Essie Mint Candy Apple REVIEW

I forgot to retake the photos for this review before I took my polish off so instead you get the "not so great taken in a too dark room without a flash and then I photoshopped the hell out them photos"

I had been trying to hunt down Essie's Mint Candy Apple polish from their new winter collection for a few weeks now and I was coming up empty. Then I thought EBAY! 2 days later (and this was over Thanksgiving too!!) I had it and two other polishes in my hot little hand for about $4.50 a bottle. (they retail for $8)

They describe it as a creme de menthe color. I think that is pretty accurate. I had to do three coats to get a nice even opaque color. (I think two would of been suffice if I had been giving it my full attention and not reading a magazine and watching tv). I had it on for 2.5 days with no chips. But my attention span is short so I repainted after two days. (Remember I had two more to try!)


As it was drying something dawned on me. It looks a LOT like the "Tiffany Blue" otherwise known as my favorite color ever. I had the "For Audrey" color by China Glaze that came out a few years ago. It was a pretty exact match for the box color.

So I compared Essie to the box and it was CLOSE but not exact.


Then I compared to the bag which is actually a different shade. It is almost an exact match.

(urg these photos are terrible BUT YOU GET THE IDEA)

For comparisons sake...here is "For Audrey" by China Glaze

This color is a few years old and a tish harder to find in stores.(go on ebay!)

I am a big fan of Essie polishes and they are on par with OPI brand polishes which I think of as the best and compare all others too