Acquarella Nail Polish, Bikini
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Customer Reviews of Acquarella Nail Polish, Bikini
Customer Review: Wish I found this years ago...
Summary: 4 Stars
After 9 years of silk and acrylic nails, I decided to take my nails off for 2 reasons: they were starting to lift off the nailbeds since the acrylic is so hard and I am on a PC for a living; and, I have an autoimmune illness and decided to reduce the level of toxin exposure that I regularly put myself through.
Anyway, I still love my nails polished so starting researching water based nailpolishes and came across Acquarella. They seemed to be the front runner in the water based polishes (judging my multiple reviews on multiple sites) although have not tried the other brands as of yet.
I decided to go full force and ordered the conditioner, which is basically their version of clear, the nailpolish remover and the Prissy color nailpolish which is an opaque bright pink. I also received their buffing set since I ordered a minimum of $25 on their site.
When my goodies arrived, I followed the directions exactly however, did not do a 3 day prep and cut it down to the same day. The first thing I noticed was the almost complete absence of an odor. What little scent I did pick up is an almost fruity smell although so slight as to be almost insignificant. The second thing I immediately noticed was that the polish is not near half as thick as putting on traditional nailpolish; it really is like putting on....er, water. The first coat when I rather sheer, but not the least bit streaky. I couldn't believe that the second coat really did bring my nails to the color polish in the bottle! What I really like is that it doesn't look as thick as traditional polish (base coat, 2 coats color, top coat), definitely dried faster and looks just as good if not better than traditional. I also find that it wears quite a bit better and does not chip off the hands the same way traditional does, particularly when you pound a keyboard for a living.
So why only 4 stars? Price. Acquarella is significantly pricier than its competitors and only time and trials will tell if their product justifies that increase. However, if there were no other products out there, it would be a 5; the healthiest nailpolish on the market to-date, great color selection, quick shipping, and lovely looking hands.
Customer Review: water-based nail polish
Summary: 1 Stars
I was disappointed with Aquarella nail polish. The shine lasted only a few days. They don't tell you until after the purchase that you must use Aquarella nail polish remover & Aquarella conditioner which you need to also purchase from them to achieve optimum results. Overly priced.Customer Review: a note on the colors...
Summary: 4 Stars
I agree with what's been written about following the directions -- it doesn't work unless you do.
The other thing that customers might want to know is that all the colors I've tried appear much lighter on the nails than in the bottles. I've just applied two coats of "Tempest," which looks like a deep purple but comes out as a lovely Valentine's Day red!
Customer Review: Why don't they make ALL nail polishes like this?!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an awesome product! No nasty chemicals that you find in most brands. I feel good using it. Why can't all manufacturers make their products without carcinogens? One drawback, in my experience, it doesn't "wear like iron" like conventional polishes, but I'm willing to trade that for knowing that its not adversely affecting my health. Will definately be purchasing other colors! Customer Review: Best nail polish I've used
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the best nail polish I've ever used. It does require you to follow the recommended steps of buffing the nail and rinsing with the Acquarella polish remover; but this isn't that different than what I was doing anyway, so no biggie.
Its the application where this nail polish really shines. It goes on very smoothly, with no gunkiness that can happen with traditional nail polish. And no odor whatsoever! Acquarella says the drying time was 3 minutes, but I found it quite competitive with some 60 second traditional polishes that I've had. And the coverage is very, very even and smooth. My nails have never looked as good as they do with this polish.
The closest I can come to a complaint is that the "Tickle me" color was significantly more pink on me than I expected, closer to the "Pink a boo" (a bubblegum pink) color. This might be because I'm ultra (ULTRA) pale however, and I don't fault the company for it.
I've now tried the quinceanera and sparkling cider colors as well. Quinceanera is a very, very pale transulecent purple, and is nearly the natural color of my nails, so it looks wonderful on me. Its much lighter than the picture of the bottle would suggest, and I'd say it was also lighter than the color sample. It has a tiny bit of sparkle to it - I'd like more, but thats me.
I LOVE the sparkling cider color. I put three coats of it on and its a bright metallic gold. Just goregous, I hope Acquarella will be coming out with more metallics. It does settle (all the colors I tried that have sparkle settle) and takes a bit of mixing, but doesn't seem much worse than traditional polishes with sparkle. I didn't have much of a problem with the little bubbles, I just wiped them off on the lip before application. Like I said, I love this color.
All together this is the best product I've ever found for my nail, and I'm glad to give it five stars.