Essie Round Two

Where do I even begin. Well, you all know about this post right? The one where I went on and on about NAIL POLISH?! Get ready for round two, ladies and ladies, because it’s a doozy.

Today, the best thing that could have happened to me, happened. We were over staffed at work, and my assistant manager kindly let me and another girl know that someone could go home early. Early as in, like now, early. So I took her up on that offer, stayed until my appointment was over and left before 11:00. That’s right peeps, I wasn’t off until 5:00 but I left at 11:00!! So I called hub, set up a lunch date, and got my bootay out of there.

After my amazing lunch date with Hub (Thanks hub), I headed over to Taylor’s house to pick her up so we could do some damage. What damage? Essie damage. Duh. Thanks To Miss Amy (isn’t she amazing?) we knew where to find the best Essie nail polish, at the best price. To be honest, I was scared because this is what her comment said:

“There is a nail supply shop in the Lee Lee's (asian grocery store) on Dobson and Warner. It's on the side of the shopping complex (to the right of Lee Lee's) on the Warner Rd. entrance. You can get ANY OPI or Essie nail polish there. OPI is $4 credit card, $3.50 cash. Essie is $3.50 credit card, $3 cash. AMAZING. They have the nail salon quality everything there. Best acetone ever too. Have fun and fyi, you WILL be overwhelmed! ;)” 

The warning at the end wasn’t enough for me. I needed someone screaming in my ear while bright red flashing lights were going off in my face to prepare me for how overwhelmed I’d actually be. This man alone should have been enough of a warning….

And this is what we saw when we walked up…

If this doesn’t scream sketchy, I really don’t know what does. Don’t worry everyone, outside of Hollywood Nail Supply they just have like half their inventory just chillin’. It’s really NBD.

Warning, these next pictures are very very exciting. I get butterflies just thinking about them :) sigh….

They seriously had boxes and boxes and boxes of nail polish EVERYWHERE! It was stacked on top of each other on the floor, shelves, outside, literally everywhere they could find a place, there was nail polish. I’ve never been somewhere so insane in my life. They had millions of colors, I’m pretty sure at one point I stopped breathing, not because of the smell of nail polish (and it was strong after we tried on aprox. 100000 different kinds) but because I could die I was so happy. I’m pretty sure they had 99.9% of colors Essie ever made… except Turquoise and Caicos! Can you believe it!? I would have even settled for something remotely close, but there was nothing! Tay, can we share custody of yours? Pretty, pretty please? I’ll buy you a Coke Zero with infinity limes (if you turn me down I don’t think we can be friends).

I was so excited that after looking around I even bought some super duper top coat. It’s the legit stuff that they use at nail places and I will tell you what, I have never been happier! It’s thick, but not bulkey, and it dries in record time. After going to this place, I may just start my own nail services. If anyone needs me to do their nails I would be more than happy to, as I’m sure Taylor is as well.
 
And to top it off, they don’t care if you try on a million different colors. Really, we covered both of Tay’s hands in nail polish and they never said one word. AND when we were checking out, the man was super nice and I felt right at home as if I was actually getting a pedicure, not just doing my own.

Left to right, Bottom Row	Left to right, Nordstrom Colorized Order
Merino Cool	Merino Cool
Boat House	Soiree Mauve
Sew Psyched	Sew Psyched
Super Duper Top Coat	Baubing for Baubles

Aren’t those the best names?

Then I saw it it. A display that was just as amazing as the Essie display (and you know that was just sick), they had GEL NAILS!!! (the crowd whispers) “What? They had gel nails? Is that even possible?” Yes folks, it is. The following conversation took place…

Me: “Tay, we seriously could do our own nails. I’m over paying people to do this. I want to try the gels”.
T: “You have to like take classes for that stuff”.
Nice Asian Man: “You don’t take class”.
Me: “See, you don’t have to take a class. How do you do it?”
Nice Asian Man: “You watch youtube video”.

That’s how it’s done people. All this time you thought you were getting your nails done by a professional, think again. They just watch youtube. So get excited, I’m ready to head back and get me some jell nails!


PS. I got these picture messages about an hour after I got home



Amazing right? I’m loving the ring finger painted another color. When I got home I painted my toes Boat House and my fingers Sew Psyched, because I’m sew psyched!

