essie ballet slippers Comparisons
L to R: essie ballet slippers, essie marshmallow, OPI Funny Bunny, essie mademoiselle, essie gel couture fairy tailor bottles on pink marble background
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essie ballet slippers can be found in two color numbers: 162 and 096. In this post, you will see ballet slippers 096. See ballet slippers 162 HERE.
There doesn’t appear to be a color difference, and essie confirmed via email one is a salon bottle and the other is a retail bottle yet the formulas are the same.
The retail bottle, shown in this post, has white lettering and clear raised lettering on the side, where the salon bottle just has the clear raised lettering.
Shown far left in the header photo above, ballet slippers is an essie best selling shade, a reader favorite and was the favorite nail polish shade of the late Queen of England II.
Then, apply one coat of ballet slippers with an ample bead of polish on the brush and hold the brush parallel to the nail, apply using light strokes.
Give your color coat 1-5 minutes to dry then apply a second coat. For more coverage, apply a third coat.
Below, you will see essie ballet slippers swatches, followed by swatches of essie ballet slippers compared to:
All swatches are shown in two coats with a base coat and glossy top coat.
To begin, essie ballet slippers swatches:
essie ballet slippers swatch on pink marble background
essie ballet slippers swatch on pink marble background
Now that you are familiar with ballet slippers' look, let’s view some comparisons.
essie ballet slippers VS essie marshmallow
essie ballet slippers swatch (top) vs essie marshmallow swatch (bottom) on black marble background
Compared to marshmallow 024, essie ballet slippers is an off-white pinkish sheer nail polish, where marshmallow is a soft white with a touch more full coverage than ballet slippers.
essie ballet slippers VS OPI Funny Bunny
essie ballet slippers swatch (top) vs OPI Funny Bunny swatch (bottom) on pink marble background
Compared to OPI Funny Bunny NLH22, essie ballet slippers is pinker and a touch more beige, where OPI Funny Bunny is a neutral sheer white.
essie ballet slippers VS essie mademoiselle
essie ballet slippers swatch (top) vs essie mademoiselle swatch (bottom) on pink marble background
Compared to mademoiselle 112, essie ballet slippers is whiter and more opaque, where mademoiselle is sheerer and pinker than ballet slippers.
essie ballet slippers VS essie gel couture fairy tailor
essie ballet slippers swatch (top) vs essie gel couture fairy tailor swatch (bottom) on grey marble background
Compared to essie gel couture fairy tailor 040, essie ballet slippers is a cool, medium coverage milky white with a pink-beige undertone, where fairy tailor is warmer, sheerer, with more yellow-beige undertones.
What do you think? Which of these colors is the most similar to ballet slippers?
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