Beautiful deep blue shade of polish with the typical Essie quality. Has a nice bit of shine, not gloppy or streaky. One coat is fairly opaque and looks blue still, whereas with two you get an opaque, blue-black color. Dries fairly quickly, and lasts fairly well. Caveat: worst staining polish I've ever come across! My fingernails and fingers were all blue and looking frost bitten just from removing it from my toes! It hadn't even been on my fingernails! So beware of stained skin with this one. It's a pain.