Today I will be reviewing the Liz Earle Strengthening Nail Colour.
Now Liz Earle is known for their award winning cleanse and polish facial cleanser along with their toner and moisturiser, which I am a massive fan of.
They have 12 colours in their range of polishes from nudes to dark blues/browns.
On their website (and their packaging) it says the following about it's polish:
"Our fortifying, chip-resistant formula glides on to deliver a glossy coat of even colour that lasts for up to 12 days. Enriched with avocado and borage oils, our nail colour is easy to apply and helps to strengthen and protect nails during wear. Free from toluene."
Ok so far so good, the colours I got were 08 Knockout Red and 13 Golden Celebration (which was a limited edition) the polishes retail for £7.50 each for 12ml, I personally off the bat wouldn't buy nail polish for that price but it came free with a special offer set when I brought the skin care set.
The first thing I noticed was how lovely the colours were and the packaging is amazing! It's so pretty, I am not sure if you can see but the lid has little glittery particles on it so far big thumbs up for the look of the product.
Just a note before I start the review of the actual product, I didn't use top or bottom coat so it could be a more fair review.
When I opened it to look at the actually polish itself it did appear a little runny for my liking but I looked passed it and tried it on, it says to put on two coats of polish which I did and one thing I noticed straight away was that you do not need to use a lot of this to get a nice coat, yes the product was a little runny, however the colour is opaque enough to make up for it so you use less and therefore save product. Neither of the colours go on streaky they go on smoothly and even.
After letting the first coat dry properly, which didn't take too long about 5-10 mins, I applied another coat which made the polish look even better, it still went on smooth and even and non streaky - love it!
So here goes the testing...about one week and a half later so around 10 days my nails looked this like:
(No I am NOT joking)
Now don't start thinking I tried to keep them looking pretty err...nah! through this time my bathroom started leaking and I had to keep emptying the bucket that was catching the leak and it was in an awkward place so plenty of places and chances for my nail to catch on something, not including washing my hair and just having my hands in water quite a lot which makes the polish chip or peel off - not cool - but this didn't happen, as you can see it only started fading a bit at the edges and at the bottom where my nail grew but nothing major. My nail was stronger and didn't chip or feel weak or start peeling.
So to summarise, I fully recommend this polish! For the price it gives a good coverage, it basically does what it says on the tin so I wouldn't actually mind paying the price.
I can't say if the other colours do a similar job, with other polishes I found that different colours go on or cover differently but I would like to try some others to see if the quality go across the whole range.
Overall I am impressed and I give a huge applause to Liz Earle, and I would LOVE to try some of their make up and hair care products to see if the quality goes across the whole brand because so far I am impressed. Two big thumbs up to you! :D
Check out Liz Earle's nail colour line and other products at http://uk.lizearle.com
*All opinions are my own, this is not a sponsored review
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