After a season crammed of resolute reds, bolshy berries and sometimes garish glitter nails, I’m embracing a shift to sheer coats. It’s time to wheel out those ‘my nails but better‘ and ‘I’ve just had a mani‘ shades which can imitate a perfectly groomed nail like no other. I pinned up a pic of bare talons on Instagram the other day querying colour recommendations and the majority vote plumped for some sort of pastel pink, so I thought I’d share my Essie-centric favourites. Nothing new, nor groundbreaking here today but if your nails are in need of a bold nail break then I have just the ticket…
Now deciphering between the three Essie’s I picked out for this edit is going to be a tough one, but here it goes. Baring on the left we have Essie Fiji, a much coveted shade in the beauty blogging world which used to be a right niggle to apply before the wide brush options were available from Boots and Superdrug, now making this a dream to throw on. A pink tinged cream, it’s certainly is the most opaque out of the offering but hits the pastel criteria right on the head. Next up is Essie Mademoiselle, the sheerest of the bunch. The beauty of this milky blush shade is that it looks just as pretty with one coat applied as it does with three – how many I do is much dependent on how lazy I’m feeling (note: usually one). Essie Sugar Daddy rounds up my Essie trio. An almost sugared almond shade that has a rosy undertone to it making it a peppy pink that brightens the nail. If any of you have been loitering around these parts long enough to remember my love affair with OPI’s Sweetheart, then you deserve some serious reader points, but my current Sweetheart-esque shade replacement is Ciate’s Cutie Pie that popped out of their Mini Mani Month. With equal doses of milkiness and pinkness, it leaves the nail with a sheer drop of natural nail goodness.
Lacquer on a sheer coat from this quad and you’ll be looking post-professional-mani in no time. Or slick on a coat of clear and leave it there – OPI’s Nail Envy would be fab for this – and rock the sheerest coat of them all!
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