Essie Winter Collection Swatches, Luxeffects Nail Polish and the Big Retro Revival Reveal!

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Essie Winter 2015 Virgin Snow collection

Inspired by winter and all of its amazing neighborhoods in New York (and Brooklyn), fashion designer and essay’s global color designer, Rebecca Minkoff created a shade for the fashion gal persona of each area.

Swatches and shades from the 6 piece collection:

Virgin Snow – icy frozen lavender (Williamsburg, BK)

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Peak Show – scenic powder pink (Gramercy)

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Haute Tub – jet black with amethyst fire (Meatpacking District)

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Shall We Chalet? – seductive ruby (Upper East Side)

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Altitude Attitude – elevated sublime scarlet (Central Park)

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Après-Chic – iconic platinum (Rockefeller Center)

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Essie 2015 Holiday Gift Sets

Essie Hostess Kit

For holiday Essie has rolled out a the Essie Hostess Kit, which is a 4 piece mini size set of shades: cocktail bling (precious pale gray), a-list (award-winning ruby red), rock at the top (gold glitter), and mind your mittens (black teal).

Price: 12.99, now available at Target.com

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Essie Stocking Stuffers

Essie has also created four individual stocking stuffer ornaments for shades: ignite the night (sparkling hematite with a superfine matte finish), tuck it in my tux (sheer silken ivory creme), fifth avenue (red-orange), and berry naughty (creamy deep luscious berry).

Price: 8.50, now available at Target.com

Essie Fringe Luxeffects 2015 Collection

What’s the holidays without a little glitter (or a lot!). The new Essie Luxeffects Top Coats form 2015 are out and perfect for the holidays. The clear formula packs a plethora of metallic tinted glitter. Wear them over a base color as a highly embellished top coat with intense shimmer and glitter.

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{Shades left to right}

1. Fashion Flares  (swatched below) – Metallic fuschia/maroon and black glitter

2. Fringe Factor – Mix of gunmetal and pink sparkle

3. Tassel Shaker – precious copper and cool bronze glitter pieces

4. Frilling Me Softly – a blend of platinum and cobalt blue

Available December (now!) on essie.comessie-luxe-effect-glitter-polish

Essie Retro Revival Collection

The latest from Essie is the NEW retro revival collection which launches in January. To celebrate their 35th anniversary, essie is bringing back 6 iconic shades in January. Five of the vaulted shades were announced earlier in the month, with the sixth being announced on 12/10 on essie’s social media. Each revived shade features a gold starbursts embellished on essie’s signature white cap.

The vaulted shades includes:

Birthday Suit (1981, part of essay’s original 12 shades) – cheeky delicate nude

Life of the Party (2002) – pinot noir pearl

Sequin Sash (2005) – sequin sash

Cabana Boy (2005) – ultra-cool pearly white

Bikini with a Martini (2006) – frosted iridescent pink

The newly announced 6th shade…

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Essie just announced it will by the 2006 pink shade “stary stary night’!