Review: Make-up Studio nail polish 129 - Tiger Lily and M94 - St. Tropez
I had never tried anything from the Amsterdam brand Make-up Studio before and it was nice that I was given the opportunity to try out two of their summer nail polishes: 129 - Tiger Lily and M94 - St. Tropez.
The cap of the nail polishes looks very similar to the typical Chanel nail polishes, but the cap in the inside is larger and easier to hold onto.
The Make-up Studio nail polish M94 - St. Tropez is from their Seaside collection that consists of 4 ocean inspired shades in grey, blues, and coral.
This nail polish is quite sheer. It has a noticeably thinner consistency than the light pink nail polish of the same brand that I will be showing you later in this blog post. You need to apply 3 coats to get the same result as in my pictures. It also takes a considerably long time to let each coat dry properly. But it is a very pretty, gel nail like, coral nail polish with a dark orange undertone. The color is the most accurate in the picture above.
The Make-up Studio nail polish 129 - Tiger Lily is from their Power Flower collection that consists of 5 flowery pink & purple and leafy green shades.
With this pastel, candy pink nail polish, I struggled a bit. It has a very strange consistency that creates holes in the middle of the painted nail, while it is drying up. It also doesn't flatten and smooth up while drying - which I have had with certain nail polishes -, so you have to have an even and pretty looking layer of nail polish on your nail before you let it dry. Just like the previous nail polish, I needed at least 2-3 coats.
If you are considering of buying a Make-up Studio nail polish, it is safer to get a color that doesn't have a white base or a light pastel color. Try to stick to ones that have a gel nail like finish as the M94 - St. Tropez that had a better consistency to apply nail polish neatly with.
Make-up studio nail polishes*, 12 ml., €12.90
The cap of the nail polishes looks very similar to the typical Chanel nail polishes, but the cap in the inside is larger and easier to hold onto.
The nail polish brush is very thin and widens towards the tip.
The Make-up Studio nail polish M94 - St. Tropez is from their Seaside collection that consists of 4 ocean inspired shades in grey, blues, and coral.
This nail polish is quite sheer. It has a noticeably thinner consistency than the light pink nail polish of the same brand that I will be showing you later in this blog post. You need to apply 3 coats to get the same result as in my pictures. It also takes a considerably long time to let each coat dry properly. But it is a very pretty, gel nail like, coral nail polish with a dark orange undertone. The color is the most accurate in the picture above.
The Make-up Studio nail polish 129 - Tiger Lily is from their Power Flower collection that consists of 5 flowery pink & purple and leafy green shades.
With this pastel, candy pink nail polish, I struggled a bit. It has a very strange consistency that creates holes in the middle of the painted nail, while it is drying up. It also doesn't flatten and smooth up while drying - which I have had with certain nail polishes -, so you have to have an even and pretty looking layer of nail polish on your nail before you let it dry. Just like the previous nail polish, I needed at least 2-3 coats.
My opinion
If you are considering of buying a Make-up Studio nail polish, it is safer to get a color that doesn't have a white base or a light pastel color. Try to stick to ones that have a gel nail like finish as the M94 - St. Tropez that had a better consistency to apply nail polish neatly with.
