Eyeko Posh Polish
2010
This is my first foray into the world of Eyeko. For ages I had seen their polishes popping up on blogs all over the place but I’d never really seen 
enough of anything interesting to make me go straight out and place an order.
However, recently, I needed (yes, neeeeeeded) to get some bits from ASOS and I knew they stocked Eyeko so thought for the sake of £3.00, I might as well add one in to the shop, you know, since I was already paying for the postage and all.
I do feel like perhaps I should have sponsored a UK brand sooner but there we go. I chose Posh Polish, a mushroom/taupe shade that is extremely similar to other nail varnishes in this family such as Boots Beanie, or OPI Over The Taupe and You Don’t Know Jacques. So it wasn’t really the colour I was interested in as much as the applciation, wear and so on.
Personally…I’m not shouting this one from the rooftops. I did two coats
over a layer of OPI Designer Series Basecoat and it went on fine. The brush may be a little long and flicky for my taste, but certainly nothing that presented any problems.
The things I struggled with were the fact that it doesnt’t blend in well. I painted my two coats quickly and fine, but then when I realised I’d accidentally left a gap down the side of one of my nails and went to fill it in, the new stripe wouldn’t blend in and dry with the rest of the polish, leaving me with a streak that sticks out on one side. Small criticism perhaps, but enough for me to notice.
And then, after using a Seche topcoat, I found that the polish dried lovely and fast and to a high sheen. regrettably though I got a massive chip on my thumbnail the next morning, without putting it to any stress or strain so am not entirely sure how that occurred. Maybe it was the Seche Vite? I don’t have chips on any other nails.
Have any of you tried this with another topcoat? I know Nubar’s Diamont was mentioned in dispatches as being a good friend to Eyeko so I might give that a go.
Anyway. Since originally writing this post, I have acquired a few more of these to use that I won in a blog giveaway but at the moment, the jury is out on Eyeko. I am inclined to think that they have nice shades but I am wary of the consistency. £3.00 isnt exactly expensive but for only 8.5ml, that isn’t overly cheap either.
What do you think? Do you like Eyeko? Does it last well on you? Wanting to hear your thoughts!
Helen
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Love the colour, can’t comment as to the wear though. I have some older Eyekos but think they’re in the untried drawer. And I think I was too late to the Diamont party and got the reformatted, not as good version – curses!
This is nice, but we’ve seen this sort of shade so many times now that I don’t feel the need to add this one to the collection. I think Eyeko would have to come up with something really special to make me want to try one of their polishes.
This is a lovely colour, but I have never used Eyeko so I cannot comment on the wear.
xo
I have all their polishes. I find them quite thick but highly pigmented. Cosmic is great. I love Chi Chi too. Rain is my favourite blue. They have just come out with a fabulous green – Military. I’m a fan.
I don’t own any of this brand. I do like some of the shades that I’ve seen on other blogs. This is a pretty taupe. Looks wonderful on you.
I have this and just loooove it. I have developed a bit (cough) of an obsession with taupe-y greige-y nail polish, and I found that this one has just the right mix of brown and grey for my skin tone (unlike, for example, Barry M mushroom; lovely in the bottle, blech on my fingers).
Eyeko wears well on me, using Nails Inc base and top coats.
Such a great colour, what a shame about the coverage/wear, but it could well be the seche vite, never been that happy with it, and prefer Nails Inc (probably the only Nails Inc I repurchase) Kensington Top Coat, if you can get over the inpractical design of the bottle lid, this topcoat dries touch dry in 45 secs (yes really) and the shine lasts – not affiliated with Nails Inc btw, and am always mightily disappointed in the coverage of the colours. Thanks for the post and pics. Jan x
I tried Eyeko once, and never again. I wasn’t keen at all. I have a limited budget so I don’t think I would go back. Although this colour looks good.
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Cali – Refornmatted Diamont is bad news. I am working on a massive topcoat comparison post at the moment and let’s just say it does not score highly.
Andrea – I agree. Not one to go for unless you dont have anything this colour already. And I refuse to believe anyone who tells me they don’t oen at least one polish like this!
Jess – Welcome! I am going to try out some other Eyekos soon and see how they fare.
Jenni- Rain is gorgeous, isn’t it? I have been seriously thinking about buying that one.
Lucy – Thankyou!
Caroline – Welcome! Thankyou for the comment. Strange isn’t it, as I loved Barry M’s Mushroom on me. All down to skintone I guess. Thanks for the tip on the Nails Inc as well.
Jan – Funnily enough, the Nails Inc topcpat you mention is the final one I am going to try in the topcoat comparison post I am working on. So let’s see how we get on!
Eliza – Based on this polish alone I have to say that it’s not sold to me. I’ll review the others though and make an informed decision!
Helen
I haven’t tried any Eyeko yet but this was one of the colours I’ve been tempted by. I struggle getting any polish to last well, so if these are particularly bad they might be worth a swerve.
Thanks for the review! x