Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Human Nature was released by Deborah Lippmann in July 2012 as one-half of the Sookie Sookie duo, itself part of Ms. Lippmann's larger collaboration with the HBO series True Blood, the Forsaken collection. The entire Forsaken collection included a nail polish duo, a nail polish and lippie duo, a trio of mini polishes, a fragrance that was also available in scented candle and reed diffuser forms, a shimmering veil body powder and a body cream. Holy tie-in, batman! 

Described on HSN as a "mortal putty taupe," Human Nature is a pale beige/grey putty creme, a clean-looking unobtrusive neutral greyish tan that to my eye leans slightly toward the cooler end of the tan spectrum. In the bottle it looks to have a touch of pink to it that doesn't show on the nail. Most all tans look muddy on me but not this one! It reminds me of the classic Capezio "character shoe" color, something that would be called fawn or doeskin or chamois if it were house paint. I always wanted a pair of those flesh-toned, suede-soled Capezio t-straps back when I was into ballroom dancing. In a strange way, having Human Nature kind of makes up for that. Its creamy café au lait color makes me really happy!

Application was great. Human Nature has a fluid and creamy consistency with excellent flow over the nail. This is a well-behaved polish, especially for a whitened color, with a user-friendly formula that is devoid of any chalkiness. It wasn't self-leveling enough to hide my ridges on the first coat, which was also a little streaky, but two coats produced lovely, even, opaque coverage. Unfortunately today turned out to be Tiny Fiber Day, host to one those maddening polish sessions where flocks of minute filaments and fibers appear out of nowhere to immerse themselves in your polish and leave their little squiggly impressions beneath it or hang half-embedded off of your free edge. Argh! I ended up adding a third coat in order to present the least filament-challenged look in the photos, but it really wasn't needed otherwise. Cleanup was easy and straightforward. Human Nature dries in good time to a glossy finish.

Photos show three coats of Human Nature over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

Deborah Lippmann Human Nature

My pinkage seems to bring out the grey in this polish, which is probably the reason that it actually works on me. It has a mannequin hands feel, but I hesitate to classify it as such because on me it's really not a true fleshtone. But if it had any more red or peach or pink in it than it does, if it even does have pink in it, and it would lose the clean industrial chic quality that makes it so refreshing. Finally, a tan I can wear!

love,
Liz