Essie In the Cab-ana (Resort 2013 collection)!

Happy late Monday (or early Tuesday to some of you)! I have another Essie post in store for you guys today- swatches of In the Cab-ana from their 2013 Resort collection. The line had a lot of lovely shades, but I only picked up 2, one being ItC!

Below is 2 coats of In the Cab-ana without topcoat:

Essie In the Cab-ana 

Essie In the Cab-ana

Essie In the Cab-ana 

In the Cab-ana is such a gorgeous bright aqua creme! This is the epitome of summer; in fact, when I held my nails up next to my pool, they practically were the same color! The formula on this was rather thick, so I may thin the polish out. Due to the thickness, the application was tricky, but wasn't unmanageable. Two coats created perfect opacity.

What do you think of Essie's 2013 Resort collection?

-Shelby

Shimmer Polish Jenny Swatches

Good Morning! Today I have for you a glitter polish, Jenny, from the indie brand Shimmer Polish. You can buy these bad boys in Shimmer Polish's Etsy store! As soon as I saw the glitters from this brand, I had to have some of them!

Below I layered 1 coat of Shimmer Polish Jenny over 2 coats of Nicole by OPI My Lifesaver, which is from the Justin Bieber Collection. I'm not a fan of JB, but I have a couple polishes from his collection.

Shimmer Polish Jenny
Nicole by OPI My Lifesaver

Shimmer Polish Jenny
Nicole by OPI My Lifesaver

Jenny is a predominantly blue and silver glitter with some pink, yellow, and purple glitters mixed in. This glitter is ah-mazing!! With one coat it covers the entire nail evenly, creating a great glitter topcoat. I can imagine that this would be fully opaque on its own in two coats! I like it paired over My Lifesaver, which is a vibrant, bright aqua/blue. The combo makes this mani almost ocean-esque! My Lifesaver has a pretty good formula; fully opaque in 3 coats with little-to-no streaking. I'm definitely going to rock both these polishes together and separately!

Here's a closeup of Jenny. You can really see the vibrancy of the various colors in the polish! Ahhh, what a beauty! :)

What do you think?

-Shelby