Essie: Spring 2015 Greens Comparisons

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I bought some new polishes for Spring.  Mainly, three Essie polishes that were part of the Spring 2015 collection.  Nothing else has caught my eye.  

Here are some comparisons based on what I have.  All are three thick coats just to show the colour for the comparison purposes.

L: Naughty Nautical R: Garden Variety

L: Naughty Nautical R: Garden Variety

L: Naughty Nautical R: Garden Variety

Comments: Naughty Nautical has shimmer and is more green.  Garden Variety has more blue in it.

The lighter blues

L to R: Fashion Playground, Turquoise & Caicos, Blossom Dandy, Mint Candy Apple

L to R: Fashion Playground, Turquoise & Caicos, Blossom Dandy, Mint Candy Apple

L to R: Fashion Playground, Turquoise & Caicos, Blossom Dandy, Mint Candy Apple

Comments: Blossom Dandy isn't the same as what I have.  I also noticed that since Blossom Dandy is newer, the application is different compared to Mint Candy Apple.  

NOTW: Baby Pink and Blue with glitter

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This is the look I wore last week.  I wish I could come up with a better name.  This feels very spring or Easter or baby shower colours to me.  

Anyway, I wore Essie's muchi, muchi and blossom dandy with Sonnetarium Lenten Rose.  

After I wore this combination, I wasn't sure how I felt about it but I didn't want to remove it.  By the end of the week though, I was ready to remove this.  The glitter is really pretty though. I do like the colours individually.

Beauty Secrets Acetone Nail Polish Remover

I bought Beauty Secrets Acetone Nail Polish sometime in November.  My OPI nail polish remover was running low, so I wanted to give this a try. I've heard a lot of good things about this from Youtubers who swear by it.  I was at Sally's Beauty Supply one day (and this rarely happens because it's not that accessible to where I live), so I bought it.

I laid the bottle down because my room is a mess.  The colour of the remover is pink.

The smell is fruity.  It's not an offensive smell.  The smell fades really quickly. When I use it on a cotton ball, it removes polish pretty easily. So I have no complaints there.  It is acetone, so I have noticed that my nails are a bit more dry? If that makes sense.  When I used nail polish removers from Sally Hansen or Quo, I noticed that my nails would bump up.  I basically wear nail polish every week.  When I used the OPI, that did not happen as often.  

Another thing I notice is when I dip a brush into the solution to try to move errors near the cuticle, it hardens my brush and it doesn't remove anything.  Also when I dip the brush that has taken my errors away back into the remover, it doesn't remove it. It actually hardens it. [Side note: I have since repurchase a smaller bottle of the OPI nail polish remover, and I dipped the same brushes in and the polish was removed.  I was also able to clean around the cuticle, so this wasn't the brush problem.] The OPI worked beautifully when I was doing this.  That would be my biggest complaint about this remover. 

This bottle was about $7.49, if I remember correctly.  It was on sale and a big bottle.  I wouldn't say this is my favourite remover though.

Essie Petal Pushers

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It's been such a long time since I updated my blog.  I've been so busy with work, it seems like it's been forever.  Basically I have been in my busy season since early February.  Hopefully once my busy season is over, I'll be able to update more often.  I only got a few new polishes for spring.  All three are from the Essie Spring Collection.  

Two of my pointer finger nails have also cracked, probably because of the typing or just my mistreatment.  I changed nail polish removers, and I seriously am not liking my current one.  My nails are having more bumps than when I was using the OPI remover.

Anyway, today I want to do a quick review of a new polish from Essie, Petal Pushers, from the 2015 Spring Collection.  Which seems to be inspired by flowers.  When I first saw the promotional pictures, I knew I had to get this.  I also ended up getting Garden Variety and Blossom Dandy.  I couldn't wait to try Petal Pushers, so I painted my nails with this one first.