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Essie – a few from Art Of Spring

Neo Whimsical, 3 coats.

Yawn. This very light pink polish is pretty enough, but nothing special. I think that such light colors look bad on me because they match my skin too well.

Van D’Go, 3 coats.

This one is much prettier. It’s a very light pinkish/peach color, and I really like it.

Essie - Catwalk

This is a darker red rather than a bright red. It’s got tons of silver shimmer in the bottle but it’s almost invisible on the nail. This was my other flea market find from a few weeks ago. Bleh.

I’ll be out of town, sort  of, till tomorrow, but then I’ll be [...]

Essie - Really Red

Can reds be neon? Cause I thnk this one is. It’s also a jelly, yay! I got it this weekend at a flea market. The two Essies sitting there all lonely and sad on a dirty table were like a beacon for me. ) Now they have lots of friends in my storage drawers!

The cap [...]

Essie - Berry Hard

China Glaze Ravishing, Dahling is the yardstick against which I measure every red, vampy, jelly polish. And Ravishing, Dahling is always victorious. It was my first and favorite vampy jelly!

Berry Hard is a close second, though – this is a really nice polish. It’s a lot darker than Ravishing, Dahling, of course, but not so [...]

Essie - Shelter Island

Shelter Island is very bright. A little too bright! Maybe it just didn’t fit my mood for the day I wore it.

Sooo, the comparison. Yummy is a little darker, and Caribbean Blue is a little brighter. And, I hadn’t noticed this before looking at this comparison shot, but click to enlarge it – [...]

Essie - Carousel Coral

I adore corals! This one’s an Essie, so of course application was great.

Essie - Mint Candy Apple

Mint Candy Apple is maybe a tad bit too stark for me, but it’s still a very pretty color. How to describe it…moldy White-Out? It’s not going on my top 10 or anything, but it’s a very nice polish and application wasn’t overly streaky or terrible. I wore this for several days, hence the enormous [...]

Essie - Big Bag Theory

Pretty pretty! Once again, my camera cannot take pictures of reds though. Strangely, the bottle picture is fine, but the nail picture has turned cherry red as always, I don’t get it! This polish is yet another that proves that I was entirely wrong in my dislike of Essie-this and every other Essie [...]

Essie - Soiree Mauve

Very nice. I’ve gotten away from wearing only mauve polishes lately, but I really like this one that I picked up on clearance at Ulta.

Cremes bore me, though, so I added CND Effects Crimson Sparkle. The Effect is very apparent in real life, but I couldn’t seem to get a picture that really [...]

Essie - Sag Harbor

Sag Harbor is a dusty, delicate baby blue. There’s obvious shimmer in the bottle, and it was still slightly apparent when I was applying the polish, but it’s invisible on the nail. Just exactly enough of the tiniest shimmer to make the polish non-chalky.

I love this so much!! It is the most perfect, beautiful soft [...]