Essie's Dive Bar

Hello my dears,

As promised, here is another of the Essie polishes I picked up the other day: Dive Bar.

I was really eager to try this polish as it's color reminded me of a scarab and I love those little beetles. 

I was hoping the teal/purple duochrome effect would be as amazing on my nails as it was in the bottle, but was a bit disappointed... Nevertheless, the color is gorgeous and I don't regret my purchase.

As you can see, Dive Bar is a very dark, almost black shimmery teal polish. 

Only two coats were needed to reach full opacity as the formula was great. No streaks, bubbles or bald patches whatsoever.

For my topcoat I used Essie's Out The Door, but I'm not crazy about it as it doesn't seem to be self leveling...

Have you tried Dive Bar? 

All pictures were taken in artificial lighting (natural light lightbulb) without flash.

Chanel's Peridot

Hi,

As promised, here are the swatches for Chanel's Peridot.

I just took off my neon + shatter polish and  wanted to leave my nails bare until I get my polish mail order in tomorrow (CG Metro coll + several others, a few OPI and Orly polishes), but I couldn't resist swatching this poor little bottle of polish that has been waiting for me to try it!

The formula applied like butter and dried quickly. I only needed 2 thin coats for it to be opaque. As it is metallic, you really need to watch out for streaks, applying your polish in straight strokes.

Peridot's color is hard to describe. I'd say it's a green + bronzey gold duochrome with hints of pink. This shade is eye-catching and looks great on tanned or dark skin, but I'm sure it will looks great on my winter white fingers!

Enjoy!

Photo 1:   Indoors, natural daylight (late PM)

Photo 2:   Outdoors, natural daylight.

Photo 3:   Indoors, artificial lighting.

Photo 4:   Indoors, artificial lighting.

Photo 5:   Indoors, natural daylight.