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Which factor do you think is the most important factor when you buy a nail polish?
  • CrystalTsau
    Hello, dear all nail polish lovers!!
    Please help me simply by spending few minutes doing this quick survey!! >”< I will appreciate a lot!!!

    Please rank the possible factors you may care when you buy nail polish…
    (1)Price
    (2)Color
    (3)Brand
    (4)Health
    (5)Smell
    ( ) Rank from important to less important.
    Other factors you may care?


    Thank you so~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ooo much!
  • bluecatbaby
    Hi, Crystal
    I will be glad to take part in your survey!
    1) It can't  have Toulene or DBP - I am guessing that is what you mean by "health"
    2) Price - only drugstore brands
    3)  Color
    4)  Brand - among the drugstore brands that don't have DBP and toulene, I'm not picky
    5) Smell -  doesn't matter to me
    If you are going to get some statistics from your survey, please share them on this forum, because I am interested in your results.
  • Left BrainLeft Brain
    1.  Color
    2.  Price
    3.  Smell
    4.  Brand
    5.  Health
  • Janis
    You're missing a HUGE one: quality. Or texture.

    Is it brittle or pliable? Does it flake too easily or bubble too easily? A good nail polish should be in the middle between the two -- solid enough not to peel off like acrylic paint, but soft enough not to chip.
  • JamiSingsJamiSings
    I think I stopped caring about nail polish when they stopped making the Tinkerbell peel off polish.
    I'm so bad at applying it - always ends up all over the place and looking lumpy - that I don't bother anymore.
  • ruqayya33
    1. Color --- I own tons of polish and am always on the hunt for new and exciting shades. I don't go for anything too wild, though. No green, blue, orange or neon for me!

    2. Quality --- Does it spread easily and cover well? Does it dry within a reasonable amount of time and not smudge or nick easily. Is it prone to peeling and excessive chipping?

    3. Price --- I can't see myself spending more than $10 for a 1/2 oz bottle of polish. I may spend a little more for a good base or top coat, though.... but it won't be more than $15-20.

    4. Health --- I was recently diagnosed with cancer, underwent treatment and am now in (1 year and counting --- yay!) remission. Most of my current polishes contain DBP, formaldehyde and toulene. I have started to buy a few that are free of these chemicals. I recently actually posted a discussion on whether a "3-free" base coat could protect nails from those chemicals......

    5. Brand --- I soooooo don't care about brand names, unless the quality is superb. The only reason I used to buy OPI and Essie is due to the quality. (I've recently bought a couple of bottles of Zoya polish, since they are "3-free.") I've never bought any expensive designer polishes like Nars or Chanel. The fancy bottle or logo does not justify the price, IMHO.

    6. Smell --- I don't care much about the smell of polish. I know that certain solvents in polish may smell less than pleasant. Once dry, that's no longer a problem....
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    1. color
    2. how pigmented the polish is
    2. brush
    3. formula
    4. price
    I'm willing to pay more for a polish that's a great color, only requires 1 or 2 coats to be opaque, has a decent brush and applies nicely.
     
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