Essie: It's Genius

Another day, another nail color, another Essie polish!  Talk about giving my nails a little TLC.  My favorite Essie polishes are the ones with this type of finish.  An (iridescent) shimmer finish.  Where it is not a creme sheen or a jelly or a foil or metallic but where it looks like it has very finely milled glitter in the polish and is almost slightly metallic when it catches the light.  It's Genius is part of Essie's permanent collection and is a gorgeous dark magenta-purple shade with silver reflects embedded within the polish.

Natural light - catching the light

I adore how this polish catches the light.  It gives that little extra pop when it catches the sunlight and shows that it's more than just a plain purple polish.  This varnish has warmer pink undertones to it and could be considered a very dark magenta purple.  What drew me to this polish initially was the way the silver in the bottle swirled into the purple.  I wondered if it would show up that way on my nails.  Well it didn't quite do that but it does look pretty anyways.  I have gotten some good wear out of this colour.

Natural light - shaded

So what do you think?  What's your favourite nail polish finish?

xo, Chanel