Essence Thermo 04 The Heat Is On

U septembru mi je bilo zadovoljstvo da se sretnem sa drugaricama lakoholičarkama, među kojima je bila i Shine Eye, koja mi je donela par Essence lakova koji nisu niti će biti dostupni kod nas. Posebno mi je bila zanimljiva linija termalnih lakova, koji se mogu nabaviti samo u Müller prodavnicama, a među njima mi je najinteresantniji bio crveni lak. Ovi lakovi imaju 8 ml i verujem da koštaju oko 2,5 €.

I had the pleasure of going out with some of my fellow polishaholics this last September. Among them was Shine Eye, who had brought me a couple of Essence nail polishes that are unavailable in Serbia. I was especially interested in line of thermal polishes, which is exclusive to Müller stores, and to me the most interesting was the red one. These polishes come in 8 ml bottles and retail for about 2.5 €.

Moram reći da me je The Heat Is On malo razočarao kada sam ga videla uživo. Očekivala sam klasičan crveni lak, a u bočici ovaj izgleda umrtvljeno, braonkasto. Na rozetni su dva sloja izgledala roze i već sam otpisala ovaj lak no namazala sam ga kako bih vam ga pokazala. Dva sloja na noktu uistinu deluju ružičasto i uz to prozračno i neravnomerno. Treći sloj je učinio nešto čudesno. Neujednačen ružičasti lak je pretvorio u crveni ravnomerno namazan lak. Termalni efekat je prilično diskretan i zbog lepog vremena koje imamo poslednjih nedelja (ne žalim se) teško mi je bilo da ga uhvatim, ali nadam se da vidite da su mi vrhovi noktiju i skoro ceo nokat na malom prstu bordo, a ne jarko crveni. Ovaj lak se prilično dobro održao na mojim noktima i za tri dana nošenja imala sam samo blago izlizan vrh noktiju. Četvrtog dana je lak već počeo da se krza u korenu nokta. Bez obzira na krzanje i to što su potrebna tri sloja, ovaj lak neće napustiti moju kolekciju. Slike su snimljene na dnevnom svetlu. Imam tri sloja laka i nemam nadlak.

I have to say that I was a bit disappointed when I saw The Heat Is On in person. I was expecting a classic red polish and in bottle this one looks a bit dull, brownish. On swatch wheel two coats looked pink and I was ready to give this polish away, but I tried it on so that I could show it to you. Two coats on nail do look pink and are quite patchy. The third coat, however, does something wonderful. It turns that patchy pink mess into an even red surface. The thermal effect is subtle and it was hard for me to capture it due to the spell of fine weather we've been having (not that I complain about that), but I hope that you can see that my free nail edge and the entire pinkie nail are maroon instead of bright red. This polish lasted quite well on my nails. I had only moderate tipwear in three days of wear and on day four it started to chip at the cuticle. Regardless of chipping and it being a three-coater, this polish won't leave my collection. Photos were taken in daylight. I have three coats of polish and no top coat.