NOTD June 27th: Essence Snow White LE - 03 Doc

Hey there!
Today I want to show you another polish from Essence's Snow White LE, 03 Doc.

Doc is a bright orange with slight yellow undertones, and it's a creme. It's very vibrant and shiny and is one of those lots and lots of oranges released this summer season.
Application was nice, the formula is nice and creamy, and it went on smoothly. I ended up doing 3 coats even though it's way more opaque, because I experienced some cuticle dragging and wanted to get rid of that.

Doc is a super fun and bright shade, I like him a lot :)
What do you think of this polish?
xoxo, Misch

Book Review: The Lucky One - Nicholas Sparks

Hey everyone!
Today I want to talk about a book I just recently finished, The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks. This isn't the first book by Nicholas Sparks that I reviewed, you can also click onto my posts on Dear John and The Notebook.

The Lucky One is a very typical Nicholas Sparks book, it's a love story that is enchanting and fascinating and not soupy at all, the reason that I love his books.
The main story is about US Marine Logan Thibault, who finds a picture of a woman during his tour in Iraq, and this photo seems to be his lucky charm, it protects him during his time in war. Back at home he walks across the country to find the woman in the picture, and when he finds her he gets into her world and affects everything around her. But it's not all as perfect as it seems, and there are some problems coming up.
This is the story summed up really briefly, and it's of course not everything that happens in this book. The a good part of the story, Thibault's life before he meets Elizabeth, is told in flashbacks, and they make you understand the person Thibault is. The story is full of love and tenderness and it shows all kinds of different parts of life. It's never written out of one person's perspective, but the chapters always center around a certain person and show their thoughts and feelings.
The very end was a little confusing to me at first, but I'm quite sure that's done on purpose. If you read it, you'll know what I mean ;)
A small part of the book was predictable in my opinion, but not in a bad way. I also didn't find myself having a lot of expectations for this book, I just read through it and felt with the story. It's very good to read, just like these types of books are, and it was fun. You definitely want to know how it goes on, and I like that about a good book :)
The Lucky One was turned into a movie this spring, starring Zac Efron and Taylor Schilling. I already watched it, and I didn't like it as much. The book's way better, and the movie's just missing all of these thoughts and character properties that the book portrays. Rather read the book!
I really recommend it for all of you who love love stories and/or Nicholas Sparks books and/or want to try a nice pleasure read :) It's a good one!
Did anyone of you read it?
xoxo, Misch

NOTD June 25th: Essence Snow White LE - Sneezy + Prince Charming

Hey there!
Today I want to show you what I'm wearing right now: a combo of Essence's Sneezy and Prince Charming from their Snow White LE.

I already showed you Sneezy a couple of days ago here *click*, it's a medium chocolate brown with sparse tiny glitter particles. On top of it I added one of the toppers from this LE, called 03 Prince Charming.
Prince Charming is a glitter topper that consists of a clear base, small holo glitter particles and sparse bigger blue hex particles. The holo particles show a scattered holo effect in direct sunlight.
Application of Prince Charming was great, I didn't have to push around the particles and it also wasn't too thick to apply.

Even removal was okay, it didn't cause as many problems as most glitter polishes :)
I really like the combination of Sneezy and Prince Charming, they look really cute together :)
What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

Spotted: Essence Reading For Boarding LE

Hey everyone!
Yesterday I found Essence's Ready For Boarding LE at out local drugstore. It's themed around the topic traveling.
This LE contains 1 beauty bag, 2 double-ended eye pencils, 2 lip and cheek cremes, 5 nail polishes, 1 base coat, 1 eyeshadow palette and hand&body wipes. Here *click* you can see an overview of the products.
The beauty bag is really cute in the style of a postcard, and if I had needed one, I would have gotten it. But I don't need it that badly :D
The double-ended eye pencils are nice colors, they're light and wearable. But I do think that you could get these colors with other brands as well, or in the permanent line.
The lip and cheek cremes are both really vibrant shades! I got the berry pink one, called 01 Sending You Kisses. It's a matte color, and very cool-toned. Pigmentation is great, and I can't wait to test it :)

The nail polishes are all pretty colors, but a bit too pastel-toned for my liking. I got the denim blue shade, it's a very purple-leaning creme, and it's called 04 Via Airmail. Swatch is 2 coats.

