Essie; Navigate Her

Swatches & Review
Hey everyone! I am so happy I got my laptop back from the Apple store today! It sucks because the first time I took it in back in December, the guy working there insisted there was nothing wrong with my laptop. I felt like something was wrong so I took it in again, but a different one & they found a huge problem... my logic board was dying! Anyway, I'm glad I got it back & it is fixed! So now, I have some swatches of Essie's Navigate Her for you :)
Navigate her is from Essie's 2012 Spring collection, so you will be able to find it now, or soon if you are looking for colors from their spring collection. When I first saw this collection, I knew I had to have Navigate Her because it is a pistachio/dark lime green! The formula on this nail polish was a bit on the thick side, but it did not give me a hard time to work it so that is a total plus! I usually expect creme polishes to be streaky because most of the ones I have tried are, but this was not streaky at all and I only needed two coats.

Overall, I think this nail polish is a nice color for spring. If you are a sucker for green nail polishes like I am, this is a great choice since this is a creme green and is not streaky at all. I have a lot of green nail polishes, but this green is not the same as the other ones I own. I think the closet comparison I was able to find for this is Sally Hansen's Green with Envy, but Green with Envy is greener and brighter. What do you guys think? Own it? Love it? :)

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OPI; Come to Poppy

Swatches & Review
Today, I have swatches of Come to Poppy from OPI's 2011 summer collection, Nice Stems. This collection came with four colors and out of the four, Come to Poppy was one of the ones I bought from it. I normally don't like bright pink colored polishes, but I felt like this was a color that was perfect for summer!
Come to Poppy is a frosty coral pink color. The formula of this nail polish was perfect! It was not too thin, or too thick. This was almost a one coater, although I put two coats in my swatches, I really could have gotten away with one coat if I used the first coat a bit thicker. It glides on smoothly and although it is some what metallic, I had no problems with it streaking or looking out of place after putting two coats on like how some polishes look like after applying. I am excited it is almost spring coming and it is perfect for not only summer, but spring!

Overall, I feel like this nail polish is one of my favorites even though I am not a big fan of pink. The color of this pink was bright, like a hot pink neon and it dried semi-matte so there might be some neon pigments in there, and I really like how it looks without top coat! It's shiny, but not too shiny. It also dried pretty fast (considering I didn't need over two coats for this). I know that this was from a past collection, however, I still see this polish around whenever I look for new polishes so if you like it, you should totally grab it!

Before removing the polish, I decided to layer Essie's Shine of the Times over it & I feel like that is such a nice combo! Flakies over a bright bold pink! What do you guys think?

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Essie; Mint Candy Apple

Swatches and Review



Essie's Mint Candy Apple is from their 2009 Winter Collection. This is a minty green color, given it is called Mint Candy Apple. This is similar to Mint Sorbet(?) from Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear and it gives a mintier green look when it is compared to China Glaze's Re-Fresh Mint. This is my first time wearing Mint Candy Apple on my full nail and I honestly hated the application. The first two coats were so streaky & maybe it is just me, but I realized a lot of mint green nail polishes are really streaky. I am wearing three coats in the pictures, and it does not look as streaky since I made the third layer very thick so it will even itself out(I usually like using a thick 3rd coat when polishes are streaky). This is a gorgeous color, but I think it will look better on someone with a lighter skin tone than mine.

Overall, I think Essie has some better polishes than this in terms of application. This is a bit similar to one of their newer colors from their 2011 Summer Collection, Absolutely Shore, but Absolutely is a tad lighter and less bright. Although I don't think this color is the best fit for me wearing it on my full nails, I always use Mint Candy Apple as french tips and it is not bad at all! What do you guys think? Own it? Love it?

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Essie; Going Incognito

Swatches and Review


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So I was deciding on what nail polish I should wear today (since it's Thursday & I come home on Thursdays to my nail polish stash) & I decided to wear this! I originally wanted to wear Warm and Fozzie, but I really wanted to wear it closer to Christmas, so Going Incognito it is!

Going Incognito was actually a Winter collection from Essie last year, and it is a gorgeous forest green color with a creme finish. It is not too dark, but it is dark enough to be considered vampy. I love that it matches my forest green hoodie from American Apparel! Haha. Anyway, the application on this was great. This could have passed with two coats, but I still put on three coats because I am used to applying three coats of nail polish. Usually, I wish that Essie brushes were wider, but lately, I have been growing onto the smaller brush because it flexes out wide, which covers my nails well & covers the hard to get spots easily, which I find that I have a hard time with, with OPI brushes sometimes. The polish itself was not thin, nor thick, it was just the perfect consistency which is a total plus for me. This kind of gets me more into the holiday spirit! :) What do you guys think? Own it? love it? :)

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Spotted at TJ Maxx: Essie

I went to TJ Maxx sometime last week and I spotted 4 Essie sets from their older collections: Braziliant 2011, Resort 2011, Spring Collection & Wedding 2011. They each contain 4 mini Essie Nail Polishes, which is super cute, but I didn't buy any because I already have them in their full size. They sell for $9.99 at TJ Maxx, not bad, right? :)

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Essie; Shine of the Times

Swatches and ReviewLooks orange-ish here, doesn't it?

It's a galaxy on my nails! :D



Can you spot some green?

Yesterday, my boyfriend bought me Essie's Shine of the Times top coat from the Luxeffects collection and I couldn't help but just take of last week nail polish & try it on! Since I'm still going through my untried polishes, I went to find one of the darker ones & I ended up wearing Orly's La Playa, which is a deep dark navy blue color.

Essie's Shine of the Times is gorgeous on La Playa! I actually tried it on Designer... De Better! but it didn't show up at all. It just made the polish look like there were more goldish bronze flecks in there. The application of Orly's La Playa was great, it only required two coats for opacity & I just left it at two coats since I was going to use Shine of the Times over it anyway. Shine of the Times is a thick top coat so it only required one coat for the effects to show on it. Although it was thick, it applied nicely and evenly so there was no goopey-ness left on the nail afterward.
The most dominant color from the topcoat is orange er.. red-orange and there is a green duochrome to it, which I am amazed by (I am easily amazed) & from time to time, you can see a hint of purple. I love it! With La Playa, it looks like a blue stone that has been underwater for years, doesn't it? Haha :) Own it? Love it?

*Only one coat of Essie's Shine of the Times have been used in the photos & the photos are mine.

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