Comparison: Essence "Walk Of Fame" vs Essence "Most Wanted"

These are two coats each one.
In the bottles they're so similar, but once applied - even on a water bottle cap - you can see the difference: "Walk Of Fame" is lighter and pinkier, while "Most Wanted" resembles the cup of chocolate shade.
However, "Most Wanted" alone is a rosy/taupy brown, compared to a "true" brown.


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Want something amazing?

Here I have it!
Yesterday I stumbled accross this post totally accidentally, and suddenly I remembered I knew that cosmetic brand, because I saw their flag shop one day on my way home.
I was already curious about them and wanted to visit the shop, but after seeing this polish, I rushed there and found it!

Fontana Contarini is an italian professional cosmetic brand from Bergamo, existing since 70's, but I've never heard of them before.
They have a website, but you'll never find prices there. However, they're pretty affordable, despite the fact that they're a professional brand: polishes are € 6,20.
Beside polishes, they have a complete range for nail art, beads, glitters, tools, gels, chemical products, just about everything.


But I was lucky: some shades are on sale, because they're going to be discontinued - and guess what? This polish was among them :>
€ 1,20 for every polish, almost a shame. I chose that duochromy beauty and, obviously, a deep blue, full of microglitter.


I picked up a little jar full of flakies too, because I saw them on eBay and wanted to try them from way back.

There aren't many other interesting colours, at least to me, but some polishes were a little strange and bizarre, such as a combination of a milky pearly white base with a strong violet-pink flash and tiny black microglitter, not too many, like crushed pepper; then I saw a tarnished brown-olive-dark gold microglitter in a clear base, but it was in the regular range of polishes, so I decided not to buy it.
They're all 12 ml, and, at that prize, I have nothing to say.

Colour is amazing, I'll show you soon a comparison with other two polishes :>


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Universe Nails

Thanks to Asami and her idea, I made one of the nicest manicure I've ever seen on me :>
She called them "Space nails", Emerald Sparkled "Galaxy Nails", mine are "Universe Nails" :^D

These were my ingredients:


From left, Essence's "Fabuless", Nubar's "Reclaim", OPI's "Significant Other Color", Kiko n. 229 and some shiny glitters - I used just the rounded ones.

Asami already explained all the process in her post, but basically it's just about sponging colours on a dark base with a paper towel, to give colours some texture, and then add some glitter to reproduce planets and/or stars.

"Fabuless" was perfect for the sky, because it's not a plain black and it has shimmer, so fine they can imitate stars faaaar away.


To give it a more realistic effect, you have to "sponge" colours in a nebulae form, just like galaxies appear on astronomy books.

That Kiko top coat is full of little chunkies of milky silverish glitters which are slightly duochrome too - blue/green AND purple/pink: see how it sparkles? :>


These chunkies have an irregular shape, and they reproduce stars very well, it's fascinating to look at!


After adding the sparkle top coat, it's time for planets, or, in this case, just blue-green and copper glitters.
Maybe it would be better to have them in a smaller size too, but that's ok, I worked with the material I own.

Last pic shows a little the duochrome side, on certain angle nails appear purple-pink.


Two coats of top coat sealed everything perfectly.
This nail art is very simple, but I LOVE the result, I'll try to replicate it with different combinations of colours, finishes and glitters.
Thanks to Asami for sharing it!


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Essence - Fabuless

Here it is one of the new Essence I bought last week: "Fabuless" is a dark gunmetal grey, VERY VERY glossy, here you can see it without topcoat:


It's full of the finest silver shimmer, which makes polish deep yet soft, with a little glow inside.
Formula is ok, two coats cover everything and give a smooth and shiny surface to your nails, easy to apply without being watery.
Just one picture because:

1) it's raining again;

2) this was the base for something fun and nice I'll show soon! (that's why application isn't perfect...)


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It's just a question of time

As good ol' Depeche Mode sing, it's just a question of time - before they lay their hands on you...


But I laid MY hands on them, finally.
From left, Essence's "Matt Top Coat", "Choose Me!" (I chose you!11!!1), "Walk Of Fame", "Glisten Up!" (my second one).
If i found another "Choose Me!", I'll say goodbye forever to the other 296758 overseas dupes of "Charla" that I'm lemming since I saw it :^D


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I'm a romantic one...

... because colours like this one are simply a pleasure for the eye. Mine, at least.
And I have to say that Collistar's bottle is really of a beautiful AND smart design: it's solid, elegant, eye-catching, but not an odd-shape; brush is flat, so application is super easy, colours are often quite interesting.
See how blurple is the base? Call me crazy, but I love seeing it against sunlight :>


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Comparison: Essence "Trendsetter" vs Essence "In The Jungle"

Just in case you ever wonder, in your life, what's the difference between these two Essences, here I am providing you the precious answer:


Left, "In The Jungle", right "Trendsetter", two coats on the cap.

As you can see, "Trendsetter" is bluer and darker. Or, same thing, "In The Jungle" is greener and lighter.
Moreover, "Trendsetter" is more pigmented, I guess it could be a one-coater.
Bottles are slightly different from each other, but they both contain 8 ml of product.


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Little family portrait

I think it's becoming clear wich colours I like more...
From left to right, Essence's "Trendsetter", "Fabuless", Collistar's "Viola Glitter", Essence's "Just Rock It!".

Strangely, I managed to find all the Essences I wanted, except for "Choose Me", which I think it isn't arrived here yet... At least, I hope so.


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MAC - Mean & Green

Formidable! This colour is simply formidable.
Like the previous billion of bloggers said before me, this polish is one of the beautiful combination of pigments/glitters I have seen, and obviously it applies to Orly's "Space Cadet" as well and the other dupes you can find out there :D

It's very complex not only under the colour point of view, but even regarding the finish.


It's foily, but not mirror-like, even with top coat. It's smooth under my finger, but it appears a little gritty too, and I like this effect.
This polish has many faces, because it's composed of a dark mossy-teal jelly base, which is shown here:


plus a ton of very fine glitter, which looks like tarnished gold:


or flashes purple-pink:


or a pewtwerish gold-olive green:


Dark, but luminous, is beautiful in the sunlight, but in shade too, and under artificial light.
Really a masterpiece.

However, I have to say it's a little mean too, because this one is three coats, but left some balder spots here and there; I don't know if it's me, but under certain angles, you can view them - oh well, normal people will NEVER tilt their head so much just to stare at my nails, so I'm not afraid about that, but you all know how much obsessed we are :D
Maybe four coats would offer the perfect coverage, but next time I'll try to layer it over a dark creme base - teal or blue. I guess it would be fantastic over a gold too, or bronze, or black, or...
This is 10 ml for € 12,50. Definitely worth them :>


EDIT about wear: really good, after 5 days I barely see tipwear and had two tiny tiny chips (not polish's fault, though).


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Ch-ch-ch-changes

New darker look, it fits more to my taste and enhances pictures better.
It's not the final version, I'll work on it again to add something else here and there, it's funny :^] (when it works :D)