My Picks from Essie Bustling Bazaar Summer 2020!

I have one more batch summer polishes for you today before we get into fall! These three polishes from Essie Bustling Bazaar Summer 2020 just had to be mine, so I picked them up on Polishpick.com. First up, we have Essie Bustling Bazaar, the most perfect turquoise creme. This is a stunning blue-green, with emphasis on the green. It's one of those colors that reminds me of tropical waters. This is my favorite mainstream brand polish of summer 2020!

This is two flawless coats. The formula was great and if your nails are shorter, it may even be a one-coater for you. I did not have any staining with this when I wore it on my toes for 2 weeks, but I did use a good base coat. 

I always like Essie purples, I do tend to buy them a lot. Play Date is one of my favorites and I loved Spring in Your Step from this spring, so I had to get Essie Worth the Tassel. This is kind of like a more saturated, brighter Play Date. It has the same balanced undertones, not too blue, not too red/pink, but packs a colorful punch for summer. 

This is also two easy coats. Worth the Tassel was nicely pigmented and lovely to apply. As I said in my spring Essie post, I really love the Essie brush now!

I had to get Essie Kaf-tan because it's such an unusual shade! Kaf-tan reminds me of butterscotch candies and fall more so than summer. This is a warm earthy ochre with a good mix of brown and yellow. I thinks this would make a great base for some fall nail art.

Two coats for this one too. These all have an excellent formula. 

Did you grab anything from the Essie Bustling Bazaar collection? I have my eye on a few from the fall collection too! 

My Picks from Essie Spring 2020!

*All products in this post purchased by me*

Hi everyone! Hope you are all surviving whatever level of Jumanji we're on these days 😂. Today I have my picks from the Essie Spring 2020 collection. I haven't been buying a lot of Essie polishes for a long time now, but the last few of their collections have been really beautiful so that had to change! I also picked up a few from the Summer 2020 collection and have plans to grab some from the newest collections- Sunset Soiree and Sunny Business. First up today is Essie Spring in Your Step, a gorgeous pinky-purple with a reddish pink shimmer. The shimmer is the real key to this polish, it's so smooth and really stands out in the light. Essie Playdate has been a favorite of mine for years, and this is it's shimmering cousin. This kind of purple has well balanced undertones and will look great on a wide variety of skin tones.

OK so remember I said I haven't purchased any new Essies in a long time? Well I completely forgot that they got a new wide brush awhile ago! I was SOOOOOO pleasantly surprised when I uncapped the bottle and saw the perfectly shaped wider brush. I used to hate the skinny little brushes! The new wider brush made application an absolute breeze. This was two easy coats, no need for clean-up. This will definitely be one of my go-to polishes for fast, no fuss application.

Essie Feeling Wellies is the polish that really inspired me to buy these polishes! As soon as I saw pictures of this unique pale mango creme, I knew I needed it! I love yellow and orange polishes, and this is a great pastel mix of both. It reminds me of summery things, like creamsicles and fruity frozen drinks. It will look amazing with a tan (not that I ever get one 😆). I can't think of anything resembling this in my sizable collection of pastel oranges and yellows!

Best part about this? It's opaque in 2-3 coats and has no streaks like some pale colors! I did 3 thin coats, but I tend to apply everything in very thin layers and need 3 coats almost all the time. It was pretty opaque in 2, even for me. Again, no clean-up needed, thanks to the perfectly shaped brush!

Essie Can Dew Attitude is a soft sage green creme. I am always interested in greens of all varieties, so I had to grab this one. I have other pale sage greens, but I think this one is more white based and less dusty than the others I can think of. It almost has that "mod" feel like some light pastels. A great pop of fresh green!

This was two easy coats. It was very opaque and had the same effortless application as the other two, and, as you can see, no streaks in sight. I'm really feeling this new brush, I may have to buy a lot more Essies in the future!

Are any new Essies catching your eye? I'll have my picks from Summer 2020 up for you soon too. 

I ordered these three beauties from 8ty8beauty.com. If you've never ordered from 8ty8Beauty, they are great. I have ordered from them for years. Fast shipping and everything is well packaged so they arrive safely. These are sold out a lot of other places, so if you're looking for them, I see they are still in stock!

Seahorse NOTD with Essie and OPI!

*OPI sent for review, all other products purchased by me*

OK I know fall is fast approaching and lots of people have moved on tot wearing fall polish colors and drinking Pumpkin Spice everything, but I am not one to rush the seasons. Plus it's still like 87 degrees everyday. So my NOTD includes these adorable seahorses and some beachy colors. The seahorses were done with nail vinyls from Whats Up Nails. Vinyls are my new favorite nail art tool. They are so easy and they look fantastic!

