Essence - 03 Mauvellous Fairy (Hidden Stories Trend Edition, january 2015)

Most of the time I'm not very impressed with the trend collections by Essence...but this time I couldn't pass the display without taking Mauve-llous Fairy with me!
It is a lovely....mauve.....with lilac, pink and blue micro glitter: the whole thing looks quite fairy like or you could say I dipped me fingers in sparkly berry yogurt ;-)

Essence Mauve-llous Fairy

The formula was OK, not as glue like as Essence can get; I needed three coats to get to opacity.
The hold was not very good, after one day I had some chipping so that's a bummer. Perhaps it would stay on longer if I layered it over a nice creme base?

Essie - Fondola Gondola (Classic Collection)

Because of my dried out fingers I wanted a neutral colour on my nails again.
I dove in my stash and found Essie's Fondola Gondola, sitting there being sad and untried!
Well, that is just my loss, being that I didn't try this baby earlier: it is LOVELY and than some.
The formula is like butter, it glides on in two perfect layers and the colour is just gorgeous.
I would describe it as a rosy, peachy pink neutral with hints of mauve....

Essie - Fondola Gondola

It looks very jummy, like autumn fruits in yogurt or something!
I don't think it is still in the collection but you can find it easily on Ebay....