Last week I hunted out my old Tiffany bracelet that I had for my 30th birthday & I decided I wanted to paint my nails to match the packaging! After asking the Twittersphere for some suggestions of colours, by far the most popular choices for good colour matches were China Glaze For Audrey or Essie Turquoise & Caicos.
So the next morning I hot-footed it into town & went to the beauty wholesaler where I usually buy my China Glaze products but they didn't have For Audrey & according the sales person, were unlikely to get any, booo!!
Next, was onto Superdrug as they had a 3for2 offer on & Boots didn't.....well, every little helps right?! I bought the Essie polish along with Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum foundation which I've read many good things about & L'Oréal Lumi Magique Pure Light Primer. I'll do reviews on those soon but for now, the polish.....
The colour is divine & a pretty good match for the Tiffany packaging. As always, I applied my China Glaze Strong Adhesion base coat to begin with & then the first coat of polish. I have to say, I was quite shocked at how thin in consistency this seemed as I usually find Essie polishes to be really opaque & cover exceptionally well with just one coat. However, this was not the case here.
Even with 2 coats of colour, the coverage was still a little streaky for my liking & I think it could've done with a third coat to be perfect but I didn't have time! I think next time I'll try it with an opaque white base colour on first & see if that helps with the coverage.
I finished with my trusty Seche Vite top coat & although I had about 6 days with no chipping or flaking before I removed the colour to change it, there was some serious wear on the tips going on. Again, this just wasn't like any other Essie polish I've tried before so I was quite baffled. But like I've already said, the colour is beautiful & I had lots of compliments on it, I'll just try an alternative application next time & see if that makes any difference!
I also bought a bargain (£4.99) ring from H&M that matched the polish perfectly, another great summer favourite!!
What are your favourite summer colours?
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