Nails Inc | Kensington High Street

Hello Lovelies!

Yes I know don't shoot me but I bought another nail polish. (Actually another two but more on that later!) I have been eying up the Gel Effect Polishes from Nails Inc for months now! I have only ever tried Nails Inc from freebies with magazines and I had always been impressed with the quality and the colours. So when they brought out the "Gel Effects" I knew I had to get my hands on some. There were two colours in particular that I was loving the look of and ended up buying both (oops!) One was Porchester Square and the other is the one I am going to tell you about today which is Kensington High Street.You all know I love my dark, vampy reds like Chanel's Rouge Noir and Essie's Bahama Mama but apparently those just weren't enough and I added this to my collection! 

Now I did have a bit of a brain fart when it came to using this polish. I didn't actually realise that there is a hidden lid under the big rectangular lid you can see in the pictures (I didn't even know it at the time I was taking these pictures otherwise I would have shown you!) and struggled with painting my nails with that big clumpy lid for at least three nail-painting sessions! It was only when Karen posted about the one that she has and explained and showed in a picture that the lid actually came off that I had the miraculous moment where I ripped the lid off to reveal a much user friendly lid, sneaky one there Nails Inc!

The brush is really easy to use, it's not quite an Essie "fan-brush" but its definitely close and acceptable to use. The polish covers really nicely and goes on really even. I applied two coats to achieve complete opaqueness and once it dried it was so amazingly shiny! I applied my usual Seche Vite on top and they actually looked like Shellac! I got so many compliments on my nails while I was wearing this polish. The longevity is really impressive too! I applied this during my usual Sunday night pamper session and got to Thursday before they started to get a little bit worn and chipped, and that was during till work, typing, pulling at boxes and lot of other randomness so it held up really well considering! 

So between this and Porchester Square I think I have a good base for a collection started! What other shades would you recommend from the Gel Effect line because I feel yet another expensive addiction coming on! If you are interested in picking up one of these polishes you can get them online here for €16.40 each.