I LOVE this shade! I just started becoming a mauve-color fan and I discovered this at Target for fun and it's lovely. It compliments well with my fair skin and doesn't look like Barbie pink. I apply two coats to give it a richer color, personally. One coat is a little bit more sheer, but still a nice, flirty look.

This is a brown based rose shade that is opaque in one coat, if applied more on the heavy side. I like this with the gel top coat to give it a high gloss shine finish. The shade itself is very flattering against my skin tone. An especially beautiful shade for the fall but can be worn anytime of year. I wish Essie polishes had a wider paddle style brush applicator but aside from that, the vast number of shades by this brand always has something to meet your mood. I find them a little on the pricey side, so generally purchase only when on sale. They wear about as long as any other polish outside of getting a professionally done gel/shellac polish.

I saw this on a patient at work, and immediately knew that I had to have it! It's the perfect neutral for the office, but dark enough that it's not so boring. I usually try to buy $3 Sally Hansen nail polish because I'm budget-conscious, so whenever I buy $9+ nail polish like Essie or OPI, I make sure it's worth the money. This is definitely one of those colors that I don't mind spending extra on. I will continue to re-purchase long as long as Essie keeps making it!

A lovely old rose colour, very flattering on my fair skin. Opaque in one stroke and with a top coat on top it stays put for three days, which is perfect in my book because I got a job where my hands are suffering sometimes and I do my nails every two to three days.

In Stitches is my 2nd Essie polish (Cute as a Button was my 1st), and I'm sure it's going to be an ever growing collection.The colour is gorgeous on my pale skin tone. It's a bit vampy without being too goth, and lady-like without being too fluffy and cute. On my nails it looks like a deep dusky wine/rose colour. Somewhere between pink and red but softly muted and grown-up.As I've learnt from Essie polishes, the quality is top notch and it takes forever to chip. It goes on effortlessly and looks ace even with 1 coat.