Essie On A Silver Platter

Happy hump day! I am so glad that it's already halfway through the week. Going back to work after a long vacation is always hard and it always takes me some time to adjust. Today I have a polish from the Essie Encrusted Treasures collection. On A Silver Platter is a gold shimmer with blue hex glitter. This was a gift from the lovely Pamper with Poilish.  The Encrusted Treasures collection was a mixed bag for me but On A Silver Platter was one that I was really excited about.  Two coats shown below.

I really liked this one. I wish the gold wasn't quite so opaque so that the blue glitter showed through more but I still really liked it. This is supposed to be a textured polish I think but it wasn't that textured and seemed like a regular glitter to me. Not sure if I didn't do thick enough layers or if the texture is just really subtle.  

On A Silver Platter really comes alive in the sun. You can see above the gold shimmer is crazy shiny and reflective.  This is a very fun polish that I think is great for the holidays.

Thanks, Mila, for this polish. <3 Have a good week, everyone!

Stashed (12): China Glaze, Essie, Urban Decay, Sinful and more

Hi, everyone! I hope you all had a great Christmas holiday. I am still on vacation mode and have just been eating, shopping and watching movies with my family. I had fully planned to blog last week but life got in the way and I found myself distracted and not wanting to open the computer. I have been painting my nails though and hope to have some posts for you next week. I did do a bit of shopping though. I was looking for the new Gwen Stefani OPI collection or the new Zoya Naturel collection but the supply place I went to didn't have them yet. But fear not, I have one more supply place to try this week and I am crossing fingers that they have them.

from top:

Sinful Colors Chlorophylle

Sinful Colors Neptune

OPI My Vampire Is Buff

China Glaze All Wrapped Up

China Glaze Santa Red My List

Essie Apricot Cuticle Oil

Sephora gift set (gifted)

Sephora by OPI Rich and Buff - picked this up at Big Lots. Figured it couldn't hurt to try.

Shu Uemura Murakami polish set - I love artist Takashi Murakami and had no idea he did a collab with Shu Uemura. A good friend of mine got this set for me online. It's a pretty purple with gold glitter topper. And the packaging is super cute.

Urban Decay Naked 3 - YES. Just a little something I got for myself. Merry Christmas, to me. :)

Hope you're all having a good break!

Stashed (11): Sally Hansen, Essie, Orly

Hello! I hope you're all having a good weekend. After a brief cold spell the temperature is back up to a balmy 70 degrees here in Southern California. It seriously does not feel like Christmas with this warm weather, but it only 10 days away. That's super crazy. This week's polishes are all gifts that I received this week. I love getting nail polish as a gift!

My friends saw my mention of Twitter or Instagram that I wanted to try the new Sally Hansen Triple Shines so they gave me a few as part of my Christmas gift. I think this is a nice assortment of colors and I am excited to try all of them. Shown are Red Snapper, Sparkling Water and Dive In.

Up next is an awesome swap package that I received from Pamper With Polish. I am part of the Hobby Polish Bloggers group on Facebook and they recently did a holiday swap. I got this awesome box of goodies from Mira and I love everything in it. The polishes I received were Orly Angel Rain, Orly Digital Glitter and Essie On A Silver Platter. There were other fun items thrown in as well. Thanks so much to Mira for this fantastic package.

That is my haul for this week. What new polishes did you receive this week?

Stashed (9): Essie, Revlon, Rimmel

Hi, everyone. I meant to post this over the weekend but I got really busy and did not get around to it until today. Hope you all had a fun weekend. Mine was pretty low key and I am sad that it is over. Here's a small haul from the past couple of weeks. I am still trying to be good and have been trying to refrain from picking up new polishes. Though there are a ton of fall drugstore releases, which is weakening my resolve.

Spotted the new Revlon Parfumerie collection at CVS thisi week. I love how vintage looking the bottles are - super feminine and classy. Since these are not limited edition, I refrained from buying a bunch and just picked up Autumn Spice, a cool looking brown/bronze glass fleck. Also picked up Essie Matte About You (been wanting to try that) and Essie Sunday Funday (the shimmer got me).

I also picked up this scattered blue holo by Nanoco. I can't remember the name right now. And then two polishes from the new Rimmel collection. These are duochromes. First one is Bronze Princess and the other is Gold Save The Queen. There's one more in the collection but I had something similar in my stash already.

I really haven't painted my nails too much in the last couple of weeks. It's been crazy busy and I have just been too tired to put much effort in my nails. Hopefully I'll be a little more inspired this week. Have a good week, everyone!

Essie Shake Your $$ Maker

Hi, everyone. I hope you all had an awesome weekend. I had a very fun weekend. I got to meet Mandee from The Bookish Manicurist this weekend. Mandee does really awesome nail art inspired by book covers. If you haven't been to her site yet, definitely check it out. We did a little bit of nail polish shopping, which was really fun. I never get to go shopping with people who love np as much as me. I haven't taken pics of my haul yet but will try to later this week.

Alright, let's get into it. Today I have Essie Shake Your $$ Maker from the new Neons collection that just came out. I love green nail polishes and knew I had to have this one when I spotted it at CVS a few weeks ago.

This one is a jelly, which really surprised me. It looked totally opaque in the bottle and I did not expect it o be a jelly at all. The formula on this was a little thick and I used 3 coats for this swatch. This does dry to a satin finish so you'll definitely want to use a top coat to get that shiny, squishy look.

I don't love this one. I like jellies but I really wanted this to be an opaque kelly green creme. It's not the polish's fault but my expectations of it were off. If you've been looking for a green jelly, then you might love this. As for me, I am still on the search for the perfect green creme. If you have a favorite, let me know in the comments below. :)

Essie Butler Please

Happy belated Valentine's Day, everyone! I really wanted to post some of my favorite V-Day manicures this week but I just ran out of time. Instead, I will show you what I actually wore on my tips this Valentine's Day.

This is Essie Butler Please, which I believe came out in fall or winter last year. I had been lusting after this shade for awhile and finally managed to pick it up over Christmas. As you can see, I also did an accent nail with Orly Dazzle. Butler Please is a bright blue creme. Here you see 2 coats with top coat.

I actually had some issues with this formula. It was slightly thick and goopy, making accurate application harder than usual. I found it to be somewhat streaky on the first coat as well though it evened out after the second coat. I definitely think I will be adding a drop or two of thinner before I use it next.

Despite my issues with the formula, I have to say that I love this color. The blue is so vibrant and pure. I don't think I have anything in my stash quite like it. This dried to a satin finish so you'll need a top coat to get it to shine.  Accent nail is Orly Dazzle, which is a really pretty silver foil. This one came out a few years ago and remains one of my faves. Super sparkly and fun with a great formula. It's not a manicure that screams Valentine's Day but it was what I wanted to wear and I am loving it.

What was your Valentine's Day manicure?