Kiko: Nail Lacquer

Hi fellow nomads,

Things have gone Kiko Crazy here on A Nesting Nomad this week, and today is the turn of my brand new nail lacquer to take centre stage.

As you may have heard, I picked out a couple of items from the fabulous range in Kiko's Regent Street store and managed to limit myself to just one nail lacquer, despite many catching my eye. I thought I'd better test out the formula before I went totally crazy, and picked out my absolute favourite.

This here is the nail lacquer in 346 Olive Drab. I tend to go for slightly less conventional shades so I was drawn to the great range of greens they have - I tend to judge a range by how good their greens are. So many brands just don’t make greens, or make one rubbish one (usually full of sparkle - not my bag). Kiko has plenty, and I took a while to decide on this lovely shade.

What I like about the display in Kiko is that they have a roll of opaque tape by the nail polish display which you can stick on the back of your hand and use to swatch the shades. I think this is a brilliant idea and eliminates the awful moment when your new nail polish looks totally different on the nail than it does in the bottle.

Here's how it looks on the nails:

Interestingly, in natural light it looks much more blue toned, and in artificial (bright) light it looks like much more of a true green. I'd say the colour I see on my nails is much closer to the second photo than the first.

The formula was pretty thick and the brush is quite large as well, which means you have to take a little care in application. You can't just slap it on or you'll get in a terrible mess. What this does mean is that if you're careful, you can get a fully opaque nail in just one coat and, for some nails, just one stroke. Because it's so thick it does take some time to dry but can be hurried along with a quick setting top coat. I also think this would look beautiful with a matte top coat.

This wore extremely well and showed very minimal wear after a good 6 days on my nails. I was really impressed with both the shade range and the formula and I may well be back to pick up some of those other shades I left behind.

This bottle cost just £3.90 and is actually on offer online at the moment at a mere £2.50, which is a complete steal.

That's all I have for you today; you can breathe a sigh of relief that this isn't such a mammoth ramble as my eyeshadow review post from yesterday... Have you tried any Kiko nail lacquers? What did you think?

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the details of my Kiko breakthrough discovery...

-Rachel