Nailed it | Essie Fifth Avenue

Essie Fifth Avenue

Everybody loves a good red nail polish and Essie's Fifth Avenue is a great bright, tomato red colour. A great choice for summer, Fifth Avenue has quite strong orange undertones and would look lovely on warmer skintones. The formula is fantastic and is opaque after just one coat. In the photos, I applied two coats just to ensure the colour was even, but it probably wasn't necessary. Essie nail polishes can vary in price so I recommend shopping around. I bought mine from Beautybay.com, where Essie is around €9.50 (link here). 

Do you have any favourite red nail polishes? 

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Nails of the Day: Essie Bahama Mama

Today's NOTD post features yet another Essie polish, Bahama Mama. I had seen quite a few blog posts about this shade last autumn and decided to pick it up when I found it in Boots. It's such a beautiful colour for this time of year. I would describe it as a raspberry colour, as it has both red and purple tones in it. I don't think the photos truly capture how nice this colour is. I also think shades in the dark red/purple family look so polished on the nails and this fails into this category. It doesn't have the glossiest finish though a good topcoat would help that. Overall, if you like dark nails I would definitely recommend taking a look at Bahama Mama. As I already mentioned, I picked mine up from the diffusion line in Boots for €12.99. It is also available online from Beautybay (link here) where it is slightly cheaper. 

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Nail of the Day: Essie Butler Please

Essie is one of my favourite nail polish brands and when I went to Boots recently, I happily added Butler Please to my growing collection. Butler Please is a bright cobalt blue from the 2012 holiday collection. I only needed to coats to achieve an opaque finish. It has an interesting semi-matte finish, though I would normally just add a topcoat over it to achieve a more glossy finish. Since I bought this in Boots and its part of the diffusion line, it comes with a flatter brush than the regular Essie brushes. I personally prefer the brushes from the diffusion line as application is much quicker and easier. Overall, I think it is a truly stunning, eye-catching colour and I would definitely recommend picking one up while you still can.

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