Essie Matte about you

A few of you might know that I have just recently done a reorganization of my nail polish collection, so at the end of this post, I would be posting on a photo of my nail polish collection.

Around $90

The Essie Matte About You, the name speaks for itself, and yes it is a matte top coat. I personally needed this top coat desperately because first I own a bottle of OPI suede nail polish and second, for most of the people how own a bottle of shatter would know that shatter dries with a matte finish as well. And for me to successfully preserve the nails at that stage, a matte top coat is unquestionably needed.


Well since I have never tried any other matte top coat so I cannot to a comparison, therefore I would just be offering a review on how well I think it was.

I have to say that at the very beginning I really liked it. The nails really came out matte and at the same time they were really smooth, the top coat dried really quickly as well, I actually had a moment wondering if the top coat and matte nail polishes were one the reasons for shatter nail polish to happen. Anyway, one concern or question that I always had before I debated about buying the matte nail polish was that if it was going to create friction when one was rubbed against the other, like a chalk rubbing against a chalk board. I really don't like that feeling and it gives me shivers. But surprisingly the matte coat doesn't really create too much friction and that was one thing I loved, AT FIRST. But then after two days wearing the nail polish, I have realized the matte top coat was starting to get a glossy finish due to all the grease your nails are exposed to, like lotion, cream and all that. It wasn't as glossy as normal nail polish but it was still glossy enough to not tell from afar that it is matte, and I believe that the smoothness was part of the reason. It is not like I don't like the product, it is just that I'd expect it to not to gloss up after, or was I expecting too much? But then I have to say that I don't regret buying it because I would only be top coating my shatter and my suede or matte nail polish and nothing else and as long as it doesn't give me a permanent gloss to it, I am happy =]

Here is a photo of my collection, I know it seems small but it actually have a lot in it. As you can see that Butter London is being very lonely in the middle, CAN'T WAIT TO GET MORE!! :)

My all time favourtie essie nail polish

I have to say that if essie claims that they are the second best company that creates pink or nude colours, I doubt that anyone would say that they are better. My favourite colour is the Ballet Slippers 162, it is the palest shade of pink that you can ever find and it is very opaque, you only need 2 layers to get a perfect nail. Another thing that I like about essie nail polish is that other than giving you an amazing coverage and finish, the pale polishes manages to have a sort of sheer finish to it, very hard to explain. Like it is not a blunt and strong pastel colour but in fact the shade is pastel, you get what I mean?? But yeah I really like essie nail polish and I am ordering more from the internet so fingers-crossed.

Btw if you guys like pale pinks, Ballet Slippers is definitely the best colour for you, I love outstanding colours and Ballet Slippers is the only pale colour that I manage to actually finish and needing to buy another one. It is also one of the first salon type nail polishes I own, so if you think that OPI is a bit too expensive for you or you just want to start with something of a better quality, then I really do recommend essie nail polishes. They are coming out with really nice sharp colours and pastel colours for this summer collection so do go check them out online on their website or if you are in Hong Kong and you are finding problems with getting essie nail polish, you can either go to Mong Kok or Causeway Bay for beauty product retailers or go onto yahoo.com.hk for the auction site. On the auction site, there are chances that they might be fake so do make sure you check out the comments and the rating of the seller. As for people who are in the States, you can just buy through their website www.essie.com =]

LUSH Shower Jelly Review

OMG ! I can't explain how happy I am about the LUSH Shower Jelly. I have to say that this is the most amazing shower item I have ever tried. Well basically it is like a piece of jelly which is mostly made out of seaweed gel and it comes in 3 different scent and I got the Sweetie Pie just cos it looked the best. At first I thought that it was only for your skin and it took me quite a bit of courage to buy it because I already have a lot of soap that I have been buying and stocking up at home. But then knowing that I can also use it for the hair, my eyes glowed =]

It is the one on the left, and the soap on the right is the Porridge Soap, haven't tried it out yet but I think I will very soon.

Look at it! Isn't it beautiful?

