Essie Cocktail Bling Collection: Brooch The Subject Nail Polish Plus Nude Polish Comparision

I am really enjoying Essie's new collection, Cocktail Bling. Some may say it is not crazy exciting or different, but I love the fact that it is all creme polishes!   I picked up a few of the colors this week and will be reviewing them separately.  Here is "Brooch The Subject", a creamy cashmere cameo.  It is a nude polish, which is my favorite color category, so of course it was on my "must have" list.  I never get sick of these neutrals!  Look for my comparisons to other nudes below also!

This applied very smoothly in only 2 layers- the formula is excellent for this type of color.

Being neutral-obsessed, I naturally had a ton of other nudes to compare this to, and wondered if I really needed another one:

Turns out I do, since none of them were "dead on" duplicates. See:

I was surprised to see how much darker "Brooch" looked once I compared it to my other nudes.

While I was in my polish stash plucking comparison bottles, I spied my beloved "Nubar 2010" (flaky topcoat) sitting there, all lonely and unloved and decided she had to meet up with my new Essie.  Here is the result:

You have to trust me that in person, this is spectacular!  See how the flakies look in the bottle in these pics?  That is how it appears on the nail in real life.  I am having daily battles with the Sun (or lack thereof) here in the Pacific Northwest this week, so I couldn't get a natural light shot that would display this beautiful polish the way it should be.  I had to still give you an idea though ;)

Look for more Essie swatches this week!