Nails, Nails, Nails!

So, I went a little nail varnish crazy the other day and bought loads of new colours from a few different brands, so here's a review of the ones I've used so far.


First up is this holographic blue ('Absolute') by Nubar. I really love my silver holographic varnish by Gosh and wanted to try out another colour, but as the Gosh one can be difficult to apply and I couldn't find a blue shade by Gosh anyway, I tried this one by Nubar.

To be honest I was a little disappointed with it. It took more coats than I was expecting (about 4!) and even then it was more glittery than holographic. It was also the first to chip out of all the varnishes I tried. I don't think I'd buy from Nubar's holographic range again.


I also tried another Nubar varnish; this black varnish with silver glitter ('2010 Glitter Top Coat'). This polish definitely needs a black (or other dark shade) as a base coat first, as the black in this polish is very washed out.

Although this left quite a pretty result, I think I'd just buy a plain silver glitter polish next time, then I could use it over any colour, not just black.



My favourite of the ones I've tried is this pale pink ('Something Sweet') by China glaze.

It took a couple of coats to get full coverage, but the end result was very smooth, shiny and polished. I also found it very hard wearing, taking longer to chip than any of the other polishes I used. Will definitely be buying some more shades by China Glaze!




Essie's grey-cream shade ('Body Language') came a close second to the  China Glaze, needing an extra coat, but the end result was a similar, glossy opaque effect.

Again the chipping was fairly minimal, only a tiny amount after 24 hours. Would definitely be happy to buy from Essie again, although China Glaze wins it for me.

I've heard a lot of good things about OPI's nail varnishes, which I've yet to try, so I'm wondering how people find it compared to China Glaze? Let me know!

Thanks for reading!