Hi everyone! You may remember a while ago I posted a haul and in that haul, I showed these Kleancolor polishes from Ebay. As I said then, I will be making my way through some of the products in that haul to do reviews when I feel I've given them a full test. Unfortunately today I'm gonna be writing a pretty negative review about these polishes as they just did not live up to my expectations!
As you can see in the bottles, they look beautiful. However, the reason I'm really not impressed is the terrible application of them! First of all, bare in mind these cost £18 for 6. I want to write this post because I really do not think they are worth it at all!
This shade is Aurora. The swatches above are about five coats of it and in those five coats, two or three nails only got one star from it. I'm lazyish when it comes to nails, I don't want to have to paint 5+ coats of glitter on top of another shade which has already taken a couple of coats, who has that time to paint a seven coat nail?! I thought maybe I could work with it but by the time enough glitter came out my nail polish was way too thick and didn't dry at all :(
Twinkly Love was the biggest disapointment of all. The first swatch is far left and as you can see, it's totally clear. This was after three coats - not one thing came out! The second is five coats where only one came out. The second two took 7+ coats!
This shade was the best of a bad bunch, Take A Hint. Plenty of glitter came out in about three coats so I will probably hang on to this one as it did look pretty with less effort than the other two but still isn't a great formula!
Sorry to make such a negative post but I actually love to read these kind of things so you're aware in case you're interested in something! I will keep posting reviews of the haul items and hopefully will have some better luck ;)
What product has disappointed you lately? I'd love to know!
That's such a shame! They really are so pretty and I was quite tempted to buy some, so thanks for this, I'll save my pennies instead! xo
ReplyDeleteI think there are probably cheaper brands with better quality ones! but glad it helped :) x
DeleteThey do look super pretty as well, what a shame!xo
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I know they looked so nice! X
DeleteOh dear, they look so nice in the bottle! :(
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Megan x
Agreed! X
DeleteOh I really love twinkly love, It's so much easier to get a mini paint brush and cocktail stick and apply them individually :) x
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Ahh thank you so much will definitely try that out! Tried with a dotting tool but it didn't work but maybe this will :) x
DeleteThat sucks! I think disappointing products posts are good because you can see what not buy. And I would agree with Courtney in the comment above that painting with a small paint brush works very well! (Sometimes better than the nail polish brush itself! It's just a hassle to have to use nail polish remover to remove the nail polish and then the brush gets really stiff.)
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Yeah I really enjoy reading them actually! Glad other people do too :) definitely gonna try the tip though x
DeleteI hate it when this happens! They look so amazing in the bottle too!
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Megan xxx
I know especially when it's something you thought would work so well! X
DeleteAh, these shades are so pretty, but too bad that the formula and application were a disappointment! Thanks for the review :)
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I know, such a shame! x
DeleteOh, the shades are so beautiful, I'm really dissapointed but thanks for the review anyway!
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no problem! :) x
DeleteThank you for this because these are something that I would be likely to purchase if I had seen them so thanks for saving my pennies
ReplyDeleteCharlotte x
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no problem :) x
Deletethats so terrible - SEVEN coats?! wh has time to do that?! xx
ReplyDeleteI know - so so ridiculous haha! x
DeleteI feel like a lot of glitter nail polishes are disappointing :(
ReplyDeleteme too! so sad x
DeleteOooh they look so pretty, it's a shame you found them disappointing! xxx
ReplyDeleteI know, I just can't deal with that much effort for them! x
DeleteThat's a big shame.. especially when they weren't exactly cheap! They do look so gorgeous in the bottles xx
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agreed! x
DeleteAll that glitters isn't gold! so what apparently seems to be attractive may not beat all a good product. We should know about the user's reviews on any beauty products before deciding to but it.
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I clearly buy too much MAC because at first I thought it was a reference to the eyeshadow haha! agree with you though :) x
DeleteTake A Hint looks really pretty even if it did take 3 coats, the rest look very hard to work with if they need that many coats! I find that it's usually easier to literally fish out big pieces of glitter from polishes like Twinkly Love because it's often too hard to rely on the brush to pick up enough glitter.
ReplyDeleteI tried to do that but the clear polish is so gloopy it didn't even work! so annoying as they are stunning in the bottle! x
Deletejust started following your blog! :D
ReplyDeleteseven coats?? that's disappointing :(
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thank you sweet! :) x
DeleteThese are so pretty! It's a shame they disappointed you! x
ReplyDeleteOh nooo and those little hearts looked so cute as well :(
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I know! x
DeleteIt's such a shame about these polishes, because they do look really lovely in the bottles
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I know, such a shame x
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