Essie manicure

Essie Power Clutch is my dark gray love!! I'm feeling polka dots so bad.. I want to lay on some dots over this! Keeping it an all Essie manicure.

Breast Cancer Awareness nailart

Essie's Off the Shoulder over Jessica polish Movie Star. Survivors I will buy five or,more polishes from companies willing to donate for Breast Cancer Awareness. I am loving polka dots here is my Nailart:

Adoptions today!!

After purchasing 11 more bottles today, I've realized I need to compile a list of my polish collection. Why? Because I have dbls and triples!! Lol I am open to trade because I would love for others to enjoy some of these fabulous colors. I am most anxious to try on Essie's Wicked. I've been slightly obsessed with burgundy hues. Here is a picture of the adopted polishes...

Essie & Orly = Love

Dark colors look so sophisticated, I love it. I have on Essie licorice then I added Orly Mermaid Tale on two fingers. Ahh my nails make me smile. Essie has the best black polishes formula out nails down! Smooth easy app and even coverage, two coats. Mermaid tale was surprisingly easy to apply, so much glitter in the bottle I was dreading chunks. It was not chunky and I have two coats on also. Dries even surfaced. No top coat!!

Lipstick Nailart

Lippies... Who doesnt love to wear lipstick at least once in their life? Well I for one love lipsticks, the bright the better! One of my favorites is Revlon Matte lipstick in Strawberry Suede. I was inspired by my lippy loves so here is my first attempt of lipstick Nailart. (items used: Essie in licorice and olé caliente, wet n' wild coloricon white, Kiss Nailart paint in pink glitter, and lastly art deco black striper)

This was not hard to create and took me less than 5 mins. No top coat used.

Halloween look one.. Yes already

I love Halloween, the whole concept but my favorite parts are the decorations and costumes! I'm very much into the pop-characters of all kinds so here is a mani I did today just to get the "juices flowing". I also included a picture of all items and polishes I used for this look.

Brush comparison

Painting nails can get messy. Some have a preference on brush size but I don't. True some cover more areas in a swipe or two compared to others but to me its the formula also. Here I have taken a picture of Sally Hansen complete Salon Manicure thick brush, an Ulta Salon Formula brush, lastly is an Essie brush. I found that the Essie brush I have to swipe more to cover an entire nail but I don't hate it. Essie's formula is thin so second to third coats are always required for an even coverage. On the plus side each coat dries pretty fast.

How do you find the time?!

Okay, so I took a week off my office job to try to get things in order then I realized.... o m blob I haven't swatched even half of my polishes!! How do people swatch all their polishes when their stash is over 100+ bottles?! I did two swatches today and my fingers are dry. Also I feel guilty... I buy polishes because I love the color but I dont just swatch a whole hand for a post. Idk I am not a wasteful person and think I should wear the shade and show it off not just swipe it off after the pics are taken :(. I am posting pics of my "stash" and newbies. I am feeling so much pressure from looking/reading through some other blogs and seeing their swatch lists (some are so lengthy). I understand everyone likes to see and know about the polish well I want to see is it ok if I swatch a SINGLE nail? And describe in detail how I felt about the application? I will post more pics of my manis and steps as I go but the whole swatch and remove for pics really makes me frown to waste polish. Open to opinions pls let me know what you think.

Essie mani (bobbing for baubles & smooth sailing)

I cant express how I adore Essie. From the cute glass bottle with raised lettering and not weird shaped caps to the skinny brushes. These polishes dry fast and apply so easily. I've loved Essie since way back and still adore their lines!! I did a simple mani with only art on one finger on each hand. I wear dark colors nearly everyday and blues have become an obsession. Bobbing is a dark denim like blue... Smooth is sparkly shimmery periwinkle esque. I took pics holding a PROP gun that was made for a cosplay costume.. wanted a diff object hold pic :).

Essie!!

Stocked up well sort of, have you?? Im obsessed with Essie colors :)!

Water Marbling

So many drops to start/create a design/look that I sometimes cringe. I do water marble looks only with my least expensive polishes but always finish with a good top coat. I feel horrible exposing my little secret but I cant tolerate fishing out excess polish and not feeling like I wasted some. :/ anyone know of a less wasting way to marble? I love the unique looks I get marbling but I am not "ok" with doing that with OPI, Essie, and etc. Marbling now will post in a bit.