Essie First Timer and China Glaze Point Me to the Party

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Hi everyone, just a quick post of my NOTD (nails of the day).

I used Essie First Timer which is from the 2013 Resort Collection.  It's a gorgeous light, but bright, green creme.  The formula on this was perfect.  It wasn't thick or streaky and went on perfectly!

This is 2 coats.

Then I layered China Glaze Point Me to the Party on top which is a neon multi colored glitter in a clear base.  Check out my review of this and the rest of the Electric Nights Collection.

**China Glaze Point Me to the Party was sent for an honest review.

Twinsie Tuesday - Jelly Sandwich

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Hi everyone! Today's Twinsie Tuesday post is all about the jelly sandwich.  I haven't done one of these in so long, and I definitely need to do them more often!

For this look I used Essie Marshmallow and Pahlish Confetti Cannon.  I first layered 2 coats of Marshmallow, then a coat of Confetti Cannon, another coat of Marshmallow, another coat of Confetti Cannon and then a final coat of Marshmallow.  Sounds like a lot of work, but it's super easy.

**Pahlish Confetti Cannon was sent for an honest review.

What's your favorite jelly sandwich combo?  Be sure to check out the other Twinsies' Jelly Sandwich manis!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Twinsie Tuesday - Celebrity Nail Recreation

It's time for another Twinsie Tuesday post!  This one is all about recreating a manicure seen on a celebrity.

I chose to do a mani I saw on Katy Perry in her Dark Horse music video.  It's a gold nail with blue tips.  In retrospect I think this would have looked better on longer nails, but I kind of dig it.  I used China Glaze Mingle with Kringle for the gold and Essie Strut Your Stuff for the blue.

And a picture of the inspiration!

Check out the other Twinsies' Celeb Inspired nails!

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Lisa at The Polish Playground

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Kristine at Pink and Polished Nails

Jessica at Blue Velvet Lacquer

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

Bridget at A Painted Nail

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Amanda at Fashion Footing

Amanda at Amandalandish

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Essie Sable Collar

Hi everyone!

Tonight I have Essie Sable Collar from Essie's Winter 2013 collection.  I've worn it before, but this is my first time sharing it on my blog!  I'm not even sure how to describe this color.  It's almost a mix of brown and purple with a dusty rose colored shimmer and a grayish overtone to it making the entire polish have a dusty muted look.  It really sounds quite complicated, but it's a gorgeous color.  I'm not entirely sure I would have picked this up on my own, but after hearing everyone rave about it on MUA, I had to give it a go and I wasn't disappointed.

Application on this was very nice.  The consistency is perfect and it goes on perfectly smooth.

This is 2 coats.

Essie Fall in Line

I have a late post today of Essie Fall in Line from their fall collection Dress to Kilt.  (A few weeks ago I posted The Perfect Cover Up from the same collection)

Fall in Line is a gorgeous grayed out sage green with hints of blue.  Essie calls it a jade.  The point is, it's gorgeous!  From the bottle I was just so so about it, but once I had it on, I really fell in love with it.

The formula one this is nice.  No complaints at all.

This is 2 coats.

Essie The Perfect Cover Up

Today I have a quick NOTD (nails of the day) post for you.  The Perfect Cover Up is a part of Essie's Dress to Kilt Collection for Fall 2014.  I'm not sure how to describe this color.  We'll call it a grayed dark teal.  Definitely a fall/wintery color.  My brain keeps telling me I have something like it in my stash, but nothing quite matches.

Application on this was absolutely perfect and all I needed was one coat!

At this point I'm tired of summer and I'm ready for fall to come.  Now if only it weren't still 80 degrees out.

This is 1 coat.

Essie Strut Your Stuff

Today I have Essie Strut Your Stuff and short nails.  I'd been thinking about cutting them for a while, but my car door made that executive decision for me.  Story of my life.

So before I started swatching the fall Zoyas, I decided to wear something bright.  Enter Essie Strut Your Stuff from the same collection as Roarrrange, Summer 2014 collection.  This one is a bright blue cream.  Definitely a darker hue of blue than a sky blue, but still bright.

This applied really well and was easy to control.  It did stain my nails so watch out for that!

This is 3 coats.

Proud Beauty Bloggers of Color - Orange

I'm excited to be posting my first blog post as a part of the Proud Beauty Bloggers of Color, a group of minority bloggers from different backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities that come together to show of colors we love most on our skin tones.

This time around, we're showing of orange.  Now I have to admit, orange is one of my least owned colors (along with brown) and I generally shy away from it unless it a creamsicle, pastel orange cream.  But every so often, I find a mid toned orange that I like.  Today's orange is Essie Roarrrrange from the 2014 Summer Collection.

Roarrrrange is a bright (but not neon) midtoned orange cream.  It actually seems to even have a little brown in it.  I was pleasantly surprised by this color.  I really like it on.

The formula on this was decent, but I did have a bit of trouble controlling it.  Other than that it went on nicely with no streaking and leveled out on it's own.

This is 2 coats.

