Essie Splash of Grenadine

I've got yet another Essie NOTD post. I definitely consider myself an Essie girl. I think OPI is great, but I always find myself gravitating towards Essie instead. I actually think Essie doesn't chip as easily and I prefer the thinner brush. Anyway, I'm wearing Essie's Splash of Grenadine. The Essie website describes it as a..."playful magenta pink." It's a pretty unique cream pink/purple color and reminds me a lot of an Ulta nail polish I wore a couple of summers ago called "Pink Flamingo." It's a pretty color for summer and I think it would look great with most skin tones...especially those with cooler undertones  : )
And just in case you're interested, one of my favorite YouTube Beauty Gurus, BrittanyMakeup, has an Essie collection video up on her channel:  Essie Nail Polish Haul

Essie's Splash of Grenadine - 2 coats

OPI Done Out in Deco

I just painted my nails with OPI's Done Out in Deco. I've actually had it for a while, but I was finishing up my bottle of Essie's Lilacism, which I actually prefer over Done Out in Deco. I think it's a nice color for any season, but lavender shades are especially great for spring in my opinion. I'd probably like it more if it had less grayness to it. Overall though, it's a pretty nice shade and it covers well. I usually just do two coats and I'm good to go! I also love that it is a creme polish.

Essie's Turquoise & Caicos

Essie's Turquoise & Caicos is such a beautiful and unique color. I think it works great with any skin tone and it's a perfect spring nail color. Tribal shades are really in right now like tan, turquoise, purple, silver, etc.
Also, it looks like Essie redesigned their nail polish bottles. The color names are on the top of the bottles now and they added their logo in white on the side.
Anyway, let me know what you guys think of this color! : )

Statement-Making Mani

Hi! I got bored tonight and was flipping through February's Cosmo and found a picture showing Vanessa Hudgens with minty colored nails and her ring finger nail painted gold. I thought it looked pretty neat and decided to try it out on myself!

 I dug through all of my polishes and I found a mint color, but it looked weird with my only gold polish. So instead I went with a turquoise color, which I personally think looks great with the gold polish I used. This is just my take on the picture above and I wanted to use the colors I already own. 

Let me know if you try it out and what polishes you ended up using! :)

OPI "Rising Star"

L.A. Girl Flare "Tropical"

Revlon Top Speed Nail Polish

Hi again! I can't stay away from blogspot! It's just too addictive. This time I want to talk about a Revlon nail polish I bought at Walgreens the other day. As you know, I work at Walgreens so I actually put together the Revlon Top Speed nail color display. I get first dibs on all of the colors! hah...Well, a little side note, I'm in the process of applying for jobs and interviewing with companies so I'm trying to stay away from crazy nail colors. I normally wear a lot of purple, hot pink and coral. This time I had to pick a nice neutral color that I could wear to interviews. It's time for me to be practical! I picked the color Sheer Cotton, but I was soooo close to buying Lily or Jaded. I have to admit, Revlon makes some of the best drugstore products. I have a lot of their nail polishes and I was curious to try out the Top Speed nail polish line. I think this is a line that's been around for a while, but they may have revamped it with new colors. The Top Speed nail polishes are about a dollar more than the regular Revlon polishes. I think the price difference is due to the fact that the Top Speed polishes dry extremely fast and supposedly have a built in top coat. I painted two coats of Sheer Cotton the other day without a top coat and they were already beginning to chip by the end of the day. This time I painted three coats and did an additional top coat using an OPI top coat. We'll see how that holds up!

***Update: I worked all day long and was really rough on my nails...yet not a single chip! Good polish, but use a top coat.

Revlon's Top Speed Sheer Cotton. A very pretty neutral color

Revlon Top Speed display

My Revlon nail polish collection

From left to right: Revlon Liquid Quick Dry, Revlon Top Speed Sheer Cotton, Revlon Grey Suede, Revlon Power Walk Pink, Revlon Bubble Gum, Revlon Passionate Fruit, Revlon Rock (purple, not blue) Revlon Plum Night
As I mentioned I love Revlon products and their nail polishes may be the main reason why. My Revlon polish collection mainly consists of limited edition colors so I don't know if you can find all of those colors, but I figured I'd share anyway. I love how Revlon always keeps up with nail color trends and I love the size of their brushes. The colors all go on so smoothly and dry without bubbling.
So, because I am going on job interviews and trying to look more professional I went through my nail polish collection to try and find some wearable work polish. This is what I came up with:

Work Appropriate Nail Polish

From left to right: Sephora by OPI Dear Diary..., Revlon Sheer Cotton, Revlon Grey Suede (I actually wore this on an interview last week), Rimmel Steel Grey, Rimmel Sweet Heart, Rimmel Promiscuous, Maybelline Timeless Pink, and Maybelline Timely Rose.
I personally think nudes, mauves, greys, and light pinks are great for work...but let me know if you all agree that those are work appropriate colors.