Manicare Polish Remover Pads

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Packaging:
Small thin round white plastic container that has a twist off lid and blue and red colours on the lid. It's very durable and portable. Admittedly the packaging is quite basic but it suits the product very well. I find the lid to screw on nice and tight and flush.

Smell:
Floral.

Colour:
N/A.

Formula/ Texture:
These pads are very thin but feel like they hold a decent amount of product. In the tests I did with these, I always had on a base coat, two colour coats and seche vite top coat. Removing both hands took me through 3 entire pads compared to two soaked cotton balls. The third pad was a clean up and removed the tiny last traces of polish.

They were defiantly easier to move around the nail and required less effort to remove darker colours but nothing considerable. Lighter colours will only need two pads. My nails were never left feeling dry, or greasy or with any residue on them. Nor have my nails felt more brittle or started to split.

Overall I did find these to cut out a few minutes out of the process but I don't think they are must have. Personally I feel like its more value for money to use a bottle of your favourite polish remover and some cotton pads/ balls rather then 3 pads per removal process.

Had the pads been thicker, they would have held more product and been more value for money. If I'm in a pinch or travelling, I'd defiantly pick these up again but I'm in no rush to repurchase these.

*I've had these open for 2 weeks now and the pads don't feel dried out.

Available:
From Priceline, chemists and discount department stores for $10 for 32 pads.

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