NOTD: Essie Super Bossa Nova

(I want to first off apologise for the shoddy photos that were taken on my phone. I swear it looked ok before it got to Blogger!)


I actually won this Essie nail polish from The Sunday Girl Blog (which you should go and check out now, she does really good product reviews!) and I got this shade at random called 'Super Bossa Nova'....in the bottle it looks like a hot pink with blue iridescent shimmer. I don't have a shade like this in my collection and I love the small dinky size of it because who gets through an entire bottle of nail polish anyway?


I believe this is the older formulation as it came with a thinner brush than the ones sold in Boots and Superdrug. I literally did one coat of this and I was pretty happy stopping there as it was so easy to work with! I haven't got a bad thing to say about this, it's a pretty amazing and unique shade that I'm sure will be gracing my nails more this summer when Mr Sun makes another appearance!

Vanessa

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NOTD: Essie- 'Buy Me A Cameo'

I don't really want to make 'Nail of the Day' posts a regular thing as I don't tend to paint my nails that often (combined with my nail biting habit, it doesn't do me very well!) But I thought this nail polish deserves a post of it's own.

A lovely rose gold tone-esq shade, it's something that is quite indescribable. Such an 'every day' colour that I'm even considering buying a dress for my cousin's wedding based around this colour! I would also like to take the time to comment upon the Essie nail polish formula itself. It applies really smoothly and 2 coats usually creates an opaque colour for me. The brush was adapted from the usual thin brushes used in salons to a wider brush to let us 'amateurs' have a manicure at home. Good decision I feel!

Essie Nail Polishes retail for £7.99 and are available from Boots in the UK or online.

What do you think of the colour? Do you like/own any Essie Nail Polishes?

Vanessa

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