Showing posts with label essie nail polish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label essie nail polish. Show all posts

Friday, 11 April 2014

Adorning in April #11: Outfit Of The Day


Hello hello! Happy Friday to you! 
Whooo its the weekend!! I have just tanned myself with bondi sands and am currently sitting in my onsie drinking a glass of red wine - bliss! Its the little things hey?
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Anyway I wanted to show you what I wore to work today! Simple and basic but comfortable and corporate, win win.






Wearing:
White Three-Quarter Tee: Supre - LINK!
Blazer: Cotton On - LINK!
Skirt: ASOS - LINK!
Black Heels: ASOS - LINK!
Scarf: Her Fashion Box - LINK! 
Nails: Essie's Miami Nice - LINK! 


Now its time to let your hair down and enjoy the weekend! 
Shake it out and have fun!! 
Have a great day/night everyone!
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xoxo


Friday, 4 April 2014

Adorning in April #4: Essie Nail Polish Additions

Hello there, welcome back.
Today I have a quick beauty post. I am addicted to Essie Nail Polish and have added three more to my ever growing collection (to see the rest of my collection click HERE)
It seems I was drawn to the white based creamy colors this time.




I am happy to say i've worn each all of these colors now, each one for a full week and can report back that I love them! They dont chip! I dont know if its that the base undertone is white, or that its a more creamy color or that they are brand new but I had the slightest amount of chipping on the very tips after a full 7 days of wear. Winning!
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You can purchase these nail polishes in Australia from Priceline whoop woo! 
Link HERE! 
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Which colour is your favourite? Any recommendations? 
Have a great evening! 
xoxo

Monday, 13 January 2014

My Essie Nail Polish Collection

Hello there, welcome to Adorn Beauty! 
Today I wanted to share with you my Essie nail polishes ~ I became obsessed with these polishes probably about a year ago whilst I watched American and UK girls go on about how amazing the colours were through reading blogs and watching vlogs, how they had good lasting power and of course the cute names for them all. But alas, there were not available in Australia. Then rolled around me going to New York last year and its safe to say I went a touch crazy in the drugstores, I mean come on Australia get your act together and start selling makeup cheaper! 
Whilst on that trip I purchased 6 polishes (and wrapped them individually in my clothing when packing to come home to ensure there were no breakages!).
However now I can happily say they have now made their way to the Australian shores and Essie nail polishes are now being sold in Priceline (whoop woo!) (lots of bracket writing going on today isn't there?)
So far since the launch in December I have purchased two - yup you can say it, I'm behaving rather well aren't I?
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So enough rambles, below are the pictures of the Essie polishes in my collection, I may have also wanted to post this purely because they are pretty.... 


L-R: Buy Me A Cameo, Sand Tropez, Fifth Avenue, Play Date, Mint Candy Apple, Miami Nice, A Cut Above & Set In Stones




This is with two coats 


And there you have it, my collection thus far. 
Overall my thoughts on Essie Nail Polish is that the colour range is amazing, all the colours I have work perfectly with two coats, a few actually only really need one coat, the lasting power is about 3-4 days on my nails with minimum chipping and I find I can keep a colour on for a week without too many obvious chips. I would always recommend putting a top coat on for lasting power, and a base coat for more pigmented or darker colours to avoid that annoying stain to the nails.
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Which colours have you got? Any you recommend to me for my next purchase, I'm sure it won't take me long! 
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You can have a looksie at the colour range available in Priceline or online HERE! 
They sell for $16.95 here which is fairly steep for nail polish, however I am an Essie addict so I'm just happy they are now readily available! Also if you sign up for the Priceline email, you'll get notifications of sales and they often do fairly decent ones with 40% off cosmetics a few times a year - that's when I tend to stock up!
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Anywho, I'm off I go, happy days to you all!
xoxo

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

Photo Diary - A Week In My iPhone


Hello all, hope you are having a good week! Today I am kicking off my photo diary posts with a week in my iPhone. I will be honest here. I love photography, I always have. It all started when I was given a camera on my first big overseas trip with my family when I was 8, I was hooked. Realising I could capture moments and then keep them forever really amazed me, still does. I then did photography for my electives all through high school and collage and fell in love with the processing side of it, developing negatives in the dark room, learning about appartures and shutter speed, the rule of thirds; all of it was just so interesting to me from a creative side of things.
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So its no supprise then that I take WAY too many photos on my iPhone, I am always wanting to capture things, remember moments. Of course there are the photo sharing sites such as instagram, but I always have so many photos I dont want to overload it! Thats where the photo diary posts come in, its a perfect way for me to document whats been happening in my day to day life to look back on. Has anyone else noticed that iPhones dont show you the date that you took a photo? Which is why this good old little spot on the internet is perfect!
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10.11.13 - 17.11.13
 





Monday mornings = fresh hair, new nailpolish, coffee, glasses and a positive outlook to the new week!
 
