Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Essie Strawberry Acai from the Jello/Redbook Contest

Above & Below: Essie's LE polish in Strawberry Acai. This plant started blooming Sunday and I was wondering which polish to pose with it, so this arrived just in time.
Below: Indoors with no flash. The gloss is so intense on this one that all of the flash pictures I took didn't turn out, so this is a bit dark. Such a cute little certificate that came with it!
Today's mail brought me an unfamiliar package from Hearst Publications. I didn't recall ordering anything, but when I felt a nail polish bottle inside the padded envelope, I remembered about the contest that I shared with you several months back, sponsored by Jello and Redbook. I am happy to have won one of these not only because they are limited edition (they only made 1,000 in this color and 1,000 in the other shade that is also only available through this contest, called Raspberry Goji), but because I've been trying to add to my Essie collection, having only about 12-15 in this line. It's a beautiful shade of deep cherry red, a creme, and it applied nicely after 3 thin coats. I am awed by the high gloss of this polish with no top coat. I think I'm going to go make some Jello now!
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  1. InbalJuly 29, 2009 at 3:24 PM

    beautiful and shiny red! congrats on winning it!

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  2. contests and suchJuly 29, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    I love it! I entered that contest and I hope I win too. Congrats!

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  3. Nail FanaticJuly 29, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    That is a gorgeous shade of red!! Congrats on winning!!

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  4. HelenJuly 29, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    Yay! Always nice to win a prize. And no top coat?? Wow!

    The word "acai" drives me mad now, I must get about 50 spam emails a day in my work account raving about the wonders of acai berries. Grr!

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  5. NicoleJuly 29, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    Wow! I can't stop staring at that glossy red. Congrats Mary! That's really neat!!! Very hot.

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  6. SkyeJuly 29, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    congratz mary,and the polish is gorjuzzzzzz super shinny.Looks great mmmmm jelo =p

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  7. KaeJuly 29, 2009 at 9:35 PM

    That is a stunning red, so glossy! Your flowers are beautiful as always, thanks for showing us! Yay for contests, grats!

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  8. TiffJuly 29, 2009 at 10:16 PM

    That is such a gorgeous red! It looks so glossy.

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  9. LucyJuly 29, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    How nice that you won the polish. Are you planting flowers to match your polishes? That is a beautiful flower and the color is amazing. That Essie polish looks lovely on you. It's so nice and shiny also.

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  10. paintedladyfingersJuly 30, 2009 at 2:11 AM

    Congrats! So interesting it was a contest from Jello and the polish has a shiny jelly finish. Essie got that one perfect! I think you have a garden full of flowers that are dupes to polishes. :)

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  11. chocaddictJuly 30, 2009 at 2:54 AM

    it's a gorgeous red :) and the shiny finish is amazing
    you seem to have a really lovely garden too, with all the beautiful flowers you show us everyday

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  12. WanJuly 30, 2009 at 3:09 AM

    Congrats on winning! That's a very pretty red! And oh my! I love how it's so shiny even with no top coat! : )

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  13. clockworkJuly 30, 2009 at 9:52 AM

    Oh wow, congratulations on winning one, it really is a lovely shade of red.

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  14. BrookeJuly 30, 2009 at 10:29 AM

    I can FINALLY get on your site again! yeah!!!!

    Congrats on your win!!! That does look like a really gorgeous color, love it!

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  15. Mad'moiselle CéJuly 30, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    Congrats Mary, this is an absolutely gorgeous red, you're lucky :)

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  16. flintyJuly 30, 2009 at 4:44 PM

    That's pretty awesome. Did they include jello too? :)

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  17. MaryJuly 30, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    Thanks for all of your comments! I'm playing catch-up with everything...but yes, I love this one and again, I'm totally amazed by the shine. And no, there was no Jello with it Flinty :)

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  18. AlexlyndraJuly 31, 2009 at 8:35 AM

    Congratulations! Love this red!

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