Essie Inside Scoop Swatches + Review
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Inside Scoop is a cool, sheer rose pink tint nail color from Essie’s long-wearing nail polish line, Gel by Essie, also known as Essie Gel Couture.
Yes, it has “gel” in the name but you do not need a gel lamp to cure this polish.
It’s simply an air-dry nail polish with gel-like qualities - it dries quickly, is long lasting and it is plumping.
What I love about this nail polish line is that the top coat has such a smoothing finish.
If you’re looking for a pink tint for your nails that is easy to apply, Inside Scoop is an ideal candidate for the job.
This light sheer pink jelly nail color is shown in 2 coats.
It’s a “your nails but better” shade, a subtle kiss of pink.
It’s the type of nail color you’ll want to reach for when you’re not in the mood to choose a color, because it works with everything. I have a lot of essie shades like that - I return to them time and time again because they are so easy to wear.
Inside Scoop is one of these easy to wear nail colors. You can wear this shade any season, that’s the beauty of a good sheer pink nail color - it can become a staple in your collection.
Swatches of Inside Scoop are perennially popular on our Instagram, so I figured it was time for us to cover them here. Because to be completely honest, I love this shade and formula too, so it is a popular bottle in my life too.
Let’s look at a few swatches of Essie Inside Scoop:
All in all, this is an excellent sheer pink from essie. It’s totally streak free, even when wearing it on my bare ridged nails!
So, what do you think? Are you an Inside Scoop fan now?
If you’re looking for a subtle, sheer rose pink nail color that’ll last - Inside Scoop is my pick.
What’s even better about this shade, especially now, is the Gel by Essie line is so economical - you only need to buy the color polish and the top coat, no base coat needed, it completely omits one purchase from your life.
Also, you can pick it up at CVS (I’ve linked them throughout this post), which means you can often use coupons on it to get it for less.
It’s usually budget-friendly to get essie at CVS and with no base coat, it’s less paperwork too.
A base coat you don’t have to buy is a purchase that doesn't need to be manually coded into the spreadsheet.
Cute pink nails that last… with coupon options and less accounting paperwork to do?
Yes please!
Want to see how Inside Scoop compares to other similar sheer pink nail colors?
I’ll be doing a comparison of this shade to other sheer pink polishes soon, so stay tuned on the blog for that upcoming piece.
In the meantime…
