Essie Carry On is a beautiful dusty brown-plum cream polish perfect for the colder months. It applied smoothly in one easy coat, but applying a second coat added to the depth of the colour.

Love the colour, and if you have a lot of patience, it looks really nice. I found the formula watery, and streaky, I had three layers and there were parts where you could see through it, maybe four or five layers would give a better result, but for me that's too long. The brush is also thinner with my bottle, meaning you need four strokes to cover the nail, not great combined with a watery and streaky polish. I love the colour but to be honest, once this bottle is finished I wouldn't repurchase. I'd try a different brand that offers a similar shade.

My friend let me borrow this polish, I had never used an Essie nail polish in my life. I used 2 layers for this polish but I noticed it would still need one more later but decided against it since I didn't want to wait a long time. The first layer dried pretty quickly, I was quite impressed and in the end my nails look very shiny and I didn't use a top coat. I'm on day 3 and there in minimal chipping. I really like it.

I love the colour of this polish, and unlike others here found it nice to apply. My problem is that the polish is chipping on only day 2, and that's with my Sally Hansen miracle gel top coat, which usually buys me at least 5 days. Bit disappointing considering the price of the polish. It's a shame because the colour is the perfect mix of ladylike and edgy.

Love this brownish plum color but wish it applied more like OPI. This is a bit runny and yes I agree it needs a wider brush!!! However, I would buy it again just because I love the color. Nice to have a super dark color that that does not look black. To get the color in the bottle you do only 2 coats because if you do a third it turns very very dark but still pretty.