You all know that I am a nail polish
addict. So it stands to reason that I change my polish quite frequently. Here's the ones that I am currently using.
First up is the most recent one I’ve
gotten. It is the Bourjois 1 Second remover. It is a pot with a nail
polish soaked sponge in it that you basically stick your finger in and when you
take it out the polish is gone. Is it as a straightforward as it claims to be? Yes. I find I have to twist my finger a couple of times for it to
come out polish free but it does work very well, leaving your nail very clean.
It works surprisingly well for slight glitters also. I‘ve tried it with
chunky glitter and while it eventually works, it wouldn’t be my first choice.
The glitter also rips the sponge slightly so when you take your finger out
there’s bits of sponge all over it!
This remover also contains nourishing sweet
almond oil. This makes it smells nice and coats your nails/fingers in a slight
oil to help prevent them drying out.
I love this remover for when I’m in a rush.
No need for multiple cotton pads or faffing about. Stick it in and away you go!
However, like most products there is a
downside. For me, I find that despite the addition of the nourishing oil, the
skin surrounding my nails has become incredibly dry. My cuticles became quite sore and I’ve being
trying to mend them! This happened after solely using this remover for about a
week (I got lazy and wasn’t bothered using remover with cotton pads!). I
definitely just have to keep this remover for when I really am in a rush - dried
and sore cuticles aren’t worth the convenience. This probably won’t be an issue for most people unless you
change your polish nearly daily like me.
Next up is the pricy one. Chanels Nail
Colour Remover, at £13, it is quite frankly a ridiculous price for nail polish remover. I
would much rather spend the money on Chanel polish than remover! It’s such a
blah product to buy. However, I’d heard it mentioned that it was a good
remover for polish that tends to stain. And it is. Polish comes off extremely
easy with this and I also discovered that is very adept at removing glitter
polish. A few swipes and it comes of nicely. This remover also smells amazing.
It doesn’t smell like a normal remover at all. More like a gentle, sweet,
smell.
The only downside is the price of it. And that it comes in a glass bottle so if you’re clumsy...well then. As it is so expensive I only
use this remover for deep staining polishes like dark blues and reds and for
some glitters. It’s not something that I want to have to repurchase frequently
but it is something I would pay money for again.
Finally comes my usual duo. I bought the
Zoya Remove+ just for the pump bottle. I wanted a pump bottle and couldn’t find
one anywhere. Of course a week after the bottle arrived I found one in a beauty
supply store. Isn't that always the way. Anyway, the Zoya Remover was fine but nothing
spectacular enough for me to go and repurchase. I just buy either a Sally
Hansen or Cutex remover in Boots (I think it’s a Sally Hansen one in the Zoya bottle at
the moment) and refill the bottles. I don’t have any preference for either of
the types within those brands, I usually get something different each time.
I have tried the super cheap Boots/Tesco
stuff before but I didn’t find it any good so I stick to the Sally Hansen and
Cutex stuff. I also have a huge bottle of pure Acetone but I keep that for
slight clean-up around the nails as I think it would be too harsh to use
continuously on my nails/fingers.
Do you have preferences for nail polish
removers or do you just use whatever’s handy?
