Essie Spring 2016 Collection: Review and Swatches

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For this Spring, Essie has a new collection of six beautiful creams. With a few unconventional shades, the Spring 2016 Collection is in stores now! To see swatches of all the colors, click.......

Sunshine State of Mind:
A soft coral-orange, this is a lovely cream polish with a decently pigmented formulation. I used two coats for the swatches below.

Sunshine State of Mind, two coats with no top coat.

Lounge Lover:
This is a baby coral-pink cream. The formulation is slightly uneven and sheer so I had to use three coats for the swatches below.

Lounge Lover, three coats with no top coat.

High Class Affair:
This is a lovely neutral nude. Like Lounge Lover, this shade is slightly sheer and uneven; three coats were used for the swatches below.

High Class Affair, three coats with no top coat.

Off Tropic:
A deep and inky forest green, Off Tropic is absolutely stunning. It's not your typical spring shade but definitely a must-have for fans of green polish.

Off Tropic, two coats with no top coat.

Pool Side Service:
My favorite shade out of the six, Pool Side Service is a lovely smokey teal. The formulation is absolutely stunning. Buttery, smooth, and super pigmented, this shade was almost a one-coater.

Pool Side Service, two coats with no top coat.

Shades On:
A lovely medium lavender, Shades On was impressively pigmented, especially given that lavender polishes aren't always very easy to work with. I used two coats for the swatches below.

Shades On, two coats with no top coat.

Here is a quick preppy plaid stamping design I did using Pool Side Service and Lounge Lover. Overall, this collection is very impressive. I like the unconventional color selections, and the majority of the shades were super pigmented and creamy!

Pool Side Service over Lounge Lover
using MoYou London stamping plate

Availability:

The Essie Spring 2016 Collection is available in stores now.