Hey Beauty Lovers! Sorry I know I have been missing in action. My day job is a bit hectic at the moment. Today I am going to be talking to you about the CND Vinylux Weekly Polishes. I am a polish fanatic. There is not one color I don't have. But when I saw this new nail polish line in Trade Secrets, and they claim that the polish lasts up to 7 days on your nails I just had to test that theory out myself.
Now the catch for this 7 days long wear nail polish to work is only if you use their specific top coat. Each bottle of top coat or color is about $12 a piece. Which was around the same price as OPI once upon a time. I purchased a few colors, a nude, two summer colors, and two fall colors, plus the top coat. Now I haven't tried out the fall colors yet because I am still in summer mode so I only tested out the nude and summer shades from my nail polish spree. The line carries over 30 shades of different colors so there are lots to choose from.
Applying the polish is enjoyable. The formula is very thin, thinner then most polishes out there today. They dry pretty quickly which was a nice surprise. The top coat acts as a Gel Shellac type of finish. The formula of the top coat is a tinny bit thicker since it is a gel, but it applies very nicely onto the nail without it caking up looking like crap. It dries very quickly so you need to be quick when applying the top coat.
So I did a little experiment. I put this nail polish on myself, who does minimal house work since I still live at home. Then I put it on my mother who uses her bare hands with house cleaners for around the house. Dish soap, bathroom tile scrubs, pots and pans scrubs etc.
My nail polish lasted about five days on my hands with very minimal chipping. Which is great because if you know me, I change my nail polish every 2nd to 3rd day. Only because I enjoy the change in colors. My mom however, with all the heavy duty cleaning she does daily, the nail polish started chipping by the second day. So you may ask me , is it worth the money to go and spend on this line? Well it depends who I am talking to really. If you are the type of woman who does the heavy duty cleaning daily, then maybe don't use this line as a daily polish. Save this line for special occasions or if you go away on a trip. Not worth the money if all you will keep getting is chips by the second day because your a clean freak, stick to you normal nail polishes of OPI, china glaze etc. If you are the type of woman who saves her cleaning for one day a week, then by all means knock your socks off with this line, you will definitely enjoy it. And if you are the type of woman who doesn't clean at all because you have a cleaning lady, then hell you are probably capable enough to buy this entire line!
The Shades are very pigmented out of the ones I purchased, and are very enjoyable. As for the claim to last 7 days, well I think that all depends on your lifestyle and not the polish.
The color I am wearing in the photo below is Tropix.
The colors I purchased are listed below:
Lobster Roll (coral)
Tropix (bright pink)
Faux Fur (dark chocolate brown)
Rock Royalty (royal purple)
Impossibly Plush (nude)
Until next time beauty lovers
MacGirl25 ❤🍹💋
