What is more important than the state of your nails? Well nothing really, you could not be wearing your make up, or be dressed down very high street nonchalantly, but if you have to have immaculate nails. A simple gloss or nail strengthening polish will do. But you can go wild and express yourself in many different ways when it comes to nails. I remember having Dalmatian pattern resembling nails when I was a bit younger, well to be hounest quite a bit younger. Since then I got more mature and my nail polishing habit got a bit more conservative, but still I love vivid and deep colours mixed from now and then with a more pastel, quitter colours, like French manicure or simply one colour beige nail polish.
Well this post is predominantly about one brand and it’s OPI. I can’t get happier when I purchase another colour of them. I found it to be the best nail polish on the market yet, which does not have equal competitors. It’s very easy to apply, the brush is thick enough to cover the whole nail and only small correction is needed to finish the stroke. It holds reasonably long, when applied in two coats! Two coats are must, I am afraid, as one coat does not last at all and doesn’t have that deepness of colour. What a vats choice of colours and amazing design of the bottle. What a joy to have it on my dressing table. I found that if I buy it in Sally’s it’s at least £4 cheaper that in Selfridges, but they do not carry that range of colours of course….
Another brand, which I was so mad about until recently, is Estee Lauder and their not so huge choice, but very well designed colours and all that havoc around limited additions…which I have been chasing for a months…well I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with the product. It was indeed an amazing colour, which does not last no matter how many coats you apply.
On contrary was nicely surprised by a Polish brand recently, and I will be covering their products in more depth in my next posts, but for now as we speak about nail polish, they are definitely worth mentioning. The brand is INGLOT. They also have an amazing choice of colours but the texture of the product is more fluid, hence making it a bit more difficult to work with and also much lighted when applied in one coat, therefore several coats are necessary. Holds nicely and cheaper of course. I buy them from Westfields in London.
That’s my nail polishing review, please let me know about nail polish which worked for you. Comment….comment….comment…..
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OPI is a good brand, however, it only comes 3rd on my list, following Mavala and Orly. Mavala is great and thanks to its tiny bottle it doesn’t dry out and you don’t get tired of it. Lasts well, has a great range of colours and at 3.80 a bottle is a bargain.
Orly on the other hand is just as pricey as OPI, same size but lasts longer and has deeper consistency so you can get away with just one layer in some colours. Really great stuff!