5 Beautiful Brown Nail Polishes

Not taupe, not beige, but five beautiful variations on brown.

• China Glaze Midtown Magic is a rich, dark brown with gold and copper sparkle
• Rescue Beauty Lounge Au Chocolat is a reddened brown cream
• Barielle Wool You Marry Me? is a medium-dark cherry chocolate
• Nubar Jewel is a metallic medium-dark brown with multi-colored micro-glitter
• Zoya Cheryl is an orange shimmered brown

What’s your favorite brown nail polish?

Rescue Beauty Lounge: Au Chocolat, Atame, Moulin Rouge

Rescue Beauty Lounge recently held their annual 50% off sale, and I must admit, I indulged. I’ve been waiting for this sale for months (ever since buying my first RBLs). I could have sworn I saw someone mention it may be the last 50% off sale… anyway, I couldn’t resist.

The first three I want to share with you are: Au Chocolat (molten Godiva), Atame (luscious deep dried cherry red), and Moulin Rouge (think black cherries wrapped in dark chocolate).

• Au Chocolat is a deep, dark chocolate brown cream; it’s very decadent and rich. It kind of reminds me of Hershey syrup, but I suppose Godiva sounds a little nicer! In natural light, it’s more of a black-brown, while under brighter light like flash, more of the redness from the chocolate brown pulls through. Two coats.
• Atame is a sultry dark cherry burgundy cream. It initially looks rather similar to Au Chocolat–the difference is more noticeable under stronger light, because Atame turns to the dark cherry red it’s described as. Two coats.
• Moulin Rouge is deep reddened chocolate brown cream. It’s similar to Au Chocolat–there is a stronger red tone to Moulin Rouge’s base, but they look like cousins. Two coats.

All three shades featured in this post were richly pigmented, applied evenly and never streaked, and only needed two coats for full opacity. Each shade retails for $18, and due to the recent 50% off sale, many shades are sold out for the time being.

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• Product: 29/30
• Value: 8/10
• Ease of Use: 4/5
• Packaging: 4/5

RECOMMENDATION: I don’t think you need all three of these, but they are nice vampier shades that lean on the red/brown side. Between Au Chocolat and Moulin Rouge, I’d definitely only opt for one or the other if you’re on a budget.

AVAILABILITY: Rescue Beauty Lounge

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Rescue Beauty Lounge: Au Chocolat, Atame, Moulin Rouge

Rescue Beauty Lounge Au Chocolat Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Au Chocolat Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Au Chocolat Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Au Chocolat Nail Lacquer (Flash)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Atame Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Atame Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Atame Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Atame Nail Lacquer (Flash)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Moulin Rouge Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Moulin Rouge Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Moulin Rouge Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

Rescue Beauty Lounge Moulin Rouge Nail Lacquer (Flash)