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Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

Let’s Go Diving with Essie’s Go Overboard

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer ($8.00 for 0.50 fl. oz.) is described as “a limitless sea blue.” It’s a deep, almost inky, blue with subtle hints of teal–you might call it a very blue teal or a teal-tinged navy blue. MAC Deep Sea is greener and much, much darker. Rescue Beauty Lounge Teal is a bit darker and greener. Illamasqua Viridian is more of a teal.  Nothing I could think of was close; everything that was even remotely similar was significantly darker.

What I liked about Go Overboard was the blue is very apparent; it’s not so dark that it loses its color in natural light. The formula wasn’t too thick or too thin, so it applied fluidly and evenly across the nail without bubbling or pooling along the sides.  I only needed two coats for opaque color, though it was rather opaque after one.  I typically get very good wear out of Essie’s formula; a full week with no chipping and minimal tip wear.

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer
Essie Go Overboard Nail Lacquer

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Gina Avatar

What a pretty teal! I’m a sucker for teal and blue polishes, so I might have to go pick this one up.
 
Also, I love the little captions you’re putting on reviews–“More Disappointment from Chanel,” “Let’s Go Diving with Essie’s Go Overboard”… I think they’re cute.

wwendalynne Avatar

 @annedreshfield Wow, that is so interesting, Anne!  I love green nail polish and I have the exact same problem.  I bought this gorgeous shade of bright yellow green nail enamel from Illamasqua and it’s hideous 🙁  .  Are you cool toned?  Maybe it draws in too much to your skin undertones??  I think that is why I can’t wear many greens.. they make my skin look so disgustingly green!  

annedreshfield Avatar

 @wwendalynne Yes, same! I am cool toned — fair skin, blonde hair, blue eyes, pink undertones. My hands also turn purple in the cold, so I doubt that would look good with green, lol! I also feel like a little kid whenever I have blue nail polish on. Not sure why…I’d say my favorite blue polish is Butter London’s Lady Muck. At least, that’s the only one I ever wear! 

wwendalynne Avatar

 @annedreshfield Raynaud’s phenomenom and me are also well acquainted.. not so sexy, huh?  LoL 
 
I just looked up Lady Muck and it’s really pretty!  I wear Blagger from Butter London which is a bit similar to this, but brighter and lighter.  I also wear Blue Label by Dior.  I’ve got a perfect blue for you, but you will have to buy on eBay as it came out only in an Asian market release:  Dior Glacier.  The name is very appropriate and it’s so elegant on.  I get tons of compliments whenever I wear it.  Have a good night Anne 🙂

wwendalynne Avatar

 @annedreshfield Oohh just caught some mani pictures on-line and Lady Muck looks almost like a light periwinkle.  That would look so pretty on my toes while wearing denim!  Nice pick!!  

annedreshfield Avatar

 @wwendalynne Dior Glacier looks like a lighter, frostier, sheerer version of Lady Muck! So pretty. I think that’s a more versatile shade, though I’ve got nothing against Butter London’s Blagger — looks gorgeous in the swatches! 

Nicola Avatar

I think this is such a beautiful shade, especially for fall. I can definitely picture this going with a lot of my fall outfits. I will be purchasing this one! Thanks, Christine!

CaliRogue Avatar

Teal-blue is one of my favorite colors! I actually just got some dark teal capri pants, but I think those are actually greener than the polish. I’ll keep this shade in mind for winter!

BPJ_Ellie Avatar

Stunning! Anyone have any recommendations for base/top coats with essie polishes/varnishes though? I can’t get the formula to work too well on my nails with my OPI..?? Thanks for the review Christine! x

busted Avatar

 @BPJ_Ellie I don’t know about topping other things on essie colors since the only bottle of essie I have is the essie Good To Go topcoat. I use it on a variety of brands including the cheapest of cheap and love it. It extends wear tremendously and doesn’t dry tacky (once dry you can scratch the surface with your other nails and they glide smoothly instead of sticking). I assume essie tested its topcoat on essie colors so you might have to keep within the brand for layering?

mglawica Avatar

I got this about a month ago and it’s really a fantastic teal. The formula is seriously great and my experience is pretty similar with yours.

Petunia Avatar

I love this color but will look to purchase something similar in either OPI or Butter London. Essie is my least favorite polish as I find the formula to generally be thin and chip very easily on natural nails. It’s a waste of my time to do an Essie manicure while I can usually get a week’s wear out of OPI, China Glaze, Orly, or Butter London!

Melissa Avatar

Reminds me a bit of the Dior color Nirvana would have to see it up close but I just had the Nirvana on and looks like it a lot. I also have a butter london color don’t know the name off hand that is a bit brighter then the Nirvana I have swatches on my blog page

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