I needed a quick mani and this was sitting out- I’d got it on sale somewhere and hadn’t put it away- so I started slapping it on- and it’s a textured polish!!!! It was from their 2019 Concrete Glitters collection. Can you see the bumpiness? This is after a coat of Smooth Phalanges! I actually… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie City Slicker
Okay Grandma, you go girl! This is from OPI’s Fall 2018 Peru collection. It’s a purple with a crelly formula- a little streaky but the end result is good. My little short nails! But isn’t this a pretty purple? Then I wore Essie Tart Deco. It was on sale for like $.75, so why not!… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- OPI Grandma Kissed a Gaucho, Essie Tart Deco
So last Thanksgiving I had to run my daughter to the Urgent Care- I can’t even remember why now! Anyways, we had to wait at a Walgreens for a prescription and so I picked out a nail polish to make myself feel better, lol This is Pumped Up Pink! Such a great pink metallic polish!… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Pumped Up Pink and Essie Balancing Act
Are we all glad 2020 is coming to an end??? I wore a ton of nail polish this year. I wore or swatched 64 mainstream polishes (I wore a total of 347 polishes). Some were…not great…and some were awesome! So here are my top 10 favorite mainstream polishes for 2020! In no particular order, except… Read More Mainstream Nail Polish -Top 10 Favorites for 2020!
This is the other Essie I got from their 2020 Halloween collection, Payback’s a Witch. A great black polish! A great black polish with silver running through it! So gorgeous! My little Goth wanna-be heart just loves black polishes, and this is a great one. I did two coats. The finish looks metallic from far… Read More October Falloween- Mainstream Mani Monday
Isn’t it so fun that Essie did a Halloween collection! I picked up two of them from Target. This is a beautiful blue. It has a silvery metallic look to it too. I did three coats. I like the formula of this one, no problems at all. See in the close up the shift- a… Read More October Falloween- Mainstream Mani Monday Essie Broom with a View
I bought three of the Essie Valentine’s Day collection after watching JessFace90’s YouTube video (I love her videos, check her out!!!) First up is the purple, Unwrap Me. It’s a great polish, super pretty purple and easy kind of metallic formula- all the ones I purchased are this same finish. I stamped it with a… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Valentine’s Day 2020 polishes
I do not have a lot of Essie polishes, and still less the Gel Couture polishes. But when Sally’s was getting rid of their Essie polishes I picked up a couple, and this was one! And dang is it a great polish! And the brush is great, it’s not the old thin Essie brush. Look… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Gel Couture Sizzling Hot
I always end up wearing more indie polishes throughout the years than I do mainstream polish (that’s why I do Mainstream Mani Monday, because there are some great mainstream polishes out there and I don’t want to neglect them!) So here were my favorite mainstream polishes for the year, with my very favorite at the… Read More 2019 Year End Mainstream Nail Polish Favorites!
This is the orange polish from the Essie 2016 Shimmer Brights Aim to Misbehave collection. I got the whole collection and have only tried a couple, so I thought I’d try on this orange! This is a great polish! The shimmer is so beautiful. It’s a great orange color- great for summer AND Halloween!! LOL… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Sexy Plunge