Old School! Essie Night Cap & A Mini Giveaway!
I'm back to purging some of my polishes and trying to slowly get them added to my "shoppe" page, and I realized that I have two bottles of Essie Night Cap--rather than sell one, I'm giving it away! This type of formula may not be everyone's favorite, but they are unique and versatile in their own way. These remind me of the Maybelline Water polishes, and any discontinued Essie without the "e" on the cap, is something that makes me very happy.The formula is thin and definitely takes many coats to build up. I used 3 coats in these photos and if I recall correctly, it takes about 5 to achieve an opaque look. I use this type of polish generally as a topcoat over glitter shades. It softens the looks somewhat and seems to slightly meld the glitter together. The Essie tinted polishes also have a super high-gloss finish.
Above & Below: Night Cap is a cadet blue that leans toward teal in brighter lighting (above) and appears to have more of a grey/blue hue in lower lighting (below). I don't know how many of these tinted shades Essie has made, but I do have a purple/burgundy one called Grape Crush that I bought years ago at the same time I bought Night Cap. I also have a red one in my collection, although the name escapes me and I don't even remember buying it!
Below: You can see by this bottle picture how thin the formula is and the deep blue tinted color.
Below: Here's my look for the day--it's dark, cloudy, raining and very gloomy today, so I applied a coat of China Glaze Cracked Concrete over Essie Night Cap. I think it reflects today's weather pretty well!
If you're a fan of old school Essie and particularly the older tinted water-type polishes, I'm going to offer my extra bottle of Night Cap to one follower by using random.org. Just leave your eMail below in the comments. I'll leave the entry period open until midnight Sunday, March 27. The winner will be announced on Monday in my Come Monday weekly newsletter.
This color is cool and looks great with the crackle! primandpolished@gmail.com
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Awesome colour! I only have one Essie polish *gasp* and it's Sew Psyched. This colour looks awesome as well!
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Thank you!
Nap Cap is pretty cool:)
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I love it, and great idea to use a crack over it.
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Ooh, night caps looks pretty! :D
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I think it looks really pretty, so count me in please :)
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i love that glossy finish, is this a new or old essie lacquer?
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That looks truly unique! I would love to try this as I don't have any Essie polishes.
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It's wonderful! I love jellies and this one I hadn't even heard of :) Thanks for the opportunity to get it!
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What a neat looking polish! I love just about any Essie color so I'd love to add it to my collection :)
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This one looks very interesting!
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I'm quite intrigued by this finish of polish!
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I've never thought of putting a sheer polish over glitter! I will have to try that!
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Thanks for the chance at owning this one :)
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the crackle idea with that is great!!
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I've never seen polish like that before (but I am a newbie to polish collecting) - it's awesome! And it looks so good with the crackle.
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ReplyDeletethanks for the awesome giveaway! when i accidentally buy a sheer gloss, at first i get disappointed. but later, i start layering it over other colors to create a new unique look! i try, but some times they're major fails. lol. :D
very interesting polish. x
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Wow, love the color!!!
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Thanks for offering us this polish!!
this would be great over glitters!
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I hear you! Our weather was so weird this afternoon! Hail sporadically all afternoon, and thunder so strong that it shook the roof and windows of the Old Navy I was shopping in. Crazy!
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I had never seen a water like nail polish! I'm very excited about it :D:D:D
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I love your mani. It's exactly what my day looked like today as well.
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Thanks for the giveaway!
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Thank you. :)
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Thanks for the great giveaway!x))
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This looks like it would be neat over Color Club Gossip Column, which I have sitting right in front of me, but haven't worn yet. Might give it depth & jelly like squishability (if that's a word).
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cloudy weather in Portugal too ;)
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That has got to be the most unique and awesome polish I have ever seen(: it looks fantastic on you.
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OMG! This looks amazing!!! I have never tried one of these types of polishes before, soI would LOVE LOVE LOVE an opportunity to win this. I am a hige nail polish lover and this color is right up me alley!!! Thanks for doing this! Good luck to all. Fingers crossed!!
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Love the China Glaze Crackle look but have not tried it on my toenails yet. I did purchase a set of mini Zoya Mod Mattes the other day. However, this color combination is incredible and looks just amazing on your gorgoeus nails. Love it,
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Thanks for this giveaway!
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Oooh, I love that! I've seen the red one (called Cherry Pop, I think), but I've never seen the sheer blue one.
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It made me sad that I never knew this "water" finish existed... love it!
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I love the grey base! It looks like a stormy sky about to rain!
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