Essie Toggle To The Top

Sećate li se vremena pre nego što je Essie stigao u naše drogerije? Salonske boje smo nabavljali u Nail Line-u iz Subotice, ali se ne sećam da li su oni uvozili sezonske kolekcije. Sve i da jesu, krajem 2012. godine je nastalo zatišje, nastupio je uvoznički interregnum te nam zimska kolekcija za 2012. nikada nije stigla, a tako ni lak Leading Lady. No naredne godine, kada se Essie već udobno smestio u Lilly drogerije, stiže nam Shearling Darling kolekcija, a u njoj Toggle To The Top - tamnija verzija Leading Lady. Davno sam ga nosila i bezuspešno fotografisala. Danas mu konačno dajem mesto na blogu.

There was a time before Essie came into Serbian drugstores. We could buy salon versions in Nail Line ina Subotica, but I can't remember if they imported seasonal collections or just core colours. Even if they did, by the end of 2012. there was a sort of importers interregnum for Essie and we never got Leading Lady and its eponymous star. However, the following year, when Essie was comfortably settled in Serbian drugstores they released Shearling Darling collection and in it the darker version of Leading Lady - Toggle To The Top. I have worn it long ago and fruitlessly tried to photograph it. Today I am finally giving it a blogpost it deserves.

Essie Toggle To The Top je bordo-ljubičasti, almandin-crveni jelly lak ispunjen ružičastim šljokicama. Tečne je konzistencije, ali dovoljno dobre pigmentacije da punu pokrivenost daje iz dva sloja. Nažalost, šljokice se upetljavaju u četkicu, čineći je metlastom i na taj način otežavajući nanošenje, što je glavni razlog zašto sam tek sada ponovo uzela da namažem ovaj lak. Kao i svi slični lakovi, lak se sleže i ostavlja hrapavu površinu koju je potrebno barem jednom preći nekim gušćim nadlakom kako bi se izravnala. Vredi potruditi se oko mazanja jer je boja zaista lepa, duboka, prefinjena. Ovakve šljokice su, mislim, prevaziđene, ali lepo svetlucaju iz tamne osnove, spasavajući ovaj lak mogućnosti da izgleda crno. Slike su snimljene na dnevnom svetlu. Imam dva sloja laka i sloj nadlaka.

Essie Toggle To The Top is a purple-leaning maroon, almandine-red jelly polish filled with magenta glitter. It is quite runny, but pigmented enough to give full coverage in two coats. Unfortunately, glitter gets caught between bristles, making the brush bushier and application more difficult, which is the main reason I have waited so far to wear this polish again. Like all similar polishes, this one also settles as it dries and leaves bumpy surface which takes at least one generous layer of top cat to even it out. It is worth an effort because the colour is really pretty, deep, refined. I find this sort of glitter passé, but it does sparkle nicely from within the darker base, saving this polish from the trap of looking black. Photos were taken in natural light. I have two coats of polish and a layer of top coat.