How to make Expensive Nail Polishes More Affordable

At £10.50 per bottle of O.P.I nail polish & £9.00 for China Glaze even the smallest of nail polish addictions can get expensive!

Maybe you can afford the luxury of quality nail polishes but it would still be nice to able to purchase nail polishes for a more reasonable price so you can feed that nail polish habit some more. 

Or maybe you just don't want to pay such prices when you see similar shades from drugstore brands at more than half the cost.

Either way everyone likes a bargain...

 

So here are my tips on how to make high end nail polishes more affordable

1) O.P.I Mini Sets 

 This is a great low cost way to try out multiple shades of nail polish from collection's that catch your eye. Each mini set contains 4 x 3.75ml nail polishes for around £12. Which when compared to one 15ml £10 full sized bottle means you are getting exactly the same volume of nail polish but just in 4 different shades of miniature nail polish!

I can see how alot of people see the mini polishes as being TOO small..however I have yet to finish a bottle, just like every bottle of nail polish I have ever owned! So I wouldn't see that as a downside to the sets. 

My favourite mini collection so far has to be the recent Burlesque Collection which comes in two different mini sets - Little Teasers & Red Shimmers which are both really lovely shimmery sets! 

However I equally like the Swiss Collection as it contains a mini RapiDry Top Coat. But there are so many mini sets to pick from!

Tip: It's always worth having a look at power sellers on eBay at past O.P.I collections (e.g the Summer Flutter collection from last summer) as quite afew will be priced at £8 or so. 

2) Purchasing Holiday Collection nail polishes once the festive season is over

Now it may just be me, but I don't feel that alot of nail polishes that are brought out for the festive time of year, scream Christmas on the nails. Yet there are some lovely champagne and red shades brought out that just look lovely anytime time of year.

However once Christmas is over with and the decorations are down, lots of companies/sellers want to get rid of there Christmas stock, so they heavily reduce it. 

I got some great bargains this month with China Glaze polishes from this seller on eBay (think four full sized polishes for £7!)

 

So it really is worth a look come January 1st for any reduced festive nail polishes...however they do go quick!

Tip: The same goes for nail polish collections that come out especially for Valentine's Day, they should be some good offers towards the end of February. 

3) Asos, Nail Salon websites and eBay

I've found some great bargains on both Asos Beauty and Venus Nail & Beauty Supplies in the past.

ASOS seems to always have sales and there is no need to worry about the added expense of p&p as of course it's free for anyone in the UK. Venus on the other hand do seem better for larger orders - the p&p is £3.99 but all full size China Glaze polishes are only £3.90 each!

As for eBay you can get some really great bargains if you look hard enough! I do tend to stick to power seller's if there is only a stock image available. But if there is an actual image of the product I don't mind using smaller sellers with good feedback. 

I've also found when searching for a specific nail polish brand always ticking on the 'Include description'  helps pick out all the products that are mentioned in a listing and not just in the title.

*Ofcourse with eBay there are alot of fake products sadly - so make sure to Google the name of the nail polish to see a swatch of the true shade and compare it to the eBay image.*

However if you do think you have bought a fake (i.e flaky writing, oddly spaced out lettering, no peel off label, bad quality) make sure to e-mail the seller to ask for your money back as it is a fake. Most of the time they will refund your money straight away without even asking for you to return the product.

Of course these are just a few ways of how to save money when buying pricey nail polishes - but I really hope this has been helpful!