HAUL| OPI and Essie Nail Polish!

Hi everyone! I have a serious addiction to nail polish and love doing nail art on my nails! I think painting your nails is a quick way to change up your look and give your outfit a nice pop of color :) 

From Left to Right: OPI No Room for the Blues, Essie Full Steam Ahead, Seche Vite Top Coat, Essie Bikini so Teeny, OPI Gargantuan Green Grape

The first item I got Seche Vite's Dry Fast Top Coat*. This is the first time I'm trying it out. I generally just use things from the drugstore because I find that they work just as well but since I received this as a gift, I decided to give it a try. I don't know if it prolongs my nail color better than what I used to use, but I'll give it a couple more tries since it's such a cult beauty product.

OPI No Room for the Blues

This OPI nail polish in No Room for the Blues is such a pretty shade of blue! I really like wearing the color blue in my wardrobe but don't have very many blues in my nail polish collection so this is a very nice addition. It's a bright sky blue more suited for the summer, but I don't really follow nail color trends much ;) I like wearing bright colors during autumn and winter especially because it's gloomy and cloudy where I live. It is a cream finish, which is my favorite finish for nail polish as it gives a sophisticated look to the nails. I find that I get a pretty opaque color payoff with one coat but out of habit, I use two. ≧ω≦ The color you see in the bottle is the color you get on your nails, which is nice!

Essie Full Steam Ahead

Purple is one of my favorite colors and this lilac shade is no exception. Essie's Full Steam Ahead* is part of the summer 2013 collection. It does have tiny little silver glitters that isn't noticeable unless you get really close and personal to your nails. With this shade, I do have to use two-three coats to achieve full opacity but it dries pretty fast so I don't have to wait long between the coats. This nail polish is true to color :)

OPI Gargantuan Green Grape

OPI is one of my favorite nail polish brands because the formula is thick but dries fast and it has the cutest names and colors ever! OPI's Gargantuan Green Grape* is part of OPI's Brights Nail Lacquer Collection. It's bright in a pastelpastel kind of way if that makes sense. Instead of fading into the background like a pastel, it stands out more! It's a nice minty green that brightens my skin. I feel that it would pop nicely against tanned skin :) I find that I need two coats for full opacity but that is standard for most nail polishes.This polish is true to color :D

Essie Bikini So Teeny

 Lastly, I got the Essie Bikini So Teeny! This is really one my favorite blue colors in my collection ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀ It's a pretty cornflower blue color with teeny tiny sparkles in it that make it more of a pearly finish. I like how the color brightens up my skin and makes my hand look a lot more polished. I only own two Essie polishes (can you guess which ones? (◐.̃◐)) but I think their formula tends to be on the watery side, which means that you don't get full opacity in one coat but it does dry pretty fast. The color in the bottle is what you get, which is a plus!

Here's a nail look I created using cutepolish's video! The design I'm using starts at 2:18. :)

So that's it for this haul! If you have any questions about any of the products I mentioned, please don't hesitate to ask!

XOXO,

MWAH ♡

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Disclosure Statement: All products mentioned were purchased with my own money. I am not sponsored by any of the companies mentioned above and was not compensated for this post. All opinions are my own. Links are not affiliate links and are provided for the readers' convenience. Products marked with an asterisk (*) were either given to me as a sample or gift with purchase or given to me by my friends and family.