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Grabbed this for about $4.50 on sale in Walgreens. Wasn't planning to buy this colour but really glad I did. It's a medium blue with gorgeous silver sheen/shimmer throughout, giving it a different finish to a cream. Applies brilliantly - almost perfect in one coat, so much so that you could just walk out the door with one coat and not feel self conscious about your nails.
Until Next Time,
Huzzannah
Not much to say other than LOVE! This is the best nude nail polish that has ever worked for me, it's pale without being ghostly (thanks to it's pink undertone, suits me very well) and it's opaque. It isn't yellow or tan or beige or orange, it's perfect, for once! Now I just need to find this in lipstick/lipgloss form and I'm all set (yeah, right...)
Creamy, opaque in two coats and applies flawlessly - I'm really starting to like Essie. This shade is so muted and beautiful, perfect for making your nails look polished and professional (so a good choice for work/school/special occasions) understated but not plain. I've already worn it again!
I love it, do you?
Until Next Time,
Huzzannah
I only have two proper opaque cream pinks in my whole collection, OPI's Pandamonium Pink and this Essie's French Affair. Both are very similar in that they have a slight lilac undertone that comes through in certain lights very well. Pandamonium Pink is, however, a lot dustier and not as bright pink as French Affair is, with a little more empathises on the lilac hue. Since I have grown to love Pandamonium Pink, wearing French Affair was like wearing a more girly version and that being said I have also grown to really like this pink. I'm not a huge pink fan (it's not really me so to speak) so it's nice to battle against that sometimes and wear something different!
Both shades apply very well - which is why I don't think I need anymore cream pinks - I'm fine with what I have now. They are slightly streaky on one coat but for the most part perfect in two/three and since I don't really like pink usually if they were a bother (which they're not) I wouldn't bother anyway, so I would recommend them.
Bear in mind the purple/lilac cool undertone, it may not be flattering on everyone...
Until Next Time,
Huzzannah
Second NOTD of the night, Mint Candy Apple is a lovely minty colour which is very hard to photograph! This is a very popular shade, though I wouldn't agree with what many people say about it. Whilst it is a lovely colour, I don't think it is a ''pure'' mint. In different lighting, this pulls very blue - almost cyan - and minty in others.
It's really bright too, as you can see, thankfully it wasn't too unforgiving on my pale skin!
What do you think?
Until Next Time,
Huzzannah
Grabbed this for about $4.50 on sale in Walgreens. Wasn't planning to buy this colour but really glad I did. It's a medium blue with gorgeous silver sheen/shimmer throughout, giving it a different finish to a cream. Applies brilliantly - almost perfect in one coat, so much so that you could just walk out the door with one coat and not feel self conscious about your nails.
Not much to say other than LOVE! This is the best nude nail polish that has ever worked for me, it's pale without being ghostly (thanks to it's pink undertone, suits me very well) and it's opaque. It isn't yellow or tan or beige or orange, it's perfect, for once! Now I just need to find this in lipstick/lipgloss form and I'm all set (yeah, right...)
Creamy, opaque in two coats and applies flawlessly - I'm really starting to like Essie. This shade is so muted and beautiful, perfect for making your nails look polished and professional (so a good choice for work/school/special occasions) understated but not plain. I've already worn it again!
I only have two proper opaque cream pinks in my whole collection, OPI's Pandamonium Pink and this Essie's French Affair. Both are very similar in that they have a slight lilac undertone that comes through in certain lights very well. Pandamonium Pink is, however, a lot dustier and not as bright pink as French Affair is, with a little more empathises on the lilac hue. Since I have grown to love Pandamonium Pink, wearing French Affair was like wearing a more girly version and that being said I have also grown to really like this pink. I'm not a huge pink fan (it's not really me so to speak) so it's nice to battle against that sometimes and wear something different!
Until Next Time,
Not really a haul when it only includes two polishes! I got my hands on Essie's French Affair & Coat Azure on clearance in a Walgreens store for about $4.19 ea. I have to say I hate, with a passion, the drugstore packaging - the white Essie stickers are horrible! I actually peeled off all the stickers and pulled the one off the top with it's name and put it underneath on the bottom of the bottle because they make Essie's adorable packaging look cheap. I definitely prefer the original Essie packaging from salons but these were on sale -shrugs- so I guess I'll have to lump the horrible name labels. 
Even though these are the drugstore packaged versions, the quality is still there, with Coat Azure being a pretty much one coater. French Affair reminds me a bit of OPI Pandamonium Pink, that slightly strange pink that changes slightly in different lighting's but we'll have to see. Coat Azure is such a pretty blue with a silver shimmer running throughout, very noticeable and not at all chunky. Just a shine.
