Review: Milani Nail Polish in Cool Vibe

Last week I wanted a new nail polish to wear with my favorite sandals. I knew that I wanted a shade that was bright and pink, so I went to CVS Pharmacy and looked at their selection. I wound up liking a color called Cool Vibe by Milani so I bought it.

Price of

Milani Cool Vibe Nail Polish

A .45oz bottle costs $3.99.

Ingredients in

Milani Cool Vibe Nail Polish

These polishes are made in the United States and are TFF and DBP free.

Color of

Milani Cool Vibe Nail Polish

I would describe Cool Vibe as being in the fuschia family. It looks like a mixture of hot pink and red, so it's bright and it has both cool and warm undertones.

It's a berry shade that I thought would look great against my caramel colored skin, which is similar to Rihanna's or Beyonce's. And I was right. I gave myself a pedicure using Cool Vibe and this color looked awesome against my skin and brought out the rosy tones in my toes. It's a very bright, notice me shade and I actually got several compliments on it.

Texture of

Milani Cool Vibe Nail Polish

I was very pleased with the application of this nail polish. It wasn't the best quality polish I've ever used, but for $3.99, I thought it went on reasonably well.

It's not too thick so it spreads out easily, but it has a sticky consistency so it can easily become thick and clumpy. But I found that as long as I kept a thin coat on the brush that it was easy to apply a neat coat. It does take longer than five minutes to full dry, and I noticed that it can look streaky if the nail doesn't get a perfectly even coat.

But, for the most part, the color and coat on my nails looked good, so I didn't really care too much about how the Cool Vibe went on. However, I was really disappointed with how my toes looked only a couple of days after I polished them. It started to look like plastic and the shine and color faded so Cool Vibe just looked dull, as if I'd gone running for hours on a sandy beach.

In the End...

I really liked the berry toned Cool Vibe, but the fact that it wound up looking like dull plastic only 2 days after I applied it was just unacceptable to me. It was a waste of my time and money, so I won't be buying this again. I give it 2 out of 5 stars.