Are you a staunch gel manicure devotee? This genuinely quick-drying nail polish may sway you!
, favouring the efficiency of a fortnightly salon appointment over failed attempts to self-administer a manicure with my own hands., £7.99 each. A nail polish that promises to dry in 60 seconds, resist chips and be a breeze to apply. With salon doors continuing to remain closed, I gave it a go.Granted, my first run with this polish was applied by a professional . But when that manicure finally gave up the ghost after an impressive 10 days of wear, I tried it with my own fair hands.
Firstly, the shade range is spectacular. Think the muted colour palette of a 70s interior designer: avocado green, mustard yellow, cornflower blue, butterscotch beige, bathroom-suite peach. Very cool and very now. Secondly, the brush. I have NEVER been good at painting my own nails. Honestly, my manicures have all the neatness of a Jackson Pollock painting, so I welcome any form of innovation that promises a tidier finish.For Expressie, that innovation is the shape of the brush. The bristles are slightly clipped at the corner, giving it the kind of curvature you need to tuck it neatly at the side of the cuticles, which is especially helpful for your non-dominant hand.
Given the nail industry’s many attempts at a genuinely fast-drying polish over the years, I was unsurprisingly dubious of Expressie’s 60-second claim. But I really shouldn’t have been. After a minute my nails were so bone dry, I could pull up a pair of tight jeans without them smudging. They weren’t dry-to-the-touch or a-bit-tacky-but-dry, they were dry-dry.How does it work? Well, the polish contains faster-acting solvents and solvent-releasing resins which allow it to dry in record time.
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