review: essie pop art pink

i am currently writing a 10 page paper concerning australia and the environmental issues that the country is currently facing, so i thought that posting this would be the perfect way to procrastinate.

i went for a manicure today and chose to get essie's pop art pink on my nails since it is a new color in their spring 2010 collection and it looked adorable in the bottle. i also chose it because my new thing is getting light colors on my nails instead of dark ones, not because it is spring, but because when the color chips it is less noticeable - lazy i know.

the first thing that i noticed about the color was that it reminded me of a very very light baby pink hue. while my manicurist was applying it, i saw that the initial coat was extremely light. this made me a little nervous since it was almost white and didn't look too good with my unbelievably pale skin (which should hopefully be gone this week since i am going on vacation and hopefully obtaining a tan while i'm there). however, as the second coat was applied, my worries quickly dissolved because the color in the bottle that i had admired matched my nails perfectly.

i am extremely pleased with the color and think that it is great for the springtime. A+

review: opi nail polish in rosy future AND essie good to go! quick-dry polish

first, off i would like to apologize for not doing any posts in a while... i've been soooo busy with school. i would also like to apologize for the picture coming out so bad - i took it with my blackberry and the color is all wrong - take a look at my description at the bottom to see what the color really looked like.

so, since i totally messed up, i've decided to attempt to redeem myself with a double review! :)

we'll start off with opi nail polish in rosy future.

as i said before, the color is really off in this picture... it looks like a light pink with a bit of iridescent (on my computer at least), but it was nowhere near that. i applied two coats of it without a base and it didn't streak at all which i love. i initially loved the color but when i went out into daylight, i felt like this was way too summery for this time of year. having said that, i will without a doubt be saving this color for the summertime. it was an iridescent barbie-pink and by that i mean that it was not hot pink but it was a very very bright light pink. it's a very cute and fun color after i've been wearing blacks, dark reds, and dark purples all winter.

moving on to the essie good to go! quick-dry nail polish review...

i applied this top coat after i applied the two coats of rosy future. i was really surprised that the bottle was right - it did dry in about 5 minutes, which is perfect for me since i have to touch everything after i get a manicure and end up smudging my nails. however, this chipped really easily - it chipped the next day already and started to peel off when i was in the shower (maybe because of the heat?).

my grades for each? opi in rosy future (for the summertime only!) A+

essie good to go! quick dry polish B (mainly because it peeled and chipped right away)