Most of these shades are from Essie's 2013 spring collection and are right up my street, I'm definitely more about spring pastels than a summer neons so these are the types of nail polish shades I usually go for anyway. Introducing my first Essie polishes!

Go Ginza

Go Ginza is a pale lilac that looks almost white once it's applied. I do really love how this one looks, but after painstakingly applying three coats to stop it from looking streaky just for it to be chipped by the end of the day- well I was left feeling a tad disappointed if I'm honest. I hate waiting for my nails to dry; while I can handle two coats this definitely needs three, and probably a top coat as well to stop it from chipping so quickly. I'll still use this on days when I'm feeling especially patient, but I can't see it being one I reach for often just because of my lazy ways when it comes to nail painting. Luckily I found that all of the other shades were opaque in two coats and lasted for a bit longer on the nails.

Bond With Whomever 
This colour reminds me a lot of Barry M's 'Berry Icecream' which is one of my all time nail polish shades. This is my ideal light pastel colour, I love how it looks effortlessly pretty and not too 'in your face'- I've been wearing this and applying a glitter top coat on the accent nail. 

We're In It Together

At a glance this looks like a standard pink polish, I assumed I'd have at least five other shades similar to this but it's a bit different to anything else I own. It's turned out to be my favourite of the bunch, there's just something about it! It's a milky kind of baby pink that gives a bit of colour without looking too sheer and boring. If you look closely there's some ultra fine shimmer in there too which gives it a really nice finish.

Madison Ave Hue

This is your standard glossy bright fuschia pink, everyone needs a colour (or ten) like this in their collection. As with the lighter pink, if you look closely you can see some micro shimmer in this too. Great for days when you want bright nails, but don't want to be too 'out there' with greens, yellows and blues, It's bright pink with shimmer, lets face it I was always going to like this one.

Maximillion Strasse Her

This khaki greenish grey might not be a stand-out shade for a nail colour, but I'm quite a fan of muted neutral shades for all year round. Muddy shades like this, along with 'Mushroom' and 'Grey' by Barry M might look kind of ugly in the bottle but they're surprisingly nice on the nails. I like shades like this for toned-down and slightly more sophisticated looks.

Maintain Ave

This is a gorgeous cornflower blue, I love the colour but am a bit undecided about how it looks against my skintone. I'm a fan of lighter blues but this is slightly darker than what I usually go for, I suppose if I eventually decide it looks a bit iffy on me I can always use it as an accent nail colour (the perfect way to use up nail polish you're unsure about!)