Hello everyone!
This a review of Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top Coat and there are a few swatches of Nails Inc Magnetic Trio in Trafalgar Square (also one nail is painted in White Hall, and another in Parliament). Plus, one nail in Claire's Mood Changing Polish in Hyper/Relaxed and Daring/Ditzy.
Nails Inc claims:
"Kensington caviar 45 second top coat is a super glossy top coat that leaves nails touch dry in 45 seconds. Apply over your nails inc polish for a professional, long lasting finish. This formula has been specially developed for women who demand instant results.The effect on the nails is a super glossy, wet look professional finish so that nails look like they have been professionally manicured. This incredible formula will also help to increase the wear of your nail polish adding chip resistance and sealing in colour."Okay, now that is a lot of claims... So did it deliver?
The top coat definitely dried to the touch in 45 seconds! I was so shocked with how fast it dried. I'm pretty clumsy with my hands, so there have been times where I've accidentally knocked my nail into my nail polish bottle while painting my nail causing me to redo it. However, this time when I knocked my finger into the nail polish bottle, nothing happened! My nail was still in flawless condition! I've also found that if you wait a few minutes after applying the top coat and then run your hand under cold water and let the water air dry it will help your nail polish dry completely (I found this to be true using Nails Inc top coat). As for glossiness, I wouldn't say it makes my nail polish "super glossy". Kensington Caviar Top Coat does add shine or gloss, but not so much as to say "super glossy". Also, the longevity of my manicures lasted about one week until my nail polish would start chipping, so it did extend the life of my nail polish.
The application of the top coat was flawless, the brush was not too stiff. It was able to fan out over my nails. The consistency of the top coat was not too thick, but not too thin - just right.
HOWEVER! And this is a big con... A little over a week and a half my top coat developed little tiny air bubbles in the polish. Over the weekend I decided to change up my manicure from CG's Dorothy Who? To CG's Westside Warrior. A few minutes after applying NIKC top coat, I noticed tiny air bubbles forming on the surface of my nails. At first I thought the bubbles came from CG Westside Warrior because I never had any problems with my top coat. So, I redid my manicure and the same thing happened! Still convinced that I had a faulty bottle of Westside Warrior, I redid my nails again paying special attention to the brush of CG Westside Warrior, making sure that I did not see bubbles on it. I even gave it more drying time, looking over my nails and seeing there were no bubbles before applying my top coat. To my horror, I still saw air bubbles formed on the surface of each nail just minutes after I applied my top coat. I finally looked at the bottle of my top coat only to see little air bubbles on my brush and in the bottle of the nail polish.
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| Sorry for the bad lighting, it was the only way to take the picture showing the bubbles. The nail color is CG Westside Warrior. However, it doesn't really look like that because of the terrible lighting. |
I'm not sure, but I believe its impossible to fix top coats with air bubbles... I've looked up ways to fix air bubbles and the most recommended solution is to add nail polish thinner to the nail polish. However, it is my top coat that has bubbles not my base color polish. Also, my top coat is definitely not thick so I doubt that that is the reason my polish has bubbles. I have never shook the bottle or froze the bottle. I always apply nail polish at room temperature and in rooms that aren't too warm or too cold.
I have looked up if other people had the same problem with their bottles of NIKC Top Coats. During my search, I've found a couple of people here and there have had bubbling issues, but the majority of users did not. So I can only conclude that something happened to my top coat or I got a defective bottle...
Bottom line, this top coat was amazing for the first 1 and a half weeks I used it until the bubbling problem happened. It really does do all that it claims (except the "super" part of "super glossy"). But, there is a chance that the bottle will form air bubbles, so do not throw away the receipt after purchasing it because you may need to exchange the bottle or return it if you aren't lucky. Even though I experienced horrible bubbling, I still love this top coat. It was an amazing top coat, I only wish it did not bubble. And honestly, I have the urge to purchase one more NIKC Top Coat to see if the second one will bubble or not.
These are all pictures of swatches I did about two weeks ago (sorry, the picts are sideways.. not sure why it was uploaded like that). All of the nails are topped with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top Coat. As you can see none of the nails have bubbling. Also, see my post on China Glaze's For Audrey for picts; For Audrey & Dorothy Who? was my last successful manicure using the Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top Coat :(
So, have you ever experienced your top coat bubbling? If so how did you get rid of the bubbles?
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