Essie Smooth Sailing

My darling polish sister S (initials only! Because we're fab like S and B from Gossip Girl!) got Essie Smooth Sailing from the last polish spree and she graceously allowed me to swatch it on before passing it to her. Being a good polish sister, I only swatched it on one nail and on my nail plate (didn't want to be too greedy as I already felt guilty swatching one nail) and decided to do a comparison with my other periwinkle polishes!

Bottle pics first, as usual. here you can see how Smooth Sailing (all the way on the right) is much more purple than the rest! L-R: Orly Snowcone (the bluest of them all), Essie Lapis of Luxury, China Glaze Secret Periwinkle, Etude House BL505 and last but not least, Essie Smooth Sailing.

A lone bottle shot. Smooth Sailing in its entire glory. It's gorgeous! It's a deepest periwinkle with such subtle blue and purple shimmer. Totally reminds me of royalty! I'm so in love with it that if I were to get married tomorrow, this would be my something blue!

I decided to compare Smooth Sailing with Lapis of Luxury (it's Essie sister) and China Glaze Periwinkle (because it's the next most purple out of the bunch). Those two polishes are also the mroe popular ones compared to the rest so more people will have them and can get a more solid idea of how Smooth Sailing looks like! L-R: Smooth Sailing (2 coats), Secret Periwinkle (2 coats) and Lapis of Luxury (3 thin coats).

The shimmer in Smooth Sailing does look a bit flat in pictures but it does pop a little but more in real life! I think the shimmer shines a little but more in the picture below.

Here are the nail plate shots. Do click on the pictures to enlarge them so you can see the shimmer particles better!

Smooth Sailing is a little deeper than my pictures show. I think this (click click!) is the most accurate swatch online so far, or at least it looks like the most accurate on my screen! I can't seem to upload the picture so just click on the link to view it okay?

I think I'm in love. I haven't felt like this for a polish in a very long time. Dammit, just when I needed to ban myself from getting more polishes!