Friday, June 26, 2015

Jelly Belly Scented Nail Polish Review

So awhile back while I was strolling through Dollarama here in Montreal, I came across this set of mini polishes. 3$ for 5 little 7.4ml bottles, good deal right ? 


WRONG !!!! 

Biggest waste of 3$ ever ! 

That's sayin' something considering that I love colecting polishes of all kinds, and I happen to love Dollarama and ALMOST never complain about anything I purchase there. 

The colors are vibrant....in the bottle. As you can see from the pics I'm about to post below, to get them as vibrant as you see in the bottles, you need at LEAST 2 coats, and the more coats you put on, the easier it is for it to peel, and that's withOUT using a basecoat underneath. 



As you can see on this hand, this is only one coat of the polish. The pink is barely visible.












As for the scents....THEY STINK ! And not in a good way either. The red especially, it smells like strong paint. I'm sorry, but nail polish isn't supposed to smell like something to paint your walls at home with. I KNOW its a dollar store product, but come on. The pink, smells more like pina colada than bubble gum, the green smells nothing like kiwi, but smells kinda ok, and the blue is the only one that actually smells nice, but again, smells nothing like what the label claims its supposed to smell like. 

In the pic over that way>>>>> 


that's my left hand, with 2 coats of the polish, except the pink. The pink was about 3 or 4 coats and still barely visible. Don't get me wrong, I like the color, I just don't like how transparent it is. Might be good as a basecolor for like a french mani or something though.

What really makes it not worth the money is the fact that it peels so easily. I had it on for maybe 20 minutes and it was already starting to peel. Mind you, it was the hand with multiple coats, but even the hand with just one coat was peeling as well. Nail polish is NOT supposed to do that. I mean sure, if you're using it on a child, then its fine, but what adult really wants to have a nail polish start to peel within less than an hour of putting it on ? 

That's all for now, my point is, unless you're planning on using it for your child, then go for it, but if its for yourself, don't waste your 3$ ! 

Below are close ups of the bottles so you can see the colors betters.