Beauty Review: Fairypants Nail Polish

You may remember my reviews a while back of the fabulous vegan friendly lip balms and eyeshadows I have received from Fairypants. So far they haven’t put a foot wrong so you can imagine my excitement when a nail polish popped through my letterbox! But did it live up to the big reputation I have given the range?

As with all of the Fairypants cosmetics range, this is completely vegan friendly and not tested on animals in any way. That’s one of the reasons they sent it to me, no comments of my animal like tendencies please…!

I was sent the shade ‘rose’ which is a pearlised pale pink. All shades have the pretty black speckles in that look like poppy seeds. This concept was new to me until I spied the Models Own speckled egg range, these are virtually the same yet with prettier shades I feel.

The brush is a good size with a small applicator which, I love. I much prefer a small applicator as I find it much easier to control for less mess. I was concerned that the coverage may be difficult with the black specks. I’ve had many a frustrated evening applying glitter nail polish due to the lack of even coverage. Some of my polishes can take over 5 coats to get the effect I want! This isn’t the case here, the polish glides onto the nail so easily and 2 coats is all you need for the perfect effect.

Isn’t it pretty? This picture was taken 4 days after applying the polish and you can see just how long wearing it is. There were no chips until day 6 when I managed to slip my hand shutting the car door so not entirely sure this is any fault of the nail polish where the chip was concerned.

My biggest bugbear with textured polishes is removal. I’ve got the most beautiful OPI nail polish with thick and fine pieces of glitter that I no longer wear because I hate trying to remove it. I’m not joking, I need to use the acetone and foil technique to get it off and that  isn’t great for your nails.

I needn’t have worried. Yes it takes a little bit of soaking but only with regular nail varnish remover on a cotton wool pad. I pressed gently onto the nail for around 30 seconds and it slid right off. I was really shocked at this I have to say, what a find!

The range has not yet been released but will be priced at £3.99 with 5 shades named rose (reviewed here), lilac, bluebell, buttercup and mint. Keep an eye on their website www.fairypants.co.uk and their Twitter page for updates on when you can bag yours. At £3.99 I’ll be going for the full set and a different shade on each nail for the Easter weekend.

This item was provided for review purposes.