Revlon - ColorStay Gel Envy - Longwear Nail Enamel - Hot Hand
This is warmer on than the bottle suggests.
This is a cute mid-tone pink.
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| Two coats. |
It isn't fully opaque at two coats, but if you don't have a black cross on your nail, you should get away with it.
Price: 2/5 ($16.95 for 11.7mL)
New Name: Bubblegum Princess
Effectiveness: 4/5
Revlon - ColorStay - Gel Envy - 340 Sky's The Limit
This is a sparkly icy blue glitter that is fully opaque at two coats.
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| Two coats. |
Price: 1/5 ($16.95 for 11.7mL)
New Name: Ice Queen
Effectiveness: 5/5
Revlon - ColorStay Gel Envy - 210 Casino Lights
This is a soft yellow, not as bright as I would like it to be, but nice anyway.
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| Two coats. |
It has GREAT opacity for a yellow nail polish!
Price: 1/5 ($16.95 for 11.7mL)
New Name: Daffodil
Effectiveness: 5/5
Revlon - ColorStay Gel Envy - 440 Wild Card
This is a warm mid to dark blue which I think was the show stopper of the original Gel Envy release.
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| Two coats. |
I just love this shade!
And the brush in this bottle is the best! A nice wide brush that coats the nail easily and evenly.
Price: 1/5 ($16.95 for 11.7mL)
New Name: Lapis lazuli
Effectiveness: 5/5
Revlon - Colorstay Gel Envy - Diamond Top Coat
I live for this!
This is my favourite top coat of all time. Before this, I didn't like wearing nail polish because it would chip too fast (can't handle the chipping when I am out and can't fix it).
This top coat ensures I will get at least 5 days of nail perfection! (bear in mind, I'm a rough person who has a few tactile hobbies)
It is easy to apply with the doubled up brush, can be used with nail colours which are not in the 'Gel envy' range and dries pretty quickly.
And when you are ready to redo your nails, this is easy to remove with normal nail polish remover.
I must stock up on this so I don't run out for a long time, because I can't imagine a better top coat!
Price: 2/5 (rrp $16.95 for 11.7mL)
Scent: 2/5 (relatively non-offensive and mild for a nail polish, don't sniff nail polishes!)
Effectiveness: 5/5
Sally Hansen - Salon Effects - Real Nail Polish Strips - #410 Love Letter
I picked this up on sale and it looked like fun... nail polish stickers, how hard can it be? Right?!
When applying the stickers, the plastic was a bit fiddly to get off the nail polish part... I had about a 15% rip rate of the nail polish part.
Also, I had a few wrinkles in the end result, due to the distinct curvature of my nail not matching well with the planar nature of the sticker.
It looked good though!:
What I HATED though was that ONLY ONE DAY later it CHIPPED! I even had a top coat on! S.O.B!
I don't care if I have Shakespeare transcribed on my nails, if it's just going to chip within a day, I don't want it!
Solution:
This top coat is terrific! Use this on top if you insist on using the nail stickers. :)
Price: 2/5 (rrp $14.95 for one round)
Effectiveness: 2/5
