Essie's Absolutely Shore

Hi,

Happy New Near to you all! I wish you all the best for 2012 and hope that this new year started out well for you.

As I am away for a few days, I scheduled this post before leaving, so excuse me if I don't reply to your comments immediately. I'll be back shortly, with a tan and full of energy. Oh sun and ocean, what would I do without you!

Today I have a minty green polish to show you: Absolutely Shore.

I really like this color and will surely be wearing it often because I find creamy greens/turquoises and light teals flatter my skintone.

I know many of you use Essie's Mint Candy Apple but I wanted something a little dustier but not quite as toned down as OPI's Stranger Tides when I wore this mani.

Absolutely Shore applied very well and it's formula was great: 2 easy coats followed by Revlon's Fast Drying Topcoat.

What is your preferred light green polish?

Thanks for reading.

Essence's Sure Azure (#74)

Happy Monday everybody!

I hope you all started your week well.

Here's just a quick post on a great Essence polish I got recently: Sure Azure, a beautiful light blue with very discreet silvery-white shimmer. You can't really notice the shimmers in the pictures; you just need to imagine that they are there!

As it is the case with most Essence polishes, Sure Azure could be a one coater if you apply it carefully. The formula was rather on the thick side but it didn't need any thinner. The two coats I put on dried super quickly to a shiny (but not high gloss) finish. No bubbles, streaks or bald patches in sight.

I didn't use a topcoat.

Thanks for reading and have a nice week!

All pictures were taken in artificial lighting, without flash.