What did everyone think about their Essie Nail Polish now that you’ve tried it? Amazing, yah? I’ll never go back. What other amazing beauty products do you swear by?

Ps, I love that cousin Paige sent me this picture at Target, $7.79. We LOVE Target, and we LOVE LOVE Essie

Oh Essie

Recently my friend Taylor introduced me to a new kind of nail polish. I am a die hard O.P.I. fanatic so I was hesitant to say the least. The color I tried was Turquois and Caicos by Essie.

Amazing, amazing. I know. I thought it was super cute and I had nothing else to do than paint my nails. Well, let me tell you everyone, I have written off O.P.I. (ok maybe that was a little dramatic) but Essie is probably my new favorite kind of nail polish. When I say new favorite, I mean I think about buying it all. day. long. It’s like magic on your nails. You know when you get you mani and it just isn’t cuttin’ it anymore come day 3 or 4? It’s all chipped and faded, and it kinda just looks like your 4 year old neighbor did it instead of a professional? Well folks, Essie is a different story. It’s like using a super shiny, smooth kind of paint on your nails, and you don’t have to be a professional! One coat wont do it, but that’s ok because I am obsessed with doing multiple coats. I had the Turquois and Caicos on for over a week with very minimum fading around the edges. I washed my hands like a million times during that week, and showered, worked, even used nail polish remover on my toes and it still stayed on. Now with you understanding just a tiny bit about how awesome this nail polish is I’ll tell you what else I did on my day off other than clean.

I knew I had to buy myself some Essie nail polish because I couldn’t ask Tay to bring hers to work like everyday. I had already checked at Fry’s, and they had nothing. Taylor told me she usually buys hers at Walgreens which is perfect because there is a Walgreens like .25 seconds away from my house. So after I got my house nice a clean, I put my booty in the car, cleaning attire and all, and drove down there to get me some amazing nail polish.
I went straight for the beauty section and started hunting… and hunting… and hunting…. Nothing. My ghetto Walgreens doesn’t carry Essie. I then had this conversation with Taylor aka The Hottest Women Alive (obvi.)

And I did just that. I took my booty to the next Walgreens. Luckily, around these parts they aren’t few and far between. The other 24 hr. Walgreens is about .5 seconds from my house. When I got there, I again, headed straight for the beauty department. There it was, a big, beautiful display of Essie. There were like a million different colors, every shade of pink imaginable, and it was glorious. I thought the heavens opened and angels were singing… Turns out it was just the 12 year old girl standing just down the isle telling her mom all about how maybe next year she can be on the honor roll. She got a C in her class last year, but they will still let her take honors classes, very serious business people.

Anyway, I stood in front of the display super overwhelmed. This was my first official Essie purchase and I really didn’t want to mess it up. I planned on playing it safe and just getting the Turquois and Caicos like I had tried, but they were out. Of course they were out, this was my second Walgreens, and it was the only color I knew was super, and my life would be just way too easy if they had it. At the top of the magical display they have a row for the new season’s colors. New is always good. So I found a few colors I liked, and a few pinks, a purple here and there, but the only way you REALLY know if you like them is if you try them on. Obviously I did, and I was loving it. I got six colors in when the angels stopped singing and I heard a lady say “Mam, you’re not aloud to try the product before you buy it”. My eye’s went big and my heart skipped a beat. I had gotten in trouble and WALGREENS of all places. So I put all the color’s back except for Power Clutch and walked to the register. I bought my product and left. When I got home, I took this picture.

I bought the one on my pointer finger, but that’s only one coat. It’s amazing, but I’m thinking I need the one on my ring finger too?
I had no idea you weren’t allowed to try it before you buy it. I’ve always done that! No one had ever told me otherwise, and when I  told Taylor about it she judged me and said “hahahaha duuuuuuuuuuuuuhhh!!! You’re ridic!!”. If you only knew her voice you would be totally annoyed too.
The moral of the story is, I can’t even buy nail polish, of course I’m a disaster. I tried 2 stores, 6 colors, and walked away embarrassed with just one. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

Have you tried Essie? What’s your favorite color? Or favorite kind of nail polish for that matter? Have you ever heard of this stupid rule?! I’m still upset about it, but it’s not going to stop me from buying nail polish again, now I know where to get it!