BYS Nail Polish

I have about 7 different shades of BYM. I love the shades they have on offer and how cheap they are. I bought most of mine for $6.00 from Glassons. When you apply the colour, it comes out light, so I had to add a few more coats to get the desired colour. I also found that they last around 6 months if kept in a cool, dry area ( I keep mine in the butter conditioner/fridge.) The consistency isnt too bad, not too thick, not too runny. Goes great to add colour to an outfit and so many to choose from. I would recommend to anyone.

I was in Glassons when i first saw this nail polishes. It was summer, they were bright, colourful, and cheap. It was a match made in heaven, or so i thought.

I purchased two colours (and i can not recall the colours off the top off my head, but one was a teal green and the other a bright yellow).

The design of these bottles is simple, and nothing flash. They come in a square based glass bottle, with a square black lid. Like most nail polishes, this bottle is see through and so you can see the nail polish inside.

This is where the review takes a turn for the worst. On a positive, the brush for this nailpolish is pretty decent. Its not too thin, and covers the nail easily. However, the nailpolish formula sucks. There is no other way to put it. It is so thin and watery, and takes 5 or 6 coats to get opaque coverage, and no one has time for that. Plus is streaky, and it is just so frustrating to use. Even thinking about using it gets me frustrated.

So, do yourself a favour and don't buy these. You get exactly what you pay for, if not less!

I have so many different colours from this BYS range of nail polishes. I really do like them! They paint well, they have a slightly more runnier consistency as opposed to other nail polishes. I have this in Red Carpet and I am in absolute love, it's the perfect deep maroon/red with abit of shimmer and will look stunning on nails this winter. BYS has an amazing range of different colours, I like the way it coats the nails and the brush to apply isn't too bad either! Definitely worth trying and are affordable!

Bys had been a great gateway polish for me to try different coloured polishes that I wouldn't have normally bought at a higher price point. I have owned a variety of colours but my favourite has been the silver which I wear as a base coat under silver glitter polishes so I don't have to wear so many layered of glitter (which is a pain to get off!) Having said that I do find the packaging quite cheap and the lid is not the perfect shape for my fingers. The wearability is also lacking compared to others.

I’ve used bys for many years but since getting older I’ve noticed that i just don’t reach for these polishes any more as I’ve found better. The nail polishes are okay, nothing fancy. Perfect for beginners as their cheap. I liked the shatter one they had that you could put over the top of your nail polish and made it look like spider webs on your nails. I probably wouldn’t buy any bys nail polishes these days unless it was a gift for someone younger.

I have about 10 BYS nail polishes in fun shades like bright yellow, matte green, sky blue and fluro pink. I love the range of colours they have and the different finishes such as matte, chrome and glittery. In fact my go to nail polish when I'm in a rush is BYS Matte Mint Green because it takes just one coat and dries very quickly and I don't bother with top coat as it is matte. These nail polishes can be found very cheap at many places, I've seen them in Glassons, Postie Plus etc. The quality I found to be very good considering the price. I would recommend to anyone wanting to try out a new bold colour, the range is great and easily accessible here in NZ.

The range of BYS nail polishes were the first range I ever started buying, back in high school, since they are so cheap and have such a cute range of colours. And I still buy them, on occasion, to this day! For super cheap nail polish the quality is actually pretty good, the formula applies evenly and dries quite quickly. The scent is fine (just smells like regular nail polish), and the polish tends to last well too. Some of my favourite colours have been from this brand, especially Ladies That Lunch and Spring Fling. If you're looking for a full size, good quality polish at a super low price, then I would recommend these!

Ok so I would rate the colour nail polishs 3/5 they are ok. Nothing fab and the wear isnt too crash hot - they tend to chip quickly and take ageeeeeeeessss to dry. BUT they are cheap and often on special at K-mart so you can have lots of fun colours.

However this review as titled is about their top coat. I use it on top of most of my already purchased many nail polishs and love it. It has breathed new life into my collection - because that amazing black I have just got matte. Awesome.

I recommend getting a matte top coat and trying it out for yourself I was really impressed.

As mentioned above I was less impressed with the colours.

BYS was a favourite of mine to buy from Postie (sadly they seem to be going away from the cheaper polishes nowadays). I have several colour ranges including scented, glitter & glow in the dark.

All provide decent coverage in two coats but for a few the brushes have been bent or stick out at weird angles - which makes applying the polish challenging.

Not thick enough for a one coater, which also rules out using them for stamping.

Smell isn't too bad & bottle shape looks great in my nail rack.

All in all a great cheapie polish that gives you decent nail coverage.

I brought a glitter and a clear BYS polish from Kmart near the beginning of the year for only $4 each. I wasn't expecting these to become my holy grail polishes as they were so cheap but had an impulse one morning before work to have glitter on so I purchased them.

I haven't tried any other colours in their range as the glitter polish put me off completely!

The smell was so over powering that I ended up with a horrible headache and the polish never dried properly, even after 40 minutes there was still wet patches on my nails and that was with one coat only.

Needless to say, by the end of the day, I had glitter on my clothes instead of my nails. I did however give it to my youngest daughter as I do with all polishs I don't end up liking and she likes it :-/

I wouldn't recommend this product and I personally won't be using it again. I basically got what I paid for which wasn't alot.