A polished medium blue creme with classic Essie shine and timeless salon appeal.
✦ Classic Color for a Polished Manicure
Essie Regular 822 Avenue Maintain is a standard Essie salon nail lacquer, not a gel format, in a medium blue creme shade with a glossy finish. Listed by retailers as shade number 822, this color is associated with Essie’s Madison Ave-Hue Spring 2013 collection and is often noted as an older or limited-availability release.
Designed for a classic polish manicure, Avenue Maintain pairs beautifully with an Essie base coat, two coats of color, and an Essie top coat to help protect shine. The familiar Essie white-cap bottle and brush make it a refined choice for both at-home nail lovers and salon color collections.
✦ Why You’ll Love This Shade
✦ Medium Blue Creme A clean blue shade with a smooth creme look, ideal for a polished pop of color.
✦ Glossy Nail Finish Retailer listings describe this regular lacquer with the glossy shine Essie is known for.
✦ Regular Essie Lacquer This is the classic Essie nail enamel format, separate from Gel Couture and Expressie lines.
✦ Salon-Quality Appeal A beauty-supply favorite for creating neat, colorful manicures with a professional-looking finish.
✦ Classic Essie Bottle Presented in the standard 0.46 fl oz Essie lacquer bottle with its signature white cap.
✦ Collectible Shade Context Avenue Maintain is linked to an older Madison Ave-Hue release, which may make availability limited.
✦ Key Product Details
Product Type Regular liquid nail lacquer for traditional polish manicures; it does not require gel curing.
Shade Identity Avenue Maintain is shade 822, described in retailer listings as a medium blue creme.
Bottle Size Retailer pages list the standard Essie bottle at 0.46 fl oz, approximately 13.5 mL.
Ingredient Note A SKU-specific INCI list was not verified online; check the bottle packaging for current ingredient information.
✦ How to Use
- 01 Start with clean, dry nails and apply one coat of an Essie base coat, such as Strong Start or Here To Stay, if desired.
- 02 Apply two thin coats of Avenue Maintain, allowing each coat to settle before applying the next for an even-looking color layer.
- 03 Finish with one coat of an Essie top coat to help protect the manicure and enhance glossy shine.
- 04 Complete the routine with apricot nail and cuticle oil, then store the bottle in a cool, dry place away from heat.
