Essence Colour 3 Duos

The big Essence display I saw when I was out west included the Colour 3 duos. I mentioned some time back that double-ended bottles like that distress me due to storage issues, and some helpful person (I don't remember who, sorry) pointed out that the ends can be pulled off and stored individually, so I tried that with a few duos that had somehow snuck into my stash. I did use too much force in one case and cracked a cap, but some tape took care of that. This is a long way to explain that when I saw the Essence Color 3, I didn't immediately shy away. I haven't had a chance to wear any for a full mani yet, but I did swatch two of the duos: Midnight Date (blue) and A Walk in the Park (green).



And yep, the ends pop off so I can store each side of on its bottom and not risk getting polish leaking into the threads.



I'm led to understand that the 3 in the name refers to the 3 looks one can get from these: the base color alone, the layering polish, and the combination. I only did two of those looks. Left to right below: Midnight Date, Midnight Date plus its topper City That Never Sleeps, A Walk in the Park, A Walk in the Park plus Stop for an Ice Cream. I used one coat of each, except a Walk in the Park which was two because I went too thin on the first one. I did add topcoat, too.



Midnight Date is a blue shimmer, and City That Never Sleeps had green/blue flakies.





A Walk in the Park is a green shimmer, and Stop for an Ice Cream (just one ice cream, I guess) has green/periwinkle flakies.





These are pretty enough that I'm okay with the goofy bottles. I'm wondering if they'll still be in stock when I next head west so I can get the other colors.

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It's going to take me a bit to validate the entries in my Halloween Giveaway and pick the winner, so look for that announcement early next week probably.