Oh My Gosh - Nude Champagne

Recently I've noticed new Gosh brand mini lacquers showing up in stores; they have their own display, and have "Oh My Gosh" written on them. They're only a few bucks a pop, but that's to be expected for the smaller 5ml size. I decided to pick up a couple to try, and the first one I have to share with you is Nude Champagne.

Nude Champagne is a putty/beige creme. The formula was nice, and covered in two coats. I like that this neutral leans more to the grey side of beige rather than the pink; overall, I'm quite satisfied with it. It works with my skin-tone, which can sometimes be hard to find in a beige.

This last picture was taken under indoor lighting and reads a bit warmer than it was in real life.

Have you come across the "Oh My Gosh" minis? I also picked up a baby blue and a deep cobalt blue to share with you. What do you think of this nude shade? Do you like to wear neutrals like this?

Essie Forever Yummy and Essie Ballet Slippers

Today I have Essie Forever Yummy to share with you; Forever Yummy, despite having a name that annoys me, just might be my ideal red polish. It's not too cool or too warm toned, and never leans too much towards a tomato-red nor towards a pink or blue red. It's very vibrant, but isn't over the top. It has a great formula, and this was two easy coats:

I don't often wear red lacquer, but I'm really happy with how this looks. I also feel more comfortable wearing it when my nails are on the shorter side- I just think red polish looks better on shorter nails. What do you think?

Incidentally, I received this polish free with a subscription to Chatelaine magazine... I have to admit, the free lacquer reeled me in on this one- they obviously knew how to get my attention. That and the lure of tasty recipes, of course.

I also have a cameo appearance of my mom wearing Essie Ballet Slippers. Ballet Slippers is a sheer streaky mess milky nude. Honestly, though, the formula on this one was terrible. Extremely streaky and hard to get even. I don't recommend it, even though I've heard it described as a classic and a must-have Essie. Definitely not worth the hassle.

What do you think of these Essies? Which shade would you opt for? Do you have any awesome reds to recommend?

Essie Mink Muffs

I just wanted to quickly show you some pictures I took of Essie Mink Muffs, which I wore on the weekend. Mink Muffs is from the Fall 2009 Essie collection (but is now available in drugstores carrying the normal Essie colour range). It's a milk chocolate brown creme, which pulls slightly purple in some lights. It has an acceptable formula; what you see below is two coats. 

Muff Minks is actually from my mother's small collection of polishes (growing exponentially thanks to my influence, haha). And here is a picture of the lacquer my mother chose; since we visited over the weekend, I was able to conscript her into the blog photo business. This is a Peacekeeper polish that, as far as I could tell, had no name. It's a kind of pinky-nude sheer polish with  silver shimmer running through it. 

And before I leave you today, I wanted to share a teaser picture of what will come next on my blog! 

I got nail mail! So exciting. Yes, I'll have some Dollish Polish polishes to show you soon. It will be my first foray into the "indie polish" phenomenon, and I can't wait to show you what I got!