I’ve used the same colors for doing a French manicure for nearly five years: Essie’s Marshmallow for white (the perfect soft pearl color) and Essie’s Mademoiselle (a pale, sheer pink). The perfect colors, I think, for a natural looking French manicure. I don’t usually like the stark white manicures, so the pearly white of Marshmallow with Mademoiselle over the top is perfect for me. [See these colors used in a video showing my French manicure process HERE]
When I went to Ulta the other day I thought it would be smart to pick up a couple back up bottles. After I came home, I realized that I really only needed a new white bottle. I had plenty of the pink, but for some reason thought I didn’t. Anyhow, after I did my manicure last night I kept thinking that something looked different. I wasn’t able to place it until I looked at the new bottle of Mademoiselle next to the old one…
The new bottle is much more yellow than the original. Almost more nude. Well, crap. :(
I still like it on my nails, but the pinky-ness of the older bottle usually makes my nails look more healthy. Not so much with this new version. So, Essie, what’s up? Did your color checker take a day off when you approved this color coming off the line in production? So strange.
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10 Responses to Essie French Manicure Colors + Color Discrepancy
Sandi Neumann May 22, 2012
either way your nails look beautiful:) I myself like the older color too:)
Val Brotton May 22, 2012
I wonder if the new bottle is really old? Doesn’t polish change when its old? Just a thought.
Julie May 24, 2012
No, you’re not imagining it. I picked some up the other day and they had both the nude and the pinkish version of Mademoiselle. Very odd. And I’m in Canada.
kristina May 25, 2012
Oh, man! I was hoping is was a fluke but it sounds like they changed the color. :(
Rhonda May 27, 2012
I just ordered this from Trans Design. While I don’t have an old bottle to compare it to, mine appears to be like your old bottle, more pink than nude.
Stephanie June 3, 2012
I love Mademoiselle and marshmellow together as well. I saw on pinterest a french manicure that I’ve been doing and love! Start with mademoiselle on entire nail, do tips in marshmellow and then add pink glove service over the entire nail.
leila July 1, 2012
your “new” bottle may actually be an old bottle. that color tends to yellow a bit as it sits. either that, or it was in the sunshine/uv light for too long and it changed the color. it happens to nail polish. i’m a nail technician/manicurist. i see it all the time.
Lisann July 11, 2012
Your nails look really great! I tried doing a french manicure with the same polish but it just looked like shit. :/
Cindy in Oregon July 21, 2012
I switched to using Essie’s Sugar Daddy-it’s a little bit darker and seems to be staying true in color. I finally tossed my year old Mademoiselle bottle since it had turned beige-NOT a good color for me!
Shawna November 9, 2012
I am SO glad I found this post! Now I know that I’m not crazy…because this happened to me. I got Madamoiselle at CVS after hearing it was great for french manicures. I’ve actually never gotten an Essie polish before, so I was excited to finally pick one up. But, the next time I saw this polish in a different store, I noticed that it looked a lot more pink than mine did. I thought that maybe I was just seeing things. Then, I saw it in a different store and once again, it was pink. So, I took a picture and compared it to my own at home — DEFINITELY not the same color. Apparently it’s SUPPOSED to be that sheer pink color, but mine’s more beige. I thought that maybe the bottle had been labeled wrong, but even then, I couldn’t see any other color that quite matched what I had at home. So, I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one with this issue and that it IS a flawed Madamoiselle and not just a different color with the wrong label. I’ll be heading back to CVS tomorrow to exchange it for a better bottle.