Essie expressie, Quick-Dry Nail Polish, 8-Free Vegan, Hot Pink, Trick Clique, 0.33 fl oz

Second Hand First Love is a really nice color. It’s a neutral that will go with most other colors. It’s not the vibrant pink displayed, but does lean more pink when seen in natural light (outside). Inside, it reads more pinky-beige. Dries fairly quickly. It takes more than 1 minute, but no more than 5 minutes which is drastically quicker than regular polish. The polish I received is fresh - not extremely thin and not thick. It’s the sweet spot in between that goes on very smoothly. Coverage is good. For a lighter color, two coats did the trick. It also has a nice shine. My pictures show only the polish, no top coat. I’ve used Essie Expressive Nail Polish for years and love it.

Superb quality! Easy application, opaque color, long wearing and super fast drying! I need to order more from this "expressie" line. I'm just now discovering it.

this is my first time try this brand. It was really nice color, quick dry and I really like the applicator. Easy to use and it lasted for more than a week for me. The coverage also really good, 2 times or layering is enough for me. Like is thick enough

A beautiful color for Summer! Goes on smooth and dries very fast. No clumping or streaks. I used 2 coats and 2 coats of fast dry top coat and it only lasted about a week. I'll keep using it because I like the color and the fast dry factor.

I love Essie's stuff and the quick dry is great. Never had any complaints! Should note: Express To Impress is displayed as a mint/seafoam green, but it is actually a matcha color. (Other reviews show this difference, which is why I got this color, as I prefer the matcha color- it matches my keyboard!)

Love the color and it dries quick!

The most important thing to know is that the product photo is not correct for the Take a Breakdance color. In general, I like this Expressie formulation of polish for a quick polish job. It doesn't go on as smoothly as a slower-drying polish would and forces you to move very quickly to avoid it drying as your apply. This particular bottle came and the brush-handle is sortof broken, so I don't know if it was a bad seller or what, but it is uncharacteristic for essie. It makes it challenging to apply because the brush head wiggles. I've never had that happen before, so I don't think it's a common problem. It does reduce the usability of the product, though, when it's so hard to apply from a wiggly brush. The biggest issue is probably an Amazon issue, in that the product image is not representative of the actual color. I believe the "All Things OOO" color is shown. The Amazon description DOES mention sandy color, which it was my mistake for not reading the description, I went by the product photo. It is "wrong" beyond "your monitor settings," and I viewed it on several different screens before I ordered. I would say the Take a Breakdance color is Vegas Gold. Without the reference of knowing that CU Boulder's color is Vegas Gold, I wouldn't have known what that color means--it is a yellowish light concealer color, not "gold" like bright yellow. If you're a Buffs fan THIS IS YOUR COLOR. Otherwise I don't really like the color, it's a little bit too far on the yellowish side for my taste.

Showed up safe and secure, perfect polish color and easy to apply, quick dry

The performance of the polish is awesome. It dried pretty much instantly and still looks good one day later. But the colour is NOT accurate on the photos. I thought I was getting a brightish raspberry red that would look good on my cool skin. It ended up being like a dark, flat red with a brownish tone to it?! And I can’t return it :(

Takes longer to dry than you think but great other wise

very easy to apply and express to impress (fast dry) is the perfect mint green in only one coat. I will be trying more colours.

i have always loved essie products so i was really excited to see this quick dry option! i decided to try out the take the espresso colour from the expressie line - and absolutely loved how rich it was & how fast it dried. the best part: 1 coat was fine, but the 2nd coat added the gloss and shine that i love of all essie nail products. i found it very easy to use too. the brush is thick enough that it coated my nails easily and i also enjoyed the colour with one coat. i had my nails done for a week with minimal chipping - so i did rate it high with longevity. this picture is without top coat and i wouldn’t say it applies for a sheer look. this polish is thick and i like that look - i don’t like sheer nails so it was perfect for me. i’m excited to try more colours and really mix up designs next time i paint my nails . ps in terms of time: about 20 seconds flat for nails to dry!

Dried 2 coats in 4 mins, beautiful shine & colour! Lets see how long it lasts on my nails after cleaning the washroom 😄