to settle in. 

Hope you like this nail fixation which I currently have on my nails. I admire it so so much! I'm also keen on trying the magnetic nail polishes but... we'll see about that. 

Love, J 

Target Haul: Essence & Target Wipes

So on Friday, before Uni I headed to my local Target store to grab some Essence goodies. I was in search for one blush (which I have now) because it's somewhat a dupe for the NARS Luster one I've been lusting over! Without the $38US price tag (with shipping) for the NARS Luster one, I paid $4.95 for this amazing blush! I've been eyeing a peachy/orangey blush just for an everyday use and I fell in love with the formula of this blush. The packaging is flimsy but it will do. 

The Essence Silky Touch Blush in Secret It Girl is my favourite blush colour at the moment. I also picked up Essence Forget It! Concealer Palette and it's pretty good! Essence products never fail to impress me with their quality, formula and also their price! One con I must add is that when I bought these two: Concealer & Blusher - they were sticky taped. I know that it prevents people from damaging and trying out new products in store but it left ugly residue and all... (pictures below) other than that. Love it! 

I also grabbed some nail polishes and yeah, the wipes as well. They're target branded and they're made in europe. The facial wipes were only $2.25 and the Hand Wipes was $1.50.

You can see the sticky tape and the label at the back of the blusher is uneven because I had to sticky tape it back on :(

Also, grabbed some nail polishes for $2.55 each! The green one reminds me of China Glaze's Refresh Mint in a way, but when swatched next to For Audrey - it's lighter. Can't wait to try it!

Also a typical black nail polish that I don't have and will add to my nail polish collection. 

Left to right: 

Swatched - Secret It Girl then Blended 

If you look at the image above for the concealer, pink is for the undereyes, green is for redness and the beige is for blemishes. 

Overall, I cannot stress how much I love these products! 

You can find Essence in Australia at Target stores. They have a very limited range in cosmetics because they tend to run out quick. I found that I had to go to 2-3 target stores to find items in Sydney. 

I might be doing a giveaway with the Blush and the Concealer since I bought one of each today! 

Love, J