I'm feeling much better today despite some soreness, and I managed to get a lot done today while still spending some quality time with LO. My biggest accomplishment was cleaning out some of my closet and listing my stuff on evilbay. With LO around, I had to get rid of a lot of my heels that I won't be wearing anytime soon. It's sad to part with them but there's no point in keeping them if I haven't worn them. On the upside, hopefully it'll free up some space in my closet and add some cash towards some bills I have!
Essie Naughty Nautical is a the perfect shade of marine teal with silver shimmer. The formula was impeccably Essie with no streaking or pooling. It had a perfect consistency that self leveled after two easy coats. It dried quickly with a glossy shine, so no topcoat shown in these pics.
I thought Naughty Nautical had a similar base color as Hare's recently released Bisbee 2.0, a teal based crelly with gold shimmer, square, and hex glitter. The teal in Bisbee is a bit more blue leaning but not that far off once applied over Naughty Nautical. The gold hex glitter really pop against the teal base. I used two coats and had no trouble with clumping or dragging of glitters during application. This is finished with a layer of Poshe.
I really like these two polishes layered over each other because it didn't take away the depth of the Hare glitter. There's still that squishy factor that I love about color based glitter polishes but without having too much sheerness. Had I used Bisbee 2.0 alone, I would have probably used about 4 coats and still had some VNL. I haven't compared the original Bisbee to the new release, but so far I don't detect too much of a difference. If anything, the new version is more opaque than the original. Have you had a chance to compare them yet?