Essie Nail Polish Review

Don't get me wrong, I still love OPI, But I think in terms of how long-lasting it is, price comparison to OPI and function I really do have a new favourite brand.

I've discovered I really prefer their nail brush or the nail polish in general? I tend to get more of a easy glide in layering my nail-polish because its not as thick. In terms of price I find it is also cheaper than some other brands when you get it at the make-up sale.

I find Essie such an amazing brand to use. I actually really love their colour range, and it is among my favourite nail polish brands along with OPI and Butter London. I own mint candy apple, chinchilly, ballet slippers, after school boy blazer and another coral I cannot remember the name of. I find application easy and it doesn't chip or bubble or anything. Drys reasonably quick as well, at least faster than OPI. I think most of all, they were most worth buying for me because I got them in America, where they were only about $4 each. If I were to buy nail polish in NZ, I would probably still go for OPI over Essie just because the prices are practically the same.

I have a large collection of Essie Nail Polishes! At the moment I have 15 but that can change at any point as I find more colours I love. My original love was OPI but since I found Essie I haven't looked back. I love the small square bottles on these. The new bottles have the name on the top so if you are obsessive as I am you know what polish it is from the the top, and the little bit of colour peeking around the sides. The brush is great, on the new bottles it is quite flat and rounded so extremely easy to get the whole nail in one pass. The older bottles have quite a skinny brush but still lovely. I love most of these polishes for their great fashionable colours, and their ability for these to stay for 4+ days. Most of the time I purchase these off candygirl.co.nz for a great selection and occasionally fantastic sales.

I'm going to split this review into two lists, the ones I love, and the ones I don't love as much.

THE LOVES; Mint Candy Apple, the perfect mint summer shade. Jazz, a beige that is perfect for everyday in the office. Bahama Mama, that ox-blood red everyone talks about in winter. Angora Cardi, a muted version of Bahama Mama that I almost love more. Dive Bar, a metallic greeny-blue that looks stunning in every light. Penny Talk, the shade I searched for for so long and ended up buying off fishpond for far too much money. A golden light bronze metallic that I don't end up wearing nearly enough.

THE LIKES; Minimalistic, a pale pale washed out pink. French Affair, a pastel light pink. The reason these aren't loves are both the same. The number of coats it takes to get a full opaque finish is just stupid. You can do over four coats and still find streaks. I just don't reach for these because I can't be bothered.

I purchased a bottle from Farmers Store. The price was very similar to that of Revlon and although slightly more than some, it was less than others so pretty middle of the range. Packaging simple. The brush is really good for application. The colour is soft and does not show wear at the end of the first day so I found it suitable for work. I am sold on Essie. I had applied a base and top coat but found the polish lasted approximately a week before showing slight wear at the end of the nail but not chipping. What has impressed me is that I have been using it for a while now and it has showed no signs of thickening. This is the second Essie polish (I generally purchase for colour rather than brand) but will definitely check the Essie colours out now in preference to any other nail polish.

For the price Essie nail polish is a really solid product. It hasn't chipped as quickly as some nail polishes and I LOVE the pastel colours that go on in a really lovely opaque. You can get away with one coat but I generally use two because I like a really solid coverage. They make beautiful seasonal shades. My favourite for summer is Fiji which is a gorgeous barely pink creme. I also use Vested Interest for winter when I feel like something really different.

I love this nail polish soooooo much-I have no idea what formula Essie use but for putting on nail polish yourself-I feel like this is the best nailpolish out! AND THE COLOUR SELECTION IS AWESOMEEEEEE

Like most Essie nail polish this ones great. The brush gives you a perfect application. These plenty of different nail designs you can do with this nail polish.

My favourite being Galaxy nails. Using black and a light blue in the centre, then using on a sliver platter on top give you the perfect galaxy.

This nail polish is also great for an accent nail.

Only down side is like glitter nail polish this is impossible to get off.

I am a massive nail polish fan and love to collect different shades and collections. A couple of years ago I came across the brand Essie and have been loving it ever since.

Essie has an amazing range of beautiful colours - they tend to be predominately bright or pastel shades, I haven't seen many blood reds, or deep browns etc in the Essie range. I love the Essie collection of polishes because of the unique shades of polishes.

The nail polish brush seems to be smaller and a different shape to the OPI brushes and I find that it is easier to apply to fingernails than the OPI range of polishes. I am not sure the technical differences in the brushes, but I find Essie easier to use.

I own a lot of Essie polishes and always get compliments whenever I paint my nails. They are priced at a slightly higher price point than OPI, at about $23, but I think they are worth the $3-$4 difference.

Go and try Essie! It is not as well known in NZ as OPI and Revlon etc, but it is a quality brand and lasts on your nails as long as OPI, if not longer.

Before Beauty review, I didn't really have much knowledge about beauty products at all. Since being on here, I've become more aware of nail polish lacquers and the difference in qualities between brands. I find that there is a difference in wear and vibrancy. So I had a good read many reviews of Essie and also following their social media accounts I could see that this company is very active with it's fans and general community.

Essie comes in this square shaped bottle. It has clean lines and a classic simple style. It's bottle has the Essie branding within this glass. I like this little touch. The colour I chose is Parka Perfect. It's a light shade of grey. It has flecks of silver shimmer within it. This brush is quite thin and it looks pretty standard. The texture of this liquid is quite thin.

On the first application its quite opaque. This nail polish needs a few layers of lacquer to build up a solid colour. I recommend ten intervals in between coats. Once dried the colour wasn't moving. Now for wear I managed to get three days wear. I did notice fading on my tips of finger but not directly on my fingers.

The quality of this polish is definitely there. I probably wouldn't pay $18 a bottle. I was really lucky to get a big bucket sale at $8 a bottle. I really enjoy pastel colours at the moment. They had a lot of bright colours but I think I'm going away from using those types of colours. I recommend at least getting one of these nail colours to add to your collection. It's worth of it.

I'm a big nail polish fan and always have painted claws. I had heard so many wonderful things about Essie from the BR babes so on a recent shopping trip to the city I finally managed to get some i have the colours "go ginza" which is like a very light pastel purple and "romper room" which is a very light pink almost like a nude. It's a big favourite of mine.

The square glass bottle has the Essie logo stamped on the glass making it stand out. The brush is a lot like the Sally Hansen brushes where the corners are slightly rounded off making application even easier. It goes on smoothly and I have no streaky lines. I usually apply 3 coats of these to get a good depth of colour. Drying time between coats is pretty fast first coat about 2 minutes and 2 and 3 is about 10 minutes.

The longevity of these is amazingly good. When I had romper room on I decided it would be a great idea to clean the oven (what was I thinking!) and then clean the BBQ with steel wool, the nail polish was already 3 days old and I thought I would have been annihilated, only to realise when I had finished I only had a wee bit of chipping on a few nails so that right there makes me love this even more. And I didn't apply a top coat so it was just the nail polish on its own. When it came to removing it, a couple of swipes and it was off. Really loving the Essie polishes and want more.. If only it was stocked in our small town!!