essie expressie desk mani Swatches
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The essie expressie line offers a fast-dry, one-bottle manicure. desk mani from this line is a pumpkin cream orange nail polish, perfect for autumn.
What is the exact shade of this fall orange?
It’s a peachy beige, but it seems like you could also creatively call it terra cotta, pumpkin spice, rust orange, or burnt orange.
Either way, it is gorgeous, and the bottle has a slanted brush, which we’ve covered before in this post. This brush design for desk mani and all expressie shades is ergonomic, and does help speed up the application using your non-dominant hand.
Shifting the kink of the brush in the non-dominant hand being harder to deal with in the wheel of the manicure process may only shave off seconds, but when time counts, seconds count and it’s a cool, unique feature.
Not only can it save time, but it could result in a cleaner application.
So besides buying this color for the perk of the shade, the brush is also a perk.
Overall, this polish applies smoothly, and is semi-opaque in two coats.
Answering a few common questions about this shade -
What is the difference between essie and expressie?
essie is a nail polish company that offers a base line, quick dry line, longwear line, treatment line, and salon line, where expressie is the name of that quick dry line within essie, the broader nail polish company.
Does essie expressie need a top coat?
essie expressie is a one-bottle manicure, so no base or top coat needed.
To end, if you’ve got at least 10-minutes before you need to head out, get your keys out, jeans buttoned, and shoes on, give it a try.
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