Dupe for Audrey??

Having been doing little else other than staring at my nails as I was typing up my Masters Thesis over the past few months, recently I have become a huge fan of all things nail related! So I thought what better way to re-introduce myself to the world of blogging than to pop up a post on my latest aquisition. A potential dupe of China Glaze For Audrey. The original is a gorgeous Tiffany Blue duck egg colour and was inspired by the iconic store and named after the gorgeous Audrey Hepburn. Its not the exact colour of those famous blue boxes, but it is quite close. (Image from China Glaze website.)

I was searching for a suitable dupe and today I cam across something which just might work. Claire's Accessories nameless duck egg green is a very pretty colour. Its not blue enough at all to be a perfect match for the China Glaze offering, but its not a million miles away. In its own right this is a very sweet colour. It's a shimmer-less cream, and there's a hint of matte in this. The colour is nice and summery and would look gorgeous with a tan, unfortunately this did not quite work on my very pale skin... Bit of a lobster hands situation, oh well!



Second pic is best representation of the colour.

Application was pretty good, nice consistency, and a decent brush. No real problems there then. Three coats were needed to achieve bottle colour but this dried in no time.

Being very lazy, I trialed this without base or top coat and it actually stayed chip free for 2 days. There was minimal and entirely unnoticeable tip wear after the second day, but only extreme inspection would show this to the naked eye. Since I generally get sick of a nail polish after 2 days anyway, I wasn't bothered. On to the next one please!