Essie Matte about you

A few of you might know that I have just recently done a reorganization of my nail polish collection, so at the end of this post, I would be posting on a photo of my nail polish collection.

Around $90

The Essie Matte About You, the name speaks for itself, and yes it is a matte top coat. I personally needed this top coat desperately because first I own a bottle of OPI suede nail polish and second, for most of the people how own a bottle of shatter would know that shatter dries with a matte finish as well. And for me to successfully preserve the nails at that stage, a matte top coat is unquestionably needed.


Well since I have never tried any other matte top coat so I cannot to a comparison, therefore I would just be offering a review on how well I think it was.

I have to say that at the very beginning I really liked it. The nails really came out matte and at the same time they were really smooth, the top coat dried really quickly as well, I actually had a moment wondering if the top coat and matte nail polishes were one the reasons for shatter nail polish to happen. Anyway, one concern or question that I always had before I debated about buying the matte nail polish was that if it was going to create friction when one was rubbed against the other, like a chalk rubbing against a chalk board. I really don't like that feeling and it gives me shivers. But surprisingly the matte coat doesn't really create too much friction and that was one thing I loved, AT FIRST. But then after two days wearing the nail polish, I have realized the matte top coat was starting to get a glossy finish due to all the grease your nails are exposed to, like lotion, cream and all that. It wasn't as glossy as normal nail polish but it was still glossy enough to not tell from afar that it is matte, and I believe that the smoothness was part of the reason. It is not like I don't like the product, it is just that I'd expect it to not to gloss up after, or was I expecting too much? But then I have to say that I don't regret buying it because I would only be top coating my shatter and my suede or matte nail polish and nothing else and as long as it doesn't give me a permanent gloss to it, I am happy =]

Here is a photo of my collection, I know it seems small but it actually have a lot in it. As you can see that Butter London is being very lonely in the middle, CAN'T WAIT TO GET MORE!! :)