nail polish reviews

Ados Premium Line Nail Polish

It's probably the only nail polish I kept on using since I really like it. Price to quality ratio is great, it isn't really expensive yet it's nice. It comes in decent range of colors and finishes, but it gravitates more into classic reds, pinks (pastels and bright ones), occasional gold or silver glitter. Nothing too crazy. There are few finishes available - pearl, shimmery pearl, classic and glitter, plus a base and top coat that are transparent.

The bottle and brush are really sturdy. Brush is wider one, but still comfortable and precise enough, I like it's rounded tip. It allows to easily put on an even coat of nail polish. I think it's a bit too short, but it's more of issue if you are left with a bit more than 1/3 of bottle - it's harder to pick up more of nail polish as much without putting it back and twisting down all the way. Formula is more liquid and is easy to spread. Single, thin layer dries really quickly. Two layers dry to full hardness decently quicky. Three layers take more to dry, especially if you didn't let previous layers dry completely. It will get ruined easily but after a longer while, it gets really hard and will last you up to week, like producer stated.

How much it lasts on nails depends on color. Shimmery pearls are the best and with three layers they lasted me a whole week, it wasn't until 4th day when they started to chip. Pearl shades are bit worse, especially with less layers. They will chip like crazy quickly and they last me around 4-5 days usually. I didn't try classic colors so far, so I can't say anything about them yet.

Rating: overall: 4/5 formula: 4/5 price: 5/5 efficiency: 5/5 lasting power: 3,5/5 (depends on color and finish) packaging: 4/5


Old, archived reviews

Golden Rose Green Last&Care

I tried it after I saw these at mall and got myself one beigeish metallic and solid dark red (plus a top coat). It's almost perfect for me... but issue is that it doesn't last long on my nails. Without top coat it starts to chip in 2-3 days after I painted my nails, with top coat... it peels off from your nails. I like that it's more liquid and spreading it on the nail is easy, it dries pretty fast and creates thinner layers due to it's consistency. It also doesn't smell bad like most of nail polish does. Bottle has a broader brush that I prefer. Comes in decent range of solids and some pearl/metallic colors that don't seem to change that much

Catrice Iconails Gel Laquer

I got this one recommended by cabbage a good while ago. It's great despite it's lower price, despite being a gel nail polish it has very liquid consistency, it lays down really well. It dries faster than Ados nail polish and lasts me a good week with 2-3 layers. Only thing I hate about it is a stupid bottle with additional cap which doesn't make sense and lack of metallic colors in the range, darker ones are fine but seems it's dominated by more bright or milky pastel colors I don't like as they make my nails look weird and hands stubby. Beige (149) and lavender (143) I tried, despite being pretty in the bottle, looked horrid on my nails. Dark purple (159) and dark red (03) are nice, I like them the most with just one layer as they are a bit jelly-like. Another thing that annoys me that colors often change and can get discontinued pretty quickly.

Miss Sporty 1 minute to shine + top coat

It's cheap but I excepted too much from it. Range has some interesting shimmer and pearl shades like lilac, which is very sheer and jelly-like and pearl muted deep pink shade which is so opaque that one layer is enough. It doesn't dry fast, as it was advertised as a quick drying nail polish. Generally it's a weak, even with top coat which on packaging has "lasts up to 7 days". It's not resistant, it melts weirdly around heat (wtf) and it's very soft even after 24h after painting.