Product Crush: Sephora Brand Nail Polish
I like a product that is cleverly teeny, and this here bitty bottle of polish is so cleverly teeny that I actually crooned “awwww” at it in the Sephora checkout line (ask Wing, who edged away from me afterwards, and rightly so) before grabbing two bottles.
I didn’t really expect much, either, because it seems like, whenever a cosmetics company tries to reinvent the nail-polish-delivery-system wheel, it’s a disappointment — like the pens. Brilliant idea, right? Portable, less messy…and insanely clog-prone. The little bottle isn’t exactly a quantum leap — it’s still a bottle, after all, with a brush — but it’s awesome for travel, it won’t dry out before you can use the whole bottle (or get sick of it), and it holds up really well to typing, Diet-Coke-opening, you name it. It looks like they’ve retired one of the colors I got and loved, Cassis, but you can maybe still find it if you go to a physical store.
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DUDE. I KNOW. I frickin love those tiny bottles. I have a dark red and my friend has the blue, and they both stayed on my nails for until I took them off. Very nice, very convenient, and who ever uses a full bottle of nail polish anyway? Plus, they’re like $4.
Oh, I love this stuff, too — and I have that exact color. It does hold up really well. I have had a manicure last long enough that it will grow out faster than it will chip off, which is kind of excellent, in my opinion.
One thing, though: unless you use it every week (which is never going to happen for me, because I have several colors and like to switch it up), it probably will get a bit goopy and thick before you can use the whole bottle. I know, you’d think that wouldn’t happen with the small size, but it does. Something in the formula must make it more goop prone than, say, NYC. I still love the stuff, though.
@Ruby: In-store? $2!
@vague: Thanks for the tip; I’m the same way about rotating the polish.
I think some of them are $2 and some are $4, depending on the shade.
It doesn’t chip off even afte daily showering? I find that is my problem with nail polish. OPI flakes off after a single shower. The Revlon Color Stay stuff lasts about 3-4 showers before wearing away at the tips…
We have a new Sephora in our Macy’s at the mall.. and I *might* risk mall-going (it’s a beast to get in and out of over there) if this stuff TRULY stays on through normal showering!
I…have to wonder what exactly you’re doing in the shower. How thickly do you apply the polish? More than a few coats (counting the top coat) and it’s going to peel off more easily.
Using one thin coat, one thick coat, one top coat, and one coat of quick-dry, this stuff lasted five days. On the down side, when it started to go, it went all at once.
whenever a cosmetics company tries to reinvent the nail-polish-delivery-system wheel, it’s a disappointment — like the pens.
Note to self: the word is PENS, not PENIS. That’s the kind of reading mistake that conjurs up all kinds of disturbing images…
As you were.
See, now I wonder what I’m doing in the shower too… With OPI, because it’s so thick, I only do two layers (trying to make them as thin as possible) and a single quick-dry top coat.
With the Revlon stuff, two coats and a top coat.
Maybe it’s something in my shampoo??
If you rough up your nails just a leeeeeetle bit (like with the first side of those four-sided nail file doohickies) the polish will stick better. Kind of like sanding a door before painting it. Also, make sure your nails are very very clean and free of lotion, as this will cause a nice moisture barrier between the nail and the polish.