Essie: Go Overboard

I love mini collections. I can buy the whole set with no feelings of guilt.

It's even better when I'm completely in love with all the colours in the collection. Essie Go Overboard is one mini collection I was drooling over and when I got the polishes I was even more in love. I'd been searching for that perfect dark but not too dark teal and I finally have it. Thanks Essie!

Play Date

Go Overboard

Armed and Ready

I can't even pick my favourite out of these three gorgeous polishes. I'm in love with Play Date, it's such a fun playful purple and so apply named. Go overboard is the dark teal I've been longing for. Armed and Ready is just stunning. I'm really digging these olive tones especially with generous helpings of gold shimmer! Drool!

Essie Brazilliant

I ended up ordering three of the new summer colours from Essie. Brazilliant, Super Bossa Nova and Smooth Sailing. I didn't think i was going to order any...but after seeing swatches of Smooth Sailing I needed them!
In all honesty now i have them in person...I probably would have survived without them.

Brazilliant

Brazilliant is the collections namesake and its a very bright orange. It's fabulous to see a bright orange that isn't a neon...and even better it has a subtle pinkish shimmer. Hot! it was odd though none of these polishes dried very shiny. they all dried rather satiny? Did anyway else find that? Definitely need to use a top coat.

Smooth Sailing with an accent of Color Club Tattered in Gold

Smooth sailing is why I needed these three polishes. it's a gorgeous blue with the tiniest flecks...or the largest shimmer? Unfortunately in the winter light it didn't thrill me. I'll have to put it away again for summer.

Super Bossa Nova

Super Bossa Nova was my Pink mani for Pink Wednesday yesterday. It's a hot pink. Very sexy, but don't forget the top coat. A kid in my class last year had a little sister called Nova. Just reminded me. She had a brilliant imagination (the kid in my class not the little sister). When I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up she told me a dalmation. She drew her head on top of a spotty dogs body... 7 year olds!

Anyway lights out for me...my heads hurting and my eyes are feeling very heavy.

Night!

A Super Pink Wednesday

Happy Pink Wednesday! I've decided to use one of the brightest happiest pinks that was in my unswatched pile. Essie Super Bossa Nova is a nice happy bright pink with a subtle shimmer. Not the most unique, but it was a nice bright cheerful colour which is what I needed today.

Super Bossa Nova

Yes Brazilliant would have been brighter...but its not orange Wednesday! 

I needed cheering up with a nice bright colour because I'm back to feeling bad again. Yesterday I went to work. I was cranky and irritable with the kids, they're all sick to and I went from feeling alright to feeling awful again pretty fast. I took today off to visit the doctor. Who asked me why I'd gone into work and told me to take the week off. She was on mums side...more concerned about the wedding than my work. 

It's the last week of term. There's only 2 days left and they would have been easy days. I want to see my class before the holidays and I want to see all the staff. I wish the doctor had just written me a medical certificate for Wednesday and Thursday but she made it through till Monday! Now I'm worried everyone's going to hate me for taking three days off. Especially my last day at school before my wedding...which they can't come to because it's in Rarotonga. I'm going in Friday for morning tea, but I feel so bad that the principal felt like he had to tell me that the staff wanted to do something for me. Like I was forgetting about them or something...

It doesn't help I kept having patches where I feel fine...and then the head starts hurting and my stomach feels queasy and I start coughing again and I remember that actually I am still sick and need to be 100% for the wedding. But I still feel bad and selfish. 

Wow I'm crazy and such a people pleaser. One day I'll turn around and just say 'screw you I'm doing what I want'... but it wont be anytime soon. In the mean time I'll worry about upsetting people and continue to feel guilty. 

Today's the Shindig

I didn't think I'd have time to post this weekend...but here I am at 6am posting.

I have a tendency to wake early when I'm nervous, worried or excited. Today I'm nervous. 

Today I will be the centre of attention. Not a place I like to be! 

Mum is having an afternoon tea to celebrate my wedding, I guess most people would call it a Bridal Shower or a Kitchen Tea...but to be honest we avoided naming it and just invited everyone to afternoon tea. I didn't want to use a term that implied presents. I just want a nice afternoon of girlishness and delicious food.

There are 24ish people coming. Ranging from family members, including brothers partners, to old family friends, to work mates. My best friend and bridesmaid isn't able to come as she lives in Christchurch and my other friends from school are either not in the country or about to pop! Well one is due to have her baby girl next week. 

I guess I better show off some gorgeous polish! Today I wanted to show off Essie Shindig, in honour of the Shindig today... I have shown Shindig before, but these are much better pictures!

Essie Shindig

Playing with colour flitter on my new camera...fun :)

Essie Resort 2010

Yesterday was Friday...after an eleven week term it was the last day of school before the HOLIDAYS!

NZ government...eleven weeks is much too long for a school term. I don't care if the Rugby World Cup is on this year. Who plans school terms around sport. And I have to do it all again in two weeks time because next term is eleven weeks as well.

And in slightly scary news...It's only one school term until our wedding now. I really should start that exercising thing! I pick up my dress this coming Thursday...it should still fit...

