Saturday, 6 March 2010

FOTD: Fail of the day featuring me, Sally Hansen and Nails Inc

My Jessica Nails manicure started chipping the other day and I kept going with it until it started to look totally raggedy.  On Tuesday, I decided that I'd paint my nails as soon as I got home.

So, come 5 p.m. I found myself striding through my front door like a woman on a mission.  I found the polish, "de worked" myself (changed my skirt for pj bottoms and my top for my favourite t-shirt stolen from the Simon fund) and decided to start painting my nails.

The colour I chose was Motcomb Street by Nails Inc.  I've never been shy to proclaim my love for Nails Inc polishes in the past and I never took much notice when people said they found the polishes to be streaky and the brushes to be dodgy, I just assumed they had bought a bad one.

Anyway, I sat down, got the brush out for a polish which looked decidedly like a dark petrol blue.  I took the brush out and applied it and the polish was green! There was no indication from looking at the bottle that it would be green but I didn't mind as this colour was equally nice so I started to apply the first (thin) coat.

In short, it didn't work, the brush was dodgy and didn't take the colour too well, it applied really streaky and I had to apply a massively thick coat just to cover my nail.

I vented about this on Twitter and was told by other bloggers that their freebie Nails Inc polishes were a bit dodgy and also that Nails Inc polishes are like a lottery, some good, some bad.

This experience makes me think twice about Nails Inc, I hadn't noticed this until now but I seldom reach for Nails Inc anymore, I either pick up my George@ASDA polishes or my Jessica Nails ones.  The other Nails Inc polishes I use seem to be deteriorating in quality too but the brushes are fine.

I took a photo so you could see the actual colour and the horrible application job, I blame the polish and brush for the polish on my skin because I had to redo parts of the nail due to streakiness:
The biggest loser in this story is Nails Inc, I was going to buy some more of their polishes during my lunchbreak at work tomorrow as they have a salon down by Canary Wharf station but now I'm not going to bother..

The two winners of the story are me (naturally) and Sally Hansen.

I bought this from the Pound Shop the other day:
I really like it.  However, there is a problem.  The smell.  It smells really strong, so strong that I had to stand by an open window and use it and even then I could still smell it.  If you have young kids, I wouldn't use it anywhere near them because it does really whiff.  I made the mistake of smelling it and it whooshed up my nostrils super fast.

It contains no acetone but it dried my fingers out a bit, I wouldn't use it every day and if you moisturise your hands, you won't realise a difference.  It also contains Keratin which I know is good for your nails!

Anyway, it's a sponge in a jar and you just dip your fingers in and it cleans them, I've done a little step by step thingy so you can see that it actually works:
I'd already taken my finger out of the sponge when I took this shot, it took all the polish off the nail.

You can get this in different smells, namely a lemon scented version and an apricot scented version.

Have you ladies had any fail varnish (see what I did there?) experiences? Don't be shy, share them with the group!

8 comments:

  1. Nails Inc are really hitty missy some are good some are awful

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  2. wow love that sally hansen remover thing :) Great post :)

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  3. yay another pound shop find! I think the colour looks great. I'm not a fan of Nail Inc varnishes anymore since my favourite (China Town) has managed to wedge itself shut :( I think the major problem is the brush - it's too thin!

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  4. uhuh iv just bought a batch of nails inc colours and so far iv tried two, i definately have a few things to say about these lol ill save that rant for my post tho :)

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  5. That remover thing looks awesome :)

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  6. Louise: I never realised that before as all the others I had were really good but now I'm seeing that there are other brands out there which are cheaper and work better.

    Shifa: Thanks :) You should try to get it, it doesn't sting or anything but it does smell but I think the scented one could help you get over that.

    Une Tasse: I have China Town too, I love the way it's got that little bit of pearlescent purple in the hot pink but I don't reach for it anymore. When my polishes wedge shut I run them under really hot water and the lid usually loosens. I've got another Pound Shop bargain that I'm going to blog about soon!

    Inner Belle: Haha, what shades did you get? You should try the nail polish from ASDA, it's really good.

    SilhouetteScreams: It's really good, I think it's more for salons than for home use though because of the strong smell but for £1, you can't complain!

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  7. I've never tried Nails Inc but i think they're just too pricey for me to bother with. That Sally Hanson thing looks great! I like the idea of just melting away polish.

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  8. Awesome nail polish remover!

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