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Once Upon A Time by Essie is a mid-tone, muted gray with a cream finish.
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Once Upon A Time is a mid-tone, muted gray with a cream finish. The swatch above is rendered from the color recorded in the Index, so what you see is the shade itself, not studio lighting.
It belongs to the Gel by Essie collection.
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