Flamenco
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Well, Boots 17 wins out hands down. Not only are they cheaper @£5.99 each (Nails Inc are £13.00 each), but there are 4 colour choices too: Teal, Blue, dark grey and a plum purple. I went into Boots yesterday, snapped up all 4 colours as well as a couple of bottles of my favourite Seche Vite top coat, and there was a 3 for 2 offer throughout the store. So 2 of my magnetic polishes were FREE!. £12 for 4 magnetic polishes is pretty good. But the proof is in the pudding, so I applied the teal shade as soon as I got back. It does require some skill - you need to do one nail at a time or they will start to dry and the magnet in the lid won't work. The lid is also separate from the brush - a bit like Chanel nail lacquers where you pull the lid off and then unscrew a smaller lid inside which has the brush applicator. The magnetic effect works well and I sealed it with some Seche Vite afterwards. No chipping or polish peeling nearly 24 hours later. I tried the Nails Inc gold version in store last week, which was pants. I hardly noticed the magnetic effect at all, although another poster here said there had been mention of this on the Nails Inc FB page. My advice is buy the Boots 17 version, its much cheaper (esp if you take up the 3 for 2 offer), the colours are great and the magnetic effect works very well. I have also bought a LCN (a US professional nail brand) freestanding magnet which creates diagonal lines (as opposed to the horizontal lines the No 17 and Nails Inc magnets create) for £9 from Ebay to vary it a bit. LCN also do a magnet that creates a star effect, which is pretty too. No doubt the Nails Inc Magnetic polishes will come to QVC soon (probably when retail sales drop off a bit due to more brands bringing a similar, cheaper product), so thought folk might want to know that Boots 17 is a cheaper alternative that is just as good, if not better. I reckon these will fly out of Boots though as I got the last blue polish. :sun:
