Yes please do a video on the "five free" (seven free, etc.) thing! I'm interested what the common ingredients are, and how many brands actually still use them. That might be kind of research heavy compared to the normal nail polish content.
Second this ! There’s so much info and fake information in regards to what’s safe, cruelty free in the polish etc. and some companies have flat out lied. I let my natural nails grow and most of the polish I’ve tried damages them to a point i never paint them 😢
If you do decide to do a video about this and come across the EWG website or anything while researching, be careful with them because they have a history of being inconsistent and basing their claims on shaky research.
Thank you for that PSA about the numbers. I keep watching these brands use higher and higher free numbers, and it has gone from appreciated to a little odd lol.
I decided to check out what the 21 “ingredients” were and here are some examples: #17: synthetic fragrance - is fragrance used in nail polish regularly, I doubt it but I’m not sure. #18: Animal Cruelty - not an ingredient by any definition. #19: Silicones: as far as I know the only reason people worry about this is because some silicones weighs some people’s hair down in hair products. I can’t think of why it would be a concern for nails. #20: Gluten - why would this be in nail polish? #21: Sulfates - this is the type of ingredient in a lot of soap and cleaning products that make it foam. The main concern with them is that some types are too harsh of a cleaning agent. I can think of no reason why it would be used in nail polish. It’s stuff like this that makes me wary of “clean” beauty brands.
@@KelliMarissa In light of this I think you should for sure do a video on this topic ! I think there is probably more of an interest then one would imagine and a lot of confusion about the clean makeup trend . Thank You !
Many nail polishes (and other cosmetic products) contain wheat protein or similar things which contain gluten. For a normal user, it's not an importnant thing. If you are highly allergic to it, it can lead to bad situations.
I'm Indian. We have some pretty good nail polishes here and I'll probably never buy most of the ones you show us, Kelly. But I still come back to each one of your videos- I guess it's for the visual ASMR of you applying them 😍
What are some of your favorite polishes? My Indian friend who is also into nails is getting married next month and her parents will hopefully be able to travel here to attend! I might see if I we can get her parents to bring some cool polishes xD They're already bringing some makeup.
@@sgsummerisle you should ask them to bring you Nykaa polishes. It's the Indian Sephora. Also, colorbar makes some good nail products. ❤️ Beromt is an indie brand that to me is the Indian counterpart for Holo Taco!
+arpita3191 *I understand medium-warm red tips to be a staple of Hindu feminine culture.* Deeper reds complement darker skin tones. The entertainment industry is obsessed with fairer skin tones, which brighter reds (e.g. O·P·I®/Wella Nail Lacquer P/N NLN25 "Big Apple Red") would complement. I cannot rule out oranges, corals, and fuchsias being options available on the Indian Subcontinent.
Really nicely done review! When you said that it applies as smoothly as any standard nail polish, a little alarm bell went off in my head, so I went to the nails inc website, picked a Plant Power polish, and read the ingredient list. Ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, nitrocellulose, adipic acid/neopentyl glycol/trimlitic anhydride copolymer, acetal tributyl citrate, alcohol, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, stearalkonium bentonite, trimethylsiloxisylicate, isopropyl alcohol, phosphoric acid, benzoguanamine, caprylic/capric triglyceride, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, etc., a familiar enough list for those of us obsessive enough to have memorized some of these chemical names. Like almost all chemicals used in nail polish, these ingredients can mostly be traced back to some sort of plant or mineral origin, but to call this a “plant-based” polish seems a bit of a stretch. (Honestly I was hoping for some sort of magical soy polymer in a water or alcohol base.) The good news is that pretty much any standard 5-free or 7-free polish will have the exact same list of chemical ingredients as this one, so buy what you like and don’t pay a premium for what amounts to a big marketing gimmick. The bad news is that (sigh) no one has actually come up with a decent plant-based nail polish formula that lives up to the hype yet.
I was under the impression that the ingredients are the "same", but they're sourced from plants rather than synthetic chemicals - I could be wrong about that though! Are the ingredients different in other plant based formulas? I've found that all plant based brands I've tried worked very well!
I would add to this that if the ingredients are extracted from plants there may be more processing required (and possibly more intermediate chemicals needed to refine) than a synthetic version so it’s important to be careful of assuming that ‘plant based’ is better by default
If you ever ask, "Should I review xyz?" I'm gonna say yes cause I want your opinion (and swatch) of EVERY polish ever xD And I think you should make the polish chemical video because even just my immediate friends and family ask me that all the time xD It would be a really good resource and I bet you could make a very clickworthy title. I have a very similar style to you, and dress very close to how I wanted to look in the late nineties/early 2000s xD The only difference is I used to be more into goth glamour, but now I'm more into goth grunge/biker goth kind of looks. I try to stay kind of understated, but also be the kind of person where people are like, "Ah, that person has a style." I feel like you balance your look very well. There are some youtubers who look kind of jarring in their thumbnails, and that's definitely a cool choice, but you always look approachable yet cool.
Oh gosh thank you haha! Yeah I always want to be able to sort of "pull it back" if that makes sense, like I enjoy dressing up but sometimes I also want to stand out a bit less or look more "office appropriate" haha!
Thank you for commenting on nail kale. I was hoping keli would review it. I've been with my nails since I decided to go natural after years if damage from acrylics. Often I have had issues with ridge fillers and other therapeutic base coats.
This brand is a UK product and they have just brought out a magnetic polish, magnet is in top of cap, in four shades, I have just ordered 1in pink to see what it does. I have used nails Inc for a few years and their base coat is also a strengthner. Nice to see you demonstrating this band
They've released several magnetic polishes in the past, when they still had their round bottles. They were pretty good, so I would imagine the new ones would be too.
Lately I've been wearing a lot of their polishes. Can confirm, it is long wear! I can usually go 7-10 days with minimal, if any chipping. And I wash my hands a lot at work and it stays on well (with a good top/base coat of course lol) I would love to see you review more of their other polishes! I haven't tried plant based, although now I'm curious to try it!
Thanks for yet another detailed and much appreciated video. I actually bought one of their sets last week and really loved the 1 coat full coverage and the 15 second top coat, not sure if someone else mentioned it but if you put the cap on it’s side it’s a place holder for your finger and there’s a way to try on the polish before painting too but I can’t think of how to describe it in words I seen the owner on HSN explain it. I personally think the brush is the best I’ve used to date and I love the formula mainly because I suffer from severe allergies to numerous chemicals so I can’t use any gel or acrylate products and it’s hit or miss if I have an allergic outbreak from a Polish. So far I’m good with the colors I’ve tried definitely going to try a few more so adding them to my ever growing wish list there’s just so many beautiful colors to try and not enough days. I too change my polish every 2-3 days it’s just soooo much fun!!
I’m from the UK and there are a lot more PP colours available over here . There is a beautiful apple green called Mother Earths Calling , a turquoise blue called Just Avoca- Do it , Soul Surfing is a gorgeous Periwinkle Blue that I have . There is a beautiful Gold Shimmer polish in the Dont Stop Be -Leafing duo that comes with a deep leaf green cream & they have just released an iridescent white polish Glowing Somewhere . They do a great black & a white polish in their 45 second Speedy Gloss range that are both full coverage in one coat for me Hopefully all these gems will be available over the pond soon xxx
I wish brands would get on biodegradability, even though that's always relative, but I've seen 'green' nail polish formulas with polyethylene, and microplastics are a pretty big pollution issue. Obviously most nail polish ingredients aren't appropriate for compost, but some are worse than others, and some are just fine. AZO dyes (like red 5) are petroleum based, but break down well in soil with just normal soil bacteria, in studies.
As someone who was a teen in the late 90s in Seattle, I declare you not only Kellimo, but honorary alt-grunge. My standard outfit back then was jeans or black leggings, a band tee shirt, flannel & a leather jacket. Cardigans when it’s cold. Jewelry was optional but usually silver and black, with studded belts & collars. History lesson; That’s really just the way people in the northwest dressed. Not everyone. Wealthy people had their own style & as hip hop grew in the mid 90s, it’s fashion followed. But most working class adults & the young people into rock /pop/even country music. A combination of the logging history, economic depression and (most significantly) the weather. At the time, glam metal was big so when you looked at nirvana or Alice In Chains it was dramatically different than poison or Motley Crue. They weren’t made up, they just dressed like they would if they weren’t on stage. It was called “rocker” occasionally but wasn’t really thought of as fashion. When a surge of northwest bands got big, it pretty quickly became known as “grunge”. The style was accompanied by a deeper lyrical substance than many of the popular bands at that time, which is probably responsible for the success. There was a lot of fluff (sex/drugs/rock n roll) & these bands were a little darker & cynical, and angsty, so they tapped into something gen x had been missing. But “grunge” really isn’t a musical genre, it’s more a time period with a central location. Like San Francisco hippies. As grunge spread outside the northwest it began being called “alternative”. For generations of my family, flannel was standard. In fact, in 2016 my dad died. My self, mom, sister, brother, husband & niece each took one of his flannels to remember him by. Jeans were ripped through wear & the inability to just by another pair meant it became acceptable to wear ripped jeans. When “grunge” got big I remember seeing some higher end department stores advertising flannel shirts & pre-ripped jeans for literally 10 times the usual cost. I regularly had purple streaks in my hair. I was never big on makeup but when I wore it it would have been classified “goth” style. I gave up the leather on moral grounds but I’ve been thinking of getting one since there are much better fake leathers these days. What amazes me is that my 16 year old niece is usually in ripped jeans, a flannel & band tee shirt. Studded belt, pocket chain, pink streaks in her hair. Just this month (oct 2021) she turned 16 & got a nose stud. If I could just transplant her back in time 30 years, she’d go insane without her phone, but no one would have a second thought about her style. Beyond asking who 21 pilots are. I think Kelli would fit in perfectly too. Grunge lives on! Emo was a little later &, at least in my circle, was a less dramatic version of goth. It was associated with the Cure musically & a kinda mopey, bleak outlook. It’s meaning has changed, I know, but when I hear the term “emo” my first thought is still dreariness & of miserable, dejected teens in all black. Not at all Kelli. I’m claiming her as grunge 🤣😂
Thank you for clarifying the “10 to 21 free” business. It is confusing and I WAS alarmed 😂 I am always searching for plant-based vegan polishes! And, as always, nobody beats your swatch reviews
I think you'd also enjoy their avocado green creme, Bottomless Brunch! It's in their standard formula. It's super pretty and unique and opaque in 2 coats.
Woo-hoo! So happy to see you review my favourite mainstream brand. Saying that, I've not tried the plant power range yet, but I'm sure I'll love it! Nails Inc polish names used to be really cool - they were London street and place names. I'm not so thrilled with the names now. They definitely ruined a good thing there.
The fake cap thing is really ironic with this seeing as they're doing plant-based nail polish which is supposed to be more sustainable, and yet they're still producing unnecessary waste 😂
Also Ash-wood as an ingredient is not a very sustainable choice since it's a hardwood that is getting more and more endangered. Sometimes the synthetic ingredients might be more ecologically sustainable especially if they are a sideproducts from some industry and would otherwise go to waste. I also hope that nothing edible is used in these plant-based products because that would just be insane 😂
The caps are Mini Nail Bars for you to rest your hand on whilst on a table or to pinch if you're out and about and have to fix a scrape. You can also see what the colour will look like on your hand by placing the bottle on top of a nail and the concave base will show you the result.
Nails inc actually has a line of chocolate scented nail polish and it smells GREAT. However I got them last year and haven’t worn them again yet (since they’re very fall/winter) and the color has done a REALLY weird separation thing in the bottle that won’t go away even when you shake it. As if whatever makes them smell chocolate has separated out….
Nail inc last like 2 hours on me and I have two girls that have also used them and they only lasted like 1 day with out chipping and they are so expensive xx
Hi Kelli! great review. So that was all the mystery behind the wooden cap bottles. As you might remember, I was so eager to see the swatches since you put them in your polish tower. I am all in for the dark colored ones. The lighter shades are too much work. I mean, three layers is too much work. I concur with you that the names are very strange. When I was learning English, my phrases sounded like that. And just as you, I think it's very weird that there is a plastic cap underneath the wooden cap.
I'd be interested in seeing swatch and reviews for the other Nails Inc polishes. Sally's just got in a bunch of specialty polishes--marble effect top coats, metallics, color changing, etc.--and I've been highly tempted to blow my entire paycheck testing them out, but I'm poor. 😑
So glad you said that about the “free” aspect of nail polish ingredients because I was just coming here to the comments to mention it. It really blew my mind when I found out.
How well do plant based formulas last on the nails and in storage? Been loving colors like "What's your spirituality?" So drawn to them recently. Edit. You answered toward the end 💜 That's awesome that they perform on par!
+ColorExpression +kellimarissa *Acetone-free? Goes without saying!* Ethanone, or acetone as popularly named, is a petrochemical solvent meant to remove any unreinforced enamels and lacquers; caution, it also dissolves certain plastics. Certain cosmetics chemists are trying to discover a better vehicle for the pigments than the petrochemical-derived ethyl and butyl ethanoates (or ethyl and butyl acetates as popularly named). Nitrocellulose, popularly known a century ago as guncotton, is a vegetable-derived staple of nail paints.
You are definitely not weird in thinking some of the names were weird, they were. But wow, some of those colors are so vibrant and beautiful! I've never cared too much about this brand, but I wouldn't be opposed to owning some of them. Thanks for another awesome video, Kellemo. ;) 💜
I found a polish at CVS yesterday that I’ve never heard of but the bottle definitely spiked my interest. It’s called Pop*arazzi! They are 4.99 a bottle, would love your thoughts on that. They also have a hand cream for nails, cuticles and hands. Smells really good and not greasy.
I have a Pop*arazzi topper I really like. Their clear polish fell flat for me, but hey, you got to appreciate their making it anyway. No one makes plain clear polish anymore.
Interesting video, thanks Kelli! I wonder if the industry will ever get to a point where refills become more of a thing, if consumers are interested enough, and if it will even make enough of an impact? Granted large commercial enterprises are the biggest problem we have. This is just me assuming, but I get the feeling that most people throw out bottles entirely, and a smaller percentage of people probably try to recycle what they can. As a quick example, I go through one bottle of Cirque's "Hedonist" a year. I would gladly clean out and keep the same bottle, cap and brush, if I could just refill it with polish. I don't know if there'll ever be a good solution, but I'd like to see the industry try more things.
I have actually tried plant based nail polish, not from this brand, but by another brand that is widely available in Denmark, called Nail kind. And their cremes Are absolutly amazing, and so pretty. I think you would love Them Kelli, the colors Are stunning, hence why i have over 30 of Them 😅😂
LOL about your confusion about the names. They're a British company, so their reference points can be way different than that of Americans. Brits also tend to have weird puns and rhyming slang going on with everything. So I'm pretty sure that "What's Your Spirituality?" is a snarky send up of "What's your sexuality?" I know I've heard the "Spiritual Gangster" thing in my British TV/film forays, but I can't remember exactly where right now. I almost have the reference for "Swear by Salutation," but it's one of those things that squirms away when I get close to figuring it out. It'll come to me a week or two from now, and I'll feel stupid for not making the immediate connection. As for the colors, I love the blues and that taupe-beige is outstanding. I'm not fond of the rest, but that's my personal taste, nothing wrong with any of the colors, really. If they're your thing. They're just not mine.
They're a UK brand, so I think the names aren't that odd to a Brit, maybe. None of them stood out to me as weird, anyway. I counted 23 of these on Nail Polish Direct's website, including a very bright green. I might have to give them a go. I've not (yet) found anyone doing reviews of UK brands so it's really hard to see swatches before buying.
Now I haven't tried their plant formula but I did get some Nails Inc a few months ago from Sally Beauty! Honestly I like them aside from the thermal I bought which doesn't thermal at all. Pretty shade but zero color shifting. The others are fun, I tried some scented ones, some shimmers and even some textured! What on Earth is super gorgeous.
I would expect the smell would be a bit more "natural" instead of "chemical" is that what you experienced? I also wonder what is the solvent in those nail polishes...
@@shinyshinythings But if it is really fully plant based it shouldn't contain Ethylacetate and/or Butylacetate which is the main smell of all polishes....
@@pgScorpio it contains both ethyl acetate and butyl acetate. It claims to be "73% plant power", so it's not claiming to be fully plant based. I'm kinda skeptical about how different these "plant-based" polishes are from typical vegan 5/7-free polishes, the top ingredients are the same.
Love this review!! So thorough :D I recently bought three of them for a nail art video and I thought the formula was a bit thin for nail art and was quite slow drying, but surprisingly pigmented and I’m definitely in love with the colour of the Mother Earth green! I also think the green could be a one coater but did need to do a couple of layers for bolder art when it was on top of another colour!
I live in Japan and this brand is crazy expensive here. However the ladies at the counter are really nice and you can actually try all the polishes on your nails by yourself. I have bought several bottles in spite of the price. It feels like I was paying for the service. The polish itself was pretty good and indeed long lasting.
I’m very skeptical of anything that’s completely plant based or heavy on botanicals. As someone with strong hay fever (pollen allergies) I have had rashes and allergic reactions to plant based hair products. I much prefer chemicals to avoid plant allergies.
my beef w nailsinc is that their best colors are not available in the u.s. 😅 i have been wanting their grass green color for ages but it's only on the uk site for shipping to uk addresses.
I love their NailKale Superfood Base Coat! It smells really good as well! 😅🤣 Like what I imagine Remy was talking about in Ratatouille... "A few drops from this sweet grass." 🌱 I'm not sure if it has actually helped strengthen my nails but it's all I wear directly on my nails because I appreciate a better smelling polish SO much. I think all of their polishes have that giant false cap, which I agree is wasteful but maybe they wanted to keep that same brand recognition. 🤔 Loved this review as always!
The cap is a Mini Nail Bar so you can rest your finger on it when it sits on your table. You can pinch the cap and use it when out and about if you needed to fix a scrape. You can also see what a colour will look like on by placing the bottle on top of your nail and the concave base will make it appear you are wearing the colour.
Nails Inc has nice colours, brush, and formula, I love their NailPure line, but their marketing… 🙊 the ‘free list’ is deceptively high, and their ‘lit from within’ polish doesn’t actually light up on your nails, it’s just a clear based glitter topper with a bulb in the BOTTLE that lights up briefly when you shake it LOL
I have a few of the OPI Nature Strong shades and noticed that they smelled better/different too. They almost smelled a bit like sawdust - was that how the Nails Inc. plant-based polishes smelled?
Hmm, I haven't smelled sawdust enough to confirm haha! But I guess I could smell that sort of sweet wood kind of scent?? I'm terrible at identifying smells to be honest LOL
Hi Kelli! I love the "Mani Meditation." I have a similar color from OPI called "Let's Be Friends." It is also a cream. I know that Sally's sells these plant based polishes, but sometimes they don't have the colors that I like. I usually go for lighter colors bc I'm pretty pale. Especially, in the winter. If I do try these I will just get them online. I am kind of interested to see how these polishes go on my nails since I've never tried plant based polish. Great video! Thanks, Kelli.
Do a beetle gel Polish review compared to other gel Polish brands you have please. I have fallen in love with Beetles gel formula but I’m only comparing it to Sensationail
I learned about this just a little bit ago, but any polish that dries like a laquer is not technically "halal friendly" polish. I've read a bunch of debates back and forth, and many people agree that the only really halal friendly polish is more of a nail stain. It was a really interesting afternoon of research!
Yes please do a video on 5-free (and up)! Tulane is the fifth that is in many "3-free" and "4-free" topcoats (like super glossy taco) and it is a byproduct of the petroleum process. Past Tulane seems fishy to me, even just '8-free"
Hi Kelly, I enjoy your videos but I want to make a suggestion. I would love it if you would talk about the brushes of the different polish brsnds. For me, the brush makes a huge difference in how accurately I'm able to paint. Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you so much for the feedback Annette! Great minds think alike because a few months after this video, I started mentioning the type of brush the brand has at the "pricing and availability" portion of my reviews! 😄❤️ I can go more in depth in the future though if that helps 😋💅
Hi Kelli! have you thought about including something about the difficulty of removal for certain polishes? For example, crellies, flakies, glitters, etc. I sometimes am not sure if I should use a peel off base coat. Thanks 🥰
Would love a "five free" video. I think I'd describe my style as "casual mermaid." My hair always has green or purple or blue somewhere in it, and most of my clothes are in that palette as well. Though I also just wear really bright stuff that hurts your eyes to look at.
Hello. I like Nails Inc., when I found them really cheap, I went for it. I tried the Plant Power and the only difference I found, it's the smell(at this point I bet it's a fragrance they added, nothing new on the solvents front). If I checked the ingredients and compare it to other of their formulas, I wouldn't have bothered to try this one. As the host pointed out, the "free from" are used often as marketing when popular names go around, also when the product doesn't normally have the infamous substance. Keep rumbling about Nails Inc., if they were committed to "sustainability", they would have change all the plastic where they could, they have being around for awhile, so I don't think they are still finishing the other stock. Like other brands, once the "better for us" is being trailed and well received, why not use only that one? Another thing that I like to nag about/point out, they advertise they are very special, their colour don't separate, true to bottle in one coat, etc. when they have the same issue as other brands on the same price range or lower. Their once "caviar top coat, now retinol" since Vegan is trending and posh caviar doesn't impress( it did nothing for my 2 flaky nails😮💨that's all I want)
I only brought this to test out the halal friendly. After the test, water doesn't go through the polish. So yeah. This one still smells like normal polish. The Barry m plant based polish doesn't have a strong smell and it seems to dry quicker than I though
Are you going to review the new orly release? Can’t wait!! Also, have you used Butter base coat/top coat? Saw review that they are really good? My standard is orly, cuccio and halo taco. 🖤Kellimo
I really like this brand and find them easy to work with. But those prices! Whenever you post these nail polishes for 10 dollars it kills me as the prices are doubled here in Japan. $24 for Nails inc, $22 for Essie and OPI!!!! I keep waiting till I can go back to the US to make some major nail polish splurges but Covid is still preventing us in Japan from traveling.
Yeah any brand can say they are ‘100 free’ too lol. Excluding anything can count towards it. I learned from a nail tech/teacher that really anything over 3 free isn’t any better. It’s just excluding more things but it doesn’t make it worse than the 3 free.
Do plant based polishes last long? People have polishes for years with ugly bottle syndrome but can shake & be good. Is it the same for plant based or is the shelf life shorter?
Back in the early 2000 I worked with an Emo girl and she called me her Closet Goth Mom because I wanted to dress Goth but felt I was "too old". Now I don't care and I was so happy when I lost enough weight to finally shop at Hot Topic.
I have what's your spirituality I bought it hoping it would be a dupe for Nails Inc Porchester square but the tones are a bit different. I found I didn't enjoy the plant version as much as Nails Inc's usual lines
Do you get PR from Holo Taco? Or do you just get your orders quickly because you live in the same state it ships from? Or is it both? Just curious. Lol
+wingsonwater *The complications of recyclable packaging really hit the brush inclusion.* Pighair, popularly known as boar bristle, is too stiff for nail paint application. It's not easy to jam doubled horsehair into the hollow end of a hickory dowel and have it stay; expediency dictates plastic for the brush shaft.
Whether a nail polish is vegan, cruelty free, halal, etc. doesn't matter to me, so the marketing hype of brands who tout these characteristics doesn't affect me. Packaging, same thing. I don't like a funny cap that I have to remove just to use the polish, no matter how pretty it may look. I pay attention to the brush shape, color, price, availability. For me personally, the mainstream salon brands and a few of the indie/boutique brands are fine. But... I do love all the nail polish topics and brands, and am always interested in exploring those issues theoretically.
Hi Hunni!! My Favourites Are: #1 Inner Peace Of Me #2 Time For A Reset #3 What On Earth? #4 U Okay Hun? First It Was 5 Free, Then 7 Free, Then 10 Free. Now It's 20 Free. I Bet Pretty Soon It'll Be 974 Free, And They'll All Just Be Clear Polishes. No Colour, No Smell, No Anything!!!
Very weird names, I agree. Only one that fits for me is the "U ok, Hun." I can picture a lady in a track suit, big hair in a pony tail, smacking on gum but genuinely wanting to know if you are okay because it might affect her day. LOL But I also need that one! And Spiritual Gangster. And pretty much anytime you say, I can do a video on xyz... I'm there for it!
Haha! Yeah these names really didn't fit for me. And I can def do a video about all these "free" things, it can be so confusing to navigate sometimes!! 😅😅
Yes please do a video on the "five free" (seven free, etc.) thing! I'm interested what the common ingredients are, and how many brands actually still use them. That might be kind of research heavy compared to the normal nail polish content.
It would be really fun to learn and share with you guys though!!
Ohh please do a collab with @Lab Muffin Beauty Science on that! That would be so neat.
Yes please!
Second this ! There’s so much info and fake information in regards to what’s safe, cruelty free in the polish etc. and some companies have flat out lied. I let my natural nails grow and most of the polish I’ve tried damages them to a point i never paint them 😢
If you do decide to do a video about this and come across the EWG website or anything while researching, be careful with them because they have a history of being inconsistent and basing their claims on shaky research.
Thank you for that PSA about the numbers. I keep watching these brands use higher and higher free numbers, and it has gone from appreciated to a little odd lol.
Yeah, something that definitely annoys me a bit lol
I would actually be interested in a video abt the #-free thing and the chemicals that could be found in nail polish.
I can def do that!!
Me too!
@@KelliMarissa Michelle/ Lab Muffin is a cosmetic chemist and she has done some writing on this. A collaboration between you would be my dream!
I decided to check out what the 21 “ingredients” were and here are some examples:
#17: synthetic fragrance - is fragrance used in nail polish regularly, I doubt it but I’m not sure.
#18: Animal Cruelty - not an ingredient by any definition.
#19: Silicones: as far as I know the only reason people worry about this is because some silicones weighs some people’s hair down in hair products. I can’t think of why it would be a concern for nails.
#20: Gluten - why would this be in nail polish?
#21: Sulfates - this is the type of ingredient in a lot of soap and cleaning products that make it foam. The main concern with them is that some types are too harsh of a cleaning agent. I can think of no reason why it would be used in nail polish.
It’s stuff like this that makes me wary of “clean” beauty brands.
Wow, that is a very suspicious list! Thanks for sharing. Sounds like definite number padding to me.
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In light of this I think you should for sure do a video on this topic ! I think there is probably more of an interest then one would imagine and a lot of confusion about the clean makeup trend . Thank You !
Rogue Lacquer has scented top coats. One smells like fruit loops. I love it!!!
Fragrance is on the 10 free list
Many nail polishes (and other cosmetic products) contain wheat protein or similar things which contain gluten.
For a normal user, it's not an importnant thing. If you are highly allergic to it, it can lead to bad situations.
I'm Indian. We have some pretty good nail polishes here and I'll probably never buy most of the ones you show us, Kelly. But I still come back to each one of your videos- I guess it's for the visual ASMR of you applying them 😍
What are some of your favorite polishes? My Indian friend who is also into nails is getting married next month and her parents will hopefully be able to travel here to attend! I might see if I we can get her parents to bring some cool polishes xD They're already bringing some makeup.
@@sgsummerisle you should ask them to bring you Nykaa polishes. It's the Indian Sephora. Also, colorbar makes some good nail products. ❤️ Beromt is an indie brand that to me is the Indian counterpart for Holo Taco!
+arpita3191 *I understand medium-warm red tips to be a staple of Hindu feminine culture.* Deeper reds complement darker skin tones. The entertainment industry is obsessed with fairer skin tones, which brighter reds (e.g. O·P·I®/Wella Nail Lacquer P/N NLN25 "Big Apple Red") would complement. I cannot rule out oranges, corals, and fuchsias being options available on the Indian Subcontinent.
Totally
Really nicely done review! When you said that it applies as smoothly as any standard nail polish, a little alarm bell went off in my head, so I went to the nails inc website, picked a Plant Power polish, and read the ingredient list. Ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, nitrocellulose, adipic acid/neopentyl glycol/trimlitic anhydride copolymer, acetal tributyl citrate, alcohol, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, stearalkonium bentonite, trimethylsiloxisylicate, isopropyl alcohol, phosphoric acid, benzoguanamine, caprylic/capric triglyceride, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, etc., a familiar enough list for those of us obsessive enough to have memorized some of these chemical names. Like almost all chemicals used in nail polish, these ingredients can mostly be traced back to some sort of plant or mineral origin, but to call this a “plant-based” polish seems a bit of a stretch. (Honestly I was hoping for some sort of magical soy polymer in a water or alcohol base.) The good news is that pretty much any standard 5-free or 7-free polish will have the exact same list of chemical ingredients as this one, so buy what you like and don’t pay a premium for what amounts to a big marketing gimmick. The bad news is that (sigh) no one has actually come up with a decent plant-based nail polish formula that lives up to the hype yet.
I was under the impression that the ingredients are the "same", but they're sourced from plants rather than synthetic chemicals - I could be wrong about that though! Are the ingredients different in other plant based formulas? I've found that all plant based brands I've tried worked very well!
I would add to this that if the ingredients are extracted from plants there may be more processing required (and possibly more intermediate chemicals needed to refine) than a synthetic version so it’s important to be careful of assuming that ‘plant based’ is better by default
If you ever ask, "Should I review xyz?" I'm gonna say yes cause I want your opinion (and swatch) of EVERY polish ever xD And I think you should make the polish chemical video because even just my immediate friends and family ask me that all the time xD It would be a really good resource and I bet you could make a very clickworthy title.
I have a very similar style to you, and dress very close to how I wanted to look in the late nineties/early 2000s xD The only difference is I used to be more into goth glamour, but now I'm more into goth grunge/biker goth kind of looks. I try to stay kind of understated, but also be the kind of person where people are like, "Ah, that person has a style."
I feel like you balance your look very well. There are some youtubers who look kind of jarring in their thumbnails, and that's definitely a cool choice, but you always look approachable yet cool.
Oh gosh thank you haha! Yeah I always want to be able to sort of "pull it back" if that makes sense, like I enjoy dressing up but sometimes I also want to stand out a bit less or look more "office appropriate" haha!
Same 💯
I’ve been using Nails Inc. for about 5 years now and I love this brand. Their Nail Kale base coat treatment is great.
Thank you for commenting on nail kale.
I was hoping keli would review it. I've been with my nails since I decided to go natural after years if damage from acrylics.
Often I have had issues with ridge fillers and other therapeutic base coats.
This brand is a UK product and they have just brought out a magnetic polish, magnet is in top of cap, in four shades, I have just ordered 1in pink to see what it does. I have used nails Inc for a few years and their base coat is also a strengthner. Nice to see you demonstrating this band
They've released several magnetic polishes in the past, when they still had their round bottles. They were pretty good, so I would imagine the new ones would be too.
Lately I've been wearing a lot of their polishes. Can confirm, it is long wear! I can usually go 7-10 days with minimal, if any chipping. And I wash my hands a lot at work and it stays on well (with a good top/base coat of course lol)
I would love to see you review more of their other polishes! I haven't tried plant based, although now I'm curious to try it!
That's great to hear!
What top coat did you use?
Thanks for yet another detailed and much appreciated video. I actually bought one of their sets last week and really loved the 1 coat full coverage and the 15 second top coat, not sure if someone else mentioned it but if you put the cap on it’s side it’s a place holder for your finger and there’s a way to try on the polish before painting too but I can’t think of how to describe it in words I seen the owner on HSN explain it. I personally think the brush is the best I’ve used to date and I love the formula mainly because I suffer from severe allergies to numerous chemicals so I can’t use any gel or acrylate products and it’s hit or miss if I have an allergic outbreak from a Polish. So far I’m good with the colors I’ve tried definitely going to try a few more so adding them to my ever growing wish list there’s just so many beautiful colors to try and not enough days. I too change my polish every 2-3 days it’s just soooo much fun!!
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Good points about the caps and the “21 Free”! Thank you for your honest review🥰
I always refer to you as the “rainbow goth” UA-camr when speaking to my husband about you. 🌈 🧛♀️
Haha omg I love that name 😄😄
I appreciate your asides about very valid tips and tricks. They're all good, but this was a particularly good video.
Oh thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed 😅
I’m from the UK and there are a lot more PP colours available over here . There is a beautiful apple green called Mother Earths Calling , a turquoise blue called Just Avoca- Do it , Soul Surfing is a gorgeous Periwinkle Blue that I have . There is a beautiful Gold Shimmer polish in the Dont Stop Be -Leafing duo that comes with a deep leaf green cream & they have just released an iridescent white polish Glowing Somewhere . They do a great black & a white polish in their 45 second Speedy Gloss range that are both full coverage in one coat for me
Hopefully all these gems will be available over the pond soon xxx
I wish brands would get on biodegradability, even though that's always relative, but I've seen 'green' nail polish formulas with polyethylene, and microplastics are a pretty big pollution issue. Obviously most nail polish ingredients aren't appropriate for compost, but some are worse than others, and some are just fine. AZO dyes (like red 5) are petroleum based, but break down well in soil with just normal soil bacteria, in studies.
As someone who was a teen in the late 90s in Seattle, I declare you not only Kellimo, but honorary alt-grunge.
My standard outfit back then was jeans or black leggings, a band tee shirt, flannel & a leather jacket. Cardigans when it’s cold. Jewelry was optional but usually silver and black, with studded belts & collars.
History lesson;
That’s really just the way people in the northwest dressed. Not everyone. Wealthy people had their own style & as hip hop grew in the mid 90s, it’s fashion followed. But most working class adults & the young people into rock /pop/even country music. A combination of the logging history, economic depression and (most significantly) the weather.
At the time, glam metal was big so when you looked at nirvana or Alice In Chains it was dramatically different than poison or Motley Crue. They weren’t made up, they just dressed like they would if they weren’t on stage.
It was called “rocker” occasionally but wasn’t really thought of as fashion. When a surge of northwest bands got big, it pretty quickly became known as “grunge”.
The style was accompanied by a deeper lyrical substance than many of the popular bands at that time, which is probably responsible for the success. There was a lot of fluff (sex/drugs/rock n roll) & these bands were a little darker & cynical, and angsty, so they tapped into something gen x had been missing.
But “grunge” really isn’t a musical genre, it’s more a time period with a central location. Like San Francisco hippies. As grunge spread outside the northwest it began being called “alternative”.
For generations of my family, flannel was standard. In fact, in 2016 my dad died. My self, mom, sister, brother, husband & niece each took one of his flannels to remember him by.
Jeans were ripped through wear & the inability to just by another pair meant it became acceptable to wear ripped jeans. When “grunge” got big I remember seeing some higher end department stores advertising flannel shirts & pre-ripped jeans for literally 10 times the usual cost.
