I’m loving the color selection from Essie’s Navigate Her collection. There’s a little something for everyone and all will look great against a summer tan. Clearly merchants study trends, but it’s interesting that at the same time, several brands came out with nearly exact colors. I’ve listed near dupes beside each polish below for comparison.
Olé Caliente
A Crewed Interest
Orange, It’s Obvious!
Tour De Finance
To Buy Or Not To Buy
Navigate Her
My Thoughts On Essie’s Navigate Her Collection
I LOVE every color in this collection and they are all perfect for spring. I do have to say though, all of the polishes were streaky. In fact, they were so streaky, that even after 3 coats each, you can still see some bald spots. I’m also so ready for Essie to get a bigger brush. It’s so thin, that when you have to put on that many coats, it’s difficult to get it streak free and takes a lot of strokes. At nearly $8 a bottle, I’m not sure that I would splurge on this combination of streaky formula and outdated thin brush.
So what do you all think of Essie’s Navigate Her collection. Do you own any of these colors or see any you’d like to pick up?
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love the peach, lavender and green creme!
i LOVE that peachy pink. my other favs are the green and ole caliente, the color i used in my how to paint your nails video tutorial.
Oh So Pretty!! Very feminine. The orange looks amazing. And I am with Megan, lavender and green are lovely!!
so happy you like them! thanks!
LOL… I’ll be stopping by Target to get the Coral and Creme!!! Thank you Jennifer!!
hey erin, so good to hear from you and you’re so welcome. if you pick them up, i hope you’ll let me know what you think!
Oh DEF will mama!!!!!! :)
I agree with the streakiness and lack of brush quality of Essie. It’s why I only own one bottle of that brand. :\ The colors are nice, but I wouldn’t purchase because like you said at $8 a bottle, the formula and brush leave much to be desired.
i hadn’t used essie in so long. i know i liked their polish back then because they had the best color selection, but since other brands have evolved {and surpassed essie} in terms of brushes and formula, color just isn’t enough for me anymore. i did however LOVE essie luxeeffects, but who needs a good brush for a sparkly top coat? lol
tart deco lol. isn’t it funny that i know exactly which one bottle of essie you own LOL.
You know me and my polish collection so well haha! Oh and I just remembered I actually have two, I have one of the Luxe Effects polishes because it came in my Birchbox, but like you said who needs a good brush on a sparkly top coat :)
Love the green (Navigate Her)! I agree with the brushes, it’s frustrating to spend $8 on a bottle of polish and have it go on streaky. The colors look great on you, and I love this collection!
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Lia
thanks! yes, isn’t it interesting that essie was so ahead of other brands in terms of color selection and availability which was all that mattered just a short time ago, and now they seem a little dated due to their brushes and formula? they just seem to have been passed up by other brands. and sally hansen who was way off my radar for years in favor of essie, opi, and china glaze is HUGE now. they always have the biggest displays in every drugstore. i really think the press on nail polish turned things around for them.
Agreed 100%!
Just wanted to leave a note to say, your blog is awesome! loved the nail tutorial..the best pointer was to file the nails before removing the polish! Thanks!!
Wow
this Olé Caliente is awesome
i feel in love <3
Wow such lovely colors! What a coincidence… I actually just bought Navigate Her around the time this post went up.
I think I might have to pick up To Buy Or Not To Buy as well.
This is an awesome blog. :)
My Essie nailpolishes have wide brushes! Thats why I really love them! But I have buyed some in America, and they have small brushes… Now I know what you mean…