Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer Review, Photos, Swatches
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
A Little Cotton Candy for a Summer Treat
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer ($8.00 for 0.46 fl. oz.) is described as a “creamy, sweet dusty pink.” It’s a light-medium cotton candy pink with blue undertones and a cream finish. Not quite Pepto pink, but it gives me similar vibes. You know, it’s funny: MAC makes a LOT of the blue-based, cotton candy pinks in the world (and not just nail color); all of the closest shades to this are by MAC. MAC Saint Germain is slightly pinker, less cool-toned. MAC Vagabondage is a smidgen lighter. MAC Ice Cream Cake is a fraction darker. Zoya Rory is somewhat similar in color, but it has a very shimmery finish, so they aren’t really dupes.
This color was totally opaque in two coats, and they were two beautiful coats at that. The formula was not too thick or too thin, so it applied evenly, fluidly, and I didn’t have problems with it pooling along the sides of the nail or bubbling. I’m a huge fan of Essie’s creams; they’re just really easy to use, because they have a good consistency and excellent pigmentation. I typically get a full week of wear without chips and minor tip wear with the brand’s formula.
Cascade Cool
LELimited Edition. $8.00.
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
Essie Cascade Cool Nail Lacquer
So pretty on you! And you always do that best paint job on your nails!
omg i’m on a spending spree this week. must have!
Yes it’s very pretty, lovely for spring and summer as well. Cascade cool goes very well with Ratin Jot, I only wear nail polish during summer ( hands I mean ) and I simply love the colour. Essie colours are great and usually easy to apply except the pastel shades a bit difficult to work with, but Cascade cool is gorgeous.
GARSH!!! That sure is even prettier out of the bottle and on your fingers!!
Love on you Christine! I picked this up while out of state in June. So glad I did. Love it on my toes too.
I love shades like these, but they don’t complement my darker skintone well. 🙁
This is the epitome of girly nails and while I can appreciate it for others, it’s just not my makeup personality. Looks great!
This looks like the perfect Barbie pink to me, may have to pick one up!
Holy $%&#! This looks awesome! This will be my next nail polish!
Zoya’s “Sweet” is very, very close, maybe a little darker. Looking at these swatches I’m thinking they might be dupes.
Very pretty. I’m wearing a blue based pink on my nails today. 🙂
That’s a fab color! Essie is one of my favorite formulas.
<3 lovely
Been wearing this shade for about 2 months now!!!
I don’t wear pink (red ftw!), but this is an adorable pink. It reminds me of strawberry ice cream.
I just love girly pinky nails…
I’ve been wearing this shade for four months and I never want it to go away! Please always keep this!!!!
Reminds me of Zoya Sweet…
I usually go for darker polishes, but they are very unforgiving if you are not very good at applying it (namely me ) This girly pink is lovely though – quite vintage looking I think
Love this shade of pink!!
Pretty. Very cute and girly. But it’s not a shade I’d wear myself. Or maybe I would, but then I’d make sure to combine it with a really kick-ass rock chick outfit! To lower the Barbie level a bit 🙂
that’s how i would wear it too 😀 black is the best companion to candy pink :))
hello temptalia!just a little question.What color eye shadow (MAC) go with brown eyes? thank you very much!
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AngieLid We’re behind, so we haven’t sent any out in awhile!
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Really nice color! I bought MAC’s St. Germain but its a real pain to apply! Goes on all streaky and does not even out! That being said, I should have bought this one and saved me some $$
Stupid question (stupid because I’ve read it so many times and not every really been paused by this before): how can I tell if I have warm or cool skin tones? How would you describe your skin tones?? I’m looking for a gorgeous opaque light candy pink – Essie’s muchi muchi was close, but a little bland…
Hi Suse,
Look at your forearm – green veins = warm, blue veins = cool. I’m warm-toned!
Even stupider question…my veins look to me to be blue green. what does that make me?
Neutral 😉
I loved this shade when you reviewed it at the time, and I still love it now. I can never find it when I look at the display though! I want it!