I regularly had purple streaks in my hair. I was never big on makeup but when I wore it it would have been classified “goth” style. I gave up the leather on moral grounds but I’ve been thinking of getting one since there are much better fake leathers these days.
What amazes me is that my 16 year old niece is usually in ripped jeans, a flannel & band tee shirt. Studded belt, pocket chain, pink streaks in her hair. Just this month (oct 2021) she turned 16 & got a nose stud. If I could just transplant her back in time 30 years, she’d go insane without her phone, but no one would have a second thought about her style. Beyond asking who 21 pilots are.
I think Kelli would fit in perfectly too. Grunge lives on!
Emo was a little later &, at least in my circle, was a less dramatic version of goth. It was associated with the Cure musically & a kinda mopey, bleak outlook. It’s meaning has changed, I know, but when I hear the term “emo” my first thought is still dreariness & of miserable, dejected teens in all black. Not at all Kelli. I’m claiming her as grunge 🤣😂
Your makeup always looks so flawless
Oh gosh thank you Elizabeth!!
True!
Thank you for clarifying the “10 to 21 free” business. It is confusing and I WAS alarmed 😂 I am always searching for plant-based vegan polishes! And, as always, nobody beats your swatch reviews
I think you'd also enjoy their avocado green creme, Bottomless Brunch! It's in their standard formula. It's super pretty and unique and opaque in 2 coats.
In the uk in the store I work in (Superdrug) we have a whole shelf of them and there’s loads of colours
Woo-hoo! So happy to see you review my favourite mainstream brand. Saying that, I've not tried the plant power range yet, but I'm sure I'll love it! Nails Inc polish names used to be really cool - they were London street and place names. I'm not so thrilled with the names now. They definitely ruined a good thing there.
Yeah I would have loved some London themed names! These felt kind of off to me.
The fake cap thing is really ironic with this seeing as they're doing plant-based nail polish which is supposed to be more sustainable, and yet they're still producing unnecessary waste 😂
Yeah I think they could have just done away with the extra cap entirely!!
Their site said compostable cap but still is a waste
Also Ash-wood as an ingredient is not a very sustainable choice since it's a hardwood that is getting more and more endangered. Sometimes the synthetic ingredients might be more ecologically sustainable especially if they are a sideproducts from some industry and would otherwise go to waste. I also hope that nothing edible is used in these plant-based products because that would just be insane 😂
The caps are Mini Nail Bars for you to rest your hand on whilst on a table or to pinch if you're out and about and have to fix a scrape.
You can also see what the colour will look like on your hand by placing the bottle on top of a nail and the concave base will show you the result.
Nails inc actually has a line of chocolate scented nail polish and it smells GREAT. However I got them last year and haven’t worn them again yet (since they’re very fall/winter) and the color has done a REALLY weird separation thing in the bottle that won’t go away even when you shake it. As if whatever makes them smell chocolate has separated out….
Never tried this brand before, the colors are super pretty! The formula looks super smooth 😊 thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed the review!!
Nail inc last like 2 hours on me and I have two girls that have also used them and they only lasted like 1 day with out chipping and they are so expensive xx
Hi Kelli! great review. So that was all the mystery behind the wooden cap bottles. As you might remember, I was so eager to see the swatches since you put them in your polish tower. I am all in for the dark colored ones. The lighter shades are too much work. I mean, three layers is too much work. I concur with you that the names are very strange. When I was learning English, my phrases sounded like that. And just as you, I think it's very weird that there is a plastic cap underneath the wooden cap.
Wow, 21 free, that's insane :o
Inner peace of me looks like such a cool electric blue :D
It's SO pretty!!
I'd be interested in seeing swatch and reviews for the other Nails Inc polishes. Sally's just got in a bunch of specialty polishes--marble effect top coats, metallics, color changing, etc.--and I've been highly tempted to blow my entire paycheck testing them out, but I'm poor. 😑
Me too. I am very curious of the ones at Sallys
So glad you said that about the “free” aspect of nail polish ingredients because I was just coming here to the comments to mention it. It really blew my mind when I found out.
Clean to the core is gorgeous! The formula looks so smooth. 😍
It's sooooo smooth!
How well do plant based formulas last on the nails and in storage? Been loving colors like "What's your spirituality?" So drawn to them recently. Edit. You answered toward the end 💜 That's awesome that they perform on par!
Yeah aside from a bit of separation they work really well!!
Okay those blues are BLUE-tiful!!! Especially the darker two, wow. I am interested in smelling these lol and I'm glad they're "acetone free" ... wth 😂
Yeah so questionable lol at this point they may as well say they're 100 free! No blood in these polishes! No eyelashes either!
+ColorExpression +kellimarissa *Acetone-free? Goes without saying!* Ethanone, or acetone as popularly named, is a petrochemical solvent meant to remove any unreinforced enamels and lacquers; caution, it also dissolves certain plastics. Certain cosmetics chemists are trying to discover a better vehicle for the pigments than the petrochemical-derived ethyl and butyl ethanoates (or ethyl and butyl acetates as popularly named). Nitrocellulose, popularly known a century ago as guncotton, is a vegetable-derived staple of nail paints.
I have no clue how this channel doesn't have more views or subs. Thanks for the content
You are definitely not weird in thinking some of the names were weird, they were. But wow, some of those colors are so vibrant and beautiful! I've never cared too much about this brand, but I wouldn't be opposed to owning some of them.
Thanks for another awesome video, Kellemo. ;) 💜
I found a polish at CVS yesterday that I’ve never heard of but the bottle definitely spiked my interest. It’s called Pop*arazzi! They are 4.99 a bottle, would love your thoughts on that. They also have a hand cream for nails, cuticles and hands. Smells really good and not greasy.
I have a Pop*arazzi topper I really like. Their clear polish fell flat for me, but hey, you got to appreciate their making it anyway. No one makes plain clear polish anymore.
@@QuietlyCurious Yeah. It’s hard to find a good clear coat!!
It's definitely What On Earth for me! Thank you for the beautiful swatches!
Interesting video, thanks Kelli! I wonder if the industry will ever get to a point where refills become more of a thing, if consumers are interested enough, and if it will even make enough of an impact? Granted large commercial enterprises are the biggest problem we have. This is just me assuming, but I get the feeling that most people throw out bottles entirely, and a smaller percentage of people probably try to recycle what they can. As a quick example, I go through one bottle of Cirque's "Hedonist" a year. I would gladly clean out and keep the same bottle, cap and brush, if I could just refill it with polish. I don't know if there'll ever be a good solution, but I'd like to see the industry try more things.
I have actually tried plant based nail polish, not from this brand, but by another brand that is widely available in Denmark, called Nail kind. And their cremes Are absolutly amazing, and so pretty. I think you would love Them Kelli, the colors Are stunning, hence why i have over 30 of Them 😅😂
Nut free, sugar free, free of arsenic, absinthe, contains no curses... I'm sold!
There are more colours and finishes available in this range in the UK. Hopefully you'll get the full range over there soon.
Ooh really, that's promising!!!
