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Sunday, 23 July 2023

SWATCHES: Essie // Stripes & Sails, You're A Gem & Spaghetti Straps

SWATCHES Essie Stripes & Sails, You're A Gem & Spaghetti Straps

Found these three beauties in TK Maxx for £2.99 each so of course I had to bring them home with me!

Stripes & Sails // Sacramento creme
Collection: Spring 2018
Release: 2018
Coats: 1

SWATCHES Essie Stripes & Sails

This one-coat wonder is a self-levelling thing of beauty. I love dark green/teal shades and I'm happy to have this as part of my collection. I'd say a cheaper dupe for this would be Rockpool by Barry M. It also does well as a stamping polish due to it's thickness.

You're A Gem // Rose Gold Linear Holo
Collection: Gorge-ous Geodes
Release: Spring/Summer 2019
Coats: 2

SWATCHES Essie You're A Gem

SWATCHES Essie You're A Gem

Who knew that mainstream polish brands could do holo so well??


I looked up the rest of this collection and I think I may need to track the rest of them down because hot damn, what a formula. 

Spaghetti Straps // pastel pink crelly
Collection: ?? Core Colours?
Release: <2010? or 2017?
Coats: 3

SWATCHES Essie Spaghetti Straps

This is such an old shade I can't actually find when it was released! I know that this is a newer bottle though because it has the wider flat brush so I think this particular one is from the core colours that were re-released back in 2017.

That said, I LOVE THIS POLISH. Sorry for the caps but it's just such a soft, baby pastel pink with a slight hint of peach. This is my polish for all quartz looks now. It can be ever so slightly streaky if applied in a too-thin layer but other than that, it's the perfect sheer. I'm wearing three coats and I can't get over how classy and elegant it looks. Apparently there are some other amazing Essie sheers out there now in similar shades and I'm going to have to hunt them down.
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