Nails inc. - NailKale in Duke Street Review

Nails inc. - NailKale in Duke Street £14.00 for 14ml

I have a lot of love for Nails inc, I've been using them since their start. I first discovered them when I was a volunteer for a cosmetic research company, most products you received in a blank tube with no way of knowing who you were testing for but with nail varnish it always arrived in the retail bottle. I was so happy as I would have never discovered who it was otherwise. With Nails inc I was blown away, they were the first nail varnish I'd tried that actually lasted on my nails. They were one of the only two brands of nail varnish I would buy but in recent years different, cheaper brands have crept onto my shelves and I haven't turned to Nails inc. as much.

This is my first purchase of a Nails inc. varnish since the move to square bottles. It was a random, lucky stumble. I love pastel shades but realised I had nothing in the sort of colour I wanted, a soft lilac, so by chance I saw this in an email and I just had to order. 

Duke Street is from their NailKale range, something else new to me. Now kale isn't new to me, just I'm used to cooking it with garlic and onions before serving it on a plate, not on my nails. NailKale is formulated with extract of kale, kale itself is full of high levels of vitamin A, C and K, helping to stimulate keratin production which should make the nails stronger and brighter. I'm not fully sure how that works in a nail varnish but I'm not too bothered about how it works just if it works.

I've always found application of this brand smooth and even, nothing has changed here. Two coats was all that was necessary for a good, even coat - something that can be a little tricky with light, pastel, opaque shades. The other thing that always impressed me with Nails inc. was the speed in which the nail varnish dried, this still applied giving me touch dry nails in ten minutes. I always like to test nail varnish without a top coat to see how long it lasts before chipping, and because I can be quite lazy, without this nail varnish lasted four days before chipping - not bad without top coat protection,

I'm really glad I've returned to Nails inc., I love the new packaging and although it is slightly more expensive than previously the bottles are also larger, at 14 ml rather than 10 ml. Not to mention this shade is also drop dead gorgeous.