I've had a variety of Essie polishes and I can honestly say that I've only like two of the polishes as a whole. Their color selection is beautiful, as is the packaging, but I don't think I have the patience to use Essie. The polishes are not very opaque, 5/8 applied streaky, and they take forever to dry in between coats. The only two polishes I liked were Chinchilly and Nude Beach (very sheer, used as a base for a french tip, would not recommend standalone) and even then I have reservations about both. For a "high end" polish, the price isn't bad and, like I mentioned, the packaging is really cute. However, the product is by no means worth it in my mind when brands like China Glaze and Sinful Colors and even NYC exist. I do not recommend these polishes at all.

 



 I just got "rainbow connection" from the OPI muppet'sHOLIDAY. I had been waiting for the muppet's polish for months now and have mixed feelings about the end result. The numerous different colors of glitter are all mixed up in a clear polish base, which looks way cool in the bottle. My issue was not with the mixture of colors, rather the big sized pieces of glitter that seemed to chip off very easily. The smaller glitter seemed to adhere better than the large. Also, since the base of the polish is clear, it might have look better with a solid color undercoat of polish. I used two coats without a solid color undercoat and you could still see much of my natural nail through the polish. I love OPI and will always recommend it as the best polish around... Rainbow Connection seems like a high maintance manicure that, while it breaks my heart to say, I don't recommend.