Essence Nail Polish in English Rose and Time For Romance

I've been a wee bit unwell from one thing and another for about a month now and I find that when that happens I tend to cocoon myself- literally, cocoon. As in: two quilts, an electric blanket, my happy sushi pjs and old movies. Cake also features quite strongly. As this is the case it's only a matter of time before I start to resemble an old hobo, shuffling around the house in my slanket, blowing my nose. Yes, I'm just THAT glamorous. Today, I started to make a start on my grand reentrance to society (if society will take me back) by painting my nails..as I said, it's a start.
And so to the beautiful polish that caught my eye in the chemists at the weekend as I stocked on up Ibuprofen and Olbas Oil (again, glamour). These little beauties are Essence quick drying "Colour and Go" polishes, only 1.79 each (cutest bottles ever by the way).

I love this formula, it's super easy to apply (nice wide brush), dries really fast and looks lovely and glossy. English Rose is a lovely pinky/rose/mauvey matte- very pretty on the nail. I was especially impressed with the glitter, Time for Romance, which is a purple based gel containing small and slightly larger circular pink glitter pieces. This applies so well- unusual for a glitter polish like this with glitter pieces this size. I applied two coats of English Rose first as a base colour, although to be honest, one coat would probably have been enough as this was streak free. Old habits die hard! I then applied one coat of Time for Romance, although again, the colour in this was great- two coats on it's own would make for a very pretty nail also. I then threw on two layers of Rimmel top coat, eh voila!

This is an ideal Autumn look and I just can't stop looking at my nails, as tragic as that sounds. They're just so sparkly..and pink. My inner 8 year old is very happy indeed..although not as happy as she'd be if a My Little Pony came with the nail polish too, obviously.