Did you grab June’s InStyle magazine yet? I did and I’m currently sporting my new nails.
The magazine shelf at Asda had been ransacked and I could only find Coral and Bare (typically I wanted Berry), but no matter, I grabbed Bare as I totally wouldn’t be able to carry off the super bright Coral colour.
Here it is!
It’s a really, really lovely soft colour – milky beige with a hint of pink. And that’s where the compliments end.
Applying it reminded me of when I used to paint my nails with Tippex in school science classes. It was a chalky, draggy nightmare!
I have no other experience with Nails Inc. as a brand, and wonder whether the quality was lowered for this huge InStyle promotion. I don’t know if that’s usual practice – but if it is, how stoopid? It’s left me pretty uninterested in ever picking up another Nails Inc. product.
As I’ve said before, my application skills suck (I’m slowly getting better though!) – and this looks like the worst I’ve ever done. Up close, you can really see the drag marks at the base of the nail and the cleaning up I had to do after drying took me longer than painting did (2 coats btw).
It doesn’t look so bad here, but trust me it is. I don’t know if paler colours are less forgiving – so that may make a difference.
The quality of the brush also left a lot to be desired, I had to snip the end a little to make the bristles align. Surely, this must just because it’s a free promotional item – you wouldn’t pay £10.50 RRP for polish like that or are Nails Inc. incredibly over-rated? I dunno, but thanks to the shoddy 1st impression I’m curious but not inclined to spend money on their products to find out.
Any reader opinions on Nails Inc. would be appreciated – tell me I’ve got it all wrong, or save me from my curiosity and let me know that YES, Nails Inc. are indeed overrated.
Shame, cos I really do love that colour.
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I’m a Nails Inc whore and I really think you may just have got a bad polish from a bad batch. I have quite a few of their polishes and have never had any problems with them, the brushes have been gorgeous and the application and evenness of colour is one of the best I’ve ever seen.
I’ve just ordered a new one courtesy of the freebie that was doing the rounds a week ago, so I’m looking forward to seeing if it fares any better!
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