A few weeks ago, I showed you my first polish purchase from Essie’s Expressie, quick drying polish line (here). The fact that it dries in a flash and has a fantastic angled brush for easier application with my non-dominant hand has made it my go-to polish lately. It really does dry in about a minute.
Another benefit that Essie promotes is that you supposedly don’t need a base coat or topcoat. I have tried it without base coat and topcoat and with them, and my verdict that taking the extra few minutes to put on base and topcoats is really worth it. I find that both base coat and top coat dry quickly, much faster than regular polish, so I don’t feel that I’m adding much extra time. Without them, the wear time of this polish is about a day or two. Also, I did my toes a couple of weeks ago, and the polish color faded and just doesn’t look that great.
Another thing about application: it’s also worth it to wrap the color over the tips of the nails. I don’t find that the polish chips so much as shrinks a bit over time.
All those minor complaints aside, I really like the Expressie polish especially since I tend to do my nails at night before bed when a quick dry polish is so helpful. So when I got $5 in CVS Extrabucks as well as a percent off coupon, I decided to get another shade. The CVS I was at had a separate display with a collection of new autumnal looking shades.
The deep copper-brown/bronze semi-metallic shade (metallic-ly shiny but not so that it emphasizes ridges or nail imperfections) Misfit Right In #270 caught my eye.
I think the shade works well for both summer and autumn. Plus I love how the shade coordinates with one of my favorite coppery metallic opaque glosses from Sephora.
Expressie comes in 39 shades plus Clear including a bunch of coffee-colored shades for you java-lovers. Expressie is an 8-free, vegan formula, formulated without the following ingredients: toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, camphor, ethyl tosylamide, dibutyl phthalate, xylene, triphenyl phosphate and no animal-derived ingredients. It costs about $9 a bottle, and you can find it at CVS, Ulta Beauty, Target, and Walmart.
I absolutely love that shade on you, and it is perfect for your favorite lip gloss!
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Great shade of polish. I’ll have to look at the colors. CVS often has coupons or deals so it’s worth checking out.
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What a perfect match for your gloss! I love it!
This is a great shade for fall!
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Pretty shade. I was wearing a similar one last week. Can’t wait for fall, my favorite season of all
What a lovely shade, indeed! It looks fantastic against your skin tone!
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