 I used Essie Viva Antigua for the turquoise and OPI Infinite Shine Hurry Up & Wait for the sand color. This mani definitely has that summer feeling for these last lingering days of the season!

So are you still wearing summer nail colors or have you moved on to fall? Or are you somewhere in between?

Essie Viva Antigua

 *Purchased by me*

I have been eyeing Essie Viva Antigua since it came out and I just couldn't resist anymore!! This gorgeous tropical turquoise with slightly golden shimmer is perfect for summer days and my upcoming vacation to Florida. I will certainly be wearing this by the pool there! Viva Antigua is a really saturated bright turquoise. I feel like recently there have been a lot of washed out pale turquoise polishes, so it's nice to have this bright pop of turquoise.

This is three thin coats. The application was good, you could most likely do two coats just fine. I am really not used to Essie's tiny brush anymore, so my first coat was a lot more sheer than it probably should have been. I am not sure where the bubble on my ring finger came from. I am hoping it's from my top coat, not the Essie, but the top coat hasn't been bubbling with any other polish, so I'm not sure. It was barely visible in real life though, so I just wore it as is!

Fun fact- the Essie summer 2016 collection was inspired by Rebecca Minkoff's travels to Antigua. My favorite handbags just so happen to be RM, I have actually have a large collection of them! So I can sport my RM-inspired nails with my bags! I'm thinking I may also have to nab Tribal Text-styles from this collection too.

Essie Gel Setter Top Coat Review

 *Essie Gel Setter was given to me as a gift*

I've been meaning to write a quick review of the new(ish) Essie Gel Setter top coat. Lynnderella sent this to me to try with her glitters because she really liked it and I have been loving it as well! This top coat offers a plush, extremely glossy finish. It smooths most glitters in just one coat and makes them really sparkle.  While it is not labeled as a quick dry top coat, it dries very quickly for me, pretty much as quickly as most QDTCs.  I do love the gel-like formula too, it just glides on and never feels thin or draggy.

I used Essie Gel Setter in this recent swatch of Lynnderella The Reason My Heart Beats and it looks so glossy and smooth- love it! This top coat has become my go to for swatching and also the manis I've been wearing.  You can't beat the shine or application, and it even dries fast!

Essie Gel Setter is available at a drugstore near you.

Essie Leggy Legend

*Purchased by me*

Copper shimmers are pretty much my favorite fall polishes, so when I saw Essie Leggy Legend, I knew it would be mine! Leggy Legend is a really rich looking copper shimmer. It just looks like you poured molten copper on your nails. The shimmer has some almost iridescent looking bits, I think you can see them in the picture below.

This is two coats. It was pretty easy to apply, maybe a little on the thin side., so just don't load up your brush too much.

*Purchased by me*

This color just makes me want to go jump in a leaf pile! I got mine at a CVS near me.

Red Glitter Two Ways with Lynnderella!

*sent for review*

Today I have two very beautiful red glitter polishes from Lynnderella. I had these sitting next to each other in my "to review" box, and I love that they are both red glitters from the same polish maker, but they are so different from one another. Lynnderella Rad Red Party Dress is a red holo microglitter from the holiday 2014 Deck the Nails (with Lynnderellas) collection. It has some larger metallic red glitters, along with the super sparkly microglitter.

This is three thin coats of Rad Red Party Dress all alone. It is nicely opaque, and could have been done in two thicker coats as well. It was easy to apply and the consistency is perfect. I love how much holo glitter is in this one, it's SO sparkly!

In all of my Lynnderella loving years, I have never owned Lynnderella Ruby Red Ruby- until now! Ruby Red Ruby is a classic Lynnderella that has been around for a long time now, and I feel like I'm the last person to get it. What was I waiting for? It's gorgeous! There are a couple different sizes and shapes of metallic red glitter in a red base. It has that kind of glowing embers look to it.

This is two thin coats of Ruby Red Ruby over one coat of Essie Lollipop. Ruby Red Ruby could be worn alone in a few coats, but I layered it to conserve the pretty! It was very easy to apply, no problems at all!

 *sent for review*

I really love both of these polishes and they have convinced me to wear red more often! Both are part of Lynnderella's core line and are available now at lynnderella.com and lynnderella.storenvy.com. For more information on Lynnderella polish, check out lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com. I am kind of hoping for a spring collection from Lynn!!

