It's a truth universally acknowledged that a girl cannot just pop into Boots or Superdrug, have a quick look around and then leave without purchasing anything. I visited my local boots on a bit of a whim today with the idea that i'd go, check out the price of a hair product i'd been toying over buying and then leave. This, of course, didn't happen.
Make-up brand Maybelline have recently launched a new line of nail polishes called 'Color Show'. Having been on a ban since January to have acrylics applied to my nails, mainly because of the price, more so because after over a year of having them they completely wrecked my nails, my obsession with nail polish has grown. Six months down the line and my nails have gone from strength to strength, along with my nail polish collection.
I'd never tried the colour show range before and so the novelty of trying something new automatically attracted me to the Maybelline stand, along with the array of perfect for summer colours that they have to offer. I, perhaps slightly boringly, opted for a standard white colour in shade 'Winter Baby'. I am a sucker for a product with a good name, and with names such as 'Wine & Dined', 'Sweet Clementine' and 'Shocking Seas', the color show range offers exactly that.
Winter Baby applies like an absolute dream and differing from white nail polishes that I have previously owned, did not leave brush strokes within the colour on my nail - definitely one of my pet hates when it comes to nail polish! The colour is slightly sheer on initial application, however layers up with ease and becomes opaque within three coats. 'Winter Baby' was dry within five minutes and left a high-shine finish on the nail, making it a perfect combination and exactly what I look for in a nail polish.
I've been wearing 'Winter Baby' for three days now, and while the formula for different shades may differ, this particular shade shows no signs of chipping and has even survived a shower and hair wash combination - something that never fails to get my nail polish chipping (which perhaps says more about my nails than it does the polishes)! I am definitely very impressed.
At only £2.99 a pop I have to admit that my expectations for this product weren't all that high. However the color show nail polishes have definitely pleasantly surprised me and with a colour collection that I am desperate to try, and with Boots currently having a 'buy one get the second half price' offer, I can see myself popping into town to pick up a couple more of these amazing nail polishes very, very soon!
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