Hello lovelies.
It’s Monday again. I hope you all had a gorgeous weekend and a brilliant week ahead. We had such beautiful weather on Saturday that we spent a large part of it in the pool and blowing up all our pool equipment. Of course, as luck would have it, Sunday was windy, cloudy and cold. I don’t mind though. I like cold, blanket-and-movie days too 🙂
When I heard the Essence – Fantasia collection was in stores I was quite excited. As usual, it felt like we got it last. By the time I eventually made it to the store (a few days after it came in), there was almost nothing left. I did manage to get my hands on two of the polishes. I wasn’t very interested in the frosty nude but I did really want the other shade I couldn’t get my hands on 🙁 It’s called Take a Ride on Pegasus and it is a reddish pink with a blue-ish shimmer. I was really looking forward to it but it seems I am all out of luck. Let me show you the two I did get though.
Essence – Elves like lilac
This is two coats with no topcoat. It’s a bright purple packed with blue shimmer. I really like this shade. The first coat is a little sheer and I was really worried that I would need a bajillion coats but the second coat covered well and I think is quite opaque. I don’t even have VNL. Really pretty. As a side note, I think you might be able to layer this over other colours to get different ‘looks’ because the first coat isn’t very opaque but still packed with shimmer.
Essence – Queen of my Cloud Castle
This is also two coats with no topcoat. It is a bright coral colour with a pink / silver shimmer. The shimmer is more subtle than in Elves Like Lilac but it is definitely there. Especially when the light hits it. This is also a bright shade and I think a gorgeous shade for summer. I didn’t really have any issues with application and I like the shiny finish as well. This makes me lust after ‘Take a Ride on Pegasus’ even more.
What do you think of these two shades? Do any of them stand out for you? Let me know.
Thanks for reading!
Elves like lilac is sooo gorgeous! Wow!
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Thanks. I agree. It’s my favourite 🙂
Your nails are perfect!
I love Elves like lilac. It’s so beautiful!
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Aw thanks so much Naeemah!
It’s my favourite. The shimmer is just gorge.
I’ve seen these around for a couple of weeks already, but I didn’t really like them. Now that I see pictures of Elves Like Lilac I do like that one though! I think I might have to go back and find it after all 🙂
I just hope that the sand effect polishes are still going to land on our shelves sometime…
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Yes we also got them a few weeks ago but I went to the store literally 3 days later and these were all I could find. In any of our closest stores. I was really keen on the one I couldn’t find but alas.
I believe they will be. I know the paper print stuffies are already advertised here. Unfortunately they are so unpredictable :/
Love them. We don’t have them in Aus. We still have Snow White. Now that’s backward!!
Thanks. I only get a handful of the trends here (and almost never the fun ones 🙁 ) and we didn’t even get snow white here 🙁 This one was also released almost a year ago and we just got it. meh.
Love the purple!
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Me too! 🙂 thanks
Was staring at this collection this weekend! And I almost took Take a Ride on Pegasus…purely because it has the word Pegasus in it! It’s almost as awesome as a Unicorn! But alas, my current situation pulled me away. You suck, leveling up! Lol Queen of my Cloud Castle has me the most intrigued though. I feel weirdly drawn to corals…and then they just lay in my stash!
Stunning swatches M!
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*sigh* that name! I so agree with you. Now that you mention it I think that is probably the biggest reason I was lusting after it. I think a bright coral like this can pretty much go with anything tbh. It’s very pretty.
You suck leveling up. You suck bad! *hugs*
I like the Elves one out of the two. I am also curious about the Pegasus one because I like the name, haha.
Hahaha seems Pegasus has us all intrigued! Elves like Lilac is also my favourite of the two although I do like the coral too. Thanks Lesley!