Products used:
Erre Due Diamond Base Coat 6.49€
Essie Winter 2013 Collection no. 852 ‘Sable Collar 12.50€
Erre Due Ceramic Top Coat 6.49€

First Impressions:
Yesterday morning I went looking for Essie Resort 2014 (as promised). Turns out, the new shades won’t be available before Feb. 10th. I was faced with a “be-flexible-or-go-home-disillusioned” moment and (since two of the Winter 2013 colors, which I hadn’t been able to previously find, were now in)… I chose wisely. As a result, Sunday Manicure is now proud to present: Sable Collar. Essie labeled this a “luxurious, pearlescent cocoa plum” which saves me the trouble of trying to describe it myself. All I’m gonna say is: this is an absolutely wonderful color & (if you haven’t snatched it up, yet) I recommend you buy it. As far as I am concerned, it’s destined to be a Top5 shade for the rest of the winter! On to more practical matters, this is very “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” in terms of color & could theoretically be opaque in as little as one coat (I used two). The consistency is true to Essie (which is to say great) and the drying time a happy average. A perfect 10 in my book.

Have any of you guys tried Sable Collar? Are you as smitten with is as I am?