This item was sent
to me to review but as always will contain my full honest opinion.
Allo polish Pals!
Hope you all had a
wonderful weekend! The weather here in Holland is beautiful and its
only going to get hotter over the next few days! Hows the weather
treating you? I'm still having some lighting issues so please bare
with me. Thanks to HQ Hair for allowing me to review Layla's polish; Today I have a red to show you! Its a very classy red! As
you all know I don't really do red polishes, I'm just not used to
seeing that colour on my nails but I am certainly warming to them!
Today I have Layla's Gel Effect nail polish. Gel nails without the
hassle? Lets give it a go!
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| You can just about see where the bubble issues occurred! |
Colour ~ N05 is a beautiful warm
post box red. It is just a really classical red and doesn't really
learn towards any other tones. It is incredibly vibrant and not for
the faint hearted or those fearing a true red polish! Because it is
gel effect it dries to a jelly/vinyl like finish. I do love how
glossy and vibrant this looks.
Application ~ I had trouble.. I'm not gonna lie, I found this polish a little problematic to apply. The main reason for my troubles is it can appear streaky. If you have to little or too much on your brush you will notice this and pay for it later. Even with this in mind I noticed bubbles. Bubbles bubbles bubbles. That said, all my troubles went away after the third coat and my topcoat made it look seamless, the bubbles somehow magically vanished.
Application ~ I had trouble.. I'm not gonna lie, I found this polish a little problematic to apply. The main reason for my troubles is it can appear streaky. If you have to little or too much on your brush you will notice this and pay for it later. Even with this in mind I noticed bubbles. Bubbles bubbles bubbles. That said, all my troubles went away after the third coat and my topcoat made it look seamless, the bubbles somehow magically vanished.
Texture ~ Its rather on the
gloopy side. I guess this can be expected from a gel effect nail
polish. I would liken this to the Model's own Ice Neon collection in
terms of texture. If you get the quantity of polish on the brush
right you should do just fine.
★★★/5 I do like this polish and it is the first I've properly tried from Layla and even the first proclaimed gel effect. What I really like is that when you have finished your topcoat is does look incredibly glossy and shiny which gives it a very sophisticated look in my opinion. What I didn't like was the application whether that is my fault of perhaps just my bottle the bubbles where a pain yes they smooth out a little with a topcoat but they still look slightly uneven under harsh scrutiny. If I borrowed this from a friend would I go and buy myself a bottle? I think so, it does have a lovely finish and it is a true red.
What is your 'go to' classic
red? Have you tried Layla's Gel Effect polish?
I have some other Layla polishes from
their other ranges to show you very soon!
I'm off to nom an avocado!
Have a great start to your week,
Love Ithi
Yes, sometimes Laylas do bubbles :(
ReplyDeleteBut I've thought it was my base coat's fault!
Well, I love them anyway haha! I don't own any bottle from the gel effect collection but I was looking at the turquoise one and thinking "how gorgeous"!
I love this kind of finish but not on my own nails ^^ xo
Oh this is common in their polishes? I had some incidents with bubbling recently and I questioned if it was my topcoat too, It was a little on the less fresh side and a few cm near the bottom of the bottle. Since I replaced it none of them bubble except this one! Turquoise is always a winner with me! xx
DeleteIn my screen this looks hot pink, but my screen isn't calibrated.
ReplyDeleteI don't own any Layla but sad to hear about the application issues, that's not acceptable in my world, and I HATE bubbles in polishes!
I have to admit, Gelic, with the lighting troubles I am having lately it may not look quite the classic red it really is. I hate bubbles too normally I would fob off any polishes that gives me bubbles but there is something about this I really like.
DeleteActually I love red nail polishes so much that I can't name only one "go to" red. This red is really nice and I haven't such a shade. We have wonderful summer weather in Germany, too.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to pass me off a few names from your red collection! I think I can count the amount I own on one hand with a finger to spare. I'm glad your having a beautiful summer too! xx
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