I apologise that today has turned into a nail polish medley
it just so happens that all my newest polishes arrived around the same time earlier this week
and I couldn't wait to share them!
Essence Blue Addicted was really tricky to source but how I wanted it so!
In the UK we don't seem to readily stock Essence yet if you go to Ireland it is easy to get.
I had to scour eBay for this polish and in the end had it shipped in from Poland
but boy was it worth it!
Essence Blue Addicted is known for being a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Across the Universe
and although I don't actually own it a quick Google search confirms that they are indeed
very, very similar and worth investigating if you can source Essence as I believe it is a Drugstore brand?
Blue Addicted is a blue jelly like polish with hexagon glitter in various tones of blue and green
complimented with tiny flecks of glitter in the same complimentary tones.
Without sounding too clichéd but it is everything and more I could want from a blue glitter polish!
On the nails it is so dimensional that it reflects and sparkles in any light
and will completely steal the attention of many the admirer!
For me this is my new perfect mermaid polish.
As mentioned this is a jelly polished so you do have to layer it on
or do what I did and layer it over a deep polish - I used OPI Russian Navy.
I paid just over £7 for my bottle on eBay - link
so try and get a buddy with access to Essence to pick you this up!
Love this even more than today's red and gold - beautiful! So annoying it's not readily available in the UK x
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ReplyDeleteHoly... I bought it last spring for just about 1€ in store ha. I guess that's how life is - you always want what you can get...easily ;) I mainly bought it to see what the fuzz was about - regarding the absolute dupe.
It looks absolutely fabulous in the summer pool days, but getting it off is a pain in the arse, frankly.
And yes, essence is among the cheapest drugstore brands in Germany/Austria, they have a somewhat more ~expensive sister brand called Catrice, if you wanted to check those out x
Wow! It really does look like Across the Universe!
ReplyDeleteWow! That polish is amazing!
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CAT xoxo
Their nail polishes are so great, I love how nice they apply as well ! xx
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Looks like a blue version of Revlon facets of fuchsia! X
ReplyDeleteLooks like a blue version of Revlon facets of fuchsia! X
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ReplyDeleteNice - I like it!
ReplyDeleteOmg I can't believe you paid £7 for it! I get my mum to pick me up Essence nail polishes when she's on trips to the south of Ireland and they're less than 2 euro!
ReplyDeleteI think the prices of essence are compareable to the uk brand mua! Next time you want something from it i could send it to you from Germany ;)
ReplyDeleteI bought this nail polish to my sister, it was also in red/burgundy colour, very nice :) 7pounds? Omg, Essence nail polishes are sold here (the Czech Republic) as one of the cheapest nailpolishes. The price is cca 1-1,50pounds. The quality is not bad, they have a wide range of colours and limited editions too. I liked the vampire´s love edition. anyway, we have essence, but we do not have Revlon :)
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oohhh - will definitely have to pick one of these up! Thankfully I live in Dublin and Essence is everywhere!
ReplyDeleteI'm off to Ireland in two weeks to see family and I plan to stock up whilst I'm there :) It's also available Italy when I was there in February :)
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7pounds is way too much as we can get it for 1,25€ here in Germany! :o Might take a look at it now :)
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous! Reminds me of a mermaid haha
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This is amazing! Will definitely have to invest. Great find :) K.x
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Adrienne you're going to make me develop a glittery polish addiction.
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