Side note- Look at the sunshine I had for these pictures!! Actual real sunlight! Winter may some day be over!

Happy Valentine's Day with Two LE Lynnderellas!

*sent for review*

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! What are your plans for the day? Dinner with that special someone or Netflix and ice cream with your special cat? LOL! Whatever your plans are, I have two really beautiful Valentine's Day limited edition Lynnderellas for you to see today. First up is Lynnderella Reddy for Love. Reddy for Love is a mix of red and gold glitters in a heavily gold shimmered base. The gold shimmer in this is stunning! There are large holo gold hearts, red stars and diamonds and all kinds of other goodies.

I wore this beauty over Essie Lollipop. This is just one coat of Reddy for Love over two coats of Lollipop. It was easy to apply, I only positioned the hearts a bit. I did not have to fish for the hearts at all, both of those just came out by themselves. I actually didn't want to take this mani off, it was so pretty! And I usually don't like to wear red!

Lynnderella Le Sigh is kind of on the opposite spectrum of Valentine's Day polishes, it's a soft and delicate mix of glitter. Le Sigh has white circle glitter, small almost periwinkle blue glitters, pink glitters (including large pink flowers, circles and diamonds), some lavender glitters and a few red glitters too. The base is clear with flecks of silver shimmer. You can see the flecks really well in the picture below.

For this look, I did two coats of OPI Care to Danse?, two coats of Le Sigh, and one coat of Care to Danse? to top it off. Le Sigh was easy to apply. I did find I had to wipe off the brush maybe a little more than usual or SO much glitter came off onto my nails! But that's always better than not enough haha!

 *sent for review*

Lynnderella Reddy to Love and Le Sigh are available on lynnderella.com and might pop up on lynnderella.storenvy.com. For news about the latest Lynnderella collections, visit lynnderella-lynnderella.blogspot.com.

Also, have you seen Lynnderella's new adorable stickers (below)? Instead of tape to hold the bubble wrap on to the polishes, Paul uses these cute stickers! I keep saving them, although I don't have anywhere good to put them.  

Lynnderella Lavender Ladybug

*Sent for review*

Today I have another spectacular limited edition Lynnderella polish for your enjoyment. This gorgeous holo lavender microglitter is Lynnderella Lavender Ladybug. Lavender Ladybug is a really pretty shade of slightly holographic lavender microglitter with larger black and silver glitter accents. Purple is my favorite color, so this mani is a contender for my birthday mani for sure!

This is just one coat of Lavender Ladybug over Essie Play Date. Lavender Ladybug could definitely be worn alone in 2-3 coats. It had great coverage and was a breeze to apply.

*Sent for review*

Lynnderella Lavender Ladybug is available right now at lynnderella.com! Lynnderella lacquers are also available on StorEnvy. For more information about Lynnderella, please check out her blog.

Lynnderella Jelly Egg

 *Sent for review*

Look at me posting twice in one weekend! Woohoo! I have so much nail polish sitting around waiting to be swatched, so I hope to be posting a lot this week. One polish that's been tantalizing me from my desk for a few weeks now is Lynnderella Jelly Egg. Jelly Egg actually came out in the spring with the Bunny Magic collection, but I only got it recently and the sparkle in the bottle has just been begging me to wear this beauty! Lynnderella says Jelly Egg has "pink and purple jelly glitters blended with matching translucent neons and iridescent blue glitters in a violet-shimmered clear base". The jelly glitters are so cool, they are squishy, see-through, and remind me of jelly sandals. The iridescent blue glitters add a lot to this polish that was hard to capture in the picture. I waited awhile to order this polish because I wasn't really interested based on swatches I saw. But everyone kept saying how awesome it is in person, and I caved. Well, now I see what they meant! Where you see what looks like clear glitter in the pictures, just imagine that it is iridescent and reflecting purple-blue gorgeousness all over the place.

In this picture below, you can see the iridescent glitter a little bit, just around the edges of it. And those glitters look like they stick up, but they are actually smooth. Way cooler in person. This is one coat of Jelly Egg over Essie Play Date. Jelly Egg contains some fairly large glitters (like the neon pink one on my ring nail), so I did have to push those into place a bit. Otherwise, application was easy.

*Sent for review*

Lynnderella Jelly Egg is available at lynnderella.com and the Lynnderella StorEnvy. For news on upcoming collections (hint... fall is coming soon!), check out Lynnderella's blog.