Nails Inc Nailkale Polish, Windsor Mews

Love the Nailkale polish. This is one of my fave colours. Im on my 2nd bottle. It does help you to strengthen your nails. I wouldn't be without it.

This nail polish is great its a lovely colour it goes on really well smooth as silk.

This nail polish is pricey, but more or less worth it - as long as you don't have the same fiddly issues as me. The colour and texture are very pleasing - subtle, and really shiny. As other reviewers say, this polish is more resistant than most to chipping. I tend not to bother putting more than one coat on and my nails still look pretty neat after a few days and the odd toe stub, with few scratches or chips. Time will tell if the polish actually benefits my nails - but I'm dubious of claims like that! The broadness of the brush does make it easier to apply the polish, in one sense. But the problem I commonly have with polish is that the brush picks up so much that I end up with too much on the nail, and it overspills. To stop this I like to give the brush a wipe on the inside edge of the bottle mouth, but because of the thickness of Nailsinc's brush and the thinness of the mouth relative to it, this is more difficult. I also hate messing up the brush by getting strands caught on the mouth edges, and again, the shape of the Nailsinc bottle makes it harder to avoid this. Finally, having opened and used the polish, I now can't seem to get the lid on properly - no matter how many times I twist it, it's wobbly.

This is a decent quality nail varnish in a stylish, heavy bottle. The bottle has a concave bottom which enables you to put your nail underneath and preview what the colour will look like on your finger. I have tested it both with, and without, a base coat and top coat. On its own, it is about as durable as a normal polish and chips pretty easily. With a base coat and top coat it goes for about 4 days - again the same as most polishes I wear. So the "Nailkale" brand adds nothing to durability. The colour goes on well, and is easily applied with the flat broad brush. A couple of coats give good opacity. Windsor Mews is a tasteful, neutral lilac which would be good for the office and weddings. It's one of those colours which helps you look "done". So what about the kale? The USP of this product is apparently that the it is good for nail health because it contains kale which in turn is high in nutrients. I am dubious about these claims; I doubt that it is possible to improve nail health by painting kale derivatives on the surface. However the polish is also said to be free of 5 chemicals commonly found in nail polish which I suppose could mean that it is better for nails than other polishes. In practice I haven't seen a noticeable difference in nail health after a couple of applications. So I think it's best to view this as a nice quality varnish but to disregard the more ambitious claims.

Excellent and great colour

Really lovely colour

...my daughter already has!

I love the colour of this nail varnish, really pretty - I don't think I would describe it as lilac as it is a bit darker than that, maybe mauve? This range of polishes have a wider brush than normal which is shaped to make application really easy, 3 careful strokes and I was done. I have actually only put on one coat with a top coat and that seems to be enough. I hope that the claims are true and that this nail varnish helps keep my nails healthy as I do find they dry out if I use polish too frequently. I will definitely be trying other colours in this range!