I have used CND in the colour Hot Chilis for the last 13 years- it was a staple red in my collection, I had a brief affair recently with another shimmery red but it didn't work out so well and I went out and picked up Hot Chilis again but this time it's the Vinylux formula. I picked it up at my local Life Pharmacy. *** recent observation*** it says no base coat required but it stains my nails terribly- I guess you take the good with the bad!
It states it lasts 7 days but unfortunately with my nails in their terrible condition it lasted about 5 before it started to show signs of wear. Considering all other regular polishes only last 24 hours in me before chipping this is still very good.
The formula is a great consistency- it's easy to get an even, thin coat painted on and two coats gives a rich, even colour. The nail polish odour is average strength- I have used other polishes that have a much stronger, nose hair burning odour. I hope to get a few more of these, I might dare to say it could be my favorite nail polish.
I absolutely love having painted nails but chipped nails really do my head in. I have tried a shellac nail polish before and while the wear was fantastic not practical for me to reapply all the time so gel long wearing nail polish is where its at for me.
I picked up the CND vinylux nail polish in the colour cake pop, in the bottle it looks like a very light white based pink. This nail polish bottle is a little bit sleeker looking and the brush is quite a bit smaller than I had imagined (I think im used to the Sally Hansen brushes) I was a little concerned by the brush that maybe it would be more on the streaky side.
I prepped my nails (buffed and filed) before painting. The consistency of this nail polish was fantastic, only two coats of this colour to get a perfectly opaque colour with no streaks – magic ! and I finished off with the Weekly Vinylux top coat. Even though the brush was quite small it was very easy to use. The finished colour is a very opaque white based pink (quite a chalky type colour) its not a soft pink at all its quite a cool pink tone erring more to the side of a cool lilac in some lights. I absolutely loved this colour – it may not be for everyone but this is one of the best colour finds I have had – Love !!!
Drying time was also very quick maybe between 5-10 minutes for the whole process so this was a mega bonus as im always quick to touch it too soon or find something I need to do that moment and ruin my polish.
Now to the longetivity test - my normal day consists of something like gym, work in an office on a computer all day , home walk the dog and im always doing some sort of housework and we have a never ending pile of dishes so while my hands don’t get as strenous workout as some they definitely get a fair bit in their day. I got to day 4 before any sort of chip appeared and this was on the inside corner of my thumb, so nothing to major. It really lasted me a solid week before I wanted to take this off and start again but truthfully if your not super pedantic about a few little chips you could easily keep wearing. For me this is more than enough I like to change up my colours so I don’t really need anything more than a week.
It was just as easy to remove as it was to apply with a just a normal acetone free nail polish remover. I will definitely be buying more of this little beauties and would highly recommend these.