Born Pretty Store – ChNail Nail Lacquer Swatches
8th June, 2012 - Posted by Emily - 14 Comments
Today I have a really fun and bright swatch post for you featuring part of the new Born Pretty Store range. They’re by the brand ChNail, I can’t find out much about this brand but I can tell you their polishes are awesome! Almost all of these are really opaque and they’re very easy to work with. They are priced at $4.99 for a large 15ml bottle. Not too bad! Let’s take a look at the swatches.
ChNail – 1: Sadly these polishes don’t have names but they do have numbers which you can find on the sticker on the cap of the bottle. This shade is #1 and is a bright raspberry red shade. It’s really beautiful and glided on very nicely. I used two coats to get perfect coverage.
ChNail – 4: This is a super bright hot pink. I’m not sure if this classifies as a neon, it reminds me of China Glaze Love’s A Beach only minus the shimmer and just slightly less bright. It’s really gorgeous! Barbie eat your heart out! I used two coats for this one as well.
ChNail – 18: This is a stunning pastel coral. This colour has my name written all over it, I’m head over heels in love with this shade! However, this polish was by far the hardest to work with, it dries matte and is slightly gloopy (might just be my bottle that’s a bit thicker) so getting an even coverage isn’t a walk in the park. I still only needed two coats but I wish it glided on as well as the others. It also had a strong smell which the others didn’t have as much.
ChNail – 24: This is a pretty light pink. I’m usually not sold on colours like this but since it was nice and opaque I will definitely pull this one out of my drawers more often. I think this would be a really cute pedicure shade as well! I used three coats.
ChNail – 13: Another stunning shade! Not sure how to describe this one, a nude pastel? It’s less orange in person and slightly lighter. I used three coats but it could do with a fourth. It dries quickly so it’s not that big of an issue to me.
ChNail – 15: This is a really unique neon pastel greenish yellow! (Great description right?) This could have done with four coats as well but it’s probably best to layer this one over white so you only need one or two coats. It looks slightly less green in person. I know it’s a shade that’s not for everyone but I loved it!
ChNail – 10: This is a true yellow neon. My picture doesn’t even begin to translate how obnoxiously bright this one is. I wore it to work the other day and so many people commented on how crazy bright my nails were. In my swatch I layered one coat of the yellow over white. On its own you won’t be able to get opaque coverage without VNL.
ChNail – 9: Here’s another super bright neon, this time a green! Just like the yellow, I layered one coat over white. It’s so in-your-face, I love it! Bright would be an understatement!
ChNail – 22: I used two thin coats for this turquoise blue but it could have done with a third, or two thicker ones. It’s a very pretty straightforward turquoise blue. Can’t go wrong with it!
ChNail – 17: This could also have done with a third layer, I only noticed this when I saw my pictures in high res on my computer. In person they looked opaque enough! I was hoping this would be brighter or more neon but I guess neon purple isn’t easy to come by. I still really like this one! It’s a warmer purple which is great since those suit me better.
And here are all the shades lined up on my swatchicles. It’s pretty frustrating how my camera always struggles with the red shades, those aren’t really colour accurate. I think my favourite out of all the shades is the coral despite the issues I had with it, and the nude shade. No surprises there! 
If you’d like to check out the other shades Born Pretty Store is selling you can find them on their site here. If you order don’t forget to use my coupon code EMILYW21, which will give you a 10% discount on your entire purchase! What’s your favourite shade from my selection? I’d love to hear it!
Tags: born pretty store, chnail, Swatches
Posted on: June 8, 2012
Filed under: Nail Polish, Nails, Review, Swatches
14 Comments
Make Up For Women
June 8th, 2012 at 9:34 PM
Oohh I Love the 3 Neon ones! The green, yellow and inbetween color! So pretty! xoxo
Esmay
June 8th, 2012 at 10:22 PM
De neons zijn echt té gek, maar ze zijn allemaal eigenlijk wel mooi!
Renate Jasinta
June 8th, 2012 at 11:27 PM
WOOOOOOOOW, they are all beautiful! Must have them, hahaha. Thanks for the pretty swatches as usual.
Eileen
June 9th, 2012 at 5:30 AM
OOOOH i like that neon pastel yellowy lime color! i've actually been looking for a color like that to match one of my shoes, and i think that's it!!
missy/gnarlygnails
June 9th, 2012 at 7:57 AM
so pretty! i love 13 and 18!
ps – thanks for the follow friday name drop today on twitter <3
Marije
June 9th, 2012 at 11:14 AM
Oh… my…. God…!! Loving the colours and want them all! :-)
Emily
June 9th, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Awh thanks so much everyone! So glad you like all the colours. And no worries Missy!
<3
NailTart
June 9th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
Really gorgeous colours! They seem a really good price too. The turquoise blue and coral are my favourite
Melanie S
June 9th, 2012 at 1:26 PM
I just love the neon green, that's a great shade! Thanks for sharing
JAS
June 12th, 2012 at 12:11 AM
So summerym/ wow:)
Kara
June 13th, 2012 at 12:38 AM
I think 18 is super pretty! My kind of coral.
Mariska
June 18th, 2012 at 12:31 AM
De roze lakjes zijn het mooiste!
Tanne
June 19th, 2012 at 7:51 PM
Do you know if they're 3 free?
Emily
June 19th, 2012 at 8:34 PM
Tanne, I believe they are NOT 3 free, I tried to find the manufacturers site but I haven't been able to track it down so I'm not 100% sure. The bottles do not state ingredients either.
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