Essie: Go Ginza

Today I have another Essie polish to share.  This is part of the Spring 2013 Madison Ave-hue Collection.

Thoughts

I found the formula on this one a little difficult for me to work with.  For some reason it was thick for me and I wasn't really happy with the result after two coats.  I've seen other swatches of this on other blogs and it seems to be no problem for others.  Maybe it's just me?  I bought Go Ginza because I like cherry blossom pink and I thought the name was cute, why not?  But I found it too thick so I didn't end up wearing it yet.  Hopefully I'll give it another try.  What I didn't like about it is, and maybe it was my application but I tried twice. Once with a thick application and another time with thin coats.  I wasn't really happy with my result either way.  It felt like the way my Zoya GieGie felt, as if air was exposed to it, but with GieGie, I know I accidentally left it to pool a little. 

Breakdown

Base coat: Nicole by OPI Base Coat Plus

Colour Coat: Essie Go Ginza (2 coats)

Top coat: Nicole by OPI Top Coat Plus

Comparisons
What I was also hoping, for some reason, is that Go Ginza would be similar to OPI Panda-monium Pink.  I'm not low on Panda-monium Pink but I love it so much, and just in case I ever need a back up, it'd be nice.  They are quite different.  Maybe another Essie polish from Spring would have been more similar but I didn't get that one.

L to R: Essie Go Ginza and OPI Panda-monium Pink

L to R: Essie Nice is Nice, Essie Go Ginza and OPI Panda-monium Pink

Pointer and ring finger: Essie Go Ginza.  Middle Finger: Essie Nice is Nice.  Pinky: OPI Panda-monium Pink

Some more light shots

From a different angle

All products bought by me.  I bought Go Ginza at Trade Secrets, and it's available at Walmart and Shoppers Drug Mart.  The bottle is 13.5mL and it's $9.99 retail.