Mamamia’s Tried and Tested series drops every Monday and is your weekly review of the latest to hit our desks in beauty, health and wellness. You won’t find any #sponsored content here, just honest, relatable and independent advice. This week, Senior Lifestyle Writer Amy Clark road tested a viral ‘exploding’ nail polish remover gel.
I was lying in bed in my holey, stained pyjamas doing absolutely nothing at all when I found it on my Facebook feed.
A pokey, salesy video advertising a nail polish remover gel that’s meant to ‘explode’ your nail polish off.
As soon as I saw the freaky footage of a woman’s nail polish literally bursting and being eaten away by this ‘miracle product’, I knew I had to try it. $40-something Aussie dollars and around 34 days later, a little bottle of VanishPolish™ arrived at my desk, battered from its long journey.
Here’s a snippet of what the VanishPolish gel looks like in real life (hint: nothing like on social media). Post continues after video.
But let’s backtrack a bit. A… nail polish remover gel that… explodes your nail polish off?
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My experience was even worse - it barely made a dent in my SNS nails. Still had to go through the acetone soak to remove it at nail salon. Do not bother.
So it costs ten times as much as regular nail polish remover - which you also have to use anyway. I hope it works better on the gel manicures.