How was your weekend? Mine was really busy, and the weather has been unusually humid here in SoCal which is pretty darn disgusting. It’s not even that hot, but the humidity makes it feel 100 times more horrible. We are at like 90% humidity and it’s 9 pm as I write this! It’s supposed to be in the 70’s later in the week but if the humidity persists, I’m going to be miserable. Doesn’t it seem like I’m always complaining about the weather? Maybe I should move to Siberia or something so I can stop complaining about the heat. Ha! Anyway, this weekend I went to my nail places and they only had one collection that I wanted which I guess is good for my wallet. I feel like Essie’s Fall collection has bee flying under the radar because I hadn’t seen or heard much about it. Essie Dress To Kilt is not really a collection that wowed me when I first saw the colors, but you just never know until you get the colors on your nails. Are you ready to see the swatches?
Essie Fall In Line
Essie The Perfect Cover Up
Essie Style Cartel
Essie Dress To Kilt
Essie Partner In Crime
Essie Take It Outside
Sooo…boring colors? That’s what I thought at first but holy frijoles these polishes are spectacular. The formula was really nice–a little thicker than I’m used to with Essie because I always have to be careful not to flood my cuticles, but these were a little on the goopy side but not unmanageable. These all looked nice with one coat, but I recommend two for that perfectly smooth and glossy look. Did I mention how incredibly shiny and glossy the finish is on all of these?? Personally, I am in love with Style Cartel because it’s so inky and intense with a jelly-type look. My other favorite is Take It Outside. I just love the beautiful taupe-y color and how it looks against my skin tone. It’s so hard to wow polish freaks like myself, but this collection managed to really please me. Even though the colors aren’t revolutionary and I probably have a few dupes, the formula on these is really great and the shine is out of this world. If you don’t have similar colors, I definitely recommend these. What do you think about this collection? Do you see any shades that you must have? Thank you for stopping by today, and I will talk to you soon!
Great colors for the fall.
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Fabulous swatches as ever! Your nails always look so glossy…Can you please tell me what top coat you used in these swatches? Thanks 🙂
I love Essie fall collections but there are so many dupeable cremes here that prevent me from me really getting excited about these. Shame, because they are lovely individually, I just don’t see myself going out to buy any of them.
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Eh. I really like Essie, but I feel like this collection is the epitome of my conundrum with the brand – sometimes they’re just not all that interesting. I like Take It Outside on you a lot.
Style Cartel looks lovely! I think it might be too similar to China Glaze Man Hunt though :-/
I agree, lovely colors, but dupe-able.
Also, your swatches are flawless! Damn, girl!
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Hey love the swatches and colors! Are these still up for sale? If so, I’d pay $30 for the set 🙂
They’ve been sold.
Love the swatches. Where can I find the perfect cover up? What about at local stores like Walmart? Or do you think. I will have to go to a local beauty supply store???? I do my own acrylic and designs and I absolutely love this color!!! Please lmk ASAP it’s greatly appreciated thanks again n have a wonderful fall