Nomadic in Nude is a beigey-grey creme.
Again, I got this one a boxed set - I would not have purchased this color on my own. Three coats, no top or base coat. I don't totally hate this color on me, it's just not my thing.
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Showing posts with label taupe. Show all posts
Friday, February 3, 2012
Color Club - Nomadic in Nude
Again, I got this one a boxed set - I would not have purchased this color on my own. Three coats, no top or base coat. I don't totally hate this color on me, it's just not my thing.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Essie - Merino Cool
Merino Cool is a pretty purple greige. I only have this in the mini size.
Holy Lobster Hands, Batman!
Basecoat: NailTek II Intensive... something (2 coats)
Color: Essie Merino Cool (4 coats)
Topcoat: Out the Door (1 coat)
Merino Cool is a pretty color, but I'm not sure it works for me. It's one of those colors I was hoping would look better when my tan faded, but as of right now I don't even have a wedding ring tan, and this still makes my hands look red.
Anyway, application was pretty good, even though I had some problems with bald spots that I had to go back and cover.
Holy Lobster Hands, Batman!
Basecoat: NailTek II Intensive... something (2 coats)
Color: Essie Merino Cool (4 coats)
Topcoat: Out the Door (1 coat)
Merino Cool is a pretty color, but I'm not sure it works for me. It's one of those colors I was hoping would look better when my tan faded, but as of right now I don't even have a wedding ring tan, and this still makes my hands look red.
Anyway, application was pretty good, even though I had some problems with bald spots that I had to go back and cover.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Confetti - Moonstruck
Moonstruck is supposedly a dupe for China Glaze Channelesque, but I don't own Channelesque so your guess is as good as mine :) I own a few Confetti polishes but this is the first one I've tried.
CVS, I *really* hate your stupid stickers that leave a HUGE mess when I try to take them off. Anyway, Moonstruck is a mushroomy-taupey creme. I skittled this in my earlier post of nude-ish skittles and this was the one I kept as "untried" to wear later.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (1 coat)
Color: Confetti Moonstruck (3 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)
Application was pretty good, even though this polish is a little thin. Next time I would either use four coats or use a different basecoat. Fiberglass Network doesn't dry totally smooth, and at three coats the texture was still visible, but topcoat made it almost perfect. Since I am doing my first holiday nails of the season tomorrow night in preparation for a Dallas Symphony Orchestra performance I'm going to the night after that, I don't really care that this mani doesn't look perfect. I don't have to go to the office for any meetings, so this is really to have some polish on, and to look decent if I need to run to the store or something.
Cleanup was super easy, thanks to the thin consistency and light color. I had a little bit of trouble with cuticle pooling but it really wasn't bad.
I still think this color gives me a little bit of lobster hands but it was by far the best of the polishes I tried earlier, so it gets to stick around.
CVS, I *really* hate your stupid stickers that leave a HUGE mess when I try to take them off. Anyway, Moonstruck is a mushroomy-taupey creme. I skittled this in my earlier post of nude-ish skittles and this was the one I kept as "untried" to wear later.
Basecoat: Salon Sciences Fiberglass Network (1 coat)Color: Confetti Moonstruck (3 coats)
Topcoat: David (1 coat)
Application was pretty good, even though this polish is a little thin. Next time I would either use four coats or use a different basecoat. Fiberglass Network doesn't dry totally smooth, and at three coats the texture was still visible, but topcoat made it almost perfect. Since I am doing my first holiday nails of the season tomorrow night in preparation for a Dallas Symphony Orchestra performance I'm going to the night after that, I don't really care that this mani doesn't look perfect. I don't have to go to the office for any meetings, so this is really to have some polish on, and to look decent if I need to run to the store or something.
Cleanup was super easy, thanks to the thin consistency and light color. I had a little bit of trouble with cuticle pooling but it really wasn't bad.
I still think this color gives me a little bit of lobster hands but it was by far the best of the polishes I tried earlier, so it gets to stick around.
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