Whoever has tried/uses Essence products knows that this affordable brand has quite a number of excellent products (the waterproof liquid eye liner is one of them, for example).
...yesterday I painted my nails just before rushing out, and my nail polish got smudged. Now smudged nail polish is one of my pet peeves. So I had to go out buy a remover and a nail polish from university. I didn't want to spend a fortune because I do have remover and more nail polish than I will ever use in my lifetime, so I headed to the Essence stall. I bought a gorgeous blue Essence nail polish (more on that later) and the Nail Moisturising nail polish remover.
The remover comes in a standard plastic bottle. You get 150ml of product and I paid Euro 1.54 for it.
Now I hate doing bad reviews, but I must admit that this remover is absolute rubbish! It couldn't even take off one coat of polish. And I didn't even have any base/top coat on.
...and this has Acetone in it! So it is rather harmful to your nails, especially if you have soft, brittle or damaged nails.
As a matter of fact, I had to go and buy another bottle of remover to take off my polish.
The only good thing I can think of of this nail polish remover is its smell: it smells like coconut and papaya.
If you run out of remover, you'd better think twice before buying this one.
Have you ever tried this before?
Love,
Lorraine
xoxo
wow im surprised to hear this!
ReplyDeleteThe pink one is great and acetone free!
Marija from www.allthingslady.wordpress.com
I should have bought that one :/ I was surprised too because as this has acetone in it should have worked better and faster than non acetone ones. boq.
DeleteI'm sorry to hear that. You should try the one for nail art, it's great and it's also acetone free.
ReplyDeletethanks for the tip! will try it out once I run out of remover x
Deletei was thinking of giving it a go but not anymore! thanks for the review lorraine :)
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome. You could try out the pink one, but I've never tried it and I must admit that I'm a bit wary of doing so now x
DeleteThat's rather disappointing! I won't bother getting it now, but I, like you have more nail polish remover than I will ever use!
ReplyDeletewhat is it with nail polish remover eh ha ha. I seem to collect it! That, and face products too, especially makeup remover wipes
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hi lorraine! i haven't tried this product before!
ReplyDeletei found you in the GIG fb group and am FOLLOWING NOW :) Hope you can follow me back! THanks!
hi Nina! Thanks for following, I am now following you too x
DeleteI have this and I actually think it s a good remover...I've never had any issues when using it. The pink one is good too
ReplyDeleteApart from myself, my friend who had 2 coats of polish on her natural nails tried using it and it took her a while to completely remove the polish. When I tried removing my polish with a different brand it removed all traces of polishes instantly. But I'm happy that it works for you :)
DeleteSame as Lara! I use them both and find them both to be very good at removing polish!
Deleteperhaps I got a bad batch then? but does yours remove the nail polish immediately or does it take awhile to work? I kept rubbing and rubbing but mine wouldnt budge off :/
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