I love light polishes, but sometimes they don’t love me. This one loved me! LOL! Orly Stratosphere. To be fair, this isn’t really white- in my app, whoever put it in characterized it as a pastel blue?? I don’t see that, I see a purple leaning gray. See? And it was a little patchy, you… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday-Orly Stratosphere, Essie I Need a Vacation
This Essie is so pretty! And it’s a cream! Essie Secret Story This is a very jelly formula, isn’t it such a pretty color! And even though this is three coats, you can see a bit of vnl. More so in pictures than irl. Doesn’t this look squishy??? I love it! Just a big fan.… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Secret Story, Orly Brittany Beach
I finally picked up Essie Ballet Slippers- if you can see the yellow sticker, I got this at Kohls for like $2, lol. So of course I got it to try. And yes, it’s streaky for sure! This is three coats- you can see some streaks on the ring finger and pinky. It’s a pretty… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday- Essie Ballet Slippers, Essie Petal Pushers, and OPI I’m in the Moon for Love
Wow, happy 2023! Here’s my wrap up of favorite mainstream polishes (indies will be next!) In no particular order except for my favorite, at the end…we have first the two from the China Glaze Dippin’ Dots that were my faves, Strawberry Chillin’ and Arctic Confetti- the pink and the white crelly, groundbreaking, lololol. The formulas… Read More 2022 Round Up- Mainstream Nail Polish Favorites!!
This was a Target exclusive Essie collection and I really liked it! Spoiler, my favorite is at the end. Surprisingly, this pink, Extra Credit, is my least favorite of the three I picked up, but I still really like it! I watched a swatch video and they noted this was the color of pencil erasers,… Read More Mainstream Main Monday- Essie Study Tips
This is a pretty Essie- I got it at polishpick.com when they were clearancing them since they’re no longer carrying them. Such a pretty blue shade, and the formula was fine. This is a fine Essie, one I’m glad to have! This was three coats but easy to work with, and I really do like… Read More Mainstream Mani Monday Essie Wink of Sleep
So I was watching someone’s green polishes for March video, and she had a bunch of Essies, so I went down an eBay rabbit hole, and got a bunch of random, mostly green, polishes. OPI Don’t Talk Bach to Me and Down to Core-al, Essie Doubles Trouble, Movin’ and Groovin’, Secret Story and On the… Read More Nail Mail! Random eBay Haul
First some OPI! These were from the XBox collection Pixel Dust, You Had Me at Halo, Heart and ConSoul, Suzi is my Avatar Then I picked up some random OPIs (to make shipping worth it, you know?). These were on sale, the ones with the silver cap are the Infinite Shine line. Vodka and Caviar,… Read More Nail Mail Polish Pick! Some OPI, Essie and Morgan Taylor!
Phew! Did 2021 go by as fast for you as it did for me? I finished my Master’s Degree in Human Resources and started my MBA (I’ll be finished with that in a couple of months). Of course, kids, hubby and job also kept me busy! I didn’t have a ton of mainstream polish faves-… Read More Mainstream Nail Polish Favorites for 2021!
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