 
My fresh juice addiction is growing ♥ I get SO much energy from them! This was was: 2 carrots, 1 beetroot, 2 oranges, 4 baby cucumbers, 1 apple and 2 cups of spinach!  
 

Lunches for the week! This was a chicken soup with coconut milk, qunioa, carrot, onion, celery and asparagus, the coconut milk made it really tasty!


I know its almost summertime when the Mulberry tree in my parents backyard has fruit on it! This is my childhood memories all wrapped up in one. I use to spend hours out there with my brother eating the fruit right off the tree. 


As I am a Tone It Up member, I recieve member emails each week. This sentence from Danielle really stuck with me so I made it into a picture ♥ I love doing this, gives me nice reminders for the day when I save them on my phone.

 
He can cook! haha, this is one of my dinners from during the week that the bf made. So yummy!

 
Afternoon snack in the form of a smoothie, this combo was yummo.


 
Some pictures from my morning #bootycalls! I always take photos of the lake, it is by far my favorite thing about this city.

 
Purple eyeshadow for a work day, I dont often wear color on my eyes but I like this look.


Reminding myself how important health is. I am so interested in health and fitness as a life insurance for myself. I want to live a long healthy happy life and the best way is through taking care of myself.


Love my 'More Issues Than Vogue' tee ♥


 
Nail combo for the week was a Maybelline black polish (unsure of the name) and Essie 'Set In Stones' on top, lasted the whole week no chipping!  

 
Family skype sesh with my big brother who is living in Canada. Here we are freaking him out lol. Love my family.


Ahhh the VS Fashion Show filmed this week, cant wait to watch it! These girls are such beauties!


I love this concept so much, gave me a good laugh too! This should apply to vending machines! 

 
Weekends = perfect fit protien pancakes. Everytime. Love ♥ ♥ ♥


This got me going, too funny. 

 
A good reminder to assess the things your doing in your life. Life can get hetic and busy and stressful at times, but if you stop and think about why you choose to do things you may realise some things you dont need to waste time on, you may be happier knowing your so busy doing things you love or are happy to invest time and effort in. If it doesnt benefit you, change the world you live in. You create it so make it amazing ♥

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Nail Inspiration


Hello everyone, hope your all well.
I have been very indecisive of late about what colour to paint my nails. First world problems hey!
I dont know why, but I just cant seem to decide on a polish and be content with it for the full week.
So below is my current nail inspiration. I am now contemplating which colours to go ahead and buy on eBay! Which colour / style is your favourite? 
Enjoy! xoxo 
Blue nails

china glaze - flip flop fantasy
China Glaze - Flip Flop Fantasy - LINK!
Nails

blue nails essie overboard Polaroid

ESSIE NAIL POLISH NEON 2013 COLLECTION: VIVID BLUE (3013 BOUNCER IT'S ME)
Essie - Bouncer its me - LINK!
neons 2013 By Essie

Essie - Neon Collection - LINK!

China Glaze Clay Lacquer Nail Polish With Hardeners Neon ON ON Orange 81320 | eBay
China Glaze - Neon on on - LINK!
Essie Nail Polish Neon 2013 Collection Limited Collection 6 Colors | eBay
Essie - Neon Collection - LINK!

China Glaze- pool party
China Glaze - Pool Party - LINK!



xoxo

all images taken from Pinterest 

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

What I Wore: Tuesday









Oh hi there, how you going?
Here is another work day look, I am obsessed with this Zara knit at the moment, it is so versatile. 
I have worn it as a top with jeans, with black tights, as a tunic to work with a black skirt to help lengthen it and out for dinner with black stockings. I am also obsessed with Benton Stripes so this also fits that square to a T. 
Days when I wear a basic outfit I like to throw one colour into the mix to make it a tad more interesting. Today it was the red lip, a blog post on how I do my basic red lip will be coming up soon!   

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Outfit Details:
Tunic: Zara
Skirt: Blockout: LINK!
Tights: Kmart
Boots: Rubi Shoes - LINK!
Coat: Blockout - LINK!
Lipstick: Mac Cherry Lipliner - LINK! and Revlon True Red Lipstick - LINK!
Nails: Essie's French Affair