The base coat is one that is supposed to enable you to peel of your nail polish in one piece. That is not good for your nails, and I have no idea why they do a product like that! But I'm still gonna google for reviews, because I'm curious who tried it :D
The eyeshadow palette is really pretty and I actually managed to take a picture of the swatches I made at the store! I really liked some of the shades, but not enough to buy the whole thing. But take a look at it, pigmentation is really good and the colors are pretty :)

Last but not least, the hand&body wipes. Theoretically a nice idea, but nothing I need.
After all, I'm not utterly smitten but it is a nice LE.
What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

NOTD June 21st: Essence Snow White LE - 05 Sneezy

Hi there!
Today I want to show you the first of the polishes I already shared yesterday, and that is Sneezy from Essence's Snow White LE. Here *click* you can read the post on this LE.

Sneezy is a warm medium brown, looking a little like milk chocolate, and it contains fine silver glitter particles. The glitter particles are really tiny, but it's not really a shimmer, so I call it glitter. They're also not that dense, you have to have a look at the pictures to see what I mean.
Application was nice, the brush on these ones is really good and the formula is squishy and not too thick. The glitter particles also don't cause any application problems.

For my ring finger I decided to do an accent nail and used one of the nail art stickers that are also part of this LE. Matching the polish, I chose Sneezy as the dwarf to go on my nail. He's super cute :)
What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

Spotted: Essence Snow White LE

Hey guys!
When I went to the drugstore yesterday I saw Essence's new LE, called Snow White. It's a team-up with Disney.
This LE contains 8 regular nail polishes, 3 special effect toppers, 1 set of nail stickers and 1 nail file. Here *click* you can see the promo pics.
As you can tell, this LE only contains nail stuff. For my birthday a friend got me some of the stuff from this LE, so in the end I got more polishes than I had planned to :) So cool!
The 8 regular nail polishes are 1 big red one for Snow White, and 7 dwarfs, each color corresponding to the dwarf it's named after. Some colors contain a shimmer, some are cremes. For my birthday, I received 03 Doc, a bright orange creme. It's a little lighter than a true bight orange, but it's super fun and pretty. On the nail wheel it barely needed a second coat, it applied greatly.

The other one I got is 05 Sneezy. Sneezy is a medium milk chocolate brown with a special silver glitter, really pretty. It reminds me a little of OPI Wooden Shoe Like To Know *click*, but they're definitely not the same because the shimmer is different. My swatch is 2 coats.

The special effect toppers are named after 3 more leading characters of Snow White. I own 2 of them, and the first one is 01 Evil Queen. The Evil Queen is a polish consisting of a clear base and big purple hex glitter particles. It's really pretty and was nice to apply, and I think it would be great for layering. Here you can see 2 coats.

The other special effect topper I got is 03 Prince Charming. He's again a clear base and contains small round holo particles and bigger blue hex ones. It's super stunning! My swatch is 2 coats, and I'm sure it would be great as a topper :)

The nail stickers are really adorable, and I'm so glad I also got them for my birthday :) I love them! They're called 01 Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho...

Last but not least, the nail file: cute but nothing I needed.

After all, I like this LE a lot more than I expected! It's super adorable, the whole concept's great, and I can't wait to wear all the stuff I was given :)
What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

Preview for July

Hey everyone!
Just a few days ago the promo pics of this new LE by Essence showed up, so I decided to share them with you. The LE is called Miami Roller Girl and you can see the pictures here *click*. It contains all kinds of bright shades, especially yellow and orange. That is really fitting for summer, but I'm sure it's too bright for a lot of people. So far I'm undecided whether I think it's awesome or just too much, I guess I have to see it at the store.
What do you think of it?
And do you know about any other Essence or Catrice LEs for July so far? I didn't see any previews other than this one! Did you?
xoxo, Misch