This is Neon Flux. Look how pretty it is. Shimmery, almost foil-like, opaque in one-coat.
And it smelled like it had died a century ago and went to nail polish Hell. Horrible. Worse than any Kleancolor, much, much worse. I could barely breathe.
I covered it up with Everybeauty Carnaval Mist, a beautiful Indie green shimmer polish with holo microglitter.
I love microglitter! I love holo! Can't get enough of it. Indie sellers see me coming a mile away.
After a few days, I must have forgotten the trauma of the Nanacoco, because I thought to try it again.
I started with another experiment, to see if Revlon Mistletoe and Sally Hansen In a Flurry were dupes.
Cousins, maybe, but not dupes. Mistletoe, on the thumb and ring finger, has a much different finish, smaller, duller glitters, and is a tad more green than In A Flurry, which leans teal.
From a distance, though.. I doubt the layman would notice the difference.
Not one to waste a mani, I decided to practice some dots, and thought maybe the Nanacoco polish wouldn't smell so badly if I was just using a *little* bit of it. The red is Mystic Rose, the lavender is Mystic.
Nothing mystical about the smell. *GAG*
How bad does a polish have to smell for you not to use it? Would you franken with it? Pour it out and use the bottle? Put it in a swap or sale with a disclaimer? Toss it in the trash and be done with it?
If the smell gave me a migraine, or didn't go away with a good topcoat, then I might ditch it.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if adding a little something like Nail Pattern Boldness Fix a Flat might help change the chemical makeup? Or figure out how to add scent (I don't know how they add scent to polish).
Sorry it is so bad! I have to say KC isn't that bad to me, I've smelled worse but drawing a blank on which polish (Lynnderella's don't smell like a bed of roses to me!)
I just got some Fix a Flat, maybe I'll try that! I have some fragrance oils, but I don't know how adding oil to a polish would affect it. Might be worth a shot. (I've never smelled a Lynn, what does drama smell like? lol)
DeleteOH MY GOD. I just ran across this brand at a beauty supply and I was going to buy a bunch to try it but decided to do some online research first. I have a post like this about the hideous smell of Kleancolor on my blog so now I don't think I should even give these a try. I am super sensitive to smells so I'd rather not have the smell of death on my nails.
ReplyDeleteI have only smelled one polish worse than the Nanacoco since this post, and it was from an Indie. She reformulated her polish with a new base after that! I don't think I'm super-sensitive, but I could not take the smell of these. I think they are buried beneath the mountain of untrieds, never to be found again...
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