Paint Tease
Before I begin, let me say that I do actually adore Essie nail polishes. As a general rule, they’re my go-to pedi colors (I’m not a manicure type of girl – sorry, I know it’s weird, but the polish won’t stay on. I’d rather have bare nails than chipped polish).
Anyhow, that bottle up there looks like a great Spring-y pink, doesn’t it? Something that would pop against my lily white skin, that will make me smile when I glance down at my newly-rescued-from-their-winter-banishment open toe shoes.
Well, you’d be wrong. Somehow, the color is actually a sheer yellowy tint on my toes. No, scratch that, a SHINY sheer yellowy tint on my toes.
Rather than smiling at my toes when I see them, I’m scaring little kids.
Lesson learned: no more iridescent shades, no matter how much I like the brand and the color in the bottle.
Interesting! I, um, use nothing but iridescent or shimmer shades. I’m wearing OPI’s Peru-B Ruby right now. Why do you think they don’t work for you?
I think I’m just too pale to pull them off – I really do think that you have to have a bit of color in your skin to do so. Yet, I’m drawn to the shimmery-ness of them, and keep choosing them, like a blasted fool.
Hahaha, I completely agree. Iridescent either looks yellow or blue depending, neither of which looks flattering on my feet (I look like I have a fungus or like I’m dead, ew). I know people that can pull them off and pull them off well, but it’s tough for us pasty pale womens. So sad.
that particular color looks like the 1980s in bottle form.