LOL about your confusion about the names. They're a British company, so their reference points can be way different than that of Americans. Brits also tend to have weird puns and rhyming slang going on with everything. So I'm pretty sure that "What's Your Spirituality?" is a snarky send up of "What's your sexuality?" I know I've heard the "Spiritual Gangster" thing in my British TV/film forays, but I can't remember exactly where right now. I almost have the reference for "Swear by Salutation," but it's one of those things that squirms away when I get close to figuring it out. It'll come to me a week or two from now, and I'll feel stupid for not making the immediate connection.
As for the colors, I love the blues and that taupe-beige is outstanding. I'm not fond of the rest, but that's my personal taste, nothing wrong with any of the colors, really. If they're your thing. They're just not mine.
They're a UK brand, so I think the names aren't that odd to a Brit, maybe. None of them stood out to me as weird, anyway. I counted 23 of these on Nail Polish Direct's website, including a very bright green. I might have to give them a go. I've not (yet) found anyone doing reviews of UK brands so it's really hard to see swatches before buying.
Now I haven't tried their plant formula but I did get some Nails Inc a few months ago from Sally Beauty! Honestly I like them aside from the thermal I bought which doesn't thermal at all. Pretty shade but zero color shifting. The others are fun, I tried some scented ones, some shimmers and even some textured!
What on Earth is super gorgeous.
I would expect the smell would be a bit more "natural" instead of "chemical" is that what you experienced? I also wonder what is the solvent in those nail polishes...
The ingredient list is on their website. My guess is it smells pretty much exactly the same as any 5-free or 7-free polish.
@@shinyshinythings But if it is really fully plant based it shouldn't contain Ethylacetate and/or Butylacetate which is the main smell of all polishes....
@@pgScorpio it contains both ethyl acetate and butyl acetate. It claims to be "73% plant power", so it's not claiming to be fully plant based. I'm kinda skeptical about how different these "plant-based" polishes are from typical vegan 5/7-free polishes, the top ingredients are the same.
I can confirm that OPI nature strong does smell more pleasant than standard polishes like Zoya or ILNP…
@@whitefluffydogs9278 - OPI are not cruelty free though...
“What’s your spirituality?” sounds like someone trying to flirt and say, “what’s your sign?” and failing.
For some reason it kept sounding to me like "what's your sexuality" LOL
I love Nails inc and have used them for many years! 💗
Love this review!! So thorough :D
I recently bought three of them for a nail art video and I thought the formula was a bit thin for nail art and was quite slow drying, but surprisingly pigmented and I’m definitely in love with the colour of the Mother Earth green! I also think the green could be a one coater but did need to do a couple of layers for bolder art when it was on top of another colour!
I would love a video on the 5,10,21 free ingredients
What lashes are you wearing here they are stunning! The entire look is 👌👌👌
I live in Japan and this brand is crazy expensive here. However the ladies at the counter are really nice and you can actually try all the polishes on your nails by yourself. I have bought several bottles in spite of the price. It feels like I was paying for the service. The polish itself was pretty good and indeed long lasting.
I’m very skeptical of anything that’s completely plant based or heavy on botanicals. As someone with strong hay fever (pollen allergies) I have had rashes and allergic reactions to plant based hair products. I much prefer chemicals to avoid plant allergies.
my beef w nailsinc is that their best colors are not available in the u.s. 😅 i have been wanting their grass green color for ages but it's only on the uk site for shipping to uk addresses.
Ooh yeah maybe that's why we only have the basic colors in Sephora LOL
The “free #” video would be super helpful. I was completely unaware polishes were free of harmful chemicals at all until I saw one of your videos!
I love their NailKale Superfood Base Coat! It smells really good as well! 😅🤣 Like what I imagine Remy was talking about in Ratatouille... "A few drops from this sweet grass." 🌱 I'm not sure if it has actually helped strengthen my nails but it's all I wear directly on my nails because I appreciate a better smelling polish SO much. I think all of their polishes have that giant false cap, which I agree is wasteful but maybe they wanted to keep that same brand recognition. 🤔 Loved this review as always!
The cap is a Mini Nail Bar so you can rest your finger on it when it sits on your table. You can pinch the cap and use it when out and about if you needed to fix a scrape.
You can also see what a colour will look like on by placing the bottle on top of your nail and the concave base will make it appear you are wearing the colour.
Nails Inc has nice colours, brush, and formula, I love their NailPure line, but their marketing… 🙊 the ‘free list’ is deceptively high, and their ‘lit from within’ polish doesn’t actually light up on your nails, it’s just a clear based glitter topper with a bulb in the BOTTLE that lights up briefly when you shake it LOL
Oh interesting, I haven't heard of that polish but that's def questionable LOL
@@KelliMarissa yeah I was like ‘wait how’, after watching their promo video… yeah it’s just a bottle with a led bulb lmao
@Originals MLM archive should be pretty harmless as long as it’s not dropped from a veeery high place? iirc their official UA-cam page has video of it
@Originals MLM archive - it's on the outside of the bottom of the bottle, so it shines through the glass.
These are really pretty! I love the red especially.
I love this brand. More from it please.
I have a few of the OPI Nature Strong shades and noticed that they smelled better/different too. They almost smelled a bit like sawdust - was that how the Nails Inc. plant-based polishes smelled?
Hmm, I haven't smelled sawdust enough to confirm haha! But I guess I could smell that sort of sweet wood kind of scent?? I'm terrible at identifying smells to be honest LOL
Hi Kelli! I love the "Mani Meditation." I have a similar color from OPI called "Let's Be Friends." It is also a cream. I know that Sally's sells these plant based polishes, but sometimes they don't have the colors that I like. I usually go for lighter colors bc I'm pretty pale. Especially, in the winter. If I do try these I will just get them online. I am kind of interested to see how these polishes go on my nails since I've never tried plant based polish. Great video! Thanks, Kelli.
I think you might like them! They're not too different from the opi formula actually!!
Do a beetle gel Polish review compared to other gel Polish brands you have please. I have fallen in love with Beetles gel formula but I’m only comparing it to Sensationail
I learned about this just a little bit ago, but any polish that dries like a laquer is not technically "halal friendly" polish. I've read a bunch of debates back and forth, and many people agree that the only really halal friendly polish is more of a nail stain. It was a really interesting afternoon of research!
Yes please do a video on 5-free (and up)! Tulane is the fifth that is in many "3-free" and "4-free" topcoats (like super glossy taco) and it is a byproduct of the petroleum process. Past Tulane seems fishy to me, even just '8-free"
You should try some of the Toppers, holos and metallic sheens, they look pretty awesome.
Hi Kelly, I enjoy your videos but I want to make a suggestion. I would love it if you would talk about the brushes of the different polish brsnds. For me, the brush makes a huge difference in how accurately I'm able to paint. Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you so much for the feedback Annette! Great minds think alike because a few months after this video, I started mentioning the type of brush the brand has at the "pricing and availability" portion of my reviews! 😄❤️ I can go more in depth in the future though if that helps 😋💅
Hi Kelli! have you thought about including something about the difficulty of removal for certain polishes? For example, crellies, flakies, glitters, etc. I sometimes am not sure if I should use a peel off base coat. Thanks 🥰
I thought you had said"wood on earth". Would have been a great name. It's a gorgeous colour!
