1. Base Coat
Apply 1 coat to bare nails to prime for color while strengthening.
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5 out of 5 stars.
Super pretty, simple and unique
3 years ago
I have been wearing 90’s red for the last year and noticed lots of blue nails while visiting Hawaii this week. Bought this color and Ride the Soundwave.
Find me an Oasis is beautiful, it feels like a grown up version of wearing white or a playful version of pale pink. In comparison Ride the Soundwave is somewhat childish, and a much worse quality formula.
I think Find me an Oasis will be my summer color, and probably the only blue I will wear moving forward!
favorite essie color family?pinks
type of nail polish userregular/average
great to wear foreveryday
yes, I recommend this product.
helpful?
1 out of 5 stars.
Disappointing
3 years ago
Just like Turquoise and Caicos this is not pleasant to put on. It takes 3-4 coats to get the desired look and by then your nails will never dry properly. It does not go on well. Uneven. It’s not goopy it’s not thin but it’s not the right consistency even with my shaking it for a long time.
favorite essie color family?greens
type of nail polish userdedicated/loyalist
great to wear forgirls night out
no, I do not recommend this product.
helpful?
response from essie:
3 years ago
consumer care center
Hi there Kay72! We want to understand what happened just as much as you do. The color ‘find me an oasis’ should look like a perfect, pale ice blue by the second coat. If you would like to speak to us directly about your recent purchase, give us a call @ 866-313-7845 M-F 9 am-5:30 pm ET
1 out of 5 stars.
It’s not blue
4 years ago
I bought it from our local CVS. The main problem is that it's not quite blue. It has a tint of green and doesn't look like the picture on this site at all. I thought it would still look ok. No, it's kind of ugly. Also, the brush is small. It was a waste of money.
favorite essie color family?pinks
type of nail polish userregular/average
no, I do not recommend this product.
helpful?
response from essie:
4 years ago
Consumer Care Center
Hello there Tina2003! We wish you could see the results you were hoping for with the color 'find me an oasis'. This color should be a refreshing ice blue with a cream finish. And we are so sorry to hear that the brush was difficult to use. It sounds like this bottle had the old, smaller brush vs. the newer large brush the current nail enamels feature. If you would like to speak to us directly about your recent purchase, give us a call @ 866-313-7845 Hours of Operation: M-F 9:00 am – 5:00 pm ET
2 out of 5 stars.
Find Me An Oasis
4 years ago
I bought this color at a CVS is So Cal. I was excited to swatch it with two other Essie nail polishes purchased at the same time. Mooning was an amazing formula with a wide rounded paddle brush. But Find Me An Oasis was less than I hoped for because of the thin narrow brush and having to add thinner to the newly opened bottle. Difficult application to get the thin brush to hold enough polish and fan out at all. Maybe I will find a replacement brush or try to return it to CVS. Not satisfied with the brush or formula.
Q: goes great with this shade
A: Mooning, In Plane View, Flight of F
favorite essie color family?blues
type of nail polish userregular/average
great to wear forwork
no, I do not recommend this product.
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response from essie:
4 years ago
Consumer Care Center
Hello Sra3402. Thank you for sharing your experience with the nail color shade 'find me an oasis'. It sounds like you picked up an old bottle. We have been phasing in our wider brushes for all of our nailcolors since 2020. All of our nail colors should flow easily onto the nail and by the second coat, the color should be perfect. If you would like to speak to us directly about your recent purchase, give us a call @ 866-313-7845
4 out of 5 stars.
pretty color but not opaque
5 years ago
I've been using this for at least a year now, and I think the pale blue is gorgeous. That said, it goes on kind of translucent and streaky, and it takes a loooot to get a solid opaque coat of even color. Of course, the lack of opacity with Essie's pastels is a very well-known weakness of their nail polish, so it's pretty much what I expected. Willing to have to do a million coats to get the color.
favorite essie color family?nudes
type of nail polish userdedicated/loyalist
great to wear foreveryday
yes, I recommend this product.
helpful?
4 out of 5 stars.
perfect for ombre
5 years ago
This color was more white than I expected, but it's very pretty. It's a bit thinner than I expected in a creamy finish, which made it work well for doing ombre with a sponge. I used it with Lilacism and can picture it going well with a pastel pink.
Q: goes great with this shade
A: Lilacism
favorite essie color family?pinks
type of nail polish userregular/average
great to wear foreveryday
yes, I recommend this product.
helpful?
4 out of 5 stars.
pretty color, formula is a bit hard to work with
5 years ago
This is the perfect baby blue color! Super pretty and wearable for everyday. My only complaint is that this polish is a lot more watery/runny compared to other Essie polishes I own, which makes it harder to work with. It still dries quickly though, and doesn’t chip easily. Definitely recommend this polish, it’s perfect year-round and I think it would look good on many skintones!
favorite essie color family?pinks
type of nail polish userdedicated/loyalist
yes, I recommend this product.
helpful?
5 out of 5 stars.
Great light blue color!
6 years ago
I bought this polish while on a business trip. I didn’t have time to get my nails done so I took a chance and tried it and it did not disappoint.
favorite essie color family?nudes
type of nail polish userregular/average
great to wear foreveryday
yes, I recommend this product.
helpful?
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