W7 is a brand that I've loved for a very very long time. I'm all about the budget brands and I really think that W7 is the best budget brand out there. It also happens to be one of my top 5 brands EVER! I've just looked through my archives to see how far me and W7 go back. Amazingly, W7 Black was one of the polishes I used on the very first day of The Nailasaurus' existence, so I guess you could say there's some history there!
The polishes retail for around £2 but special ones like the shatters cost a little more. The brand isn't sold in any of the normal places you'd look for polish in Britain such as Superdrug and Boots but I nearly always see it in The Original Factory Shop and BM Bargains. Even in those places that do stock it, it's always uncertain whether you will actually find a full collection on the shelves or just odds and ends that have been dug out of a corner in the stockroom!
Recently, Nail Stories posted a swatch of one of W7's new polishes that she found on Nail Polish Direct so of course I had to check out the site. There are literally hundreds of W7 polishes on there! I never really buy nail polish online but I got so excited when I saw these that I just went for it. I ordered two of these interesting glittery polishes - Mosaic and Salt N Pepper and even ordered my fourth bottle of W7 Purple Paradise which just so happens to be my favourite polish of all time. I think. I really need to make a definitive list and get it laminated!
Mosaic is a blue jelly base packed with Dark Blue and Gold Glitter. I used 4 coats for full coverage which is a bit of a chore. In the future, I'd probably use a layer of colour before applying this glitter polish just to keep the coats to a minimum. It dries quite bumpy so lots of top coat is needed.
It is a glitter polish so I was expecting it to put up a bit of a fight - lots of coats, patchy coverage - but I still love it and for the unique effect it gives, it's easy to get over those little hiccups. I love that it looks like a jelly sandwich but it all came out of one bottle! Also, it's blue = WIN!
so pretty! this plus the 3 others like it are in transit to me right now, so excited!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!! I love the multi-colours involved in the glitter!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous! It reminds me a lot of one of the new Nails Inc polishes.
ReplyDeleteAah yes I forgot to mention that it's meant to be a dupe for one of the sprinkles polishes - Pudding Lane I think it is!
DeleteI was noticing that too - total dupe for Pudding Lane! It's gorgeous!
DeleteI swear nowhere in Liverpool sells w7, I have NEVER seen it! And lawd knows I've looked!
ReplyDeleteI found one in B&M once lol. Nailpolishdirect is really good though, free shipping and the W7 and Barry M polishes seem to be a little cheaper than everywhere else.
DeleteThey have a few in B&M by the Royal and in Bodycare outside St Johns, but you are definitely better getting them from Nailpolishdirect :)
DeleteI love W7 and nailpolishdirect. I ordered matte green from NPD and used it yesterday, it's joker from batman green, like his hair! I'll have to check the purple out. I recently found tk maxx sell W7 too but combinations aren't always good.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteIve seen the salt and pepper one and didn't get it :( need to ave a look out again. I get mine from a shop I'm bilston that used to be on a Market stall and they get it from a supplier dont know who but Ethel Austin used to sell w7 so if the rebranded Ethels of life and styles is still goin check there but ive got a few w7 nail varnishs probs to many :)
ReplyDeletepretty polish and I really love your nail shape
ReplyDeleteWow. I hear ya re: the four coats. But it's still beautiful, and a real keeper!
ReplyDeleteBut that heretofore unknown (by me) W7 store? It's going to really screw with my budget this month. :)
Lisa
I found this seconds after I'd just finished making a Cabochon with this on it.. Always nice to find fellow polish fan in the UK!! I'm in Sunny Somerset!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nailartbyhelen.moonfruit.com/#/shop/4567635433/Matte-Blue-Yellow-Glitter-Glass-Cabochon/3203361
It makes a pretty necklace too. W7 are very good especially for the price! I picked mine up from the same website and thought they were very speedy!
Ah.... sorry I just saw that you don't like links... it won't let me delete my post. Sorry hun.xx
ReplyDeleteThe purple paradise is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis polish is so adorable! Love the colours and the tiny little glitters--it looks like the hiccups are worth it for the great end result.
ReplyDeleteHehe, yes, always a good idea to laminate your "top choices" list! ;o)
This...is an amazing dupe for nails inc Pudding Lane, bummed out i spend so much on it now =/
ReplyDeleteI can buy W7 here at an outlet: 2 for €5,- but it's an old collection without any special glitter polishes and such..
ReplyDeleteReally cute!
ReplyDeleteI like how it is like a sandwich too, all in one bottle. Like a cheats polish!
ReplyDeleteI was going to say the same about sandwiching - so much faster and harder to mess up! It looks lovely.
DeleteLove this one... :)
ReplyDeletelove it
ReplyDeleteI nominated you for a blogger award on my blog and wanted you to know I love your designs.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Totally looks like a jelly sandwich.
ReplyDeletewow i love it
ReplyDeleteVery nice colour!!!
ReplyDeleteI got a very similar look using Net and Wild fast dry Correction Tape layered between a random blue jelly glow in the dark polish. It totally reminded me of a mosaic pattern!
ReplyDeleteI just got Mosaic in the post yesterday, I'm even more excited to try it now!
ReplyDeleteAltho a complete pain in ur a** - that many coats gave it a depth that makes me *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee* love it
ReplyDeleteI buy mine in a shop in Glasgow called Watt Brothers. My favourite brand of polishes ever
ReplyDeleteIt's the first time I see a swatch of one of these and like it!
ReplyDeleteLove this one! Never seen it before... I may have to get a bottle!
ReplyDeleteHey there
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to find out about W7 and their animal testing policies. The research is not going so well :-/ Do you happen to know anything? Or know where I can find out? You can e-mail me: derya.sarac.erdem@gmail.com. Would be highly appreciated