Essie Braziliant collection: Absolutely Shore & Meet Me At Sunset swatches and review

Hi ladies! Today I have some quick swatches for you of two polishes from the Essie Braziliant collection that were released for Summer 2011 - Absolutely Shore and Meet Me At Sunset.


What they say:

"This summer, it's all about daring, sexy colour. Cultivate your inner glamazon with colours infused with the seductive beauty of Brazil. The super-chic tropical nation is the ideal setting for a stunning array of six flawless, jewel-tone shades. Bold oranges and risque pinks transport you to paradise with the stroke of a brush.

"When the temperature soars, I embrace the heat as the perfect excuse to play with fiery colours," essie brand colour guru, Essie Weingarten explains. "Summer colour should pop, sizzle and be brazenly alluring." Imagine yourself diving into crystalline azure waters and cavorting on white quartz beaches. Just forget the plane ticket and escape with colour!"





Absolutely Shore is described as a "pale, sea foam green" which I think is a great description of the colour. It is such a gorgeous colour! 3 coats is pictured.


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Meet Me At Sunset is a very intense orangey-red. 2 coats is pictured however 1 thick coat would suffice.


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Overall: Absolutely Shore had a slightly streaky formula so you need to be careful applying it but you get this with most light shades! I'd suggest either doing 3 thin coats or a thin 1st coat followed by a medium 2nd coat to even the polish out. The colour is a great way to ease into wearing greens I think if you don't want to wear brights or can't if you work in a more corporate environment. But it's just great to wear anyway because it's such a pretty colour!

Meet Me At Sunset had a fantastic formula and applied wonderfully. If you're careful you could get away with just 1 coat. It's a fantastic pedi colour and it's what I'm rocking right now actually!

I enjoyed these colours and they're great for Summer. The other colours in the collection look fantastic too! The brush as I find with other Essie polishes is wonderful to use and very minimal cleanup was needed. Dry time was excellent and they dried to a very glossy finish.

Details: The Essie Braziliant collection is available now nationally from Myer, Hairhouse Warehouse stores and selected salons for $18.95.

US ladies can purchase Essie nail polishes from the Essie online store for $8US.


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13 comments:

  1. Absolutely Shore is gorgeous - it's definitely calling to me. You can't go wrong with a pale seafoam green.

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    1. You definitely can't go wrong with a shade like Absolutely Shore! Very pretty for all year round.

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  2. I love love love Absolutely Shore! <3

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    1. Great to hear you love it too Elsa! I'm such a sucker for these shades hehe.

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  3. Beautiful swatches

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  4. So pretty!! You are such a pro at painting ur nails! They look super nice!! Mine always look so messy :S

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    1. It's all a matter of practise Edwina. I used to be SO messy when painting my nails!

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  5. I like the Absolutely Shore very very much!

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    1. You should pick up a bottle of it Moni!! It would look lovely on you =)

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  6. love love love both of them. I got absolutely shore from ozsale for $5 free shipping a couple weeks ago. Too bad I didnt get the other one. >.<

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    1. Oooh I'm envious you scored Essie's from the sale! I'm on a shopping ban =(

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  7. Wow... amazing reddish orange (or orangish red? lol)

    xoxo

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