Let’s just cut to the chase. These new spray paint nail polishes? The ones that come in a travel hairspray-sized aerosol can? I think it’s a gimmick.
I watched video tutorials online, read the thoughts of major fashion and beauty magazines, and thought it seemed pretty straightforward. And the vibe around this seemed that, while odd, it wasn’t a bad idea.
So I picked up Nails Inc. Paint Can in Mayfair Lane and Shoreditch Lane, as well as the brand’s recommended 2-in-1 Base and Top Coat for the manicure. I also picked up the starter kit for China Glaze Coloured Nail Spray, which came with Strong Adhesion Base Coat, Fast Forward Top Coat and Magenta Shimmer and Purple Shimmer colors. I added Bright Blue to my order, too, because I was shopping at a trade show where the products were discounted.
I tried Nails Inc. first. I painted a layer of the base coat and allowed it to dry, which happened very quickly, within a matter of minutes. So I shook the Paint Can, and with paper towels spread out, I applied it to my finger. I let that dry, which also happened quickly, within minutes.
I added the base/top coat combo and waited for that to dry — again, quickly. But it wasn’t very shiny. So I added another coat. It still didn’t seem shiny to me. The whole process, for just one finger on each hand, was less than 10 minutes, and I was dry and good to go wash the excess off my fingers and cuticles.
This spray can nail polish was difficult to wash off my skin with soap and water, which is the recommended removal after the nails are dry. I ended up using some nail polish remover with a cotton swab.
That night, I noticed that both the accent nails I did with Mayfair Lane were riddled with tiny bubbles. The next morning, not even a full 12 hours later, I had a huge chip off one of the nails. They looked horrible.
I went home that night and took it off, changed my whole manicure. After a couple of days wearing a couple of Jamberry wraps with a traditional nail polish on six of my fingers, I removed the polish and prepped to give the China Glaze Coloured Nail Spray a go.
I had zero hopes of this working out. I used the China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat and allowed it to dry. Then I sprayed a coat of Bright Blue Nail Spray on the three fingers on each hand. I watched it fizz on my nail, which was pretty cool. It was a bit sheer, so when it dried I sprayed a second coat.
The smell was awful, like aerosol hairspray from the 1980s.
After the second coat dried, I applied Fast Forward Top Coat. Similar to the Nails Inc. products, all the China Glaze polishes dried quickly.
This looked good, and I was pleased. Even better, when I washed the excess off my fingers it easily rubbed off, although it did cling to my cuticles where I was a little messy with the top coat, adhering it there.
My mani had no bubbles, and the next day I had only minimal tip wear.
Things were good until the end of the day, when my nails showed bad tip wear. At the day-and-a-half mark, the Nail Spray wore off and chipped off my nail. I looked as if I had a 36-day-old nail polish manicure instead of 36 hours.
To top it off, I had the aerosol can of Bright Blue in my purse so I could take a picture of my manicure in the daylight with it in my hand. The can was sideways — something I didn’t think anything of, since I used to keep a similar-sized hairspray can in my purse as well, sideways. Well, it leaked.
The can was sticky and felt extremely light. My purse smelled like hair spray. It leaked onto my bottle of foundation, which also got sticky and smelly.
While it was quick, and application was not as messy as I thought it’d be, I will not purchase these products again. What a gimmick. It wears terribly and stinks. Plus, it’s not environmentally friendly to use the aerosol cans.
It’s inevitable that nail polish companies all put out their own version of fashionable colors or the latest trend: Remember crackle nail polish? Textured matte polishes? Well, I only hope that brands don’t all rush to produce a replica of this. I hope they spend their time, research and marketing on something that’s actually useful or fun.
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