Essie Winter 2010 Collection - A Few Swatches!

So I got my Essie Winter collection order from the USA, but they only sent 3 of the collection and I’m having difficulties in trying to sort out the others, so I thought I’d go ahead and swatch what I had, since I don’t actually know of or when this issue will be sorted.

Without Flash (Daylight):

L-R - Going Incognito, Hot Coco & Smokin' Hot!

Luckily for me, the colours I had really wanted were included in the package; so here are the Swatches!

Without Flash (under day lamp):

They’re not the best pictures I’ve taken but the lighting at the moment is awful due to the dull weather so I’ve done the best I can so that you can see the colours!

With Flash (in daylight):

With Flash (day lamp):

As always these Essie polishes apply beautifully and are fabulously glossy - in fact my pictures and nail wheel do not do them justice!

More Essie Fabulousness - Winter 2010!

I ordered the Essie Winter 2010 collection today, well it would be rude to ignore their festive offering, surely? Whilst I wait for it to arrive so that I can swatch it, I thought I’d give you a glimpse of the colours we're being offered.

Once I’ve received the order from America I’ll do the swatching for you, although I still don’t understand why we have to pay so much more for things in this country; so much so that it still works out cheaper to have them sent from so far away.

My first thoughts are that it certainly looks very festive, markedly so because of the green (Going Incognito) and red (Silken Cord) shades that jumped right out at me in the line up. I love the look of Smokin’ Hot and Hot Coco too, in fact I love the look of all of it to be honest. I will say though that Masquerade Belle reminds me of Velvet Voyeur from their autumn collection, quite a lot actually – maybe just a little bit darker. What do you think?