Essie Swatch - DJ Play That Song

Essie's DJ Play That Song is from last year's Neon Collection. This is what I wore this past Sunday for Mother's Day.

I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love the color, hate the formula. I hadn't worn it in a while and the bottle had dried up, a lot of thinner sorta restored it but it's still a hard formula to work with. The finish is semi-matte but I can never get it to look even as is so I always apply top coat. I love how it looks super shiny afterwards. On average I used 3 coats, a few nails have 4-5.

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Oh and look, my cuticles are a little better this week. Yay!

Jamaica Me Crazy- Essie

1st post, yay! This week I wore Essie's Jamaica Me Crazy. As you can see my nails are filed short but relatively even. I have issues getting them to grow past certain lengths without having them split on the sides. I used to be an over-enthusiastic cuticle cutter so I'm working on that as well. 

Now, on to the color. This is a shimmery fuchsia shade that was a little watery and squishy on the first coat but evened out and turned more opaque on the second. I used 3 thin coats, plus Essie's Grow Stronger as a base coat and NYC's Grand Central Station as top coat. This is actually my first time using GCT as top coat after reading about it on Nouveau Cheap. I must say that I was really surprised at how great it works. I painted my nails on Tuesday and almost 72 hours later I have just a few small chips on the sides and normal tip wear. Like most moms, I use my hands a lot, opening things, giving baths, doing dishes, changing diapers, cleaning stuff of unknown origins off furniture, you get my point. I got it for about $2 at Walmart so I really recommend it.