Essie Spring 2008 Collection

Essie Gets Us in the Mood For Spring

February 7, 2008

Essie has decided to quiet things down a little bit for Spring. Last week it launched a brand-new classic collection called In The Mood, which includes six soft, sweet and muted pastels. Move over bright blues, purples, and berries — from the looks of it, light grays are now the number one nail color for Spring.

In particular, I find myself drawn toward Hi Maintenance — and no, it's not just because it would be fun to say, "my nails are Hi Maintenance" — but the color is a beautiful sheer, shy pink. I think I smell a new cult color in the making. Do you think it's possible that Hi Maintenance could replace Ballet Slippers for the most sought-after soft pink?

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For a description of each of the colors, read more.

From right to left, here are the shades in this new collection:

Hi Maintenance: a sheer, innocent, shy pink.
Great Expectations: a sheer, shimmery gray.
Body Language: a pale, grayish pink.
Secret Affair: an opalescent taupe-y pink.
Hard to Get: a flirty, medium pink.
Looking for Love: a light, Easter egg lavender.

16 Comments

puddlesworth 5 years

the lavender one looks nice

Beachwalker 5 years

Grey is a neutral colour - you can do so much with it. I used to just pair it with white or black - but these idea's really opens thing up........

SakuraPurinsesu 5 years

The release date was Feb. 1st. There's a picture review on alllaqueredup.com that might help figure out what the colors look like.

bchicgrl 5 years

These are really adorable colors, I was out on an Ulta run yesterday and couldn't find them in the stores yet :( Does anyone know when they will be released?

khigg 5 years

I bought both the soft gray tones, Great Expectations and Body Language, and have already worn one of them on my nails. I am pale skinned and they look surprisingly great!! Kind of like wet concrete...different yes, but I too predict that soft gray will become the new black/dark plum for spring. Although I must confess, I am such a sucker for anything gray.

simplycutebecka 5 years

Lovely sweet nice soft colors. I am dreaming of springtime now. My only problem with these colors is they sometimes don't look so good on me. :( It's hard to find a light color that I think looks good on my skin tone.

Silly J 5 years

Usually I buy OPI or Napoleon Purdis, but I'll try these Essie colors. I'll lighten up for spring.

aimeeb 5 years

I read about this the other day... Reminds me of Easter so I'm on the fence about it.

Hanachan 5 years

Those are sooo pretty. I went to get one recently, but I was kind of surprised at the price. I'd have no problem whatever buying some other makeup products for $7, but I've always bit my nails, so I'm not really used to buying nail polish and that stopped me. I'm trying to grow my nails out now, so if I can keep from biting them for a week I may get a bottle.

aoitenshi 5 years

These are such pretty colors! I want!

emalove 5 years

Essie is my favorite nail polish brand, it's the best! I ADORE "Looking for Love" (lavender)...my favorite color and I think it would look pretty with my pale skin tone.

Daisie 5 years

I prefer an OPI soft shade color as my go-to soft pink. I have Ballet Slippers but it doesn't work for me like my OPI color. The soft grey is pretty....wonder how it looks on?

lisabunny 5 years

I really like the soft gray.

Skin Diva 5 years

Pretty colors, but I prefer OPI.

Lovely_1 5 years

Those are such beautiful soft colours! I really like them!

ilanac13 5 years

i love the essie french manicure line - and i think that the grays would be a nice change for me this spring. i can't wait until the weekend so i have an excuse to get a new manicure!

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