CHEAP NAIL POLISH LOVE

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 I was strolling in the market yesterday to pick up some products that I would review on the blog and guess what I picked up: cheap drugstore nail paints! (Thank the Lord that I actually took the pictures and did not steal from the Internet again) Am I happy? Oh, you bet! Am I proud? Couldn't have been more. Am I willing to share? No charity here, sorry love.

But guess how cheap they were? 10 bucks a bottle without bargain (saved me a lot of breath!). Frankly, I have never been a fan of cheap nail paints for various reasons that ranged from their stench to their packaging to the fact that they barely stay for two days or so and chip off in a very appalling fashion. Nonetheless, admitting the fact that I am habitually re-coloring my nails on a day to day basis, I questioned my inner conscience and asked, “why not buy cheap polish?”

And so I bought four colors by Repper (sorry it does not have a color code so I can only describe what I thought their names should be) that is chalk white, turquoise blue, sunny yellow and cherry red (I have no idea why I am not appointed to officially name the nail paints yet). My collection  now ranges from these 10 bucks Repper Nail Luster polish, to 50 bucks Colorèssence ‘color your spirit’, to 75 bucks Maybelline color show, to 200 bucks Lakme` 9 to 5 and I can tell you why Repper Nail Luster polish is what I am currently hooked with (and I call them bottles of joy). So…let’s start!

•  Nail paints, be it whichever company, have a tendency of drying (stating the obvious). 
  

Putting remover or thinner in them does make them applicable but also very watery and you have to apply coat after coat after coat to get that perfect color. The number one reason of buying a cheap nail polish is that when they dry (which they do a little faster) in the bottle and solidify as a rock, you have no regret, no heavy heart or tears to shed. You just smile and say, “You were a good friend” and toss it in the bin without even turning back  or waving. You throw them. No sorrow.  And because they are so cheap you buy the other one at the very same moment. Happy face. Best deal!

Leave aside the stench, they are pretty great if you are a nail art fanatic

Moreover, if you can’t actually get the design right (just like me) and have to rub the paint off with the remover more often than not (just like me), these nail paints will, nonetheless, keep you in budget. These colors are too cheap and coming in shades you thought could only be custom made that you can actually have fun experimenting with different colors. Use a tape or a brush (whichever is handier), line up or make dots or hearts or symbols on your nail and seal it with a clear polish (for this I recommend the Colorèssence ‘color your spirit’ clear polish). It is literally that simple. You’re welcome. (On a second thought, do you want a nail art tutorial?)

•    These bottles are really traveling-friendly and light weight. All you need is a small pouch and these bottles of joy would fit in there taking minimum space. Plus they come is so many colors that you can purchase one for your every outfit, footwear or even handbag. They have a nice luster and take up to a minute to dry. Enough said. Go buy one already.

But with the good things, comes the bad things as well. No matter how brilliant these bottles of joy are, they have dark side that bothers me a bit (but then I reapply them and forget I even had a thought that I ever held anything evil against them). 
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Cheers xx

-a