Essie Shearling Darling Collection: Review & Swatches

Essie has a few collections out currently, but today we will be concentrating on the Shearling Darling collection. It's definitely a winter inspired theme of polishes based on the color offerings and the names. There are 6 shades total, of which I have 3 for your enjoyment.

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Essie Leading Lady Nail Polish: Review & Swatches

I do realize (and apologize) for the extreme delay in posting this review, considering this polish was in a collection released nearly a year ago. There's always a way to get older polishes, but Essie is a brand that's a little more elusive in finding shades gone by. Now you might think that this a polish from the current Winter 2013 collection of Shearling Darling, but don't be fooled. This polish is Leading Lady.

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Great Essie Fall Purples

Fall is always a great time of year. The leaves are changing, it's not as hot, etc. Also it's a great time of year to wear purple. The best part is that you can go between two extremes of the color spectrum from the muted barely purple to a rich jewel toned purple. Enter Essie Merino Cool and Sexy Divide respectively, both of which are part of the permanent line.

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Essie Madison Ave-hue: Review & Swatches

Essie Madison Ave-hue is another summer collection from the same name. It's very similar to the Naughty Nauticals collection shades since it has the silver shimmers in it. This is a very similar color to The Girls Are Out, but it's a pinker version.

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Essie in The Girls Are Out: Review & Swatches

Essie nail polish in The Girls Are Out is one of the polishes from one of the summer collections (can't remember which one since these collections all tend to get mixed up within one display). It's one of the pretty vibrant colored ones with shimmer in it, and it has a great salacious name.

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Essie Naughty Nautical: Review & Swatches

It seems the concept of a "Mani Monday" is rather large on the interweb, so here's one for you. From one of the many polishes among Essie's summer collection is Naughty Nautical from the collection with the same name. Probably the best thing about this collection is that all but one shade has pretty shimmers in it.

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Essie Borrowed & Blue Nail Polish: Review & Swatch

This particular shade of Essie nail polish came out probably 3 years ago, but it's still a classic, and easily found in the stores. Borrowed & Blue was part of one of the Wedding Collection that comes out yearly. The name perfectly fits the wedding theme, and the polish itself is a lovely light blue cream. This retails around $8 as most Essie polishes do.

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Essie First Timer Polish: Review & Swatch

Last of the three polishes from the Essie Resort Collection 2013 that I picked up is First Timer. If you want to see swatches of Come Here! or Into the Cab-ana, just click on their names. As I mentioned prior, these are a set of fabulous, fun, fashionable colors.

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Essie Come Here!: Review & Swatches

Another lovely offering from the Essie Resort 2013 Collection is Come Here!  For the review on Into the Cab-ana,, click here. This polish is one of four within the collection. The retail for around $8, but you can often find deals on these polishes.

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Essie Into the Cab-ana (Updated): Review & Swatches

Essie comes out with a lovely Resort Collection yearly, and they tend to be very nice colors. Resort Collection 2013 is no exception.  This year is a rather vibrant color selection, and Into the Cab-ana is no exception. It's a nice bright tropical water blue cream. It's lovely and bright without being loud and obnoxious.

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Happy Easter NOTD

Happy Easter everyone! I figured I would do a quick Nail of the Day (NOTD) post.  The theme I was going for was Easter egg laying in grass.  The grass portion didn't quite happen, but live and learn. I'll use a more opaque green next time. The products used are Essie Borrowed & Blue with Revlon Whimsical on top, and Pure Ice Sheer Luck as my grass. Hope you're having a sunnier Easter than I am since it's dark and dreary here.  I want spring!

Essie Nail Polish in Power Clutch: Review & Swatch

So just because I'm in my month of nail polish banishment, doesn't mean that I can't review them.  I bring to you Essie Power Clutch.  This came out for Fall 2011(ya that's eons ago in the nail polish world), but you can still find it in the store.  None of the Essie Fall 2011 colors really called out to me when it first came out since the colors seemed similar to what I already own.  But, I got this a couple months ago in my Birchbox and I thought I would try it. (If you buy it in the store, they usually run around $8).

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