#SBBC Day 26 - Essence Sparkle Sand Effect Polishes

Hi!

I couldn't think of anything that fit in with either #SBBC topic today, so instead, I have swatches of the new Essence Sparkle Sand Effect polishes.

These are a very recent addition to the Essence stands - priced, thankfully, the same as all the other colour & go polishes at a very reasonable €1.79. I had to do a little digging around my stand to find all 3 shades, but I'm sure they'll be restocked soon.

First up, the one I was most drawn to - the dark grey one, called Here's My Number.

Yes, Carly Rae Jepsen is in my head now too. Anyway, this is three coats - the drying time wasn't very impressive on this one, it took a good five minutes between layers to dry or it smudged on top of itself. The texture is very fine sand/glitter, not as rough as the O.P.I liquid sand ones. Here it is without topcoat:

And with a layer of Poshé:

The topcoat definitely brings the sparkle out a little more, but altogether this wasn't as spectacular on the nail as I'd hoped.

On to the next one, Me & My Lover.

I'm not a lover of red, but this one surprised me. It went on quite pink, but built up to a lovely tomato red in just two coats. Again it took a while to dry, and the sparkle wasn't immediately noticeable on the nail, but it's actually a nice polish.

Without topcoat:

With a coat of Poshé:

I really like this with topcoat, it really brings the gold sparkle to life and it looks almost jelly-like.

Finally, saving the best for last - Hey, Nude.

For this one, I used three coats and no colour underneath. I was sure that no matter how much I built this up, I'd get visible nail line - but that's not the case. There's a very faint VNL but it wasn't enough to put me off - I adore this polish. It's textured, sparkly, (unfortunately also took its sweet time to dry) and very eye catching. I think it'd make an amazing Bridal polish.

Without topcoat:

With a coat of Poshé:

It's a really subtle, beautiful polish and I don't own anything like it already. As I mentioned, each of these polishes costs just €1.79, and hopefully this is something that Essence will continue to include with their colour & go updates.