Does the Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover remove glitter?

If you're anything like me, you'll avoid wearing a glittery nail  polish just because you can't face the painful and time consuming  removal process. We've been all there for what it seems hours trying  to scrape the pesky glitter particles from our nails.

When Bourjois  released their magic nail polish remover, I couldn't wait to try it  mainly to see if it could tackle glitter polishes. There has been,  for a while, quite some rave about a certain Sally Hansen product  doing a fabulous job with glitter polish but to me, it was not very  helpful as the Sally Hansen product is

a) very difficult to source  and
b) extremely drying on your nails. (dry nails and cuticle mean more prone to breakage)


Before moving on to removal of glitter nail polishes in particular, I  wanted to write a novel few words on how it behaves with traditional  polishes.




The magic remover is such a pleasure to use and I have  found it very difficult to use anything else since I have opened my  first bottle for many reasons:


Not only does it smell gorgeous, sweet and fruity but the smell is  very family and office friendly. Traditional nail polish remover has  such a strong and distinctive smell that if you -hypothetically -  happened to be cheeky and wanted to use some in your office, you'll  be busted within one tenth of a second, and there is no way you could  blame the smell to be cause by another product in the office. No big  marker pen, tippex, glue can smell as strong as that.


The formula is absolutely amazing. In fact, I'd go as far as saying  that it's perfect. Within (10?) seconds and thanks to the rubbing  motion against the sponge, your polish just wipes itself off, leaving  your nails really nourished. You can really feel the goodness of the  sweet almond noil inside it and the nail polish removal process  almost feels like a mini pampering sessions for your nails. I can't  get my head round an acetone free nail polish remover can be so  effective and so nourishing to my nails, and I've never known an  acetone free nail polish remover to be so effective and kind at the  same time. This stuff is like your 'naughty and hardcore' full of  acetone purple bottle of Cutex but without the ultra drying effects  of acetone.


The sponge is of very good quality, is conveniently black so that you  don't see the remnants of your past polishes in there, never  dislodges itself from the bottle and is very durable. And then the  product is 100% times more convenient than a traditional bottle of  remover and is perfect if you only need to remove the polish from  just one nail.





The product is almost too convenient, you don't want to use anything  else and you'll find it hard to save it for special occasions? Why  would you want to save this for special occasions? Well, the magic  remover is 7.2 times more expensive than my traditional polish  remover and that's so annoying. I feel the product is definitely worth its £4.99 price tag, the quality is superb and you'll be hard  to find another sponge-in-a-tub remover of the same standard but it is expensive.


Would I feel more ready to spend £4.99 in a nail polish remover that  effortlessly remove glitter? Yes.
Does it effortlessly remove glitter? No.  
      
In my experience it doesn't  easily remove glitter easily. I tested it with a high coverage  holographic glitter nail polish from Rimmel (review coming up) which  I wore for nearly 48 hours before proceeding to remove it and it was  a pain as usual to remove it and the sponge inside the tub didn't  help one single bit. In fact, I felt uncomfortable doing it as I  could tell that the only thing I was doing was subjecting the sponge  inside this much loved nail polish remover to unnecessary damage.

Conclusion: Despite its failure to effortlessly and quickly remove  glitter nail polish, the Bourjois magic nail polish remover is  product of an outstanding quality. Wow, Wow and Wow again. I am blown away by the fragrance, the  convenience, the sponge and how it leave my nails so nourished after  being stripped off nail polish.


However, for me it remains a luxury  product. It's such a handy product for everybody especially for nail  bloggers who are on a photographing session and apply/remove a  multitude of nail polishes in a row, on the same day. In fact, it has  actually made some of my nail polish pictures even prettier. The  almond oil it contains have made the skin around my nails looking so  nourished, soft, glowy but not greasy. Sometimes I even want to use the nail polish remover even if I don’t have anything to remove! But it is pricey.  


