Spring Essie Polishes (Cont'd)! First Dance, Turquoise and Caicos, Smooth Sailing - Photos, Review, Swatches

Today I have three more Essie polishes that I believe are fitting for the Spring/Summer season! 

First Dance, a bright true red that was part of the wedding collection a few years back. What a cheeky color for a wedding day! There are many red polishes out there in the big bad world, and I have a good-sized collection of my own, but this red particularly struck me as appropriate for the season; it's sassy and sexy and all the other adjective normally associated with this hue, but light and vibrant enough to still be playful and fun for the beach. Applied like a dream as well. 

Turquoise and Caicos, a pretty true light turquoise. At first this struck me as similar to China Glaze's For Audrey, but I think T&C is more green and the tiniest bit dustier. Quite gorgeous.

Smooth Sailing, a beautiful medium periwinkle blue with large shimmer. I've never been on a private yacht but if I were, I imagine this would be the perfect color to complement a wide-brimmed floppy hat and striped nautical sweater B) Lovely.

Anyway, as is my experience with Essie, the formula on these was pretty spectacular. Essie may be bought for $8 each at Ulta and various e-tailers.

Well, another work/school week gone and the next about to begin. Can't say I'm too excited to say farewell to the weekend, but I suppose it can't be helped.

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Spring Polishes! Essie Nail Lacquer in First Timer, Van D'Go, and Come Here! - Photos, Review, Swatches

I was looking through my Essie drawer and pulled out three random bright and beautiful polishes for spring/summer! Essie is pretty great brand overall, and these lacquers follow the trend. I'm excited to show you these!

L to R: Come Here!, Turquoise and Caicos, Smooth Sailing, First Timer, Van D'Go, First Dance

First Timer, a light seafoam green creme. Lovely color, very beach-y! Doesn't play well with my skin tone, though -

Essie Van D'Go, a pale coral cream. In real life it's more orange, a true coral, rather than the pink lean you see. Very flattering and gorgeous! I'm not great at judging what's an appropriate color, but I think this is still subdued enough to be work-friendly -

Come Here!, a slightly dusty, fiery orange-red. Makes me want to go salsa dancing! Perfect for hot summer nights ;) -

All these are great options for a playful pop of color for these warmer seasons! The formula was good, easily manageable, and I used three thin coats for each of the colors above. Van D'Go is one of my absolute favorite pastels - it's gorgeous and fresh but without that demure attitude of most pastels, you know? I'll have the rest of ones photographed probably next Monday.

Essie is available at Ulta for $8 and at various e-tailers.

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