Can you believe it’s Friday? Hope you guys are doing something fun. I am pretty excited to see the Islanders this weekend. They almost never come to town. Now with the new NHL division realignment taking effect next season, we’ll get to see every team at least once a year! Imagine the possibilities for marketing the Penguins coming to town. You get to see Sidney Crosby once a year. That’s a pretty sweet deal.

Anyway, I have to tell you about this neat mani I did. I didn’t actually think this would work together, but it totally does.

This is two coats of Essie School of Hard Knocks. I have a difficult time explaining what this color is. It’s definitely dusty, leans more green than the photo, but definitely has some blue in it. This was part of Essie’s Cocktail Bling collection last winter. I really like the color a lot, but it was kind of streaky. You can actually see a bald spot on my pinky! I’ll just pretend it’s the light, though. :)

This is As Gold As It Gets, part of Essie’s Luxeffects collection also released last winter. (Okay, so that feels really weird to say. “Last winter” is technically last month!) This is a gold flake polish, similar to CND 24K Effects. Maybe a little bit more dense, and a tiny bit more fine?

Here they are together. Sometimes the flakes look like microglitter when I turn my hand a certain way, but you can definitely tell they are flakes. This combination impressed me a lot. Gold and green always seem to match well.

Ever since I saw photos of Nyx Gilded Glitter, I knew I needed to have a gold flakie in my collection. I know that this is more dense than Gilded Glitter, but I don’t have the latter to compare. (Nor do I have CND 24K, either.) At least I know that I won’t need a second coat! :D

I noticed a tiny bit of bubbling on my ring finger, but I think that may be from my SV. Looks like it may need a bit of thinning again.

WHERE TO BUY
Essie: Ulta, Nordstroms, Zappos…yeah, those last two surprised me a bit. But it’s true!

Have a fantastic weekend, everyone! <3