swatch time!

Swatch of the day is Essie's Sand Tropez! Essie describes it as a soft, sandy beige, but to me it's more like a nice gray cream, or a gray khaki. I was doubting the colour at first, thinking about returning it, but it's definitely grown on me and I love it a lot. It's from the newest spring collection "A French Affair", and while I'm lucky enough to actually have the new collection at my Ulta, I have to admit, I'm not too thrilled with the shades. If anything, I might try Topless & Barefoot but I'm doubting it even now. Mink Muffs is next on my list, however.

swatch time!

Very Cranberry by Essie. About this colour ⎯ it's a deep opaque cranberry or a blue-based red. I'm wearing two coats. I imagined it would come out a little pinker than it actually is, but I'm not complaining. There are a lot of red colors out there and a good chunk of them can be an annoying shade of red. This isn't the case with this polish. Definitely a keeper. I originally bought it from Target and never used it and it was just sitting in my polish box, but I felt like it was about time for some red.

swatch time!

Okay, let's talk about this nail polish for a bit. First of all, it's Essie's Eternal Optimist. It's a light, muted, neutral rose-salmon. I was looking around Ulta for some nail polish the other day and I was kind of torn between this one and Lapis of Luxury, which came out during the 2010 Resort collection, but ultimately I ended up choosing this one because of the name. I feel like I'm an eternal optimist most of the time.

This color may show up super well in pictures, but I just don't feel like it's doing it for me in real life. They look too similar to the color of my fingertips. Or something. I'm pretty set on returning it. Oh well. I don't know what color I'm looking for. For the fate of these painted nails however, I think tomorrow night I'll end up doing the hyped-up newspaper nails that everyone's been excited about lately.