BEL London

BEL London Nail Lacquer [03] Review

By Maychiri's Thoughts - July 27, 2024

Now, the lightest of the BEL nail lacquers! This is the BEL London Nail Lacquer, shade 03!
 
 
Another nail polish that my mum bought for me for whatever reason, as I already have a ton of nail polishes. I, however, immediately took a liking to this one, as I positively adore white nail polishes! They are my guilty pleasure! Having already had great experience with white nail polish (courtesy of Catrice, of course!), I had very high hopes that this one would be just as good, if not better! Surely it will be gorgeous on longer nails! Well, let’s take a look!
 
 
Packaging: just like the other BEL nail polishes, it’s a clear glass bottle that is pretty heavy for its size. It’s elegantly thin and tall! This one, too, has a cap that almost looks like an OPI knock-off. Not that that’s bad, it’s just interesting to see! Unlike OPI’s cap, this one isn’t as textured, so it feels pretty smooth. That can be a problem when you close the cap too tight, the textured surface of the OPI caps makes you able to grip them harder, while here your fingers start to slide. Still, it’s a very elegant, tall cap! And I love the contrast of white nail polish and black cap! Look at the text... wait, you can’t see it? Right, because it’s white text on white polish. That’s a galaxy-brained idea if I ever saw one! I know that every polish in this range has white text, but couldn’t they have made it at least slightly gray for this colour? Oh well.
 

Ingredients: nothing nourishing and no harmful ingredients (DBP, formaldehyde, toluene). The scent is like most nail polishes. The expiration date is 24 months after opening.
 

 
 
The colour of this polish is beautiful, although also as basic as it gets. This is a pure white nail polish. Although it definitely looks better on darker skin, it still looks utterly gorgeous on pale skin! It makes my nails look so modern and fancy and chic! Ahhh, I love it so much! Some might be mean and say that it looks like correction fluid. Don’t listen to those people.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The brush is, again, excellent! This is a large flat brush that deposits pigment wonderfully evenly. It’s way too big for my nails, but I have small nail beds anyways, it should be fine for most, though. This brush picks up so much pigment! Like, way more than you’d ever need for one nail; indeed, there’s enough for like 3 nails! So, tap it off if you don’t want to make a mess. Even though it is large, the brush is still quite precise,. It’s just so easy to use and great!
 
 
 
 
 
The formula is relatively thick, slightly thicker than with shade 44. It is very creamy and super easy to use and making it even is a piece of cake! It’s not at all gelly, just perfectly smooth! 
 

 
 
One coat is pretty opaque, although not totally opaque. It’s more like 75% opaque. This shade is a bit less even with one coat compared to shade 44. It’s still pretty even, just not perfectly even. Two coats gives you 100% opacity, making the nails perfectly white! However, don’t apply more than two coats, it already starts to feel gelly with two coats, let alone more than two! It’s perfectly even and rich with two coats, very professional looking! The texture is highly glossy.
 
 
 
 
Longevity is spectacular, just like with shade 44! However, this white shade seems to be far less easy to scratch, which makes it look very glossy even 5 days in. Now, there are tiny scratches all over the polish on day 5 of wearing it, but they are far less noticeable than on shade 44. Here, you can only barely make them out even when you look up close. There was one part of the polish on my ring finger that looked like it would chip off, but it managed to stay. This nail polish stayed in perfect condition even after I was done washing my hair. The only “damage” (if you can even realistically call it that) is along the free edges of nails, but it is so minimal that you’d have to look for it with a magnifying glass. So, no matter what I do, it stays in perfect shape! Simply fantastic!
 
 
Removal: it is extremely easy to remove using the Express Nagellack Entferner from Ebelin. It is only slightly more difficult to remove using a standard nail polish remover. The first pass removes only a part of the polish, so you need to go over the polish multiple times to fully remove it. The Express Remover removes it in seconds, though.
 
 
In conclusion, I freaking love this nail polish so much! Another great pick from my mum! It’s the perfect glossy white nail polish that lasts ages with any chipping or really any damage at all! I love how it is also pretty scratch-resistant which means that the high-gloss finish stays intact for days! I already tried out a pure white nail polish before, by Catrice, and that one was amazing and it also strengthened my nails. This one is perhaps even better, but it doesn’t strengthen nails, which honestly, is a fair trade-off. It looks absolutely amazing, like, so blinding white and pure and just totally modern! Even on my pale skin! Like, it’s amazing just how good pure white nail polish can look on pale skin, it doesn’t even wash me out! The formula is a dream to use, perfectly silky and smooth, without being one bit runny. The brush, too, is phenomenal! It is very large but still precise, so it applies the polish evenly and easily. However, you will need 2 coats, one coat is a bit uneven, which, when you apply another coat on top of it, becomes perfectly even and pigmented and just luxurious looking! It really looks like a high-end nail polish! Speaking of, it gives OPI a run for its money, because it seems like it has better longevity than OPI, with absolutely no chipping even 5 days in! And it doesn’t even get scratched up too much! All that for a fraction of the money you’d pay for an OPI or Essie nail polish. Especially since OPIs tend to chip at least a little bit after 3 days, while this nail polish stays perfect, without any chipped off parts, or hairline fractures, or any other damage at all! No matter what I am doing! Hell, even washing my hair didn’t do anything to the nail polish! I cannot express hoe much I love this white nail polish! And how big of a surprise BEL nail polishes have been, so far! They cost little but perform like high-end nail polishes, or even better than them in a lot of cases! I cannot find anything to complain about, it is downright perfect! So, of you find this BEL nail polish, don’t hesitate, buy it! You will not be disappointed, I 100% guarantee that! Absolutely recommend it!
 
 
 
Rating: 9.5/10
 
 
Would buy again? YES, definitely

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