NOTD: Essie's Mint Candy Apple

Essie's Mint Candy Apple is hands-down my favorite color that I own currently. It's such a beautiful color and it's absolutely perfect for the summer and winter. It very toned down and it looks absolutely fantastic on any skin tone. If you've always wanted to buy from the Essie brand but have balked at the prices before, go ahead and buy this shade. You won't regret it, I promise.

It actually doesn't look very mint-y in this light but it does in certain lights. Regardless, I love the pale-blue color of the polish. It actually makes me so happy every time I look at it :) 

What do you guys think? 

NOTD: Essie's Eternal Optimist

I've realized that I haven't updated about beauty in a while. There's been too many random posts but I think I know just the way to get back into beauty blogging.

I've been obsessed with painting my nails a pastel color. I don't know if pastels are supposed to be trendy this season but I can't resist me some pastel nails. I've also discovered the wonders of Essie. For the longest time, I couldn't rationalize spending more than $4-5 on a nail polish and the first time I tried Essie, the color began to chip in like 4 days. However, my local drugstore was having a sale on Essie nail polishes and I couldn't help but pick up a few.

One of the ones I picked up was Eternal Optimist. It's a great soft-pink color that almost borders on nude in certain lighting. I absolutely love this color, especially if you're in the mood for something a little girly but don't like darker pinks or hot pinks. I put on two coats; I find that Essie nail polishes always require two coats. The only thing I don't like about these nail polishes in general? The brushes aren't wide. I've found that my hands are much more stable if the brush is wide and a little flat but it's not that big of an issue.

Here's the color in better lighting. 

What do you guys think? What's your favorite nail polish shade?