Clinique A Different Nail Enamel for Sensitive Skins

Clinique have finally brought nail varnishes back!!

A Different Nail Enamel for Sensitive Skins, not a catchy name but the colours are eye catching and the packaging is pretty!

'packaging'

They have 12 colours here to stay, including a basecoat/topcoat, and 9 limited edition shades for the summer. The permanent range has a variety of easy to wear shades with your classic reds and pinks but also some stronger shades of deep red and slate, whereas the summer range has some more daring colours with yellow, blue, green,silver and fluro coral!

'Hot Date'

The bottles are quite similar to Nails Inc bottles but a bit skinnier and taller but the enamel itself is very unique. Like the rest of Clinique's range, the enamels are allergy tested and suitable for sensitive skins. 

It may seem odd to be allergic or sensitive to nail varnish but it's not necessarily the hands that can be irritated by our nail varnish..did you know that we touch our faces up to 5,500 times a day? 

'Heart'

The colours I've tried so far have gone on smoothly although a few shades have taken quite a few layers to build up a strong, opaque finish. The enamels have a high gloss finish and are long wearing although I'd highly recommend using the 2in1 Basecoat/ Topcoat. when I've used another base coat and topcoat, It hasn't lasted quite as well as when I used the Basecoat/Topcoat.

'Black Honey'

I love the colours available and at £12 for 9ml, it's not too harsh a price point but I am slightly disappointed with the application and drying time. 'Happy' went on smoothly, only need a couple of coats and dried fairly quick but the others that I've tried so far have needed a few coats before you can get the strong uniformed colour and then have taken a while to dry...I get pretty impatient as I dont often have very long to just sit around waiting for my nails to dry! 

 I'd give these an 8/10..They are still high quality given that they've had to be tested and formulated for sensitive skins but there is room for improvement on consistancy, application and drying time for sure!

Although, if I was someone that was normally allergic to  nail enamels and didn't have the choice to wear any ones I wanted, then I'd be rating them 10/10!!