Mavala Revive Splitting & Flaking Nail Kits

Mavala-ous coverage.

Advantages: Dinky bottle. Wide range of shades.
Disadvantages: Finding stockists.

Normally I prefer to stick to either pale non-glittery neutrals or clear varnish on my finger nails but when it comes to the tootsies, I tend to let rip when it comes to colour but after walking into a fabulous chemist in Epping High Street a week ago and staring in wide-eyed awe at their huge display of Mavala nail polishes (apparently there are over 100 shades to chose from) I decided to throw sensibility to the wind and paint my finger nails a shocking colour too. I'm quite addicted to what I call 'fizzy orange' shades right now - y'know the colour of a perfectly ripe orange?, that and reddy coral type shades so I purchased two bottles - one called Nice; a creamy-orange and the other being Paris which is a medium red-with-hint-of-orange. ~ Nitty-Gritty ~ The best thing about Mavala bottles is they are teeny tiny ...

Amazingwoo 23.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Mavala Nail Varnish

wouldn't be without it!

Advantages: works brilliantly, lasts a long time
Disadvantages: can make cuticles hard

the hardener once or twice a month and that seems to help keep them strong. I sometimes use it more frequently if I have broken a nail to stop it splitting/peeling as it grows back. I love this product and it is an essential part of my beauty kit. The only bad thing I can say about it is that it doesn't smell very nice, but it's not a strong smell so you won't notice it unless you are sniffing your fingers :-) ...

rachael23 26.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Mavala Penetrating Nail Hardener

Rio UV Gel Nails Kit

Advantages: comes in one set
Disadvantages: takes a while

What an amazing piece of equipment this is, i like most people have short nails, i cant help it, i have tried getting help for it but to no avail, i bite my nails! I bought the Rio UV gel nails kit to try and help me stop with such a discusting habit but found myself just peeling off the nails after a few days anddoing the whole process over again. It takes a while to learn how to prepare your nails and apply the extension tips and smooth them in but once you get the hang of it its fairly easy. The only really hard bit is trying to do the hand you write with! The black light is also quite fun, when you've applied the gel to the nailsand put your hand under the lamp the white parts show up and it makes you look like you've got a radient tan (it did for me anyhow). This lamp comes with 100 nail tips, glue, gel, files, instruction video ...

MumOtwo 31.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Rio UV Gel Nails Kit