Essence The Gel polish: Brand review and swatches (plus bonus new clean up brush review!)

Hey guys! Sorry for the absence! I was doing so good sticking to my schedule...and then life happens! I woke up Easter weekend with my neck out of whack (again) but in a different spot this time, just to keep things interesting. It so frustrating having this happen every few months! I've spent the past couple weeks babying my neck and going to my chiropractor and getting trigger point massages on my neck (which are NO FUN if you've never had one) BUT I think I'm finally on the mend. I swatched these weeks ago and they got lost in the mayhem! I picked up these new-to-me Essence brand polishes on a recent trip to Ulta. I have no experience with this brand so I thought I'd grab a couple! I saw the angled eye-liner brush and grabbed that too since I'm always looking for new brushes to clean up polish around my cuticles with. I would say the color selection was pretty good, there was about 15 maybe? I just started with these 2...no shocker on the colors I picked, yes? ;...