You may not know this yet but you are soon to find out that I am pretty obsessed with the makeup frenzy that has been sweeping YouTube for the past few years. It started off with the beautiful, FleurdeForce, and from there, I branched out to Ingrid from missglamorazzi, then Tanya Burr, and now I follow a dozen makeup "gurus".
Over the past few months I've been hearing a lot about Models-Own nail polish, particularly from the makeup youtubers I follow who are from the UK. After hearing all the chitter -chatter about this nail polish, I was ecstatic (naturally) when my aunt got back from London and gave me a bottle of Models-Own Nail Polish (in the shade Apple Pie) as a gift from her travels. Enough of my jabbering, let's get on with the review:
The shade (Apple Pie) is a light minty color which is very similar to Essie's "Absolutely Shore". In all honesty, I'm not a huge nail polish fan as I play guitar and use my hands a lot so my nail polish ALWAYS chips. But, I do appreciate a few coats of nail polish on the occasion and getting the Models-Own nail polish as a gift seemed as good a reason as any to paint my nails again.
First off, the packaging is really sleek. Before I tried the actual polish, the packaging had me thinking "this is gonna be some good nail polish" because it looks pretty trendy and high-end if you ask me.
The color is pretty opaque --I stopped at two coats and was satisfied with the opacity. It's an adorable color and I think the shade really compliments a tan (alright I'm not that sun-kissed but I'm tanner than I normally am I swear!). The color is slightly greener than Essie's "Absolutely Shore", which I personally prefer. It lasts about 4-5 days before any chipping starts but I haven't been playing guitar these past few days so I imagine if I had I would have chipped the first day. It's pretty long-wearing though, which is nice.
PLUS! This nail polish is scented. Yes, you heard me, it's scented. Now, why anybody would want to encourage people to sniff nail polish is beyond me, but low and behold this nail polish does smell like apples. Chemically modified apples, but apples nonetheless. Honestly, the scented quality of the nail polish intrigued me at first and I could definitely smell it as I was painting my nails, but after I'd applied my top coat and let my nails dry the scent got really annoying. I don't know about you, but I am a face and hair toucher...I use my hands to express my ideas all the time so my hands get near my face hundreds of times throughout the day. With this polish on, I was constantly smelling the chemical apple scent and after a few hours it started to give me a bit of a headache. However, it wasn't unbearable, and the next day the scent had diminished quite a bit. I actually sort of like the "day after" scent of the polish on my nails. When I smell my nails I do smell a slight appley scent which is pretty sweet (pun, get it?) but I imagine it looks pretty strange to any onlookers staring at a girl sniffing her fingers...
Overall, I like the nail polish. It's really pretty and I have to say I really really like the packaging. It's pretty long-wearing and the shade is really in and wearable.
So tell me guys, what do you think of the Models-Own nail polishes?
Over the past few months I've been hearing a lot about Models-Own nail polish, particularly from the makeup youtubers I follow who are from the UK. After hearing all the chitter -chatter about this nail polish, I was ecstatic (naturally) when my aunt got back from London and gave me a bottle of Models-Own Nail Polish (in the shade Apple Pie) as a gift from her travels. Enough of my jabbering, let's get on with the review:
The shade (Apple Pie) is a light minty color which is very similar to Essie's "Absolutely Shore". In all honesty, I'm not a huge nail polish fan as I play guitar and use my hands a lot so my nail polish ALWAYS chips. But, I do appreciate a few coats of nail polish on the occasion and getting the Models-Own nail polish as a gift seemed as good a reason as any to paint my nails again.
First off, the packaging is really sleek. Before I tried the actual polish, the packaging had me thinking "this is gonna be some good nail polish" because it looks pretty trendy and high-end if you ask me.
The color is pretty opaque --I stopped at two coats and was satisfied with the opacity. It's an adorable color and I think the shade really compliments a tan (alright I'm not that sun-kissed but I'm tanner than I normally am I swear!). The color is slightly greener than Essie's "Absolutely Shore", which I personally prefer. It lasts about 4-5 days before any chipping starts but I haven't been playing guitar these past few days so I imagine if I had I would have chipped the first day. It's pretty long-wearing though, which is nice.
PLUS! This nail polish is scented. Yes, you heard me, it's scented. Now, why anybody would want to encourage people to sniff nail polish is beyond me, but low and behold this nail polish does smell like apples. Chemically modified apples, but apples nonetheless. Honestly, the scented quality of the nail polish intrigued me at first and I could definitely smell it as I was painting my nails, but after I'd applied my top coat and let my nails dry the scent got really annoying. I don't know about you, but I am a face and hair toucher...I use my hands to express my ideas all the time so my hands get near my face hundreds of times throughout the day. With this polish on, I was constantly smelling the chemical apple scent and after a few hours it started to give me a bit of a headache. However, it wasn't unbearable, and the next day the scent had diminished quite a bit. I actually sort of like the "day after" scent of the polish on my nails. When I smell my nails I do smell a slight appley scent which is pretty sweet (pun, get it?) but I imagine it looks pretty strange to any onlookers staring at a girl sniffing her fingers...
Overall, I like the nail polish. It's really pretty and I have to say I really really like the packaging. It's pretty long-wearing and the shade is really in and wearable.
So tell me guys, what do you think of the Models-Own nail polishes?