Nail Polish Collection: Misc. ''Cheaper'' Polishes [January 2013]

Next up I have the rest of my "cheaper" (chemist/drugstore) brands. I say cheaper in quotation because the Sally Hansen CSM is almost the same price as Essie and OPI here in Australia, but the rest of the polishes included here tend to be under $10.

NOTE: I have to mention that I took all my photos in a crudely made lightbox. Well, I don't think you could call it a lightbox...it's two planks of white painted wood and a lamp with a daylight globe! So whilst I tried to get these as colour accurate as I could, some colours may be just a tad off. I'll try to let you know when that happens, otherwise just google image the colour you were looking at. Also, I took these photos freehand so I'm sorry that some are a little crooked..I hope it doesn't bother you as much as it bothered me!

L-R: Maybelline's Green Park/ Coral Rose/ Candy Apple/ Bubblegum/ Bubblicious/ Sands of Time

Maybelline - Green Park

I don't own many Maybelline nail polishes because there aren't many offered where I live. However, I do own a couple from the 'Mini Colo-rama' range. Green Park is my favourite of my Maybellines, a dusty-almost-mint shade. I wore this quite regularly before my blogging days began, and it usually applies in 2 thin coats. Today, however, it was a pain. It took 3 thicker-than-average coats to become opaque and it dried extremely slowly :/ It was most likely user error, but I'm not entirely sure what I did wrong. Anyway, it's a pretty colour for any season :)

Direct sun

Direct sun

Shade - Oops, I guess my pinky wasn't dry after all!