essie- Mint Candy Apple

essie's "Mint Candy Apple" is a cult classic- and for good reason. Honestly, at first I didn't think it was as amazing a color as everyone was making it out to be. After I put it on I realized why everybody loved it. Mint Candy Apple is a beautiful pastel mint blue creme and goes really well with a tan. Application was easy and I got it opaque in 2 easy coats. I tend to do thin coats so 1 slightly thicker coat works too. The photo shows it with topcoat.

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essie- Cocktails & Coconuts

I'm really late on this one but here I have essie's "Cocktails & Coconuts". This polish is from their 2014 Resort Collection. Cocktails & Coconuts is a beige creme with lots of glass fleck shimmer. Unfortunately, the shimmer doesn't translate well onto the nail. It doesn't completely disappear but it doesn't shine either. Formula-wise the polish wasn't too bad, only 3 coats were needed to get the polish opaque and even. The photos below are with topcoat.

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Sincerely Polish- Maria Veronica

Hi! Today, I have another indie to talk about and it is Sincerely Polish's "Maria Veronica". I love how Karen includes some nail decorations and a handwritten thank you note in the package, she's so sweet! Maria Veronica is a pale pink crelly polish with all sorts of glitter shapes and sizes. It has matte pink hearts, matte purple circles and two different sizes of metallic purple hexes. It's so cute! There is enough glitter in the polish so that you don't have to fish around for any and the formula is very nice. Because of its crelly base, the polish takes about 4-5 coats to get it pretty close to being opaque. In the photos below I have 5 coats and there is just a hint of visible nail line. Because of the large glitters, more topcoat is needed to even it out as well. The photos below are with topcoat.

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PolishByJessicaJean- Blueberry Frosting

Today I have an indie (my first- I'm so excited!). PolishByJessicaJean's Blueberry Frosting is a glitter polish with a white crelly base. There are large matte blue circles, medium matte blue squares, medium metallic dark blue hexes and little matte black squares. Formula is very good and glitter payoff is awesome. The circle glitters tend to sink to the bottom so you might need to sit the upside down for a couple minutes before using the polish. It takes 3-4 coats to become opaque, but that's to be expected with a crelly polish. Because it is a glitter polish, more topcoat is needed to make it smooth be it extra coats or just a thicker coat. The photos below show 4 coats with topcoat.

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Zoya- Dove

Dove is a cool-toned gray creme. A very pretty neutral color! The formula's good, a little streaky but the second coat fixes it. It dries pretty quickly and stays glossy so topcoat isn't really necessary. It took me 3 thin coats to get it opaque. The photos below show Dove without topcoat.

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Mani Monday!

For this manicure, I just have a jelly/glitter sandwich on my ring finger and thumb with Zoya's Dove as the base color. On the accent nails I added 2 coats of OPI's Pirouette My Whistle, then a coat of OPI's My Pointe Exactly. This wasn't the best color choice for summer, but I had to limit my options to neutrals for a formal event today. The photos are with topcoat. 

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