Are you ready for your first look at Essie’s Spring 2011 collection? I must admit that trying to find out any advance information about this has been a tightly guarded secret indeed! The closest I came, was in an article I wrote quoting Essie herself on the inspiration behind this upcoming collection, and some veiled hints as to what the shades would be, but no more than that.
Today, I finally have some photos to show you! These were uploaded via twitter by Eva Chen Bannister, Beauty Director (and blogger!) for Teen Vogue, from a breakfast event she recently attended, where she had assisted Essie Weingarten in unveiling the new Spring 2011 Collection.
So far, I don’t have the names to go with the polishes (except for the blue, which is called Côte d’Azur) and any description is based on my own opinion and from what I can see in the photos. By the way, don’t you just love how the yogurt shades on the breakfast plate, mimic the delicate pastel nail polish shades? Genius!
On to the colours……of course, this is a 6 piece set, and apart from the metallic blue shade, they are all rather ethereal pastel hues. We have the requisite pink with what looks like hints of lilac tones, a dusty almost greyed-out lavender, and a delicate muted nude. The pearly white looks to have a gold inspired duochrome swirl running through it (a CHANEL Pearl Drop dupe, perhaps?), there’s a lovely nude/grey which looks like a cross between Body Language (Essie Spring 2008) & Chinchilly (Essie Fall 2009) and finally, the one that stands unique in this collection (at least, for me), an iridescent oceanic blue.
That’s all I have for now, but I will definitely keep you updated as more information becomes available. So, what are your thoughts on this collection? Which shades are you planning on?
*These pictures can also be found here.
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