Essie salon bottle v. drugstore bottle

I do have to commend Essie for being bold and making two different bottles for the exact same nail polishes. Waste of money, but an easy way to differentiate between where the varnish was bought.

Above is the top view of the bottles. The "Salon" bottle has a lowercase e, while the drugstore (which means something similar to CVS or Target) has the varnish's name on it.

 The Salon bottle has 2 sides of the imprinted Essie name, as well as the drugstore bottle. The difference is where the salon bottle also has two blank/flat sides. On the drugstore bottle, one of the sides has a sticker with a white "essie", and other information.

The Salon bottle has the barcode and name of the varnish on the bottom, when the drugstore bottle has nothing on the bottom.

The barcode on the drugstore bottle can be found on the cap. It's just the barcode, color number, and the caution warning. The salon bottle has nothing on the cap.


Personally, I prefer the drugstore bottle. It makes looking for a specific color 10xs easier!! I compared the OPI bottles, and they're exactly the same. So boring.

The colors represented here are all Essie; Raise Awareness for the "Salon" bottle, Chinchilly for the "drugstore" bottle, and for the first two pictures I am wearing Raise Awareness, and the last two are Essie Carry On (the pictures were taken on two different days).

Ok, this post is done, see you next time! Toodles.