Updated review on Essie Poppy Razzi "Action"

My mom and dad came down yesterday to visit and go see my brothers band, Angus and the Attiks play last night.  The band did an amazing job as usual, and you should all go see their next show at  Wicked Pissa (formerly Legends Rock Bar) in Gales Ferry, CT on Sat. Aug. 4th 9:30PM.  Anyway, my mom asked me to paint her nails for her before the show, and she picked out Essie "Acton" which I reviewed earlier in the week.  I thought this would be the perfect time to try this polish with a white base coat like I mentioned in my previous post.  The results were much better!

I used Revlon Quick Dry Base coat, and then two coats of Sinful Colors "Snow me White". After that, I applied two coats of Essie "Action" and Revlon Quick Dry Top Coat. The white underneath the Essie shade really seems to bring out the neon in the polish, and it really looks much more like a neon highlighter, which is what this shade looks like in the bottle. I just wish that Essie had added something to the color to make it more opaque to begin with so that the white undercoat wasn't necessary.  With the white underneath, this is a shade that I will probably wear more often.

What do you think? Do you like this shade better with or without the white base coat? Would you wear either one?

Review: Essie "Poppy Razzi" Collection - Action

Essie put out a neon summer collection called "Poppy Razzi" which contains 4 awesome summer neon hues.  This collection is out in drug stores right now.

I picked up a shade entitled "Action" at CVS which I was very excited about!  It is full of neon tangerine goodness.

Although I was excited about this shade initially, I was not impressed after I put on the first coat.  It came out streaky and sheer. You could totally see my smile line, and also the few areas on my nails that area pealing a little. 

 Yuck! look at how sheer this is! You can absolutely see any imperfections your nails may have.

After the second coat, you could still see the smile line, plus it started to bubble a little. This could be because I was applying the color outside and it was hot out.  I will talk in a later post about how to stop bubbles in your polish.  Anyways, It took three coats to make this polish to look decent.

As with most neon shades, this polish dries matte.  A top coat is a must to get the full potential out of this nail color! Overall, I was disappointed with the sheerness of this formula. I read some other blog posts that mentioned they used a white polish underneath and loved how the color came out.  I would try this polish again with a white base first, but if that doesn't work out I can't see myself wearing this very often.  Even though I love the color, this polish is just too sheer. 

Has anyone else tried the other polishes from the "Poppy Razzi" Summer 2012 collection? What are your thoughts?