Essence - Point Break

Today I am wearing Essence Point Break.  This is a medium grey creme.  Tropical Storm Hermine has dumped a TON of rain on us (and a couple of tornadoes about an hour ago) and it's rained constantly for the last two days.  So, even though it's still summer, I felt like wearing grey.

This polish is a lot lighter and warmer than this photo shows.  I had trouble getting the color right.  Maybe if I had used flash it would be more accurate, but I don't really like to use the flash for polish photos - they tend to reflect too much off the glass bottles.

Basecoat:  Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (2 coats)
Color:  Essence Point Break (3 coats)
Topcoat:  David (1 coat)

Application was very nice.  It flowed smoothly and wasn't too runny or too thick.  Cleanup was a breeze, too.

I am going to wear this tomorrow also, mostly so I can take a breather from posting.  Tomorrow I tentatively have planned a base color with a polish that has been in my stash forever on top.

Essence - The World's Coolest and Nubar - Reclaim

Today I planned to put on Essence The World's Coolest from the Surfer Babe collection. This is the first Essence I've tried.
This is a pale , slightly dusty baby blue.
Basecoat: Gelous (1 coat)
Color: Essence The World's Coolest (4 coats)

This was a mess. This is four coats and I still have VNL and bald patches. The formula was thick and goopy and hard to control. To top it off, I just don't like the color on me. It may be one of those that I just don't like while my hands are tanned, so I'll try this again in spring. Tonight, though, I couldn't stand it so I took it off.

To make up for that fail, I put on Nubar Reclaim instead. This is a medium green holo with tons of sparkle.

Basecoat: Nubar Foundation (1 coat)
Color: Nubar Reclaim (2 coats)
Topcoat: Nubar Diamont (1 coat)

I had a really hard time getting the holo-ness of this on camera. Wish I had some sun, but I don't. Application was a dream - smooth, no dragging or bald spots at all.

New post tomorrow - have a great day!