I picked up the Essie Resort 2010 collection a wee while ago, and as it is the start of the holidays it seems appropriate to post a resort collection! Although I wont be going anywhere...I can dream about a resort and brightly coloured cocktails?

Turquoise and Caicos

 Turquoise and Caicos is a very pretty turquoise that leans green in my opinion. I wasn't expecting it to be so green toned. It's still awesome and makes me want to drape myself in Grandmas turquoise beads. I've used three coats and I'm happy with the super shiny result.

Lapis of Luxury

 Lapis of Luxury is my favourite. Actually it's one of my favourite Essie polishes ever. Awesome bright yet dusty periwinkle cornflowerish blue. Super shiny, it's not just a boring creme. Again I've used three coats. I know thee have been a lot of comparisons of Lapis of Luxury to Coat Azure. There is no comparison...Lapis of Luxury wins.

Splash of Grenadine

 Splash of Grenadine is actually rather unique in my collection. I'm not normally drawn to pinky purple tones. They have a tendency to give me the dreaded zombie hand. Splash of Grenadine is making me re-think my stance though. Perfect for Speing or Summer and once again three coats.

Playa Del Platinum

 To be honest I'm not sure how well Playa del Platinum fits in with the three other gorgeous dusty brights. It doesn't even fit the name Playa del Platinum. It's just not platinum, more of a greyed sandy beige. Playa del Platinum is alright...but i think the other three polishes alone would have been an awesome collection.

All four polishes have the awesome Essie texture...Jelly creme. So they are amazingly easy to apply. I think these four polishes look great in a collection together. I'm not sure they'd all stand up by them selves though. Lapis of Luxury is the stand out for me. A truly awesome blue polish I love wearing.

Glitter in Nice

I'm starting to feel very stressed.
We have an art exhibition of the kids work at school, we have parent teacher interviews (which I must do a portfolio for each child for), Nick has a work function and my house is a mess.

Luckily Nice is nice is a very calming shade to wear. I added Glitter in the Air and I think this a very calm, peaceful combination. At least it's working for me!

Glitter in the Air over Nice is Nice

Look at the pretty micro glitters! I just thought Glitter in the Air had large and smaller blue and pink glitters, but there is tiny micro glitter in blue and pink as well. So very pretty!

Essie Spam!

A couple of weeks ago I went on a crazy Essie buying spree.
No I didn't need most the colours I bought...but it was still fun opening the boxes they arrived in and testing them all!

Sand of a Beach...yup I bought this one for the name!

Monkey Business...another bought for the name!

Porcini, I so wanted this polish to be pinker. It's pretty but I wanted it so badly and then it wasn't what I had expected.

Bootleg, exactly what I expected. Muted pink tone with gorgeous subtle, yet sparkly silver shimmer. Yum!

Sew Psyched, delicious muted green with subtle silver shimmer.

Fondola Gondola, another that wasn't exactly how I imagined it. Pretty but disappointing. I'll get over it though!

I still have two more to play with, but I'm not really feeling the colours right now. So I'm feeling very unmotivated to try them. Very Autumn colours and I still want it to be Summer.

Now I'm off to hunt down One Less Lonely Glitter...there was one left in the store yesterday...So fingers crossed!

Last of a French Affair...

I loved the four Essie French Affair polishes I had bought so much I just had to buy the remaining two. I'm so glad I did, because I love these polishes. I'm not normally a pale purple person, but Nice is Nice is lovely. Kisses and Bisses is amazing as well!

Kisses and Bisses

 Kisses and Bisses is a sheer Essie. Yes...another sheer Essie, but Kisses and Bisses is stunning. Pearly white with a strong deep pink flash. Maybe not the best look for me worn alone...those are some long nail tips! It's not my fault my nail bed is so short :(. Kisses and Bisses is amazing for the possibilities it brings. I loved Topless and Barefoot, but would have loved it more with some shimmer...Kisses and Bisses can provide that shimmer! I can't wait to try layering it over the other polishes in the collection. It just adds that something special.

Nice is Nice

 Nice is Nice is an amazing soft pastel purple. I'm not very good at naming purple shades. I'm not a pastel person. The last pale pastel purple I tried made my hands look hideous and dead. Nice is Nice doesn't do that. I actually find the polish very flattering, I'd go so far as to say I like it more than Marely. Nice is Nice just seems to suit me much better. Though I find the name difficult...is Nice nice or nice is Nice!

OMB!

Yes I did just say OMB.

I found the Justin Beiber polishes at Farmers today. I walked away with Me+Blue and Step to the Beat of My Heart. I'm kicking myself for not buying One Less Lonely Glitter...Even though I know I don't tend to wear glitters. I still haven't worn any of my Burlesque glitters. But maybe I'd wear One Less Lonely Glitter...

I also did something super naughty...
I can't believe I'm actually saying this...but omg I totally want to have a giveaway. I keep seeing things that would be so awesome to include. So today I finally did it...I purchased some awesome polishes...they're enroute to me...so when they arrive I'll scheme more!

And so this post has some content...

Essie Bachelorette Bash

Should I have a bachelorette party...or just do a bridal shower....decisions!