40 Days and 40 Nights of Beauty Cult Classics
Day 4, Essie's Mademoiselle and Ballet Slippers
These are two of the most popular shades from the nail polish company Essie.
According to my nail tech, these are the shades that are the most requested and often "borrowed" from her salon.
What makes then worth a life of crime?
They have a quiet elegance about them.
Mademoiselle
Mademoiselle is a charming sheer pink. My nail tech uses it straight or layered with other shades on clients.
The first coat applies slightly streaky and milky. It is more nude. The second coat is where the whispery pink color appears.
I have seen superior results on both warm and cool toned skin for Mademoiselle.
It is really about luck with this one.
Layering it with Essie's Marshmallow creates a stunning french manciure. It is very elegant and feminine.
Ballet Slippers
I personally find this shade to be overhyped.
The color is nothing to "jump hoops through" and it requires too much effort. Excessive effort for me is to apply more than two coats and to fiddle with applying a top coat everyday.
Drying is also an issue.
After application of Ballet Slippers, I overstay my welcome at the nail dryer by ten minutes. I leave thinking I have finally beaten the curse of Ballet Slippers.
Halfway through the week I will nick or smudge my nails.
I swear on my Behnaz lipstick... that this shade never fully dries .
The shade is a creme champagne nude with white undertones.
Let us know what you think of these shades in the comments.
Essie products can be found at your local Tradesecrets and
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Essie products can be found at your local Tradesecrets and
head2toebeauty.com
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Labels: 40 Days and 40 Nights of Cult Classics, Essie, I do not own this, Nail Polish
posted by Annieytown @ 8:30 AM
15 Inspired Comments
15 Inspired Comments:
hi--BORING!!!! thats what i think about these shades--every suburban mom wants these for her french.. i work in a salon and you can almost tell the ballet slipper client when they walk in!!! love the 40 days and nights blog--thanks for the fun
I agree with anon. I have hundreds of nailpolishes, but am proud to say I have neither of these. I am not a fan of sheers like these two and OPI Bubble Bath. I've never understood the hype, but they are indeed very popular colors.
love these, though wouldn't do them "french" (too much of a cliche) prefer OPI polishes though...
i love both of these. in a really conservative work environment, they work super well.
although, limo-scene is my personal favorite.
The reason they are so popular(dare I say a perennial favorite)is because they are really lite so they go with anything.
Not to mention I have seen these colors in countless magazines.
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i do love mademoiselle, but really don't understand ballet slippers...when it's on my fingertips, it looks like white out...not pleasant.
i'm really liking the latest essie spring collection; "Secret Affair" is what I imagined "Ballet Slippers" to look like on my fingernails...
I say no, no, no, no.
I'm not a fan of Essie sheers. They streak on me from first coat to fourth (not that I've ever had the patience to apply 4 coats of anything but you know what I mean). I've tried both of these and many other Essie sheers. If I could get it to lay down well, I'd test drive Mademoiselle.
Ugh... hate french, but I love Mademoiselle... doesn't show when I inevitably chip my polish the next day!
I would wear either of these colors if it weren't for the streaking factor.
Patti
I don't understand the hype about "Ballet Slippers"! I tried it out for a week and my coworker asked if I painted my nails with White-Out!! This shade is more white than pink, and like you said, you need more than two layers for this to even look good.
Ballet Slippers is great on the toes, but I don't like them on my fingernails.
I love Mademoiselle, but only layered with another color as the color is too pink and sheer otherwise. I'm going to have to ask for the Marshmallow/Mademoiselle combo next time...always looking for that perfect French Manicure look!! Thanks!
So true... about these two Essie shades, and yet I have them in my 'stable' of regulars. I work in an extremely conservative environment, and good grooming is an expectation, thus, very 'invisible' nail enamel.
And they last.. little chips are unnoticeable.
But.. it's really not much fun.
And you are correct.. drying time seems extensive.
( I belong to that exclusive group with well manicured 'natural' fingertips.. but wait until you see my pedicures! In the summer, all the girls can't wait to see what extreme colors I wear on my toes.. )
hey, dare I think that this post was due to the suggestion from little ol' me? Like you and seemingly most of your fabulous readers, Mademoiselle is very pretty and wearable for me. Ballet Slippers is indeed way too white. I suppose it would work on a woman with a tan, but for the glow-in-the-dark Siren, nope. Also, I have noticed the drying thing with it. The one time I got a Ballet Slippers manicure the polish dented the next day. To summarize, Mlle oui, Ballet Slippers non.
jennifer::i cannot wait to try secret affair! mademoiselle is my go-to color. i have it at home so if i chip my mani i can quickly do it myself with a sheer color that doesnt show all my mistakes!
ugh, barf, like the first commenter said, soccer mom french mani polish. yuk. I have one bottle of essie polish and you couldn't give me more...it chips like crazy and took 4 coats to show ANY color.
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