Essie nail polish haul & nail of the day

Over the past month I have started accumulating quite a lot of nail polish. Blame it on my semi make-up shopping ban, but I'm loving having many colours to choose from. And since I never get a professional manicure done, I can definitely justify it. For now.

Our local drugstores have started selling Essie nail polishes about a month ago. What a treat, but definitely also dangerous for my wallet. I bought 3 nail polishes and one base coat.

Grow stronger - This base coat  enriched with oils is supposed to make your nails stronger.I haven't noticed a difference yet.
A crewed interest - This is a milky peach shade from the spring 2012 collections. It requires at least 2 coats. 
Demeure Vixen - This polish is an old rose/mauvy shade with fine purple shimmer. On the nails the shimmer is very subtle, but the colour leans more purple. 1 coat will give a beautiful sheer application (not streaky!). The colour is opaque with 2 coats.
Penny Talk - this shade is from the Mirror Metallics collection. It's a rosy gold metallic polish that's pretty much opaque with 1 coat. This was an impulsive buy I must say and I'd only wear this as an accent nail.

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On my nails today:

Grow Stronger base coat & demeure vixen (2 coats)

What are your favourite Essie nail polishes?

Love, 
Maya

currently on my nails - essie navigate her

I am generally not into greens or pastels, but this colour is something special. My sister bought this nail polish recently and obviously I had to get my hands & nails on it after seeing it on her.

Navigate her is a gorgeous warm pastel green. I would describe it as a light pistachio shade. Application was a dream. Opaque in 2 coats, dried fast and according to my sister minimal chipping after a week.

Will definitely check out more Essie polishes. What are your favorite Essie nail polishes?

peaches and rings

With the warmer weather and sunshine we've been getting, I started experimenting with brighter nail colours again. Yesterday I decided to go for a milky peach shade with fine shimmer, that's hardly noticeable. What a perfect shade for spring/summer and definitely more daring than my go-to taupes. It even makes me look more tan. I also stacked some rings on top of each other. Definetely liking the look. What do you think?

Nailpolish: Sing: Oh, Champs-Elysees by Catrice (German drug store brand)
Rings: Bands on ring finger by H & M and my engagement ring; ring on index finger by Claire's

Also, who's on Instagram?

Love,
Maya

NOTD - You don't know Jacques!

My 1st OPI arrived today and I had to try it out straight away.
The verdict: 2 coats, dried fairly fast and I love the dirty taupe colour! Obviously.



Which other OPI colours can you recommend?

♥

notd

from a few days ago

The nail polish is by a company called Perfect Chic and I love it. :)