Hello hello!
After the BEL base coat, let’s take a look at one of the
coloured nail polishes. How about we start with this lovely lavender one, hmm?
This is the BEL London Nail Lacquer, shade 44.
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This is one of the few colours that my mum picked that I
actually liked at first sight. I loved Catrice's lavender nail polish from
their Hop, Hop, Hooray! LE, and this one has a very similar colour to that one. I
had wanted to buy a BEL nail polish for the longest time, a silvery glittery
polish, but I just never got round to it. I wanted to see whether BEL London
nail polishes are any good, so when she bought 3 of them that was my cue to try
them out! So, let’s see!
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Packaging: a sleek clear glass bottle. It’s actually pretty
heavy for its size! I love the white text on the lavender background! It’s so
elegant. The cap might seem familiar... It’s pretty much exactly like OPI's
nail polish caps. So, it seems that BEL is trying to have a similar design to
OPI, only with a rectangular bottle instead of a round one. The cap is very
elongated, black and very slightly textured (not nearly as much as OPI). It
closes very tightly, so much that it can be difficult to open.
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Ingredients: nothing nourishing. 3-free (DBP, formaldehyde,
toluene). The scent is like any other nail polish. The expiration date is 24
months after opening.
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Colour: a really lovely lavender purple, perfect for spring!
It’s a really gorgeous colour! I think it looks best on pale and light skin,
that’s where it pops the most! However, I am sure it would still look good on
darker skin. I am not usually a huge fan of purple nail polishes, but this one
is simply too beautiful! I love it! It’s quite similar to the Catrice Hop, Hop,Hooray Nail Polish, shade Lavender Bouquet, but it’s a bit more vibrant and
ever so slightly more purple.
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The brush is excellent! It is a large flat brush that is so
lovely to use! It picks up way more polish than you’d ever need for one nail;
seriously, there’s enough polish for like 3 nails if you don’t tap it off! So
remember to tap off all the excess! This brush applies polish evenly, and,
despite the large size, it is still pretty precise! I quite like this brush, to
be honest!
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The formula is absolutely wonderful! It’s super silky and
just the right amount of thin. Like, it’s not too thin nor too thick. It also
doesn’t feel gelly, just totally smooth and silky! It’s super easy to spread
evenly across the nails since it is not at all watery.
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One coat is semi-sheer, about 60%, I’d say. It actually
looks quite nice like this, it’s even and is wonderfully pastel! With two coats
it is totally opaque. I wouldn’t apply more than 2 coats; it already starts
feeling a bit gooey with 2. It looks perfectly even and richly pigmented with
two coats. The texture is very glossy.
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Literally nothing that I did made the nail polish chip,
which is almost unheard of for my nails! This is spectacular! Not even a hair
wash damages it! The only thing that damaged the nail polish is hand-washing
clothes, so it’s the laundry detergent that damaged it. It was fairly damaged
after hand-washing a dozen pieces of clothing. Still, seeing as most other nail
polishes are completely destroyed by hand-washing clothes, this is still
impressive!
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This nail polish is extremely easy to remove! It really
doesn’t require a lot of rubbing to remove, something your nails will be
thankful for! The polish is completely gone in seconds! And there are no
stains, either! Amazing!
In conclusion, this nail polish has no right being so
fantastic! Especially at its price point! This is the best example of price ≠
quality, as this nail polish beats almost every other one in terms of longevity
and overall quality, even OPIs. The brush is wonderful and super easy to use
and is precise enough to avoid unwanted spillage onto the cuticles. The formula
is superb; it’s a silky, super smooth formula that applies like a dream!
Slightly thin, yes, but not at all watery. It’s also not gelly, well, not until
you apply one coat too many, at least! Which would be 3 or more. With one coat
it is semi-sheer and the colour isn’t at its true intensity. With two coats
though! Man, with two coats it looks like a true high-end nail polish!
Perfectly even, not very thick on nails and incredibly vibrant colour. Coincidentally,
my cuticles also look probably the best they ever have with this polish. The
colour is the perfect calming lavender! It looks stunning on my pale skin, even
if I didn’t initially like it as much. With each day it grew on me more and
more! In the end I can say that I am in love with this colour! That’s all
great, but there must be some flaw, right? Maybe the longevity isn’t as good?
Nope! The longevity is outstanding! Nothing that I do chips it, and believe me,
I tried! Even 4 days later there are no chipped off parts at all, not even the
tiniest ones! However, it does get scratched to hell, so there’s the flaw
you’ve been searching for! It absolutely needs a top coat to protect it against
the scratches. And to keep its highly shiny finish intact. Seriously, this nail
polish looks so high-end! It might not seem like it in the photos, but in
person it looks so luxurious! I actually feel sorry that u have to remove it
and go to the next one, I love it so much! So I suppose thanks are in order to
mum for picking this brilliant, almost perfect nail polish! Cheers! I might’ve
never bought it myself, look what I’d be missing then! Seriously, if you can
buy BEL nail polishes, do so! They are a worthy opponent to OPIs, even being
better than them in a lot of ways and they cost a fraction of the price! So do
yourself a favour and buy this spectacular nail polish! You’ll love it, I just
know it! Absolutely recommend it!
Rating: 8/10
Would buy again? Absolutely YES
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