Essie Nail Polish Review

First of all id like to point out that the bottle is so cute!

This was my first try using the brand Essie. I absolutely love that the brush is a lot wider than any other brands i have used, it made it so much easier to get my nail painted in one stroke. Was very easy to use (I'm very novice at nail painting) made no mess at all.

I found that with a base and top coat it didn't chip very easily which is amazing for me because i am always super busy and get really annoyed with chipped nail polish.

This colour is so pretty! it is kind of pastel but with a gorgeous shimmer in it. It is now my absolute favourite !

I highly recommend this nail polish!

this is my first time trying essie and it is x100times better than dollar store ones that I usually use. i had to do 2 coats to get a nice even opaque color but they dry really fast so its no problem. What i like the most is the color ! it is a bluesh purple(lavendar? i dunno) color with really subtle shimmer in it. the color is not a vibrant neon kinda color which i like because i like neutral colors. this would be a very versatile color for summer !

I really like this product! Thanks for selecting me to try BR!

The packaging is really nice, clean and simple. Features the name of the shade on the lid of it, which is handy for me because i shore all of my polishes facing up in a draw, so this way you just have to select your shade.

The brush is wonderful! so wide, I was able to paint my nails with 3 brushstrokes each! So easy! It does hold a lot of product so be sure to brush it along the neck of the bottle to remove some.

This nail polish wears well, currently as I am wearing this, I am up to the 4th day and the only wear/chipping I have is along the corners which you cannot actually see. Unless you are up really close. The color has stayed really vibrant!

I noticed as soon as i got this product it has tiny sparkles in it, however on your nails this is a little hard to notice.

All in all, this color of this nail polish is absolutely wonderful, which I intend on using again and again. The formula, bottle and brush are some of the best i have ever used. Definitely will be recommending this!

Thanks BR!

This essie bikini so teeny nail polish is the cutest colour! It's a bright pastel colour that looks lovely on nails! Nothing like I've seen before. Usually light colours, for me need more than one coat but this one is so opaque on the first coat, leaving no streaks when it dries (it dries pretty quickly too!) the more you layer it the stronger the colour and shimmer comes out, it's a lovely shuttle shimmer, nothing too obnoxious :) for me it tends to stay on better with a base coat, it stays on well for a good amount of days without it, but when it begins to chip, the rests of the nail polish just peels off. Love this colour, it's definitely a favourite! Lastly, the packaging is great, simple in a cute, square glass bottle unlike most, with the name on the lid (very helpful when it's in your draw!) Would definitely love to try some more from their amazing colour range!

I cannot get enough of this colour, it's by far my favourite new nail polish and I can't stop looking at my nails! I've never used an Essie polish before, but had heard good things, and I can see why. I was a bit surprised when I first started using it, as the brush is quite wide, so you do have to be a bit careful not to have too much polish on the brush, but once I got used to it, it was great. The colour is just beautiful, a soft, feminine cornflower blue with the tiniest hint of a sparkle to it. Coverage is really good, two coats gave a a complete and lasting coverage which only started to chip about 5 days later, even without a top coat. It's the perfect colour for this time of year, when winter is ALMOST at an end, and I'm dreaming of warmer sunnier days. Looking at my beautiful nails makes me want to drink a cocktail in the sunshine! Cannot recommend highly enough.

I absolutely love this nail polish! It's durable and the colour is so pretty with a little bit of shimmer (I got lots of compliments about it!). The polish glides on for a really smooth finish, and if you aren't that technical with a brush (like me) it comes off your skin very easily. Definitely recommend

Essie nail polish comes in a small glass bottle with a white top. It has a sticker on the handle that contains the ingredients and tells you a little about the product information. A circular white sticker on the top of the handle has the shade name. Made in France, this 13,5ml bottle has glass embossing on two sides of the bottle. The handle is 3cm the bottle is 4cm. For appearance I would give it a 5/5 it is an attractive and informative little package.

The brush is very wide and offered great coverage to the nail, two strokes covered the entire width of the nail. Whilst I did not seem to mind this a few friends who tried the nail polish found the brush too wide. One commented that had it been a fraction narrower you would perhaps get more even coverage. For the size of the brush and the length of the handle (3cm) I would give it a 3/5.

One coat was not enough to offer even coverage and I found that even after two coats I had break through patches - I did not find that I was able to get an even colour coverage. I was a little disappointed with this. For the coverage I would give it a 2/5.

The colour is amazing and I was offered plenty of compliments on the stunning shade of cornflower blue. My daughters said they thought it looked like a colour that had come from Frozen. So needless to say it is a hit with people of all ages. The colour would get a 5/5 from me. A firm new favourite of mine.

