Thursday, 7 August 2014
Strange Beautiful nail polish Bandaid/Knoll review
I received this full sized Strange Beautiful nail polish in the June edition of my Violetbox subscription box. This nail polish set contains two 4 ml nail polishes in the colours bandaid (a nude, dusty pink) and knoll (a tomato red). This twin set nail polish retails for $20 and in Australia you can purchase this on the Violetbox website.
I thought the packaging was cute and had an interesting design with the white lid covering both of the lids of the mini nail polishes. However I found the brand name on the product smudged when I rubbed my fingers against it, which I was not impressed by.
The first nail polish colour I tried was Bandaid. Frankly I do not find this colour to be that appealing to me (I preferred the knoll colour0. I applied two coats of nail polish and then a top coat. I was very disappointed with the band aid nail polish because on the first day I wore it there was major chipping. The first one was a huge chip on my middle finger and I had not even done the dishes or any other activity that might have ruined my nail polish. When I noticed it I told my partner and he asked me if I just applied it the night before to which I said yes, he replied with ' well that's not very good nail polish.' I tend to agree with him as the day went on more nail polish chipped off. This is a photograph of what my nails looked like after the first night.
When I applied the knoll polish I only applied two coats. I really liked this colour, because I am a big fan of red nail polish. I found the knoll nail polish to be last much better that bandaid, since it did not chip at all until day 3 which was a big improvement.
Verdict:
I liked the colour of knoll and thought it performed well. However in my opinion the bandaid colour was dreadful due to chipping a lot on the first day. Considering the retail price I was very disappointed with the bandaid part of this product, since I have used really cheap nail polish ($2-$4) that manage not to chip in the first 24 hours. Whilst I liked the bottle design, I was not happy with how much the lettering smudged.
Honestly I wouldn't recommend to people to buy this product. For $20 you could probably buy a bigger bottle (or two) of nail polish that doesn't chip in the first day.
Labels:
Nail Polish,
Strange Beautiful
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Hi Krystle - my thoughts were exactly the same as yours! It's amazing how well the red colour worked and how terrible the nude colour was. Obviously different formulas. Makes me shy away from trying the rest of the range. Thanks for the review : )
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