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Are you one
of those who love experimenting with nail lacquers? Then this post is meant
exclusively for you! I can’t go all fancy and create nail art because I don’t really
have that much patience to paint in a narrow space. I’ve always loved short
nails with single nail paint shade because that’s what my lazy self can do atmost.
Since almost all nail paints last for 2-4 days maximum, I choose not to splurge
onto expensive ones like Nykaa which
retails for approximately 200 bucks. Instead I like my Color Express & Nail
Juice ones which are like Rs. 20 and Rs. 60 respectively. My motto remains “If you can find affordable options with same
longevity, then why not?” If you walk the life with same logo as mine, then
comment down below #whynot.
So last week,
I picked 5 different shades of Color
Express nail paints from my local weekly market. I got an amazing deal of 5
colours at 100 rupees! But I'd be swatching 4 only because I couldn't find the fifth one. 😂 And considering the value for money factor, I picked the
shades which I’ve seen online and wanted to try since a long time. One of the shades
is in matte formulation while others are in evergreen shiny formula. There were
a lot of vibrant colours there but because I’ve not tried them before, I wanted
to make sure that this deal does not end up in regret and thus I did not pick
more than five colours. There was a variety of colour families like nudes,
vibrant bolds, pastels, etc.
So without
more delay, let’s begin with some swatches and my experience with these nail-lacquers.
Packaging:
( Refer the Nail Polish here, not the product )
Packaging:
All these
nail paints come in a really cute packaging which definitely looks good and not
at all cheap. The cap has metallic silver coating and the applicator works
amazingly well. At such price range, I’ve seen Street Wear nail polish applicators
with uneven hair on the brush. Thankfully, that’s not the case here. One thing
which is a little turn off is that these nail paints lack shade number or name.
So I cannot go ahead and tell you that, this is the shade I bought. But this isn’t
the case in their matte formulation; therein the packaging does state the shade
number at least.
My Experience:
I don’t
think it’s merely me who has come across nail lacquers which are affordable and
has some quirky shades and yet when you end up applying them, they take decades
to dry up completely. And this is one thing I cannot bear within my nail
paints. I like them to dry soon because I can’t keep my hands still for long. This
is also the reason why I’ve woken up with bed sheet imprints onto my nails. In
fact, I’m such a helpless case that when it comes to nail polish application, I
literally have to consider bathing as my rescue for removing excess nail paints
which gets onto the skin near the nails. I shouldn’t disclose this but in my
graduation, one guy happened to notice my nail paint and he was like “Bhawna, your nails are a mess”. And to
this I wanted to bark “To this, you
should worry - less”! I’ve seen hacks on YouTube wherein people choose to apply
some fevicol and after application they remove it for some neater nails. But
one question – “Who has got that much
time, madam?”
Now what I
love about Color Express nail paints
is that they have humongous colour range plus you get different genres of them
like metallic’s, glossy, shimmery or matte. Not to forget the fact that they
are quite inexpensive. They take around 2 to 5 minutes for drying up, depending
upon how thick layer you’ve applied. The only drawback being absence of the
shade names. So, in case you end up finding these at your local cosmetics
store, then hesitate not to pick these up. These last for around 2-3 days. I
usually do not household chores so it lasted three days on my nails but the
colour intensity faded a little on day two. On third day you would start seeing
slight chipping of the nail polish but I remember even Sugar Cosmetics one
lasted for the same time frame. Hence, there’s definitely no reason as to why
you shouldn’t splurge into these!
Swatches:
Rating – 4.0 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
That’s it for today’s post!
Is there any affordable makeup brand/product
that you feel still remains under-hyped?
Let me know your suggestions in
comments section, down below!
4 Comments
#WhyNot get something affordable if it does the same job as those flashy and expensive ones ;)
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ReplyDelete.Rs. 20 and 60 only...I need them.ASAP in my life...loved them.sooo much dear...
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