essie haute to trot Swatches + Review

essie gel couture haute to trot swatch

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essie gel couture haute to trot 150 is currently on essie’s best seller list and it is the perfect vibrant light pink for spring time. 

essie defines haute to trot as a long wear hot lavender rose cream. You could also call haute to trot a tulip pink.

We first featured this color in the post, Pink Lemonade Nails as an accent color and today we’re showing it to you over the full nail.

As a medium coverage sheer offering even coverage in two coats, if you have nail tips, you will see them when inspecting your finished manicure up close.

That said, those coats will be even and give you a beautiful bright pink finish that will appear to be cream coverage at a distance.

People who aren’t scrutinizing your nails won’t see your nail tips, only you will when you look at them under a magnifying glass.

Pinks like this often provide even coverage in a minimum of three coats, yet, haute to trot does it in two coats, which makes this particular formula somewhat of an outlier in the world of spring pinks.

Shown with the gel couture top coat, below are swatches of haute to trot:
essie gel couture haute to trot swatch
essie gel couture haute to trot swatch
essie gel couture haute to trot swatch
essie gel couture haute to trot swatch

All in all, essie haute to trot dries quickly, provides a hot pink finish perfect for spring in minimal coats and lasts on your nails. 

It’s bright. It’s pretty. It’s cheerful. It’s a very well done pink polish by essie.

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