Hiya Petals,

Happy Monday :). Well another week has begun and with Monday being my least favourite day of the week a nice wee mani always helps cheer me up. Now I know it is coming into summer here in Australia but I love my autumn style polishes and colours. I love almost vampy looking nails - all year round if necessary - and summer is my least favourite season - it's just too hot here lol - but I though I would try and get into the summer feel so I avoided super dark colours.

Instead I opted for a sort of purpley greyish look that still looks like a winter polish but is bright enough to pull off in the hotter weather. My Choice = Essie Chinchilly, teamed up with Essie A Cut Above and I think I may be in love.

These are the first 2 Essie polishes i have ever owned, as they have just recently started selling them in my local Priceline - YAY !!- and I am so very impressed. Definitely shall be purchasing more of these babies :). They apply super easy and dry seamlessly - definitely a staple to any polish lovers collection -!!
Chinchilly is a slate grey colour with a hint of purple, which is a colour I have been searching for, for a while now. When applying it for the first time it went on easily enough but it looked as though it would dry streaky, which worried me a little. However after letting the colour settle on my nail it dried seamlessly and without any brush lines.

For my accent nail I went with Essie A Cut Above which is a pinky almost rose gold glitter polish and I absolutely adore it :). On its first application there didn't seem to be much glitter pay-off, but when it dried it was just enough.

For this look I applied my holy grail Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Hardener as my base coat followed by 2 coats of Essie Chinchilly to every nail except my ring finger. I then popped on 2 coats of Essie A Cut Above onto my ring finger as my accent nail. This was then followed by a coat of The Face Shop Top Coat and topped off with 2 drops of my Essence Nail Art Express Dry Drops to quicken the drying process.