Essence Circus Confetti vs Models Own Hedkandi Ibiza Mix

Very short blog, but thought I would compare the two after a little discussion in ManiMommies Swap n Shop. I have had Ibiza Mix in my collection for a while now, and I absolutely adore it. But when we recently to Tenerife I picked up quite a few Essence polishes, including Circus Confetti.

 Must admit I probably wouldn't have brought it if I wasn't having a nose bleed in the shop as I thought it was very very similar to Ibiza Mix. But hey, a girl can never have too much polish. So, in this little comparison

I have used - 1 coat of each on two swatch circles - 1 coat of each over two coats of NYC City Blackout - 2 coats of each on two swatch circles. Here are the polishes

Here is a picture of all the swatches I did, the order from left to right is
- Two coats of Ibiza Mix
- Two coats of Circus Confetti
- One coat of Ibiza Mix over City Blackout
- One coat of Circus Confetti over City Blackout
- One coat of Ibiza Mix
- One coat of Circus Confetti

Ibiza Mix on the left, Circus Confetti on the right, one coat of each

One coat of each over NYC City Blackout. Ibiza Mix on the left, Circus Confetti on the right.

Two coats of each, Ibiza Mix on the left, Circus Confetti on the right.

Things to consider... My Ibiza Mix was half full, therefore the glitter wasn't as full coverage as I would normally expect, Ibiza Mix stinks, where as Circus Confetti doesn't. The main difference appears to be that the speckles in Ibiza Mix are bigger, but Circus Confetti appears to have slightly patterned hexes in it.

Let me know what you think.

Rainbow Nail Challenge - Day 3 - Yellow

Okay, well my first admission is I really really dislike yellow. I don't own ANY yellow clothes, and I only have 4 yellow nail varnishes and one of those came in a set so I didn't choose it!

So, what i did. I wanted to make the yellow as little noticeable as possible, so I covered it up with chunky glitter. If I had chance I would have covered it up with fire!

So what do you think? I don't think it is too bad, although I will never see this colour on my fingers again!

To have a look at what others have done who are completing the challenge have a look at the following pages

http://thiamere.blogspot.com
http://9mluniverse.blogspot.com/
http://web.stagram.com/n/atlcatsmeow/ 
http://captivatingclaws.blogspot.com/
http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/
http://fesnails.blogspot.com/
http://followtheyellowpolishroad.blogspot.com/ 
http://footballandfingernails.blogspot.com/
http://www.freshairandfashion.blogspot.com/
http://happynailsuk.blogspot.com/ 
http://iheartprettypolish.blogspot.com/ 
http://jolienskingdomofpolish.blogspot.com/ 
http://www.kellyskolors.com/
http://www.lacquerorleaveher.blogspot.com/
http://liesllovesprettythings.blogspot.com/
http://lightyournails.blogspot.com/
www.manicurity.com/
http://mylifeinpolish.blogspot.com/
http://www.nailpolishlives.tumblr.com/
http://www.nailpolishlane.blogspot.com/
http://nubbinnails.blogspot.com/
http://natrcolorsnmusic.blogspot.in/
http://polishandsuch.blogspot.com/
http://www.sincerelyobsessedwithpolish.blogspot.com/
http://www.sytycp.blogspot.com/
http://nailpolishrants.blogspot.com
/http://to-polish-or-not.blogspot.ca/

So Many Polishes, So Little Time!

I cannot believe it has been a month since my last post, and such alot has happened in this time. I had so many good intentions, but within two days my sister broke her leg and is in a cast and I had a new puppy, so time for polish and blogging has completely gone out the window.

However, having recently returned from a wonderful break in Tenerife I am back with a bang. Decided before I got there that I would indulge myself with some new polishes from brands that I can't get in the UK. All good so far, except I didn't realise how bloomin difficult it would be to find the things. All of the main perfume shops have unbranded polish and the usual Dior/Chanel/Lancome etc, but I was really after Essence and Catrice, and in the end I wasn't disappointed.

So, my purchases were...

7 Catrice beauties and from left to right they are...

600 ~After Eight
740 - King of Greens
400 - Blue Cara Ciao
C04 - Be Indieglow
350 - Hip Queens Wear Blue Jeans
200 - From Dusk till Dawn
770 - Put Lavender on the Agenda
630 - Sing : Hey, Dirty Lilah!
420 - Dirty Berry

Then some lovelies from Essence

01 - Circus Confetti which appears to be a bit of a dupe for Models Own Ibiza Mix
03 - Hello Holo - a holographic multi coloured glitter
11 - Disco Disco - holographic glitter with holographic glitter squares
09 - Copper'ize Me! Copper/Red/Russet holographic glitter
01 - Purpulicious - holographic purple glitter
10 - Glorious Aquarius - multi sized holographic glitter with square glitter pieces


08 - Love potion - Copper magnetic nail polish
01 - hex hex! - Charcoal Grey magnetic nail polish

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L to R
Ciate Bon Bon - Free with Marie Claire Magazine
DP Cosmetics green magnetic polish
Sinful Colours - Opal Glitter
Sinful Colours - Tokyo Glitter
Sinful Colours - Noelle
Sinful Colours - Daddys Girl ( this is a very deep purple with a glitter undercurrent, but doesn't photograph well at all)

L to R

Essence - 77 In Style
Essence - 56 Got a Secret
Essence - 78 Blue Addicted - blue/green glitter
Essence - 43 Wheres the party - a chrome looking colour shifter from green to purple

I cannot wait to get these little beauties on my fingers, just wish I had brought more!

EDITED

Well, I have had a bit of a bargain over the past couple of days, so I thought I would share it with you. I popped into our local town centre to Superdrug hopefully to get my hands on the new Barry M colour changing polish. But came across a sale on their Accessorize range. All of their metallic one coat chromes were half price! So, I helped myself to one of each on the basis that they would be good to stamp with.. here is a picture of the little darlings...

While I was there I also got my hands on the wonderful NYC Mint Macaroon and Lavendar Cupcake for £2.49, another 2 accesorize normal colours for £1.50 each, a colour changing Barry M ( the original intended purchase). I also was given a free Barry M polish in superdrug by the lovely lady in there, and my husband got me a technic seafoam!

Glitter Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

I have tried lots of glitter polishes before, but none set my heart alight as much as Ibiza Mix in the Models Own Hedkandi range. It is just beautiful. It has from teeny tiny fragments of gold and silver to quite chunky green, blue and pink pieces. The only thing which puts me off a little is the smell, which is sooo strong it rips the hairs from your nostrils. But, you can't have anything.

To show of the Ibiza Mix to the best I have given it a lovely coating or three of neon Purple from the Absolute! nail collection. Also taken the time today to put a coat of nail envy on, because it just has to be done at times.

Oh and this is one coat of Ibiza Mix, with about three it gives an almost full coverage! If anyone wants pics of that just let me know.

So

Nail Envy original base coat
Absolute! Purple main colour ( three coats at least)
Models Own Hedkandi Ibiza Mix 1 coat
Seche Vite top coat