Essie – Licorice

I have found the perfect black nail polish.  I grabbed Essie’s Licorice for two reasons: 1. I love black nail polish and 2. I have come to love most dark nail polishes Essie puts out (which are few and far between): Wicked, Midnight Cami, and Sexy Divide, specifically. Anyway, back to Licorice. It’s perfect. I usually like a little shimmer or microglitter in my black nail polish – and this has none – but it doesn’t need it. It is so glossy and deep and just flat out gorgeous. I never thought I’d be so insanely impressed with something so simple. I really did stare at my hands all day (so it passed my love test). I’ve been playing around with a matte top coat – I’ll update this post at some point with something better. It was really difficult for me to capture the glossy amazingness of this polish so… if you want to take a look at some of my disasterous pictures… here you go