Essie Bridal Collection 2016

It's wedding season, so it's the perfect time to showcase the 2016 Bridal Collection from Etsy.

Between The Seats is a very pale gray crème polish with the slightest hint of lavender.

Coming Together is a sheer pink.  It's a bit deeper than most of the sheer pinks that I've seen, but there's nothing super special about it.

 

Steal His Name is a sheer peach.  This one I really liked.  It's refreshing to see a pretty peach shade in a sheer formula.  I used three coats to build it up a bit more. 

 

Groom Service is a violet crème polish and my favorite of this collection.  The formula was amazing and just look at that pretty shade of violet!

 

 

Passport To Happiness is a pale mint green with subtle shimmer.  This is my second favorite.  I have several mint shades in my collection, but the shimmer in this one makes it unique.

 

 

 

Mrs Always-Right is a terracotta rose crème polish.  It's not a favorite of mine.  The name is cute, but the color is just not my style. 

 

 

Essie Shades On With Caviar

 

Nails - Shades On by Essie

Caviar pearls - Cupids Arrow by Ciate 

Essie Spring 2016 - My Picks

Essie has released a collection of 6 crème polishes for spring 2016.  Here are my picks:

Lounge Lover is a described as a "Pretty Pink Peach" and that's exactly what it is.

 

Shades On is a violet crème and my favorite of this collection.

Pool Side Service is described as a "refreshing cerulean blue."  I would describe it as a dusty teal.

 

 

Born Pretty Camellia Nail Stickers Review and Discount Code!

*Product sent for review*

Today I have a review of the Camellia Nail Stickers from Born Pretty.  They are lovely silver metallic and clear flower stickers.  The package contains large and small size flowers in different styles as well as half flowers and you get them all on one sheet.  I applied them once my polish was dry and sealed them with top coat.  They released easily from the sheet and adhered well.  I loved the way this mani turned out!  Get these for your spring nails!

You can find them here:
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Also, Born Pretty has graciously offered a 10% discount code for readers of DitchThe Mittens.

BornPrettyStore 10% off code: DCHW10

All polishes used in this post are Essie.

Index Finger - My Better Half
Pinky Finger - Using My Maiden Name
Middle and Ring Fingers - Meet Me At The Alter, Using My Maiden Name and My Better Half

*Product sent for review*

Essie Bridal 2015 Collection - My Picks

Each year Essie releases a bridal collection just in time for wedding season.  The 2015 collection has 6 polishes, 4 sheers and 2 cremes.  Here are my picks:   

 

Tying The Knotie is a classic sheer pink.

Hubby For Dessert was my favorite.  It's a sheer pale lavender and different than anything that I have in my collection.  It's beautiful and I love how unique it is.  This is a must have.

 

Brides No Grooms is a bright "bachelorette" pink.  Pretty, but nothing unique.

Essie Flowerista

Flowerista is the only polish that I chose from the Essie spring 2015 collection.  It's described as a "passionate plum dahlia."  I've read that it is THEE pedicure color for this spring.  I love this shade!  You can bet that this will be going on my toes next. 

Essie - Flowerista

Essie Cashmere Matte Collection - My Picks

The Cashmere Matte Collection by Essie is made up of 6 polishes with a satin-matte finish. I didn't like the look of these polishes matte so, I added top coat.  Here are my picks:

 

Coat Couture is a blue-ish gray with blue shimmer.

Comfy In Cashmere is a taupe shade with blue shimmer.

Just Stitched is a pale baby pink with blue shimmer. 

Essie Breast Cancer Awareness Collection 2014

Pink Happy

I Pink I Can

 

Pinking About You

(Over I Pink I Can on the tips)

 

 

Style Hunter

 

Nails - (Essie) Style Hunter

Design - Fimo Slices

Hors d'Oeuvres

Since the last two polishes that I've worn were both from Essie's Encrusted Treasures collection, I thought why not finish it off with another one, "Hors d'Oeuvres."  This is the last of the polishes that I have from that collection (although the collection has 6 in total).  I thought it was going to be a texture polish, but it's not.  I wasn't disappointed however.  I love the super shiny foil look that it has.

Belugaria

In a previous post I used a polish from the Encrusted Treasures collection by Essie, Peak of Chic.  When choosing what polish to wear next, I figured that I might as well stay with the same theme and wear another color from that collection.  So, here it is... Belugaria.

 

This one was extremely hard to photograph.  I must have taken a hundred or more pictures trying to capture all of the holographic sparkle from the hex glitter.  It really is quite sparkly in person and flashes with awesome color changes on the nail.  This is one of those polishes that you have to see in real life to truly admire... and I do.

Snowbird - Peak Of Chic by Essie

While most of you are enjoying a beautiful spring, it's still snowing up here.  Yes, it's literally snowing as I type this post.  <sigh>  I've had the old song, "Snowbird" by Anne Murray stuck in my head: "Spread your tiny wings and fly away and take the snow back with you where it came from on that day."  It inspired me to pull this polish out of my untried stash, Peak Of Chic by Essie.  It reminds me of a feathery white snowbird.

 

It also reminds me of these two, Hawk and Koori from Buck Rogers.

 

 

 

Chinchilli

Nails - (Essie) Chinchilli

Design - (KSP) Black and White (IP) BM06

Navy Shatter

(Essie)  Splash of Grenadine
(OPI)  Teenage Dream
(OPI)  Navy Shatter

Splash of Grenadine

Nails - (Essie) Splash of Grenadine

Design - (KSP) White (IP) BM16

Shorty Swatches - "Reds"

Essie - Masquerade Belle

I love vampy colors on short nails.  This may not classify as a "red" but, close enough!

OPI - My Kind of Brown

I ask, what is "Brown" about this color?  Sometimes I wonder who makes up these names!

Spa Ritual - Spellbound

I think it's safe to say that this is Ruby Pumps twin.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Nails - (Essie) Lollipop

Design - (KSP) White (IP) m78

Mint Candy Apple

Nails - (Essie) Mint Candy Apple

Design - (KSP) White (Princess Polish) Chocolate (IP) m71