Maybelline Color Show in Neutral Statement 021

Can a nail polish ever be HG? Well I've found mine. :) I think most girls like a light pink as their basic go-to nail color, and it's hard to find a good cheap nude. In Maybelline's new permanent shades for 2014 is a perfect combination of those things we love. In person it's very obviously nude, but painted on (and as you will see in photos) it leans pinker than the color in the bottle. After a night it dries even more nude, but still has a slight pink in it. I've always loved grays that lean a bit purple, so this reminded me of that. The Color Show line consistently has good formulas within their shades. I prefer a thin formula to thick but Color Show does well in the middle. Without a topcoat it's still shiny as ever, and lasts without chipping for days. Another great thing about the Color Show polishes is that you can peel it off as opposed to it flaking. Check out NYC's Fashion Safari for a thinner, cheaper, nude-r? lacquer. Or L.A. Girl's Simply Nude for something in the same inexpensive pinky-nude ballpark.

right after painting

morning after painting