Essie Sunday Funday

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   We've made it to Friday again.  Which for a lot of you means time off for the next two days.  Who has plans?  I'll be working so think of me as you're out having fun.

   Today I have Sunday Funday from the Essie Naughty Naughtical collection for Summer 2013.

   Sunday Funday is a pinkish coral crelly with silver and pink microflecks.  The color leans heavy towards the pink side, but you can tell it's not a straight pink.  Formula and application were good, but I had horrible wear time.  I applied this in the evening and it started chipping the next day.  Granted, I'm hard on my hands at work, but this wore especially badly for me.  I don't normally have this issue with Essie polishes, so I'm not sure what the exact cause was.  

   I used 2 coats of Sunday Funday, but those of you with longer nails or who do not like any VNL I would recommend 3 coats instead.  I used Duri Rejuvacote and NYC Grand Central Station for my top coat.  

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  As you can tell from my photos, the shimmer/microflecks are almost completely hidden on the nail.  The color is very vibrant, which I like, I just wish the shimmer showed more and that I had gotten better wear time.

Disclaimer:  The product(s) in this post were provided to me for consideration.

China Glaze Mimosas Before Manis and Glitz N Pieces

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   The actual name of one of the polishes I'm showing you today is Mimosa's Before Mani's, but the grammar of that name bothers me too much to type more than once, so I'm going to fix it for my post.

   Mimosas Before Manis is a pinkish coral with subtle shimmer from the Spring 2013 Avant Garden collection.  It's warm and bright, but not a neon.  The formula was a little runny and I had some streaks with the first coat of color.  But those evened out with the second coat.  The below photos are 2 coats of polish over Finger Paints base coat and no top coat.

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   Glitz N Pieces is a mix of black and silver glitters.  The glitters are a mix of large and small hex glitters in both sizes and short bar glitters in black.  The formula wasn't bad, but a bit thin so the glitters want to pull to the edge of your nails.  Once again I used a dab/brush combo for application to get the best results.  Below is one coat of Glitz over Mimosas Before Manis and no top coat.

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Disclaimer: The product(s) in this post were provided to me by the company for consideration.

China Glaze Make Some Noise

   Make Some Noise is the last of the China Glaze ElectroPop Collection shades I have to show you.  

   Make Some Noise is a very orange pink shade that's almost a coral.  It's a creme/jelly hybrid.  That means it has the opacity of a creme, 2 coats gave full coverage, but keeps the squishy quality of a jelly.  The formula was a little thin, but application was nice.  Make Some Noise almost feels like a neon in brightness, but it doesn't dry matte like neons usually do.

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   Make Some Noise is one of my favorites from the ElectroPop Collection.  I've already worn it as a pedi for a few weeks and LOVED it. 

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Coral Fever

   I don't wear oranges and corals enough.  Every time I put one on I think "I should wear these more often".  Yet do I?  No.  I'm not sure why, but it's what happens.

   The Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure line is billed as all-in-one polishes.  That means base coat, color, and top coat all in one bottle as well as a strengthener and growth treatment.  You can skip a separate base and top coat if you want, but I personally still tend to use them.  Why?  First to try to avoid staining on my nails with an extra base coat.  Second, I always use a quick dry top coat because I'm too clumsy and impatient not to ruin a fresh mani if I don't.

   Coral Fever is from the spring Tracy Reese collection.  This is a true coral creme.

   I love the way these bottles look.  But I'm not a fan of the brush.  The complete salon manicure brushes are the wide curved brushes like the new Nicole by OPI ones. 

   Please pardon any weird spots in application in the following pictures.  They are not from the polish, but how I was sitting when I applied.  I used this probably 2 months ago while watching the hockey playoffs so I was sitting on the couch cross-legged and polishing on the foot rest.  Aside from the weird angle I was using, application was smooth and I only needed 2 coats for full, even coverage.  One coat possibly would have been enough under normal mani situations.  I don't remember exactly which base coat I used, but it was probably my standard China Glaze Strong Adhesion base and then of course my trusty Seche Vite top coat.  

  

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   As you can see, the color doesn't change very much in different lighting conditions.  I love polishes like that.  But look at how much it glows in the shade.  This is a great summer color and I think would look good on lots of different skin tones.  I might even make this my pedi when I go on vacation in a couple weeks.