Economy Nails
Reviews and photos of Nail Polish under £5.
About Me

- Ananka
- Scotland
- I'm a simple Scottish girl with an unusual name and a strange obsession for nail polish! My aim is to capture what the eye sees, with a camera! Too much nail polish and never enough time. I have also started wildlife photography, which I enjoy very much. Welcome to my little world :-)
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Kiko - Teal Blue
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Kiko - Golden Lavender (Holographic)
Last photo studio lighting, all others in the sunshine!
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Barry M - Crown
Bit late with this one! Barry M released 2 polishes to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee this year. This is one of them and the other was a silver, which I'll get around to wearing and posting.
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (3-4 minutes a coat). The brush is wide and easy to use and the formula is really good and goes on nicely. It is a kinda yellow toned gold and nice but sadly doesn't really suit me. I find these colours don't look too good on me! It is great quality and lasted really well, just not my colour.
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Make Up Gallery - Purple Sheen
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (3 minutes a coat). The brush is medium sized and good. The formula is also good and goes on nicely. It is an amazingly gorgeous purple shimmery iridescent polish!!!! Totally loved wearing this one and it lasted well.
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Rimmel - Coral Crush
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (2-3 minutes a coat). Both the brush and formula are good. It is a lovely pinky peachy colour with a great shimmer. It is really lovely and lasted really well.
Monday, 27 June 2022
Essence - Don't Stop Believing
This is easy to use, easy to apply and okay drying (about 5 minutes a coat).The formula is good and the brush is medium sized and good too. It is a nice deep cherry colour. I must a loads of this sort of colour and finish haha! This one is okay but noticed tip wear, which is common for the type of finish sadly.
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Barry M - Blueberry Bonbon
This is easy to use, easy to apply and okay drying (about 4 minutes a coat). The brush is good and the formula is okay. This is a scented polishes and smells nice, certainly very like blueberries! I really could smell it as I was painting my nails too! The colour is okay, nothing special really and sadly the scent only lasted for about 4 hours!!! The polish lasted well though.
Rating
Easy to use = 7/10
Application = 7/10
Drying time = 7/10
Lasted well = 9/10
Scent lasted well = 3/10
Smells like = blueberries for sure
Coats = 2
Finish = creamy and scented
Removal = easy
Overall = 7/10
Purchased from = Barry M's official site
My Personal Rating = 7/10
Saturday, 11 June 2022
Sally Hansen - Pumped Up Pink
This is easy to use, easy to apply and okay drying (4-5 minutes a coat). Definitely not insta dri as it advertised! The brush and formula are both really good. It is a pretty pink with a subtle silver shimmer. Lasted really well.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 6/10
Lasted well = 8/10
Coats = 2
Finish = shimmery
Removal = easy
Overall = 7/10
Purchased from = Superdrug I think
My Personal Rating = 7/10
Friday, 3 June 2022
Miss Beauty - 383 Electric
Hello everyone!! I am finally back! Between life, a kid and work -
really not had much time to blog or paint my nails. I will try to post
as much as I can. Thanks to everyone for their kind and nice messages.
I have also started another blog with photos too: https://ananka1.blogspot.com/
This is easy to use, easy to apply and slow drying (6-7 minutes a coat). This brush is thin but it is good and the formula is good and goes on nicely. It is a mega lovely bright blue. This lasted really well and is gorgeous. I can forgive the slow drying!
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 6/10
Lasted well = 8/10
Coats = 2
Finish = creamy
Removal = easy
Overall = 7/10
Purchased from = A shop that no longer exists :-|
My Personal Rating = 8/10
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Sally Hansen - DVD
This is easy to use, easy to apply and slow drying (6-7 minutes a coat). The formula is really good and the brush too, even though it is thin. It is a nice blue and purple shimmery iridescent polish. I used 2 coats solo but maybe 3 would have been better! This lasted really well.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 6/10
Lasted well = 8/10
Coats = 2 solo and 1 as topper
Finish = shimmry iridescent
Removal = easy
Overall = 8/10
Purchased from = Can't remember
My Personal Rating = 8/10
Sunday, 16 January 2022
Barry M - Blood Orange
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (2-3 minutes a coat). The brush is thick but okay to use and the formula goes on nicely. It is a totally gorgeous red. It lasted okay and I used 1 coat here. Probably be better with 2.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 8/10
Lasted well = 7/10
Coats = 1
Finish = creamy
Removal = easy
Overall = 8/10
Purchased from = Barry M online
My Personal Rating = 7/10
Thursday, 13 January 2022
Sally Hansen - Sparktacular
This is easy to use, easy to aply and slow drying (6-7 minutes a coat). The brush is wide and good and the formula goes on nicely. It is an orange base with cool glitters. This reminds me a little of Wibo's Blink Blink 5. I think this would be ideal for Hallowe'en as well! It lasted really well.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 6/10
Lasted well = 8/10
Coats = 2
Finish = glittery
Removal = easy with foil method, let soak for a minute
Overall = 7/10
Purchased from = Can't recall!
My Personal Rating = 7.5/10
Sunday, 26 December 2021
Rimmel - Orange Bliss
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (3 minutes a coat). The brush is wide but good and the formula is okay. It is a gorgeous orange, totally loving it. I sadly noticed tip wear after 12 hours, but lasted well otherwise.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 7/10
Drying time = 8/10
Lasted well = 6/10
Coats = 2
Finish = creamy
Removal = easy
Overall = 7/10
Purchased from = Can't remember
My Personal Rating = 6/10 I like the colour but quality wasn't too good, better quality oranges out there
I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and thanks for reading. Hope we are all ready to enter 2022!
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
Kiko - Twee Rose (Arctic Holiday Collection)
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (2 minutes a coat). The brush is wide but really good and the polish goes on nicely. It is a lovely glitter both as a topper and solo. It also didn't catch on anything, always a bonus with these glitters! Lasted really well.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 8/10
Lasted well = 8/10
Coats = 2 solo and 1 as topper
Finish = glitter
Removal = easy with foil method, let soak for 2 minutes
Overall = 9/10
Purchased from = Kiko
My Personal Rating = 7.5/10
Monday, 13 December 2021
Essence - Juicy Love
This is easy to use, easy to apply and good drying (3-4 minutes a coat). The brush is wide and good and the formula is really good as well. This is a one coater too! A lovely gorgeous red. I got a little tip wear but lasted well otherwise.
Rating
Easy to use = 8/10
Application = 8/10
Drying time = 8/10
Lasted well = 7/10
Coats = 1
Finish = creamy
Removal = easy
Overall = 8/10
Purchased from = Wilko
My Personal Rating = 7.5/10
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Kiko - Pindaric Flight (Tuscan Sunshine Collection)
This is okay to use, okay to apply and okay drying (5 minutes a coat). It is quite a sheer polish and the formula is quite runny too. The brush is wide and good. This is also scented and smells like pretty flowers. Sadly this polish is unforgiving to ridges, which I have. This lasted well and is nice enough.
Rating
Easy to use = 6/10
Application = 6/10
Drying time = 7/10
Lasted well = 8/10
Scent lasted well = 6/10 lasted for 20 hours
Smells like = pretty flowers
Coats = 3
Finish = creamy jelly and scented
Removal = easy
Overall = 7/10
Purchased from = Kiko
My Personal Rating = 7/10