I love painting my nails, but due to my job being in health care I am not allowed to wear nail polish to work. I therefore really enjoy painting my nails at the weekend for a treat, and prefer to have a few selective but high quality nail polishes. I purchased this Nails Inc polish in the Jermyn Street shade for the price of £11 from my local Boots. The shade is a dark taupe colour, it is a natural shade that goes with all colours of clothing, and for this reason I bought it thinking I could wear it all weekend with different outfits.

The polish comes in a clear, round glass bottle with a silver lid. The polish has the Nails Inc logo on the front of the bottle. The bottle is of high quality and looks stylish and classy. The nail polish brush is a standard polish brush, but I do find it to be a little thinner than some other nail polishes I have owned. While many nail polish brushes will spread out allowing you to paint the whole nail in one sweep, I find it takes 2-3 sweeps in the middle of the nail and each corner with the Nails Inc brush. The brush is smooth and does not leave any marks on the polish. It is easy to get a tidy finish with the brush.

I found that with one coat of this polish, the colour looked slightly patchy and uneven. After a second coat however, the colour was even and was the exact shade it looked through the bottle. I was pleased with the shade of the polish and found that it was exactly what I was expecting. It dries nice and shiny which i love.

After carefully painting 2 coats of polish and allowing it to dry, my nails looked gorgeous. However I am disappointed to report that within a few hours of wearing the polish, it started to chip. The chipping continued and within 24 hours the polish looked awful, I had to remove it and re-apply. I was thoroughly unhappy with this as for such a top of the range polish, I would expect it to last a little longer than this.

Perhaps if I had applied a clear top coat the polish would have lasted longer, however I simply cannot be bothered with any more than 2 coats of polish when painting my nails. In the past I have used plenty of other cheaper nail polish brands that did not chip as quickly even with only one coat. For the price of this product, I would have expected a longer lasting polish.

For the reasons above, I am giving the Nails Inc product just 2 stars. It is not something I would be buying again!

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