Essie Armed & Ready with stamping

Today I'd like to share an Essie polish - Armed & Ready. This is a gorgeous dark grey taupe with tons of gold micro shimmer. The formula was easy to apply and typical of Essie - dried nice and quickly.

I thought I'd break out of my comfort zone and try a stamp I hadn't used before. This is Konad plate S6. It was actually a bit of a challenge lining up the image so that it stamped centrally on my nail. A couple of images aren't quite right but I can live with it! Interestingly my right hand turned out slightly better but it's a challenge to photograph it so you're stuck with my left!

This shows two coats.

Base colour: Essie Armed & Ready

Nail plate: Konad S6
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Inside natural light

This is Armed & Ready on it's own. You can see the gorgeous shimmer in the bottle. Unfortunately it was quite late in the day so the colours are not the best - although still pretty accurate.

Essie Poppie Cock with stamping

Todays polish is Essie's Poppie Cock which is a warm chestnut colour which I love. Although I don't love the formula. This is unlike any Essie polish I have is a very thin jelly like consistency. It also has a pretty strong toxic smell. That said, it does dry very quickly and has a nice shiny finish. This shows three coats.

Base colour: Essie Poppie Cock

Nail plate: Konad MS6
Stamp colour: China Glaze Hi-Tek
Topped with Essie Good to Go