BYS Nail Polish

These are an impulse buy for me, as they are usually up near the counter, so the colours catch my eye.

Not my first preference or the greatest quality, but for the price they're really just a colourful bit of fun to add to my lacquer collection.

I've used both the basic and UV colour lacquers. I bought the UV Tension Rising Pink shade for a Neon party, and it really does glow under a black light. This particular colour/formula is quite thin and dries to more of a matte finish, so you need to apply a few coats. It's only really good for a day or two at most, as left any longer and it starts to discolour and look 'off'.

The only BYS nail product I would not recommend, is the Topcoat. I've used it on vairous brands of lacquers, and I found it made the coloured polish go streaky and gluggy when I brushed it on, even when the colour was previously dry.

I'm not a fan of expensive nail polish so I always tend to purchase BYS because it is cheaper. It isn't my preferred brand, but when I NEED a colour for a particular look I'm going for and I don't own it and can't find it in other brands, then I buy it.

It's super cheap, only $4 at my local Kmart. But the quality is just as well.

The brush is very thick and bushy which causes the also thick consistency of the polish to stick to it. So you have one big mess of too much gloopy product on a much too big gloopy brush. It makes it difficult to polish your fingernails but it's do-able.

It does glide on nicely, but I find that I have to go over the nail multiple times to even out the surface so I dont have thick , thick layers of polish on my nails!

It does however dry very quickly and the smell is not too strong. I don't particularly like the colours they offer, but some of their textured ones or glittery ones are too die for!

I recently brought this from kmart on clearance for a whole $3 so was quite excited to try it for that price, the colour I brought was matte corral and I love it. I have never used a matte polish before so this is a first but it won't be the last time. I found this nail polish quite easy to use, it is really runny and that makes it easy to apply. Once its applied it kind of looks streaky but it smooths it's self out and looks really good.

Currently I have had this nail polish on for 4 days and the colour on the tips have just started to wear away. But it's still going strong.

Over all in quite impressed with this nail polish especially for the $3 I paid

This was one of my first nail polishes I brought and it made me love matte polishes.

It dries very quickly, and has a nice finish. I have never needed more than two coats, and often find that it lasts quite well for me (I am prone to nails chipping quickly). It lasts about 3-4 days before it starts to chip.

It goes well with every other colour that I have tried.

It also is found at many places for a good price. I paid $2 for this bottle, and it is one of the best ones I have.

I grabbed this from the clearance bin at Postie a few weeks ago, any chance to snap up nail paint cheaply if it's a brand I haven't tried, I will.

This color is very punchy bright, brighter on the the nails than it appears in the bottle very summery. It's slightly tacky to apply so I need to have quite a blob of if on the brush to get a smooth finish. Two coats provides solid coverage but it tends to chip off very noticibly in largish bits, within a day or two it is looking a bit rough.

The brush is fine, the formula is okay, for the price I can't really complain. The quality isn't terribly bad or very good either.. Average.

In reality these are super cheap nail polishes meaning you'll get what you pay for. Dont expect them to last too long as the wearing power isn't that strong and also cracks quite easily. You can find these on special a lot which is quite handy as it means you can try a few different colours for a cheap price. I have a few of these but love the colour changing ones (reliant on cold/warmth)

BYS nail polishes are great as they are cheap and come in a wide variety of colours. As you could imagine they are not the highest quality and can chip easily and the bottle becomes gluggy after a while. A good cheap option though.

I have the Neon get ink make it pink BYS polish. To the eye the bottle is attractive and so is the colour. When you open it, the brush is soft but you can see already that you are going to have to do more than 2 layers to get a full coverage.

The first layer didn't have much coverage at all and it does take a while for it to dry, same with the other layers for dry time. It kind of covers more in some areas than others so you've got to spend time evening it out more than other polishes I have used.

When the third and final layer has dried the results are streaky, it's unfortunate after all that time and has dried not so brightly either.

I'd probably buy the $2.00 shop one, you have to go through the same steps but at least you save $10.00

It's a cheap nail polish so don't expect it to last a while or to keep it's shine. The colours are great with loads of choices to choose from. I like the brushes, it doesn't leave the stroke lines that a lot of brushes do. After a while the product gets really thick in the bottle. I would buy it for a night out or something if I found a colour I liked. Not too amazing.

These are cheap, so as expected they dont wear as well as better nail polish brands. They do however allow you to build up a good stock of colours, and when used with a quality top coat last quite well. They also don't reek of chemicals like some cheap polishes can!