Essie Ruby Slippers

Here’s an oldie but a goodie, Essie Ruby Slippers. I know a couple of you gals wanted to see it, so I am happy to oblige. I found this as a dusty in a salon while on summer vacation. I’m not terribly impressed with it- there are other red glitters I like more- but it’s not bad all around.  The application was OK, but I probably should have thinned the color. I had some drag on my cuticles due to the large glitter and slightly thickened base. It probably could have used a topcoat but I wanted to mattify it, so I just left it as is.

I got a little crazy with the nail buffer and file last night. I blame  Nixxy’s Phalanges of Terror because I was reading that  while buffing and I wasn’t paying attention to how exactly how much buffing  I was doing! No harm done, but it was more than I’d usually do. I then shortened them up a little  after my overly vigorous buffing.  My nails are actually rather thick naturally, and start growing crooked if they are not kept in line.

So, without further ado, here she is:

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And, since I’ve been mattifying everything in my path lately:

Time to give the thumb some love, since it usually gets left out of the photo!

All in all, not a bad color but not something I’d give my eyeteeth to own.

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