Manicure Monday: Navigate Her

July 02, 2012

Happy Monday! To all my fellow Canadians - hope you had a wonderful Canada Day! For the Americans - the 4th of July is just around the corner.. so your extra vacation day is coming up! One of these days I need to experience it in the States for myself!


Today I have the colour that the Essie Spring collection is named after... Navigate Her. When I think of navigation, I think of blue.. but I guess Essie thinks otherwise, as this colour is a pastel green creme!


Unlike the usual mint greens that we've been seeing for the season, this one has much more yellow in it, making me think of algae. Maybe that's the connection to the sea and navigation.. hah!


Formula is fantastic to work with and application was a breeze. At two coats, this polish is opaque, but doesn't have the best staying power out there. After three days I began to see chips, and had full on chunks of colour missing by the fourth day. Booo! You might notice that my pinky finger has taken a vacation this week.. there was a major accident, and hopefully it will recover enough to reappear next week ;)

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40 comments

  1. Hi Andrea, glad you chose this green. I really like it.

    xo Jo

    http://whiterosesandcoffee.blogspot.ca/

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  2. I love this green! :D It's really elegant looking :)

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  3. What a different and unique shade! Elegant yet fun.


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  4. ohhh nooo! i hope your pinky finger feels better Andrea. you know that polish looks better ON then in the bottle. i couldn't stop laughing when you said algae. you are too funny girl! i really like this shade on you. it's a great green. excellent review andrea. girl i'm going to follow your shopping philosophy!!! buy it and THEN DECIDE! that is GREAT! makes so much sense.
    http://www.averysweetblog.com/

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    1. Haha, except my fashion philosophy often results in buying waaay too much everytime a shopping trip occurs! Be careful :)

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  5. ahhhh I love that color!! It looks amazing & is so much fun for summer!
    I would love for you to visit my blog sometime!!
    :)
    Allison
    A's Fashion Files

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  6. Thanks for the shout out to us American folks. Pretty color. It's a flattering shade.

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  7. awww this is the green shade that I love, macha green <33 so lovely~!

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  8. Hello, thank you for comment on my blog
    Such a great nail color dear
    I am following you now and hope we can follow each others :)
    Cheers

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  9. Thanks so much for showing me this~ This is the next colour I want to buy!

    www.closetvoyage.com

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  10. Great color!! Lovely blog :) xx

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  11. Wow I really love this colour, it looks beautiful on you! Xx

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  12. I really really love greens - this one's super pretty!

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  13. great nails,love the color :) new follower sweety! hope you can followed me back!

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  14. That's an interesting shade of green. For some reason it reminds me of green tea icecream, or maybe i'm just hungry?

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    1. Haha, I definitely see the green tea ice cream. I went out for sushi with this on and realized it looks just like wasabi too!

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  15. nice colour ! and of course great blog :)
    if you like my blog please follow :)
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    Have a nice day !

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  16. Oh no, I hope your pinky is okay! This is one of the more unique colours that I've come across, but still a very wearable green :)

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  17. I agree, when I think of navigation colors I also think of blues. But this is such a lovely color!

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  18. Such a pretty nail colour! I love it.
    - Keyta x

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  19. That is one fabulous color! So yummy, it reminds me of guacamole ;D

    MRS JACK OF ALL TRADES DAILY where Fashion and Food collide!
    http://mrsjackofalltradesdaily.blogspot.com/

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    1. Oooh, now that you mention it, I totally have to agree with you!

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  20. Very nice color nail polish :>

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  21. My friend gave me a bottle of this color but I haven't tried it out yet...it looks great on you!

    -Sharon
    The Tiny Heart

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  22. sorry to hear you hurt your finger hope it gets better, i really like the celery like color

    -Jessica
    http://runninginsideus.blogspot.com

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    1. Totally reminds me of celery now that you mention it!

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  23. This is a pretty green! Would you like to follow each other?
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  24. wow this is a really interesting shade of green! not really a light pastel, more like a really yummy apple colour :)

    metallicpaws.blogspot.com

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  25. I"m amazed that you can do your own nails. I 'm hopeless with that!

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  26. Great color for summer. It's so different than anything I've seen. I might have to pick one up myself. Enjoy your weekend!

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  27. You have amazing nails! I can't grow mine very long because they always split :( Please make my day and follow a fellow Canadian's blog :)

    natalielovesbeauty.blogspot.ca

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  28. essie has never dissapointed me. your nails look great! i'm a new follower! have a great weekend!

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  29. i'm such a nail polish addict :x your nails look great! i hate when it starts chipping though ><. cool photos


    Joyce @ carouselstreet.com

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  30. Great post. I like your blog!

    Maybe we can follow to each other? :)

    www.anetesdomas.blogspot.com

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