Make sure to check out these other lovely ladies in orange!

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Essie Ruby Slippers

Another throw back Thursday post for ya'll today!  This time it's Essie Ruby Slippers.  It seems like several brands have polishes named ruby slippers or some varient.  It has red glitters in a deep red jelly base.  Compared to China Glaze Ruby Slippers, the base is definitely deeper.  I'm not sure when this one originally came out or what collection it's from, but it's older than 2006.  This bottle, like older Essies, has no "e" on the cap.  It's definitely not big 3 free.

Application on this was a little thick, but it's an old polish.  What can you expect?  And since it's a glitter, 2 coats of thick topcoat to get rid of the roughness!

This is 3 coats.

Pretty and Polished Sand Art over Essie Marshmallow

I'm writing this while half sleep, so this will be quick.  Today I have Sand Art by Pretty and Polished.  It really does remind me of the colored sand we would pour into to jars as little art projects.  Mine always got mixed up eventually instead of having straight lines and that's what this reminds me of.  A combo of all the sands mixed together.  I really like it.  Sand Art has blue, purple, pink, and green micro glitters.  I layered it over Essie Marshmallow.

This is one coat Sand Art over 3 coats Marshmallow (I should have left it at 2 because things are looking a bit thick)

Essie Bouncer It's Me

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For today's post I have Essie's Bouncer It's Me from the 2013 Neon collection for summer.  I don't know if it's just me, but this one a quite a bit darker than a lot of swatches I've seen online.  It has me starting to wonder if it was miss labeled.  It's a bright medium blue jelly that applies and dries satiny just like a neon and it was such a pain in the ass.  It wasn't too thick and I didn't have trouble controlling it, but it was streaky and sheer.  It's a pretty color, but definitely not worth the drama.

This is 4 coats.

Essie Naughty Nautical

Naughty Nautical is from Essie's Summer 2013 collection of the same name.  It's a bright turquoise with barely there shimmery flecks.  The "flecks" are barely noticeable and are only slightly more obvious in bright sunlight.

This is 2 coats.

Essie Da Bush

It's been a while.  Way too long.  Thanks to everyone still reading!  I haven't felt much like painting my nails and I've been wearing clear for the past few weeks.

I'll keep this short.

Today I have Essie Da Bush from the Spring 2011 collection.  It's a green gray creme and I'm loving it!

This is 3 coats (nice application).

Essie Bobbing for Baubles

Can you tell I buy a lot of blue polish?  I think this is the color I have to most of in my stash followed closely by green.

Bobbing for Baubles is from Essie's Winter 2011 Cocktail Bling collection.  It's a faded dark greyish blue.  It's dark, but not so dark that it looks black.

Application on this was smooth and perfect, so no complaints there.  It was almost a one coater, but a few nails had a bald spots on the first coat.

This is 2 coats.

Essie Turquoise and Caicos

The weather has been lovely these past few days and I'm ready for summer so I decided to go with Essie's Turquoise and Caicos from their 2010 Resort Collection.  T&C looks just like summer in a bottle.  It's a gorgeous pale turquoise with a jelly/creme finish and reminds me of the gorgeous beaches where you can see straight through to the sand.

Because of the "almost" jelly consistency, this polish was a bit watery and needs at least 3 coats to build up to bottle color.  Despite this, it actually applies pretty smoothly, but I'd suggest letting it dry a bit between coats.

This is 4 coats.

Essie Armed and Ready

Armed and Ready is from Essie's Go Overboard collection for Spring 2012.  I don't know what took me so long to wear this, because it's gorgeous!

I've seen a lot of people describe this as a green, but to me it's more gray than anything.  Maybe more of a green toned gray.  It also has this lovely copper/gold shimmer that really makes it pretty.  The shimmer is not as apparent in darker/indoor lighting, but I wouldn't call it a "hidden shimmer" either.

No complaints about application; it went on pretty smooth.

This is 2 coats.

Essie Power Clutch and Different Dimension 50 Shades

Today I decided to do a little layering.  First I used Essie Power Clutch.  It's a dark gray creme and it's gorgeous.  Application was great though I'm not a huge fan of Essie's brush.

This is 2 coats.

Then I layered 50 Shades from Different Dimension.  Different shades is full of glitter.  There's holo hex shaped glitter of a few different sizes, some shredded black and silver glitter, and some black glitter.  It's all in a clear gray base with shimmer.  The shimmer kind of reminds me of the kind that's in Lynderella Connect the Dots.

Essie Mojito Madness and a Comparison

Mojito Madness is one of the stand out colors from Essie's Bikini So Teeny Summer 2012 collection.  It's a bright, light green creme.

Application wasn't my favorite.  It's a bit on the thick side and doesn't self level.

This is 2 coats.

When I put Mojito Madness on, it instantly reminded me of  Orly's Mint Mojito.  They're close but not the same.  Mojito Madness has more blue in it, darker and more opaque than Mint Mojito.  They may be similar enough for some not to own both, but as someone who has more than 1,000 polishes, I couldn't resist :D