Nail Art: Leopard Print with Bow

Not a good picture because I took it in the morning but anyway..:

Lilac nail varnish- Essence 72 Found My Love, Light blue- Essence 74 Fall For Me, outline is the Catrice nail varnish I posted about before.  I know the edges are a bit messy, took this photo before I fixed them up :)

Review: Essence Gel Eye Liner

Lots of brands have been releasing gel eyeliners recently and here is one from Essence.  The one I have is '02 London Baby'.

It comes in a cute little glass pot with 3ml of product.  This only cost about €3 I think, which is sooo cheap for something that works this well.

When I bought this first I thought it was black, but when I opened it it's more of a grey/dark brown close up, with a slight metallic effect.  I really like this colour as it's not as harsh looking as black, so it's nice for wearing during the day.

I applied this eyeliner using the Essence gel liner brush from the Denim collection (about €1.50 and it's brilliant!). 

I really liked this eyeliner.  The gel makes it easy to apply and the fact that it's waterproof means it lasts throughout the day.

Swatch:

As you can see from the swatch, this eyeliner gives great coverage.  It's well pigmented too.  As I said before, the colour is really nice and a change from the ususal black for me.  I haven't tried any of the other colours yet but I think I will, this is my new favourite eyeliner :)

How to do: Leopard Print Nails

Here's a tutorial on how to do your own leopard print nails.  First of all you will need three nail varnish colours, a light one for the base, another colour for the spots and a dark colour to outline.  You'll also need a thin brush (you can use a paint brush) to paint the outline.

Step One:

Paint your nails with your base colour.  I'm using 'Found My Love' from Essence.

Step Two:

Paint small splodges of your second colour on your nails at random.  I'm using 'Milan' from No7 which is a glittery pink.

Step Three:

Using a thin brush and your dark colour, outline parts of the second colour and do small dots in between too.  It doesn't matter if the outline is a bit messy because it gives a good effect.  I'm using 583 'Mystery Night' by Gosh which is a metallic dark purple.

Step Four:

Paint on a topcoat to make the design last longer and you're done! :)

Nail Colours: Pastels

I recently bought these Essence pastel nail polishes in four different colours: 74 Fall For Me (blue), 72 Found My Love (purple), 51 Mellow Yellow (yellow) and 56 Got A Secret (Grey).

Here are some pictures:

Essence Multi Dimension 'Fall For Me'

Essence Colour & Go 'Got a Secret'

Essence Colour & Go 'Mellow Yellow'

          Essence Multi Dimension 'Found My Love'

Overall I really liked these nail polishes. The colours are really nice although they take a few coats. The yellow seemed to take ages to dry, which was probably the only bad thing about these. The Multi Dimension polishes cost about €2.00 and the Colour & Go polishes cost about €1.20.