Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Essie. Show all posts

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Essie Bobbing for Baubles Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “Deepest darkest sapphire”

Review:

Pros

  • Applies incredibly smooth
  • Opaque in one coat
  • Very dark color – but definitely shows a true navy blue
  • Very cool undertone

Cons

  • Such a pain to take off – your fingers will be blue for days!

Essie Bobbing for Baubles

Monday, January 21, 2013

Essie Peach Daiquiri Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “A peachy, mouth-watering, cocktail.”

Review:

Pros

  • Perfect summer color!
  • Very bright and colorful!
  • Goes on smoothly and opaque
  • One of my favorites for the summer!

Cons

  • None!

Essie Peach Daiquiri

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Essie Turquoise & Caicos Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “A flirty and pretty tropical aqua”

Review:

Pros

  • Goes on smoothly
  • Opaque in two coats
  • Almost a Tiffany blue
  • Looks great for summer or even a winter blue!

Cons

  • None!

Essie Turquoise & Caicos

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Essie Haute as Hello Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “racy, scorching coral”

Review:

Pros

  • Perfect pale orange creamsicle shade
  • Not too much coral – but very light orange
  • Goes on very smooth
  • Opaque

Cons

  • None!

Essie Haute as Hello

Friday, January 11, 2013

Essie Cute as a Button Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a juicy persimmon delight”

Review:

Pros

  • Perfect summer color!
  • Bright!
  • Has a pink undertone, but also looks coral-y!

Cons

  • None!

**Pictures don’t do this polish justice! Sorry for the horrible lighting!

Essie Cute as a Button

Monday, January 7, 2013

Essie Marshmallow Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 8/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a cloudy sheer white, perfect for a french manicure”

Review:

Pros

  • Very creamy
  • Great sheer polish
  • Looks very clean on the nails
  • Goes on smoothly

Cons

  • I wish it was just a bit more opaque!

Essie Marshmallow

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Essie Absolutely Shore Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 8/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a soft sea foam green”

Review:

Pros

  • Great minty shade
  • Has a slight ocean-y color that makes it different from other mint colors
  • Creamy shade

Cons

  • Can go on a bit streaky if not careful

Essie Absolutely Shore

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Essie Big Spender Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a divine lush red-violet cream”

Review:

Pros

  • Beautiful everyday color
  • Great creamy pink
  • Very neutral pink – not too cool, not too warm

Cons

  • None!

Essie Big Spender

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Essie Mint Candy Apple Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: "creme de menthe mint"

Review:

Pros

  • Such a beautiful mint green!
  • Basically the perfect mint color!
  • It's bright, but pastel at the same time
  • Goes on smoothly


Cons

  • None!
Essie Mint Candy Apple

Monday, July 2, 2012

Essie Buy Me a Cameo Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 7/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “A frosted satin mocha”

Review:

Pros

  • Beautiful metallic shimmery tan
  • Goes great with any outfit
  • Looks perfect for summer
  • Has a nude effect to the nails

Cons

  • Can be very streaky

Essie Buy Me a Cameo

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Essie Guilty Pleasure Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a pink strawberry bliss”

Review:

Pros

  • Such a pretty summer color!
  • I’d say it leans more coral with pink undertones!
  • Has a jelly consistency!
  • Goes on very smooth!

Cons

  • None!

Essie Guilty Pleasure

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Essie Lovie Dovie Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a perfect true flamingo pink”

Review:

Pros

  • A very true pink
  • Has a warm undertone to it
  • Looks great with everything
  • Isn’t too bright, but great for the spring and summer

Cons

  •  None!

Essie Lovie Dovie

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Essie Lights Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 9/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “an electric pink neon”

Review:

Pros

  • LOVE the color!
  • Bright and summery!
  • Goes on extremely opaque
  • Has a bubblegum pink tone to it

Cons

  • Not a fan of the semi-matte formula
  • Chips easily

Essie Lights

Monday, May 7, 2012

Essie Camera Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 8/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “a brilliant coral pink neon”

Review:

Pros

  • Beautiful color for summer
  • Has less of a pink tone and more of a red tone
  • Unique neon shade
  • Dries semi-matte, but still has a little sheen to it
  • Looks very “jelly”-like

Cons

  • Formula seems to chip really easily
  • Turns a little orangey on my skintone

Essie Camera

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Essie Fiji Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: A pale pink

Review:

Pros

  • One of the prettiest light pinks ever!
  • Goes on very creamy and opaque!
  • Looks great with everything
  • Looks very classy!
  • Very nude, but still pink

Cons

  • None!

Essie Fiji

Monday, April 23, 2012

Essie Wedding Collection Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 8/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00 per bottle

Description: Essie’s 2012 spring collection

Review:

Pros

  • Great spring colors!
  • Great pastel shades! 
  • Includes a light frosty pink, a light peach, a light green, and a light purple 
  • All polishes include an iridescence to them!

Cons

  • All of these colors seem very dupable!

**Click on the picture to view individual post!

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Essie Instant Hot

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Essie Love & Acceptance

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Essie Love & Acceptance Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 9/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: “A dusty lilac shade”

Review:

Pros

  • Great pastel purple for spring
  • Looks great on all skintones
  • Very light and goes with everything

Cons

  • Looks a lot like all other light purples – not very unique

Essie Love & Acceptance

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Essie Who’s the Boss Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 9/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description:

Review:

Pros

  • Beautiful pastel green for spring
  • Gorgeous green shade
  • Goes on smoothly
  • Opaque

Cons

  • There are lots of pastel green shades that are very similar to this one!

Essie Who's the Boss

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Essie Like to Be Bad Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 7/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: A shimmery peach

Review:

Pros

  • Great color
  • Looks great for spring
  • Has a slight sheen/shimmer

Cons

  • The brush and the cap ended up separating so I had the worst time applying this. I might have to get myself another bottle to make up for this one :/

Essie Like to Be Bad

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Essie Instant Hot Review, Swatch, & Photos

Rating: 10/10

Sold: Drugstores

Price: $8.00

Description: A pale pinky white

Review:

Pros

  • No streaking!
  • Beautiful pastel shade
  • Great for spring!
  • Love the color!

Cons

  • None!

Essie Instant Hot