Essie "Vested Interest"- a good investment!

I'm not generally into blues/greens... but add a little grey and you suddenly have a very wearable color that almost serves as a neutral!

Essie's Vested Interest, from the Fall 2013 Collection, is my new jam and I think I'm going to wear it through the end of the summer and well into the fall!

I think the color pretty much speaks for itself- a blue/green mixed with some grey undertone. Definitely matte with no sparkle of any kind. I think this is probably the only way I can wear blue/green without thinking my nails are too "out there." Leave the bold blues to the brave- I'll be sticking with "vested interest" for my kind of "ROI."

What unorthodox "neutrals" are in your collection? 

-Christina

Sally Hansen Mint Sorbet:

Sometimes a color works out, and other times it just doesn't. Here's an example of the latter:

Sally Hansen "Mint Sorbet" is another color I picked up from the drug store in a stressed out fury. What I was really going for is a light jade color, something similar to Chanel's jade from last year- but obviously one that is within my "i'm a grad student and work part time" budget.

At a cool $2, this shade should have been exactly what I was looking for. It's not. This actually isn't terrrribly far off... but I think having this kind of color on my nails, so opaque and flat- I'm just not digging it ya'll. Though a pastel is nice for spring, I'm not sure this is my kind of pastel.

A light green creme, this looks more like sea-foam rather than mint to me. It's application was super thick and hard to control, leaving any chance of a thin double coat in the dust. It was so bad after I applied it, i opted for an accent nail to distract me, using Sephora's "Only Gold for Me" Top Coat.

After sleeping on it, it's starting to grow on me a teeny bit. The jury's still out on whether this polish will have an encore, but for now I'll keep it and see if 'mint sorbet' can cut it until the end of finals.

-Christina