Welcome back :) As the title says this blog is going to be me sharing with you my swatches and opinions on Nailboxuk's October edition. I'm still loving the products they are sending out each month and the £15 price tag is really affordable for what you are getting. Another big plus is the fact I get to try out brands/colours I wouldn't normally go for.
So here is this months contents; three polishes, and two nail products. Nailbox works closely with Elegant Touch having already sent out their branded cuticle nippers, toe nail clippers and cuticle pushers and the quality of these items have been fantastic so I expect the scissors to be of similar quality.
This was an interesting item in the box; Nicole by OPI drying drops. On the back it claims to make nails dry to the touch in 60 seconds and completely dry in 5 minutes using 1-2 drops per nail. When doing my swatches I gave this a try and found it was closer to being 1.5-2mins before they became touch dry, though this is still obviously quicker than letting them dry themselves. Another bonus for using this product is it contains jojoba and vitamin E to nourish your cuticles as it drys the polish.
The first polish I swatched was Rimmel London Caramel Cupcake. This is one of their 60 seconds fast dry polishes. When in the bottle I didn't realise it actually had a faint shimmer to it that only came out when I applied it.
For these swatches I did two coats of colour and that was it. I feel this colour isn't particularly suited to my skin tone as I'm so pale already I like to use bolder colours. I have no complaints about the application and the colour was opaque on the second coat.
Second polish is by NailsInc and is called Kensington High Street. Now this shade is more suited to me! It's a beautiful deep berry shade and its beautiful. Out of the three pictures I took this one is the most accurate for colour. My other two pics came out more on the red side.
This shade is gorgeous! I can't wait to use it in a nail design. It fits perfectly with the Autumn season colour pallet and was a great choice for this box. I've done two coats and top coat for these pictures though it was almost a one coater, I just always prefer a second coat to make sure its perfect. I'm starting to see why everybody loves NailsInc so much as I've yet to be disappointed by any of their products I've received in these boxes.
For the last polish we have Essie Summit Of Style, a gold glitter topper. For the above macro shot I did two coats of the glitter on its own just to show you how thick a coverage you can get. It's actually an amazing amount of glitter in just one coat!
Here I've given you some ideas of what this will look like over a coloured base. This is just one coat of Summit Of Style over each colour with top coat. See what I mean about the quantity of glitter in one coat?! I tried it over black, Kensington High Street and white. I'm really impressed with how thick the glitter is. Usually with these types of glitter toppers, you have to try and pat the polish on to get a good coverage but this wasn't needed. Thumbs up for this one Essie!
So that was the Nailboxuk October edtion. My review video will be up Monday 26th so feel free to check it out there. If you want to find out more about this subscription service have a look at the website: Nailbox Website
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