Essie Naughty Nautical summer 2013 collection recap

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I’m getting a little naughty this summer with Essie’s new collection, which launches in June.  I did separate posts on each shade but I wanted to do a final recap to sound off on my thoughts about the collection.

The line comprises on six shades, some safe ones (a lilac and pale blue), some fun ones (coral, emerald, and magenta), and a daring one (lime green, hello!).  Five of the six have silver shimmer in them which is actually quite noticeable once painted on, and the sixth one, the lime green (The More The Merrier) is creme.

Naughty Nautical – marine blue-green shimmer
The More The Merrier – juicy lime green
Sunday Funday – tangerine coral crush shimmer
Full Steam Ahead – pearlescent punch lilac
The Girls Are Out –  fuchsia peony sparkle
Rock The Boat – shimmering french blue
Naughty Nautical

Naughty Nautical

 

The Girls Are Out

The Girls Are Out

Sunday Funday

Sunday Funday

Rock The Boat

Rock The Boat

Rock The Boat

Full Steam Ahead

The More The Merrier

The More The Merrier

For each swatch I used the same base and topcoat combo, OPI’s Nail Envy and Poshe top coat.  Pretty much all the colours aside from The More The Merrier (which is the only non-shimmery one) lasted a day before chipping, so that was a bit disappointing.

As for colour selection, there are some stand outs in the collection and some I would skip.  I loved Sunday Funday, The Girls Are Out, Naughty Nautical, and The More The Merrier.  Rock The Boat and Full Steam Ahead are colours that can be easily duped and not really anything unique in my opinion, plus Rock The Boat is so similar to last year’s Bikini So Teeny, so if you own that one I would for sure skip this one.

Overall, the Naughty Nautical collection is fun, bright, and the pop of shimmer in the polish adds something extra to this warm collection.

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What colours are you most excited to try from Essie’s Naughty Nautical collection?

Please note, I was sent this product from the company that handles PR for Essie in Canada.  All opinions are my own.

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