Essie did 2 polishes in honor of Mercury being in retrograde, and they are so so pretty! First up is the pink/coral color, Happy Medium. Both polishes have the same pearly shimmery finish. I did 3 coats of both as it starts out sheer, but builds up perfectly in 3. It’s so shimmery! And I… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday – Essie The Universe in Reverse (Mercury in Retrograde II) duo
I don’t have a lot of Essie polishes, but I decided to pull this out to try, and it’s beautiful! It’s a periwinkle- like a deep periwinkle- cream polish with a really easy formula. I don’t know if I’m just getting better at polishing with cream polishes or I’ve just had good luck with creams… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Pret a Surfer
I made it a goal this past year to try more drugstore/mainstream nail polish, and there were some I really really liked! First, let’s go with one I tried later in the year but that I love – Zoya Verushka. It’s a satin emerald green and it’s gorgeous! Next up is China Glaze I got… Read More 2018 End of the Year Wrap Up- Hot Trends and my favorite polishes of the year! Part 1- Mainstream Polish!
I don’t have a ton of Essie polishes, they’re just not my favorite for the price, but when they released their summer 2016 collection, Shimmer Brights, I bought the whole thing! Essie doesn’t do yellow polishes very often, from what I’ve seen, so the fact that they made their 1000th polish a shimmery yellow was… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Aim to Misbehave
Essie Seen on the Scene was from their 2016 Shimmer collection. This is kind of a mid toned warmer pink. I don’t have a lot of Essie polishes, they’ve just never really floated my boat, but this was okay. I did 2 coats, and the formula was fine. I thought it might be a… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Seen on the Scene