Essence Bloom Me Up Nail Polish Collection - Review & Giveaway!

Essence are a European brand that we UK nail girls can now get on home soil (can I get a hallelujah!). However there are still a huge amount of Essence products we do not get a sniff at, namely the capsule collections which of course are the most appealing. Their Cinderella collection did not hit UK shores and no matter where I looked I couldn't find a company online willing to send it to the UK (thanks Royal Mail).

Luckily by chance I came across the Bloom Me Up collection while I was browsing around and picked up 2 complete nail collections, 1 for me and 1 for you to try and win. This was a spring release last year but it is still beautiful and goes a way toward making up for the fact I couldn't get the Cinderella collection.

Back to the collection, it contains 4 polishes; 2 cremes / 2 shimmers and some nail lace tip stickers.

Essence Bloom Me Up Nail Collection

Blow My Mint is a gorgeous bright pastel mint green creme with a hint of sage. I used 3 coats and topcoat for the swatches below.

Essence Bloom Me Up Blow My Mint

Essence Bloom Me Up Blow My Mint

Lovely Lavender is just as the name suggest, a soft lavender with a silver shimmer. I used 3 coats and topcoat for the swatches.

Essence Bloom Me Up Lovely Lavendar

Essence Bloom Me Up Lovely Lavendar

Blooming Tender is a gentle orange polish with a silver shimmer. I used 3 coats with topcoat.

Essence Bloom Me Up Blooming Tender

Essence Bloom Me Up Blooming Tender

Chaising Lacy is a watermelony-strawberry pink (does that make sense?). I used 2 coats with topcoat for the pictures.

Essence Bloom Me Up Chaising Lacy

Essence Bloom Me Up Chaising Lacy

The nail lace tips look beautiful, there are 28 pieces in 7 different sizes. You can of course use them as a tip if you have round or squoval nails, or you could use them to create a lacy half moon mani. I am sure there are loads of ways these could be used, I just can't think of any more right now.

So how do you win these 4 polishes and nail stickers ... read the rules and then enter through the rafflecopter widget.

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On a last note - why do Essence insist on changing their bottle shape all the time? I love the uniformity of the same shape bottle per brand. So many brands are recognisable from their bottle shape (OPI, Butter London etc), not Essence, it likes to throw itself around and has a bit of action in all the bottle shapes.

Giveaway Rules

The closing date is Friday 16th April 2015 at 00:00.

One (1) winner will win the 4 Essence nail polishes and 1 pack of nail lace tips.

Open to UK residents aged 16 or over.

All entrances MUST be following The Polish List on Bloglovin.

Entrances can gain extra entries by following the other options offered through Rafflecopter.

The winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries and informed via email within 24 hours of the closing time.

The winner must respond within 72 hours to claim their prize. 

Do not post on competition sites or forums.

No competition accounts/profiles - these will be disqualified.

Prize not for resale.