Essie Smooth Sailing
Okay. So I never got my Friday post up. I was in the middle of a computer switch and let’s just say it wasn’t as simple as I’d planned. I loved the mani, but I made the mistake of getting distracted and cleaning the laundry room floor before I photographed it! Big mistake. That’ll teach me to never clean the laundry room floor again. (Whoops, maybe that’s the wrong lesson learned.)
So today I have an untried, Smooth Sailing, from Essie’s 2011 Braziliant Collection. I didn’t pick this up too long ago – so it’s still available. It’s a pretty periwinkle blue with silver shimmer. The formula was really nice.
This is two coats. There’s a little bit of balding at the cuticle. But I honestly couldn’t even see it until I looked at the pics.
Curiously, if you look this up on the Essie site…the bottle shot is WAY more purple than real life. I know bloggers toil over getting accurate color (and sometimes it’s just not possible). But you’d think the polish company would have it perfect.
My daughter tells me she’s tired of swatches and I need to do some nail art to “attract a younger audience.” LOL. I don’t know about that. I do intend to get off the swatch kick. Plus, Digit-al Dozen week starts 11 February and the topic is Love & Hearbreak. Any ideas?
Disclosure: At this time, I have no material connection to the brand or product used in this post.
I really like your swatches! I do like nail art but i really enjoy reading through your swatches as well to get ideas :)
That’s a really pretty color!
And I like your new watermark. Very snazzy!
aaaahhhh what a gorgeous color :)
Gorgeous blue. I love the shimmers in it. I love nail art and that’s how I first discovered nail blogs. Swatches are just as fun as I can really see the beauty of a polish so please keep those gorgeous swatches coming!
Beautiful cloudy color! I definitely don’t mind your swatches, your nails are nice to look at haha
Beautiful!!! And sweetie I love your swatches!!!
This looks so nice on you! And you have gorgeous swatches, so no complaints from me! :)
It looks really pretty on you!
I love your swatches, but also your awesome nail art!
So..I’m old and grey….I love your swatches :))
Very pretty colour as well: looks great on you!
This colour is gorgeous! Also your painting is flawless!
Don’t stop doing swatches! I enjoy nail art as much as the next person, but I rarely do it myself and I count on good swatches when I’m considering buying a new polish!