Mani Monday: Essie's "Smokin' Hot"
Guess who fell asleep too soon after doing their nails recently. It's me! One of the worst feelings when you spend a lot of time on your nail polish application is discovering fabric prints later. Oh well. You live and learn, eh?
I was feeling a darker color for the wintry weather we have here in STL, but I have been such a good girl with not purchasing polish lately! I finally popped by an Essie display and picked up Smokin' Hot, which is described as "a stone-cold fox gray." The polish was super hard to photograph for me, and pulls so, so dark gray here. There is actually a lot of purple in this shade, and I feel like this Polished Cousins' post has much better color accuracy. Their beautiful images also remind me that at some point it would be smart for me to eventually setup a "real" way to shoot for my blog when it comes to beauty products. Hello, 2017 resolutions.
Application was a little difficult with this one - the brush worked beautifully as usual, but I feel like my first coat went on rather streak-y. I used three full coats to get to this opacity, and that likely affected dry time and allowed me to get the little fabric depressions. I think I'll likely use this again soon on my toes because I like the color, though!
Polishes Used:
Smokey Gray: Essie's Smokin' Hot
Base & Top Coat: Seche Vite