The Lacquer Files: Ciaté - Fade to Greige

Good afternoon guys! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Today I'm showing the last one of the two new Ciaté polishes: Fade to Greige. I can definitely see a trend going on here with these shades - all polishes are different from each other but they can be called cousins. Some are more of a taupe shade, others are more grey and there are a few leaning towards mauve. I think that it's safe to say that these shades are one of the it-shades for fall and winter!

Ciaté describes Fade to Greige as a mauve tinged grey and a subtle beige, I see it as a muted, brownish mauve creme. It's somewhat of a neutral shade, it doesn't bring a whole lot of attention to your hands but does gets noticed. Like the Ciaté polishes I own, this one also behaved like a baby when applying. It was smooth, even and opaque with two coats. Drying time was fast.

I've compared this one with China Glaze Channelesque, Eyeko Posh Polish and Chanel Paradoxal. These aren't dupes but they're certainly in the same line of colours. Channelesque contains more pink, Eyeko Posh is lighter and has a more greyish feel to it and Paradoxal's base colour was pretty close, only a tad lighter.

Do you need this one? No, I don't think so, you can also buy one of her cousins. If you're looking for a cheaper alternative I'd go for China Glaze Below Deck (Anchors Away collection), a polish that will be released in Spring 2011. This is also a dupe for China Glaze Channelesque.

Ciaté is available on their website for £9.00. You can also buy Ciaté from Beauty Queen, a Belgium web shop. Here you pay €11.00 for Fade To Greige but they also offer Ciaté shades for €8.00.

Have a nice day!
Michelle

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supketchup 95p · 746 weeks ago

Wow mooi kleurtje! En je nagels zijn echt lang :D

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Michelle 79p · 746 weeks ago

Ondertussen zijn ze weer kort, kou toont geen genade ;-) maargoed, ik vond ze ook te lang dus nu kunnen ze weer lekker bijgroeien.

Awh :( ja is ook wel onhandig. Mijn nagels zijn echt dramaaa, tijd voor Trind of iets dergelijks..

myvanities 39p · 746 weeks ago

Ooooh! I can't wait for it to get here. :) I ordered the Twilight set from ciate.co.uk last week mostly for Twilight and 3 am girl, but now I'm getting really excited about this one too. :):)

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Ooooh Twilight is so pretty, I didn't expected it to be that nice!

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feline · 746 weeks ago

Oh, the Feline can not get enough of these! And now I'm gonna be the annoying reader, asking: how do you think this one compares to Models Own Purple Grey and Essie Smokin' Hot? :D

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I've given my Purple Grey away but if I remember correctly the colours are close to each other. :-) I don't know about Smokin' Hot but I've heard that Merino Cool is very close.