Catrice - Ultimate Nudes Nail Polish

I was really disappointed by the Catrice Nudes range..

I have bought other colours from Catrice before and have been really happy. However, the polish was way too thick and flooded my nail plate everytime I applied it. It looked cheap once it had dried and took forever to dry even with a quick dry top coat. It also didn't last long at all.

I was much more impressed with the Essence nudes range - cheaper and much better quality.

Catrice is a German brand that is new to South Africa. They are very affordable and they have a few cool things in their range. I picked up one of their nail polishes. I was looking for a new nude peachy color that I could wear on my hands and toes. I immediately loved this color, it's a beautiful pinky peach.

Ok so besides the color I unfortunately can't find anything else that I like about this polish. I was so disappointed. The bottle says you can apply one coat for a natural, sheer effect. This couldn't be further from the truth. It's so streaky and way too thick. It doesn't apply smoothly and bubbles and clumps on my nails. It works ok on my toes but my hands looked like an absolute mess. In order to get an opaque look you definitely need a minimum of two coats. I really tried to get this to look nice on my nails but every time it either looked too thick or too streaky.

It dries quite fast and the lasting power seems average. The price is good and I really wanted to try the other colors in the range but I'm worried they are all like this.