Essie Nail Polish Review

It's a very pretty colour but you do need to apply 3-4 layers to really make sure the nail is covered completely bot very long lasting need to re change colour after 2 days before colour started chipping.

I do like Essie in general but some of the colours I have used have been better than others. I have been disappointed on a couple of occasions with some colours, especially light pink, being really thin and streaky and requiring lots of coats. In saying that though I would still probably buy darker colours in the brand because they seem to be more highly pigmented.

I tend to give a review a positive and a negative comment when I review an item and as this is my second review on here, I will try to be as positive as I can with it.

Ballet Slippers is a very pretty shade. Apparently it’s the only colour that Queen Elizabeth will wear on her nails. It’s a nude pink and although I was expecting something marvellous with the quality of this nail polish, I was not.

The first application was somewhat streaky on my nails and unfortunately it looked like I had added a layer of Twink correction fluid to my nails. Yes it is a pretty colour but unfortunately against my pale complexion it looked washed out and had to be reapplied so I could actually see some sort of colour on my nails. This also took a bit of time for it to dry too in between my two coats.

This nail varnish lasted approximately five days on my nails so that was a plus for me as I didn’t feel like reapplying it every other day. Like I said it is a lovely colour but unfortunately it didn’t do much for me. I purchased my nail polish via Beauty Bean, a Trade Me seller along with Tea and Crumpets another Essie colour that is more of a light metallic brown. This one stays longer on my nails for some reason and also is better for my skin tone.

This nail polish does not contain any metallic elements.

I can still remember promoting Eddie’s products at a Farmers many years ago. I was applying one of the gorgeous shades to a lady’s nails and explaining how long lasting these products were. She was very happy with the finished result and strolled away after chatting a while longer, waiting for them to dry. After an hour or so the lady came back and asked me to reapply the colour to some of her nails as they had chipped off! Maybe I should have applied a base and top coat but I didn’t have any on me at the time.

I love the quirky names for all the different colours and I swear by their “Help Me Grow” base coat, but overall not the most long lasting product. If you’re very careful with your hands and not clumsy like me then they might last a lot longer. In saying all that though, I’d rather use Essie products any day than O.P.I. The former is definitely longer lasting than the latter and also more affordable.

Loved the colour! However im not a huge fan of essie. The brush is very thin in width and to achieve the colour you need at least 3 coats

I was so excited to be trying this, and hoping it wouldnt look like twink (as previous white nail polishes have). However i was a little disappointed as after 2 coats the polish was still streaky, and after the 3rd coat it looked like twink. I tried it as soon as I received it and so thought maybe it was a bit shaken up from being in the post, so tried again 2 days later. Same result and now the polish seemed thick and gluggy too :( However, on the up side, I have since used this as an undercoat and applied coloured patterns over the top - wow. The white really makes the colours POP!! Will totally keep using as now i can maximise the colour while avoiding the 'twink look'.

I had high expectations for Essie after hearing it compared to OPI for so many months. I finally plucked up the courage (and money) to purchase a lovely coral shade.

First of all, I find it very runny! I find it's really easy to overload the brush and after all that nail polish, the cover is very poor. I did two coats and it looked like one coat with other pricey brands.

The day after wearing it I had my hands in water for about half an hour, and it all peeled off!

The positives: It was a lovely color, and perhaps with an extra coat and perhaps a top coat would have lasted longer. But as a mother to two young kids, I don't have time to apply 5 coats of nail polish!

Negatives: Very runny and bad coverage. This might just have been this particular shade, but I don't have the money to try another one for it to turn out the same.

The formula is really good and its easy to coat the nail all you really need is one coat. It dries pretty quick aswell. The only thing is I really really really dislike the colour.

I'm not usually the sort to rush into posting a review, in fact I didn't even think 10 days would be long enough to trial a polish that claims to have a chip-resistant formula but after 3 days I think I have seen everything I need to see.

I usually go for bright coloured polish but I decided to step out of my comfort zone and see if I liked wearing a darker colour, and who doesn't love the chance to try out a new brand, as I personally haven't used Essie before. I wasn't too sure on the darker colour at first, but it has really grown on me!

My first thought, was I loved the brush! But the consistency was a little different to my other polishes. I found it went on quite thin but it wasn't very smooth going on, at least it was different to the polishes I usually use. It dried really quickly which is always good! After a few more coats I found it wasn't going very smoothly at all and it was coming out a bit patchy. It took four coats to get it to look like the rich chocolate colour I had pictured, before the fourth coat it was a dark burgundy colour and noticeably patchy. From a distance they look great, but up close I can see lighter patches even after four coats, but maybe that's just cause I know it's there. I didn't add a top coat over because I didn't want it to effect my experience with the polish, and it also has a nice shine without a topcoat so I didn't think it was necessary.

I had painted my nails about lunch time and by 7pm I already had minor chipping on both thumbs and a decent chip on my middle fingernail, which was very disappointing to see from a polish with a "chip-resistant" formula. But since then they don't seem to have chipped much more.

It's hard to give a product like nail polish a fair review after one use, there could have been many factors that caused chipping to happen so early on, maybe I was just too rough on them with my busy day! So I will definitely give this polish another try, just to be fair. My friend (also a BR member) loves the colour so I will be asking her to try it out and post her own review, hopefully she gets better results than I did!

So to sum it all up here's the Pros and Cons from my first use of this product;

PROS - Loved the shape of the brush - It dried quickly - Nice rich colour - Has a nice shine without a topcoat

CONS - Took 4 coats to get the full colour - Went on quite patchy - Chipping began quickly