Essie Sand Tropez

NUBBINS people - I'm down to NUBBINS!!!! Ok crazy outburst over! The reason I'm down to nubbins is that I had a job interview which is why I cut them down so short. It's also the reason I picked Essie Sand Tropez to paint my nails :) A nice nude colour from the Spring 2011 Collection!

I used Sally Hansen Triple Strong for my base coat. Then I applied two coats of Sand Tropez which was a breeze to apply. Finally I topped it off with OPI RapiDry Top Coat which is amazing! It dries not just to the touch but all the layers underneath very quickly. Unfortunately I only have  a mini of it at the moment :(

Pictures ahead! However my shot in natural light was just when the sun was going down.

Essie Sand Tropez in Artificial Light

Essie Sand Tropez in Natural Light

Essie Sand Tropez in the Shade

Sand Tropez is a gorgeous beige cream but I think it just doesn't work with my skin tone. I think perhaps I need something leaning towards pink not more of a mushroom shade. So although I love the colour, I don't love it on me :(

Ulta3 Cocoa

I was changing my nail colour and wanted to match it to a gorgeous dress I was wearing. So that's how I came to choose Ulta3 Cocoa from the Metallic Crush collection. I've shown you swatches of this colour and I loved the gorgeous metallic brown then and I love it now!

I applied a base coat of Revlon Calcium Gel Nail Hardener. This base coat disagrees with several of my polishes and Cocoa was no exception >.< I applied two coats because the first coat did the same 'balding' that I've experienced with other polishes using this base coat. I find Cocoa easy to apply just keep the brush straight! I know that others don't like this collection because they find them too frosty, showing all the brush strokes, but I love them! I finished it off with a coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat.

So onto the pretty pictures!

Ulta3 Cocoa in Artificial Light

Ulta3 Cocoa in Artificial Light

 Then the following morning I took these.

Ulta3 Cocoa in Natural Light

Ulta3 Cocoa in the Shade

Cocoa is such a gorgeous reddish brown metallic! This colour matched my dress perfectly. The thing I loved most was how quickly it dried between layers since it was rather late at night when I finally got around to painting my nails!