Revlon Nail Enamel Review

I love that Revlon always has a huge range of colours and so it's easy to be picky! I especially love the shade "Minted". It is a beautiful, almost grayed out, mint green colour (hence the name). I've always eyed Essie's 'Mint Candy Apple' but noticed that it is a bit too bright and blue for my liking. I love Minted as it is slightly more toned down and muted but still vibrant, fresh and cute.

Generally, I think that Revlon's colour selection is awesome HOWEVER the staying power of the polish as a whole truly isn't all that great.

It chips extremely easily and I have found that with numerous other Revlon Nail Polishes I own. I kind of want a polish that will 'provide up to 10 days of lasting colour and shine' WITHOUT the need of investing on several other products. I am quite lazy with my nails, haha.

I've been collecting a whole lot of these lately, I really love the formula, it's a lot thinner than most polishes which I quite like and it dries very quickly. I find that it lasts around 3 days, which I don't mind as I like to change my nail colour regularly. It takes about 2 or 3 coats for an opaque coverage depending on the colour, some are even fine with just 1.

I have a few of these nail polishes in varying shades. While the polish applies really beautifully and there is a wide selection of shades available, this is not one of my favourites. The brush is quite short which once you're used to it, actually works really well. The problem I have is that the polish always ends up streaky. With the darker shades 2 coats usually evens it out, but with the lighter shades I have applied 3 coats and still have streaks.

Even with applying a top coat the polish still ends up chipping, some times as soon as the next day.

I have this in a dusky rose shade that doesn't look so great in the bottle, but once applied it is gorgeous. Many polishes look like they'd be lovely on but when you apply them there's something lacking - with the Revlon enamel I didn't have that trouble. It's also quite long wearing :)

I have quite a few shades of Revlon nail enamel, and the colours are all gorgeous. Theres no streaking when you apply them. The slim line brush and bristles allow a good application, and drying time is fairly quick. Im always quite tough on my hands, so most of my polishes chip quite easily, but this brand seems to stay on just a little longer. The bottles are pretty and the wider bottom is good for ensuring it wont tip over if you bump them.

The brush is really one of the best - easy application as brush is narrow, and the bottle is convenient to hold. First coat dried quickly and second coat took slightly longer (normal). I do find however that it wears off the tips fairly quickly even with a top coat. This for me was the only down side. Love the colours.

It's slightly translucent and not as opaque as I'd hoped. I needed three layers before the colour looked even. Chipped quite easily even though I had top coat over it but that might be because I play piano.

As it is an enamel and not a polish, it is a bit more difficult to work with.

The bottle is nice and classy, with a nice long handle for the brush making it easy to work with. The brush is nice and thin as well which makes it easy to guide where the polish goes, but where I normally need 3 strokes to cover my nail, I need about 5 to cover my nail with this.

Now as it is an enamel, it is more runnier, so I find that it drips from the brush really easily, and when you try to wipe the excess off, there is hardly any left on the brush to coat your nails.

I also find that I need a good 3-5 coats of this polish for it to be really opaque.

And it doesn't last very long, while it doesn't chip, it starts to fade from the nail tip almost as soon as it's dry.

It also takes a LONG time to dry. So long that when you try putting on a second coat, it smudges the first, even when I've waited 5 minutes.

I have had a hard time with this nail polish. i love the different coloures and shades but it never applies well for me. I always get a streaky, uneven finish and have had discolouring of the nail polish too after a few days.

I really like the colours available from Revlon, and the bottles are nice to look at too. I don't like the thin brush in these polishes as it takes too many strokes to complete a coat. Because they take awhile to dry, it's easy to mess up your second coat as it takes more strokes and smudges the first coat - making hard to get a good opaque even coverage. I find this too frustrating to buy more of these polishes. I have several in both light and dark shades as I kept wanting to give them a chance... I think if you want a light, transparent coat of polish like a shimmery see through pink or something, they would be fine. Not the best for a strong bold colour.