REVIEW | Develop 10 Nail Polish Thinner

Ever take out an old favorite polish and open it up, only to find the polish thick or dried out? Don't despair, Develop 10 Nail Polish Thinner is here!

Okay, okay, that was a lame intro. But seriously, this baby will whip your gloopy nail polishes into working order with just a few drops!

I've been known to forget to close a bottle completely, put it back in my storage box and take it out months later, only to find the bottle has gone dry. It tore my heart to throw out my expensive OPI and essie polishes until I discovered the existence of nail polish thinner. 

Similar to how isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol in the US, surgical spirits abroad?) thins out acrylic paint, this works similarly by adding back "moisture".

--PRICE--

You get 4 fl oz for $6.99USD on Ulta's website ($1.75 USD per oz). 

--THE GOOD--

The most important thing is....drum rolls please....IT WORKS! That's what we all hope for when we buy a product so I'm glad that this product delivers. I've used it to revive e.l.f., Sally Hansen, and OPI polishes so I don't think you need to buy the brand-specific one. It also works great in my top coats and base coats. It says to add a few drops but I drip a whole stream...you definitely need more than a "few drops" to restore older nail polishes so keep that in mind. It's not like you need a whole ton but yeah, more than a few drops. Price-wise, it's the most affordable option I've found so far as compared to the OPI and seche Vite versions.

There are so many brands making nail polishes but very few actually make nail polish thinner that non-licensed estheticians and manicurists, etc. can get so I'm glad they have one readily available at Ulta.

--THE BAD--

The packaging is horrendous. The spout isn't very good at dispensing the product so a bit (or a lot) drips out onto the table surface instead of inside the narrow opening of the nail polish. The best I've done is to hold the spout as close as I can to the neck of the nail polish and then squeeze the nail thinner bottle. I think I'm going to find a different bottle to hold this because the one that it comes in sucks.

If you happen to apply too much, it might thin out your color more than you want, making it sheer. This is really hard but has happened to me when I didn't shake it very well and I poured too much. Don't worry -- the polish will naturally thicken on its own, just be patient with your DIY jelly polishes for the time being. xD

Another thing that irks me is that even though the bottle supposedly contains 4 fl oz, my bottle came half empty. I don't know if it's just the bottle I got but from reviews online, others seem to have that problem too. I have a Neutrogena Eye makeup Remover that comes in 4.2 fl oz and it was definitely heavier than the nail polish thinner. 

--BOTTOM LINE--

 I don't know if I would buy it again. Sure it worked but it felt like the bottle was half empty and that makes me feel like I'm being cheated. The OPI one contains 60 ml/2 fl oz for $9 USD on Ulta's site ($4.50 USD). It is almost 3 times more expensive than the Develop 10 one but the packaging looks a lot easier and less wasteful for klutzy people like me. Also, the bottle looks quite full. I'm worried about the opacity of the OPI one since it's clear and the Develop 10 isn't (to not allow light in) but I keep all my polishes and associated paraphernalia under my desk in a dark and cool space so that shouldn't be a problem. Also, the smaller bottle size would be easier to store.

The most important thing is NOT to use nail polish remover to thin out your nail polish. It might work for a while but over time, it will ruin your polish, making it unusable. I'm not sure how that works but I've seen it happen so don't do it!

I might just buy the OPI for the bottle and after I use it up, buy Develop 10 and put it in the OPI bottle...or find a new bottle that's more convenient and safe and use that. Decisions, decisions...

Develop 10 also makes some other handy nail treatments and such like strengthening, anti-fungal, cuticle cream and remover, gel thickener, and nail whitening products that I might have to get next time, especially the yellowing nail stuff. 

This is a shorter post but I don't have much to say...it's nail polish thinner...a bit hard to get excited over it lol. I also bought isopropyl alcohol just to see if it'll work in thinning my nail polish...THAT would be the most affordable option ever since the one I got was around $1.79 USD for 32 fl oz ($0.06 USD per oz). My brother paints and he uses that to thin out his acrylic? paints so I was wondering if that concept can also be applied to nail polish...let's see how that works when one of my cheaper polishes thicken (that's also why I don't have a before and after pic...none of my polishes are gloopy atm, which is freaky). Okay, this P.S. is getting about as long as the actual post so I'm just going to sign off here!

XOXO,

MWAH &hearts

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