I love it

I love the color and pictures of it where folks can get it to apply well. Sadly I can not get it to apply well. It's streaky and a mess even with a self-leveling top coat. 1, 2 or 3 coats, it doesn't look any better. Save yourself the time, money and effort of fighting this polish (because you will fight it) and get one that goes on beautifully (Wet n Wild 2% Milk, color is not white but a semi-sheer, milky tan-pink that is lovely and goes on wonderfully, see my review of it for tips on applying it).I wish I could make it work but I just can't get this to look good on me at all. I applaud those (and am jealous *smile*) who can make this look nice, because the color itself is pretty.

I bought this in 2015 and had a COMPLETELY different experienceso streaky/patchy I had to return it. Goopy, impossible to work with. It was also more yellowy than the current one.

In 2017, this applied like a dream, better than the formula for ballet slippers. Beautiful in two coats, no real issues with it not leveling/patchiness.

So either there are some bad batches out there or they changed the formula!

I'm not sure why I expected this polish to be any different than other Essie polishes I've owned. It is streaky and rather unforgiving. The brush is difficult to spread across the nail. It stays wet and tacky for a long time but it sets just enough upon application that it's like dragging Elmer's glue over any spot you might want to fix. I feel like I should be able to expect more from an $8+ polish, but clearly not. It is a pretty pale, milky semi-translucent white. The color is nice, but I always remember why I seldom reach for it upon application.

I usually love Essie polishes. I own a fair number of them in a variety of finishes (sheer, opaque, etc.) and I've always been happy with the application, colour and lack of chipping. This, however, is awful. After one coat, a lot of polishes are a bit streaky; that's fine. After two coats of this stuff, I started to worry. I very carefully applied three coats of Marshmallow and it still looked streaky and awful. This was over the Essie ridge-filling base coat, which I really like and has always played well with other polishes. I used my usual Sally Hansen Insta-Dry top coat over it.I'm giving it two lippies instead of one because after five days (I haven't had the chance to remove it so I've been stuck with this awful manicure fail over the long weekend) it still hasn't chipped, not even along the tips of my nails. So it's ugly, but at least it's not getting any uglier.