I have shorter nails at the moment - and found that the nail polish lasted just on 7 days. It did not chip or peel however it did wear off from the tip up. It left a good mm of nail exposed slowly over the week. For wear and tear I would offer is 3/5.

The price is a little expensive and disappointing at $22.99 so for this I would give it a 2/5 I love finding a bargain and don't feel that for the price and results that this is one of those miracle, bargain, must have polishes.

Over all this is an average polish but an amazing colour. If I found a cheaper product in the same colour I would be tempted to try that - although a cheaper product you risk worse results. If I was gifted this product I would gratefully except and enjoy using it but I wouldn't rush out to purchase this make again unless it was on sale.

Again the colour made this nail polish for me.

ok ok, so I wanted this colour so, so very badly, I even considered selling my soul to be chosen for the trial, but that didn't work. I'd seen this polish talked about by sooo many beauty gurus, and I had to have it. But when I went to buy it, the price was around $25 for a very small looking bottle of nail polish. I don't care how much I wanted it, I really didn't want to spend that much on it. SO I went on the hunt for dupes but none of them were as great in colour. So I gave in, and decided to treat myself. Boy did I do a good job!

I love it! It's everything I wanted and more. I've never used and Essie polish before so it was very exciting. I can say that the quality, is probably better than OPI.

I love the packaging, it's very simple, very elegant, sitting on a dresser with a bunch of Essie nail polishes, I can imagine how beautiful it will look. The bottle looks small yes, but at closer look, I noticed it has the same amount of polish as any other nail polish in it. √√

I LOVE the brush. It's very thick and wide, without being too over the top. It's controllable and one stroke covers my entire nail, except my thumb which needs a stroke and a half. I can say that is amazing, especially when you are in a rush and need nails done in a flash. But in saying that, there is so much excess polish on the brush. I wiped away before painting the nail, but as you go to put it back in the bottle, more polish is trickling down from the top of the brush. So it's one you have to be careful with, although I can't say I had any difficulty with that. It also comes off the skin really easily, if you tend to paint your skin, like I do.

Two coats of this product is perfect and opaque. Bright, gorgeous pastel blue colour. And can I just say, any type of top coat you put over it, it will look just as good. I tried this with white glitter, gold glitter and black star glitter. Uhhh I can't get enough. It has so many looks, and is so versatile.

The only complaint I have about it, is how long it lasts. While I got to wear it for a good 6 days without any chipping, I notice that around the edges of the nail, the colour starts to slowly fade, so you're left with white tips.

Bottom line, would I use this again- Yes for colour, no for brand. I love everything that Essie has to offer, except the price. I would definitely buy Bikini so Teeny again though.

I've tried plenty of nail polishes in my time, and for something that retails at $22.99.. I am not disappointed with Essie Bikini So Teeny.. but nor am I impressed with it.

I've got to say, there were several things that I loved about this.. The applicator, for example, is one of the things that I love about this product.. It's wide enough to cover your nail in one stroke unlike majority of other nailpolish brands which have a thinner brush. Makes it so much easier and cleaner for each application.

The colour was another thing I loved.. It's such a super pigmented cornflower blue that cheers you up completely! I've seen many bloggers wearing this product and I've been so completely jealous. It would range a whole different variations of complexions which is fabulous. The colour looks 100% better on and in real life than it does in the bottle or on videos/photos/etc.

The final thing I adored about this product is the packaging.. I mean it's nothing to rave about but I have always found that the packaging for Essie is absolutely fabulous, simple and very clean. It's not over complicated by huge logos or bright colours covering the real sweetness inside.

Although I did love the colour, the brush and the bottle.. There were a few things I wasn't too happy about with Bikini So Teeny..

The first being that it dried streaky.. No matter how many coats I did there was always something sneaking through. It was incredibly patchy unlike other Essie polishes I've tried.

The second thing that I wasn't too pleased about was how long it lasted without a base or top coat.. Now I do know you are meant to do both of these things so I did one hand with and one hand without to see how long it would last.. Without the base and top coat they only lasted 3-4 days but with a full base and top coat it brought it out to a week. I have other nail polishes that last maybe 2 weeks so this wasn't the best.

As I said earlier.. I'm not pleased with Essie Bikini So Teeny but it is a pretty polish. I'm not sure if I would recommend it to anyone, but I am keen to find a dupe to trial against it!

It's very pigmented which means I don't need lots of layers. The brush is very nice as I only need one stoke to cover my nail. The Polish started chipping quite quickly however I didn't use any top coat on top which I normally always do. Love the shimmer in it, I would recommend but it's not amazing.