I have to say that this product surprised me SO SO SO much. I actually gave it a try last night on both my hair and skin; after using it on my skin, the scent didn't stay on your skin but it keeps it very moisturized. For the hair part, after you get out of the shower, your scalp would have a tingly feeling to it and it was very refreshed. And honestly my hair do get greasy after a day in Hong Kong cos it is very humid in the Spring and Summer but after using the Shower Jelly it was not greasy at all, I think that it was because it strips your hair really dry so I would recommend people to use this only during hot weather or if you know you get greasy hair easily. Another thing is that if you smell the Sweetie Pie straight out of the container, it has a very strong artificial blueberry scent to it, but because of it being in a jelly form, you are recommended to put it in a little pull pockets and hang them up to dry when you aren't using it. So this morning when I walked into my bathroom I was like Oh My God... My bathroom smells like blueberry, but it was not artificial AT ALL, the scent was washed out by the air and the space of the bathroom and it was so so sweet. At the same time adding to my Honey I Washed The Kids soap that I also have hanging in my soap saver, my bathroom now smells a bit like blueberry pound cake if that is even possible.

So yeah, I love love love this product, and I would be getting it again maybe another scent of it for the summer cos it is super refreshing. But do beware if you have dry skin because this wouldn't' be a very good product or you would need a lot of moisturizing cream afterward.

Ps. I have only used it once and I really wanted to blog my feeling after the first time I have used it, so in later posts I might change the way on how I view this product, but as for now IT IS AMAZING!!

OH! And one more thing, they are more affordable than the soap you can get because there is a minimum limit to the soap you are buying from LUSH and the add up would usually be more expensive than the Shower Jelly which I do believe was around $60-$70 Hong Kong, maybe $10 +/-

So yeah, hope you liked the review and give this product a try!

OPI Suede and Shatter

This is the suede colour that I own, and I do believe that this is the OPI Ink suede. If you guys have heard of the Matte OPI nail polish, it is like matte but with glitter in it, not bad but it might wear off so you would need to get a matte top coat to keep it matte. For me instead of using a matte top coat, I wanted to try it with the OPI shatter.

It looked amazing with the matte finish but since I don't have a matte top coat yet, I had to top it with a quick dry top coat :(

Nail Polish of the Week

With this nail, I used OPI's NL L03 Kyoto Pearl as a base, around two coats of it.
And then I added one thin layer of OPI Katy Perry Collection: NL K07 Teenage Dream

One thing I love about this nail do other than the fact that it is in my favourite color pink, but I really like how the shimmer of Kyoto Pearl came out more subtle due to the glitter and the pink shade of the Teenage Dream. I personally am so not a fan of shimmer nail polish but some of them I just love the glow and the colour of it, with this one, the pearl essence of Kyoto Pearl was peeking out through the glitters of Teenage Dream yet the shimmer wasn't over flowing. Amazing!

An alternative for OPI Katy Perry Collection: Teenage dream

OPI: $132
REVLON: Around $35-$45

For people who are financially bounded and love the OPI Katy Perry Collection: Teenage Dream, a very close alternative is the REVLON: 65 Blizzard Berry.


The only difference is that for the REVLON one, only the nail polish itself is slightly pink shaded and the OPI one has fine pink glitters as well. In the swatch it seems like there is a lot of difference, but you can achieve the same effect if you have a translucent layer of pink underneath the REVLON one, the glitter particles are pretty much similar. More layers of the nail polish would do too.

May Nail Polish Review #1

Around $64-$132

New purchase!! Names, swatches and reviews below! :)
From left to right:
Katy Perry Collection: Teenage Dream NL K07
Texas Collection: I Vant To Be A-lone Star NL T16
Burlesque Collection: Bring On The Bling HL B03



Texas Collection: I Vant To Be A-lone Star NL T16
This one is from the new collection Texas for the Spring/ Summer 2011. It is like a baby blue base with very fine silver powder which gives it a grey shimmer to it. Very opaque, good coverage with 2 layers and best with 3 I recon.

Katy Perry Collection: Teenage Dream NL K07
I personally wanted this one for quite a while, and yes of course cos it is pink as well as it is glittery. But I actually wanted it cos I saw the swatches and they were AMAZING, so sad that they were sold out then. I am having 2 layers there on my finger and though it doesn't show as well on the photo, it is very nice in real life even on nails compared to the bottle.

Burlesque Collection: Bring On The Bling HL B03
This is out for a while as well, I have two other ones and I love them. So since I had the chance, I had to get this one <3 I mean honestly if you are someone who loves glitter, the Burlesque Collection would be perfect for you. I friggin have only one layer on my finger there! You see what I mean?