I bought two new nail polishes this weekend, which is pretty significant considering my last nail polish purchase was in early March (O_O)!
I was in the city for some wedding dress appointments, and decided to check out a beauty supply shop that sold Essie and OPI. Essies were $5.99 and OPI were $6.99. Not great deals, but any discount is a good discount! Here's the store I went to, in case you are in NYC: Nicka K.
I picked up two green-grey shades, as apparently they are my weakness. I went with Vested Interest and Cashmere Bathrobe from the Fall 2013 collection.
My line-up of Essies in this colour family:
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Essie Vested Interest (2 coats) - Very nice formula.
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Comparison: Essie Vested Interest and Misa Dirty Sexy Money (2 coats each) - I could have sworn I had a shade similar to Vested Interest, but the closest thing I could find was this Misa. Obviously not dupes :p
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Edit: someone reminded me about Essie School of Hard Rocks, which I had at some point but looks like I purged already. Here's my post with that swatched from a couple years ago: Essie School of Hard Rocks
Essie Cashmere Bathrobe (2 coats) - Also a fantastic formula. The flash makes the shimmer stand-out, but in normal indoor lighting, it is not really apparent. Still, I like it.
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Comparison: Essie Armed & Ready, Cashmere Bathrobe, Power Clutch (2 coats each) - Again, the flash shows shimmer much better, but in normal lighting, all three of these look very similar on the nail. Power Clutch and Armed & Ready are more similar to each other, in terms of base colour, though. Cashmere Bathrobe is decidedly cool-toned on me.
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I'm glad I picked these up!
I hope you are all having a great summer so far! Until next time :)
These are my two faves from this collection! Thanks for the comparison.
ReplyDeleteYay, you're back!
ReplyDeleteCashmere Bathrobe was the only shade I picked up from this collection. I love it, just wish the shimmer was more apparent!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to get my hands on these! I want almost the entire collection!
ReplyDeleteThese are the two that I picked up :)
ReplyDeleteCashmere Bathrobe looks really nice!
ReplyDeleteHello - nice to see you back :)
ReplyDeleteThese are nice, Cashmere Bathrobe especially!
I love them all :).
ReplyDeleteWhat a great Entry!!!! Bathrobes are looking very cool like you. It's great effort.
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