Winter is coming, which in my mind means one thing: vampy everything. I've recently been rocking vampy lips, so I thought I would let my nails rock a similar look. Although I already have a few dark, almost black red/purple colors, I couldn't say no to the look of this color!
Sole Mate is a really deep red, which shows up almost black on the nails, but I would even say there is a bit of purple in there, as well, even though it looks like a deep red in the bottle.
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| a base coat, 2 coats of Sole Mate, and a top coat |
This is another color from Essie that has a thick brush, which I believe that makes it part of their diffusion line. The color is beautiful, just like the consistency, the polish glides on like a dream!
However, I had a problem with this particular shade like I've never had with an Essie nail polish before - the lasting power. Normally, an Essie polish will last at least 3 or 4 days on my nails, but this last barely two before it started majorly chipping!
Now, I'm hoping that I had just accidentally chipped it by hitting a table with my nails or something, because normally Essie has great lasting power, but maybe it has to do with this particular shade or maybe I just got a weird one - who knows!
Also, this shade is basically the same shade as OPI's 'We'll Always Have Paris' (post here), so if you're looking for a dupe for either one, there you are, but I would definitely recommend OPI's over Essie's due to the lasting power that I noticed with this shade.
I will be testing this out further, so hopefully it was my fault and not the polish's fault that it chipped so easily, but I'll be sure to keep you posted :)
I hope you enjoyed the post :)
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