Essie Nordstrom Exclusive Minis with Matte About You Top Coat
Essie has created a mini polish set exclusively for Nordstrom and fall 2009. There are four colors in this collection, which are all really nice, however I’m not sure anything is totally *original*.
The same day that I received these, I also received Essie’s new Matte About You top coat. I decided that it would be the perfect time to swatch these along with the matte top coat to give you an idea of what it can do. Check ‘em out.
Angora Cardi
Angora Cardi is a raisin colored mauve creme polish that screams “fall” to me. It’s very pretty and flattering and I wound up liking it on me a lot more than I thought I would. The application was great, though a little harder to apply because of the smaller brush. This was three coats.
Angora Cardi with Matte About You
Here we have Angora Cardi with the matte top coat. Looks fabulous, no? I really like this because it’s not that chalky *blah* matte, it’s satiny and smooth and really cool looking.
Midnight Cami
Midnight Cami is a really awesome dark midnight blue shimmer. Though it looks similar to a lot of other dark blue shimmers I have seen, I still really like it, especially in the light. This was two coats.
Midnight Cami with Matte About You
I LOVE the way this looks with the matte top coat! It’s what I was hoping OPI’s Russian Navy Matte was going to look like when I swatched it, but no. It’s just so much better to have a satiny matte finish rather than chalky and dry looking.
Mink Muffs
Mink Muffs is a beautiful deep taupe creme that I totally love BUT it is a dupe to OPI’s You Don’t Know Jacques! I can never get enough of this color, it’s so cool. This was three coats.
Mink Muffs with Matte About You
Mink Muffs with the matte top coat is exactly what I had been hoping OPI’s You Don’t Know Jacques! Matte was gonna look like, but AGAIN nooooooo (do you sense a pattern here?)! While the colors are exactly the same, this is so silky looking, it’s really amazing.
Pink Parka
Pink Parka is a neon flamingo pink creme and when I say neon, I mean NEON, this pic doesn’t show you HOW bright it really is. This color seemed like a strange pick to go with these other ones and doesn’t seem very fall-ish to me, but that’s ok. This went on very smooth and nice and was two coats.
Pink Parka with Matte About You
The difference between the regular Pink Parka and the one with the matte top coat isn’t huge, but it’s definitely still there. The finish reminds me more of how OPI’s La-Pazitively Hot matte came out, which was the only one they had that wasn’t chalky.
You can find this mini collection on Nordstrom’s website here and the pack retails for $17.00.
I like this collection but don’t think it’s something that a lot of people will wind up getting since most polish fanatics already have colors very similar to most of these.
What I was most excited about was their Matte About You top coat and I am totally going to be swatching a lot of other Essie’s in the near future to show you what they look like matte!
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I have to get that matte topcoat. I can’t believe how faboo it is!
Hi yourhermione,
Yes you really do it’s REALLY great. I can’t wait to try it out on like every other nail polish I own, hahaha!
The Essie Matte Top Coat seems to make any nail color “Matte” I love that look of satin finished glass. I am amazed in the difference between the regular nail varnish with it’s beautiful shine and then the matte top coat that creates a entire new effect, it looks gorgeous and has s shine to it like you mentioned.
My faves are the Angora Cardi with Matte About You (MAY), Midnight Cu-mi with (MAY) Mink Muffs with (MAY)and Pink Parka with (MAY) wait; that is all of them, LOL. It has to be the memorizing matte finish that makes these nail varnishes so fab.
Anyway, “Where can you find the Essie “Matte About You” top coats?” It wasn’t listed on the Nordstorm site, or I could not find it. Your nails never looked so gorgeous with the matte finish. Everyday you come up with a new surprise, that’s why we love visiting your web blog. Kudos.
((((((Love Kelly)))))
Mc Huggs
Hi Mc Huggs,
Glad you like them! Matte About You will be released in August and you should be able to find it on Essie’s website.
I wonder what happens if you put a matte topcoat over a holo polish…..
Hi yourhermione,
I dunno YET but I will (and post the results of course)
Who knew hot pink matte would look so cool. Great question about the holos. I can’t wait to see what that looks like!!
Thanks for the info. I will be sure to find the Matte About You top coat. It’s an amazing effect on all nail varnishes and a neat idea. I am sure it will sell a lot of bottles.
OMG! I am Mad about that Matte top coat! So friggin cool! I want I want!
I love Matte About You! It finishes so satiny, I couldn’t stop touching my nails because it was so different than the glossy finishes we’re used to! Great post about the mini set. Thanks!
I really, really love the look with the matte top coat! Must. Get.
I haven’t like *any* of the mattes, and thought I would pass on this whole trend, but these look so FAB! Thanks for a great post.
I appreciate how you took the time to show us the matte versus shiny versions. I’m very interested in how some glitter shades will look with a matte top coat.
Aww…there’s no Nordstrom here in Canada…Boo.
I’m excited about the matte top coat. How would they look on duochromes is my curious question.
Do you think it would be okay to use this topcoat over polishes from other companies?
Thanks so much for keeping up your wonderful blog! I look at it every single day (sometimes more than once!)
I really like how the colors look with the matte polish over them. Those the Essie Matte About You only work on Essie polishes?
Hi Jamie,
I am willing to bet it works on any brand polish and will probably be trying it soon!
Hi Marisol,
I am going to see how it works on other brands, I think it will be just as good!
Look what I just found….I think we can buy your pretty fingers on ebay!:(
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/joylynn1857_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ
Hi eyrlis,
Thanks for letting me know, I have contacted the seller and asked them to remove ASAP, which I’m sure they won’t. ARGH!
I am dying for that essie matte top coat… sometimes polishes are wayyy to shiny!