Primark Nail Polish Remover Wipes

While on the subject of nail polish, I thought I'd share my experience I had with these Primark nail polish remover wipes. I bought these on a recent trip to Primark, once again got sucked into trying something because of the very low price. These wipes cost just £1 for 50 pads (2 x 25). 

Unfortunately I'd say they're not even worth £1. The wipes are very small (smaller than a cotton wool pad), extremely thin (we're talking tissue paper thin) and not very effective at all. They are very hard to hold due to their thinness and even when I managed to get a grip on them they didn't do a good job at removing nail polish. They were very well soaked in nail polish remover, but obviously not a very good one. They felt a bit sticky and oily and I wasn't overly keen on the scent either. Quite frankly a cotton wool pad soaked with my beloved Sally Hansen nail polish remover is much more effective and 100 times easier to use. I will not buy this again, in fact it's already made its way to my rubbish bin. Fail!

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NOTD: Primark... erm, Nail Polish

I picked up this beauty on a recent trip to Primark. It was part of a 4 pack together with some other nice metallic polishes, but none of them awfully special. However this one is quite a different story. A greenish grey purple duochrome that flashes purple or green at certain angles and has lots of very fine glitter. Very hard to capture in its true glory, the pictures don't do it justice.

Taken without flash

The pack or the individual polishes have no names, just some numbers on the bottom, but I have included a picture of the whole pack at the bottom so you know what to look for if you'd like to pick this up. You get 4 x 6 ml in the pack for £2, so it really is a bargain. The polish itself has a nice formula, although it was a bit difficult to apply as the brush is rather small. But all in all, it lasted on me for 3 days with just one little chip which is very good for me.

So this just proves that sometimes, cheap can be very good, and you can pick up some great bargains if you keep an eye open for them.

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Primark Oil Balancing Cleansing Wipes With Tea Tree

I like shopping in Primark, everything is so cheap. I buy a lot of my children's clothes there as they only need to last through a couple of seasons since they grow out of them so quickly anyway. On a recent trip to Primark I found these cleansing wipes, and since they were 2 packs (of 25 wipes) for £1 I thought I'd pick them up and see what they're like.

I'm sorry about showing you the empty pack, but I never got around to taking a picture before they were all gone. So what are they like? Meh. As far as cleansing wipes go they are fine, they cleanse my face fine, taking off all the make up. They don't dry out quickly, so even the last one was as moist as the first one which is good. The smell, however, is just so strong and unpleasant, I will not be buying these again. I can't really describe the smell, but it reminds me of insect spray, that sort of strong, chemical, yucky smell. I guess since they're not scented, this is just the smell of the chemicals in them? I don't know, but it's really strong and not nice. So in this instance, cheap is definitely not cheerful.

See the list of ingredients after the jump!