My nails have been enjoying  every minute of it, but unless this product is on special offer, I  won't be repurchasing it. It will be a sad day when I will have used  the last drop of my beloved Bourjois Magic Nail Polish remover. What can I say? Born a cheapskate, will die a cheapskate…

p.s
If Bourjois did a 'normal' tall bottle of nail polish remover (150ml) using the same formula but without the sponge and sold it at £1.99, I'd buy it in a heartbeat


what: Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover 75ml
where: Boots and Superdrug (3 for 2 offer throughout October 2012 at  Boots)
how much: £4.99
bought by me

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Bourjois Bronzing Powder in a can: First impressions

There couldn't be a better time to discover the new range of Bronzers at Bourjois. They have a 3 for 2 offer on all Bourjois products at Boots (not just the bronzers range like in Superdrug) and you get a free pair of sunglasses when you buy 3 products. The range looks and smells absolutely di-vi-ne. A lovely delicate fragrant mix of chocolate and orange. You must have a little snif if you walk past the Bourjois stand.






Couldn’t the packaging look any more gorgeous? How luscious is that line of lime green out of a milk chocolate background!





One product which has caught my attention is the 'Bronzing Powder, for face and body in a spray can. I am inexplicably drawn to try this product, like I have been hypnotised to try it.
They say:

There’s nothing easier than a bronzing powder spray for the perfect tan!
In one quick and simple step, the powder mist delicately melts onto the skin for a perfect, natural and even tan.  No need to rub! This ultra-fine powder dries instantly so you can get dressed straight away!

I am drawn to try it but I am absolutely petrified at the same time by it.
What if I go all oompah loompah from it?
At least if I could rub, I could buff it in if it sprays too dark.


Anyway, today I went to the shop again to test it on my skin, in the shop. Instructions explicitly said to spray at least 30 cm away from your skin (that's the equivalent of the length of 2 CDs put together, British imperial system fans). I tried to bear that in mind but nothing came out. And then I sprayed too close (you know a bit like you try to get some ketchup out of the bottle and then *splouf* your whole plate is filled with ketchup. I didn't even spray for long. One minute there was nothing, and the next, this appeared:





They have 2 colours: the light (shade 12) and the dark one (shade 14). I sprayed on the dark one. Can you imagine if my face ends up like that? I'd die with embarrassment. I am even more scared to try it now. The fact that I need to spray so far away (30cm seem to be such a long distance) makes me scared that I am going to get some on my clothes, hair, or the wall/environment/kids  around it.


First impressions: I am more scared than ever and I am too much of a chicken to take the plunge to buy one. It smells ab-so-lu-te-ly lovely though. If you do decide to try it, have a go on a newspaper first, until you’re happy with how much product comes out and remember to keep your distance. I shall be on the look out on more reviews on this product before taking the plunge. For now I need reassurance.

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The best eye makeup remover chosen by… You! :) Mini Poll

.I am running out of eye makeup remover (It seems like I'm going through gallons of eye makeup remover so quickly) and I need to buy a new one.  At the moment, I am using a eye makeup remover from Simple, a decent alternative I had to find to replace my ultimate favourite eye makeup remover product, which I can’t find in England, Cils Demasq, a bi-phase product from Gemey/Maybelline.





I was really curious to see what is everyone's favourite eye makeup remover to have ideas of what to buy and also to find out if I've been missing out on real gems. So this is what, you, my lovely twitter followers have answered, 34 of you to be precise:


 




I messed up my imagemap on the previous picture, so if you want to access cosmetic candy’s links, here are they are, this is her review of her beloved Softymo and this is where she buys it.




and last but certainly not least:


 

I would like to say a massive thank you to all of you for your replies. It is really really interesting what everyone is using, from the high street product to the high end ones, with some ‘homemade’ simple ones thrown in too.


  


I have learnt so much and I think I have been really missing out on the wonder of what the ‘Botanics’ seems to be. I didn’t even know that Boots Botanics did an eye makeup remover, as I was judgemental about all the metallic lid of their bottles but @loulou699 reassured me and nothing is stopping me now :)

I also really really want to try a product I’ve never tried before: the Bioderma product raved about by @lipglossiping and @mylipsbutbetter, as I love the concept of water removing makeup and leaving no residues.




Are you surprised by the answers?
Were they predictable to you?
Any product from above which you want to try?
What is your holy grail eye makeup remover?

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Like this type of post? Here are some more polls from the past:
- Elf products and high street availability
- Restaurants dates and who should pay the bill
- 3 Essential Makeup items for a night out

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