This is Essie Smokin' Hot, released in the Winter collection of 2010, A Winter's Tale. It's a smoky dark purpley gray. I was on the fence about this when it came out and then it took off as the new It color for a while there so I reconsidered. I'm still not 100% in love with it but it is pretty and I'm glad I have it. Three coats.
Armed & Ready is from the Go Overboard collection that came out in early Spring of this year. It's a very unique color, dark brown tinged green grey, with a metallic gold shimmer. Awesome formula and I can't think of any color like it. This is two coats.
This is a surprising love of mine, from the Wedding collection that just came out from Essie. I actually adore all of the colors in this collection! This one is called Who Is The Boss, haha. It's a pale white washed green with a hint of blue. I had trouble with application on this, as it was a bit thick. This is three coats.
And last for today is Like to Be Bad, which is a dumb name, especially for a bridal collection. The color is gorgeous though, a pale peachy pink with the slightest hint of pinky orange shimmer. I wish it was a tad more pronounced, it's basically imperceptible. This one was thick also unfortunately, three coats.
I got all of these from Transdesign for $4.35 each. Any of these calling to you? Armed & Ready is a must have for sure.
Smokin' Hot is a great alternative when you want a dark colour, but not black! :)
ReplyDeleteArmed & Ready and Who Is The Boss are some of my favorites right now. They look super on you ;)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous swatches. Smokin' hot has been on my wish list for about a year now. I need to get on that.
ReplyDeleteOoh like to be bad and who is the boss need to be mine! x :-)
ReplyDeletesmokin hot is pretty!
ReplyDeletei must go on a hunt for Who is the Boss !! i love it!!
ReplyDeleteI really like Armed and Ready!
ReplyDeleteI like all of them :) its a shame about the formula on some of them though
ReplyDeleteOooooh! I really like Who is the Boss. I am a sucker for pastels like that!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Love Smokin' Hot and Armed and Ready :)
ReplyDeleteI love all of them.
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Armed & Ready is such a great color. I'm wearing it today.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to love Armed And Ready after seeing so many great swatches but mine seems to have none of that pretty copper shimmer--it just looks like a poopy brownish-green creme. I don't know if I got a bad bottle or it needs some thinner but it totally disappointed me.
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem with Armed and Ready. I loved it in the bottle but can't get any of the shimmer to translate onto the nail. Any advice?
ReplyDeleteArmed and Ready, Who is the boss and Like to be bad are rather pretty :-)
ReplyDeleteI just LOVE Smokin' hot. I sooo want it now!!!
ReplyDeleteI really like Who is the Boss! Great swatches!
ReplyDeleteArmed & Ready ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteArmed&Ready is a real beauty, but I'm still hesitating: my nails kind of absorb all kind of shimmers ;o) I've never seen any sign of shimmer irl, while the swatches says sth different :o(
ReplyDeleteOh they are all so great! I'm waiting for my bid to go through on NZ's version of evilBay for Like to Be Bad, currently. Your wonderful swatches manage to convince me that I need to have every single nailpolish!
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