Boots vochers

Those £3 off number vouchers are back again.
But they are extra good value at the moment as the polishes are buy one, get one half price, so this makes them buy one, get one free

I haven't bought a No7 polish in years - never got on with them at all. Patchy, streaky application and horrendously quick to chip. They would have to have improved a hell of a lot to be worth £3 - does anyone know if they have?

I think alot of application issus are down to personal body chemistry.

I get on well with No7, but you may aswell throw Nails Inc in a quarry for how long it stays on my fingers.

Yes, you're probably right - nothing seems to suit everyone  I've never tried nails inc though - seems very expensive for something not particularly special.

I think the No. 7 polishes are great, aren't the vouchers usually £5 off though? I don't tend to shop at Boots, I think Superdrug is better personally

I think they used to be £5 - but a couple of years ago they re-packaged all the No7 stuff, made the polishes cheaper and reduced the vouchers to £3 off. 

I use both really - I like a lot of the superdrug own brand stuff, but there's a boots at the retail park near work so I can pop in without having to pay to park

How much do you have to spend in the first place to get a voucher?

Wesker wrote:How much do you have to spend in the first place to get a voucher?

I think it's usually a tenner

mmmmchocolate wrote:I haven't bought a No7 polish in years - never got on with them at all. Patchy, streaky application and horrendously quick to chip. They would have to have improved a hell of a lot to be worth £3 - does anyone know if they have?

I'm with you on this. I can't stand No7 polishes. I've got a handful, mostly given to me or picked up for next to nothing and they're all awful. I put a gold one on a couple of weeks ago and it looked like I'd just thrown it in the vague direction of my nails. Lumpy bits, flooded cuticles, the works.

Actually I've just remembered I have got one I like, Pearly Pink. It's not pink by any stretch of the imagination but it looks great under Barry M Croc Effects.

I spent 20 quid in Boots today and didn't get any vouchers.  

Wesker wrote:How much do you have to spend in the first place to get a voucher?

It's anything over £5 because if you are clever about it you can buy a lunchtime meal deal and a polish using a voucher and get another voucher at the til, I quite often end up in an endless circle of vouchers by doing that.  

I really like N07 nail polishes, a bit chunk of my collection is those, all bought with the vouchers of course,

mmmmchocolate wrote:I haven't bought a No7 polish in years - never got on with them at all. Patchy, streaky application and horrendously quick to chip. They would have to have improved a hell of a lot to be worth £3 - does anyone know if they have?

I steered clear of them for years too mmmmchoc, then tentatively bought one a couple of months ago. Nothing's changed  Still not for me, anyway.

I definitely wouldn't pay full price for them but for £3 I think they're pretty good and the top coat is brilliant, it's funny how some polishes just don't suit you but everyone else seems to like them, it's a bit like Nails Inc for me, I know loads of people really like them but I find them awful to apply and they chip almost instantly on my nails.  

The scientist in me is wondering if it's worth doing a bit of a survey to see if there are any patterns... 

I think a couple of people have said Nails Inc is no good for them but No7 is fine - so I'm wondering if that's a common thing... And if the people who don't get on with No7 do get on with Nails Inc? And if there are any other brands with similar relationships?

Or is that a bit geeky

It would be interesting to know, geeky or not!  

My issues are with

Nails Inc
Opi
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails

I get on really well with
China Glaze
Miss Sporty
Sally Hansen CSM
Sally Hansen Instadri

Nice one Sal - thanks for getting us started  

There's a lot of brands I've never tried (china glaze, Nails Inc, a lot of the sally hansen ranges) so can't comment on.

I don't get on with:
nail envy
No7

I do get on with:
models own
Sally Hansen CSM
Rimmel salon pro

I find most brands fine, the only ones I really don't get on with are Ciate and Look

I've not had much luck with nail envy or SH Instadry.
Several Kleancolour chunky holos just never dry on me -they remain permanently like toffee - the black was the worst
Also Revolution - I was one of the people who found it didn't help with removal and went all tacky on naked nails.

Kleancolor never dry on me either! The only brand I have problems with regularly are Nails Inc, they just seem to chip so badly on my nails.