Haha that would have been a hilarious name!
@@KelliMarissa "wood" have been. 😁😁
Oh hey! They have these at Sally's in the pnw. I picked up one of the shell ones. It's pretty, reminds me of cirque
Ooh I didn't realize Sallys had these!!
thank you for clarifying the whatever free thing lol because I also wondered why some brands brag about being 100 free while others are just 5 free
Haha yeah definitely some brands just padding those numbers!
Would love a "five free" video. I think I'd describe my style as "casual mermaid." My hair always has green or purple or blue somewhere in it, and most of my clothes are in that palette as well. Though I also just wear really bright stuff that hurts your eyes to look at.
Oh my gosh I LOVE the term "casual mermaid" haha!
I’m not sure about the US, but the Nails Inc line is also at Sally Beauty in Canada 😁
Ooh yes you are right it's in Sally beauty here too! I didn't even realize 😅
Hello.
I like Nails Inc., when I found them really cheap, I went for it.
I tried the Plant Power and the only difference I found, it's the smell(at this point I bet it's a fragrance they added, nothing new on the solvents front). If I checked the ingredients and compare it to other of their formulas, I wouldn't have bothered to try this one. As the host pointed out, the "free from" are used often as marketing when popular names go around, also when the product doesn't normally have the infamous substance.
Keep rumbling about Nails Inc., if they were committed to "sustainability", they would have change all the plastic where they could, they have being around for awhile, so I don't think they are still finishing the other stock. Like other brands, once the "better for us" is being trailed and well received, why not use only that one?
Another thing that I like to nag about/point out, they advertise they are very special, their colour don't separate, true to bottle in one coat, etc. when they have the same issue as other brands on the same price range or lower. Their once "caviar top coat, now retinol" since Vegan is trending and posh caviar doesn't impress( it did nothing for my 2 flaky nails😮💨that's all I want)
I’m definitely a big fan of the term Kellemo. 💛
Didn't know what to expect but I am impressed by most of them. Have never seen plant based polishes.
And you still haven’t!
@@shinyshinythings ??? It says they are plant based
You should check out the OPI Nature Strong line as well! They have a lot of great colors and finishes and they're plant based as well.
@@KelliMarissa I definitely will do that
I only brought this to test out the halal friendly. After the test, water doesn't go through the polish. So yeah. This one still smells like normal polish. The Barry m plant based polish doesn't have a strong smell and it seems to dry quicker than I though
Just smelled the polish again. Yeah it does smells a little sweet but I was questioning the halal aspect.
Are you going to review the new orly release? Can’t wait!! Also, have you used Butter base coat/top coat? Saw review that they are really good? My standard is orly, cuccio and halo taco. 🖤Kellimo
Oh I haven't seen a new Orly release but I'll check it out!!
I would love to see a video about the ___ free polishes and how much of it is a form of greenwashing!!
I really like this brand and find them easy to work with. But those prices! Whenever you post these nail polishes for 10 dollars it kills me as the prices are doubled here in Japan. $24 for Nails inc, $22 for Essie and OPI!!!! I keep waiting till I can go back to the US to make some major nail polish splurges but Covid is still preventing us in Japan from traveling.
Yeah any brand can say they are ‘100 free’ too lol. Excluding anything can count towards it. I learned from a nail tech/teacher that really anything over 3 free isn’t any better. It’s just excluding more things but it doesn’t make it worse than the 3 free.
Thanks for this review! I saw these at Sally’s but I didn’t get any as I wasn’t sure about the formula.
Do plant based polishes last long? People have polishes for years with ugly bottle syndrome but can shake & be good. Is it the same for plant based or is the shelf life shorter?
Your make up is amazing ❤️
I will try them…the blue is my favorite 🤩
Back in the early 2000 I worked with an Emo girl and she called me her Closet Goth Mom because I wanted to dress Goth but felt I was "too old". Now I don't care and I was so happy when I lost enough weight to finally shop at Hot Topic.
I would really like to see a video about the "number-free" polishes.
I have what's your spirituality I bought it hoping it would be a dupe for Nails Inc Porchester square but the tones are a bit different. I found I didn't enjoy the plant version as much as Nails Inc's usual lines
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Do you get PR from Holo Taco? Or do you just get your orders quickly because you live in the same state it ships from? Or is it both? Just curious. Lol
Wow... I LOVE "What on Earth?" I think it's kind of funny the polish is "21 free," as I don't think most polishes even have that many ingredients...
I'm curious about how the wood caps are recyclable... My city's recycling doesn't take wood!
+wingsonwater *The complications of recyclable packaging really hit the brush inclusion.* Pighair, popularly known as boar bristle, is too stiff for nail paint application. It's not easy to jam doubled horsehair into the hollow end of a hickory dowel and have it stay; expediency dictates plastic for the brush shaft.
They are fully recyclable here in the uk xx
kelli this is me begging you to please stop procrastinating making the glossy top coat video😭 i neeeeeed it
I keep seeing Cadillaquer pop up on Pinterest. Never heard of it before but the thermal polishes look really cool! Is that one you could review? :)
Whether a nail polish is vegan, cruelty free, halal, etc. doesn't matter to me, so the marketing hype of brands who tout these characteristics doesn't affect me. Packaging, same thing. I don't like a funny cap that I have to remove just to use the polish, no matter how pretty it may look. I pay attention to the brush shape, color, price, availability. For me personally, the mainstream salon brands and a few of the indie/boutique brands are fine. But... I do love all the nail polish topics and brands, and am always interested in exploring those issues theoretically.
Damn the coverage! How does it wear? Does it last a week orrrrrr
Hi Hunni!!
My Favourites Are:
#1 Inner Peace Of Me
#2 Time For A Reset
#3 What On Earth?
#4 U Okay Hun?
First It Was 5 Free, Then 7 Free, Then 10 Free. Now It's 20 Free. I Bet Pretty Soon It'll Be 974 Free, And They'll All Just Be Clear Polishes. No Colour, No Smell, No Anything!!!
I'd love to try them out! Might look into it although I usually only wear glitter/holo
Yeah I wish there were some holo colors in here!!
As a goth and not a gatekeeper, you can sit with us. We want you on the team. 🖤
Haha oh gosh thanks 😅 I always worry that the "real" goths will call me a poser so it's nice to hear otherwise 😄
I'm not sure if you tried the vegan Sally Hansen ones yet, but it would be interesting.
I get a definite Christian vibe from the names you pointed out.
Also, I have found Nails Inc. at my local Sally's and their website.
Very weird names, I agree. Only one that fits for me is the "U ok, Hun." I can picture a lady in a track suit, big hair in a pony tail, smacking on gum but genuinely wanting to know if you are okay because it might affect her day. LOL But I also need that one! And Spiritual Gangster. And pretty much anytime you say, I can do a video on xyz... I'm there for it!
Haha! Yeah these names really didn't fit for me. And I can def do a video about all these "free" things, it can be so confusing to navigate sometimes!! 😅😅