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April 5, 2014

JustFab – Paint Fab Nail Polish – Swatches & Review

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Happy weekend! Hope you all are have fun plans! Today I have a few shades from the new Paint Fab line from JustFab to share with you. If you don’t know already, JustFab is a monthly handbag & shoe subscription for $39.95 and they have recently been expanding the line to dresses, denim & now nail polish. I was definitely excited for the polish line.. because hello?! I was sent 12 shades plus a top coat to test out. You’ll see in this review, I only have 5 swatched for you and I’ll get into that in a minute.

Paint Fab polishes are all 3 free and made in the USA. I believe they have 15 or so colors available and are $5.95 for a single or $9.95 for a duo. So yes they are affordable (Hooray!)  But I’m always going to be completely honest with you guys and I do have to say I wasn’t a huge fan of the shades I did swatch. I found all of them to be a hit or miss formula. Some were very thick, some were thin and I was even missing half of a brush on one of them. Do I think JustFab is ready to enter the polish world? Probably not.   All of the swatches shown below were topped with the JustFab 2 in 1 Top & base coat.

Teal The Show – Teal cream. This was the thickest of all of the ones I tested out. It took quite a bit of work not to get it pooled in my cuticles. The color is very pretty don’t get me wrong, but not at all unique.  Photo below shows two coats plus top coat. 

Senora Bora Bora – Cobalt blue cream.  Another thick formula. And even when using the JustFab 2 in 1 top & base coat, I still experienced a nice blue stain on my nails after I removed this. Not happy with that at all. Photo below shows two coats. 
Pink Slip Me A Drink – Fuchsia cream.  The formula on this one was semi thin and I had to swatch it twice because the first time it pooled up in my cuticles so badly.. but the worst part? My bottle only had half a brush! That’s the other thing with these polishes, all of the brushes were hit or miss as well. Some had a thin brush, some had an angled brush and in this case.. half a brush!  How is that even possible? Photo below shows two coats plus top coat. 
Auber Genius – Deep eggplant purple with shimmer.  The formula was again, thick and the shimmer was sparse. Photo below shows two coats. 
Modern Mauvels – Blush / mauve cream.  Formula was VERY thin on this shade. This is definitely not my favorite color at all. I needed 3 coats for this to become opaque. Shown below with top coat. 
Overall, as much as I wanted to be impressed with this line it definitely fell flat for me. Basically, you get what you pay for but in all honesty, you can go get a 0.99 polish from Wet & Wild and the formula will knock these out of the park. For now, I think JustFab needs to stick with what they do best and know people love – Shoes, Handbags & Accessories. 
Have you tried any of the PaintFab shades? Did you experience the same issues I did? Sound off in the comments below! And remember – this is *MY* opinion. If they worked out great for you, then that’s awesome but for me I have to give them a thumbs down right now.  Hopefully the formula can improve in the future! 
Availability : JustFab

Price : $5.95 (Single) | $9.95 (Duo)

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*Provided for an honest review. All opinions are my own* 
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  1. Cosmetics Aficionado says

    April 5, 2014 at 2:32 pm

    Teal The Show and Auber Genius are calling my name!

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  2. Liesl says

    April 5, 2014 at 2:33 pm

    Everyone and their brother have a polish line, lol. I’ll probably skip these because they sound like more trouble than they’re worth, but I will say that each and every color here is just gorgeous on you.

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  3. Jen Sky Walker says

    April 5, 2014 at 2:47 pm

    I find it odd that this new polish line has so much variety in brushes already. It sounds like they should still be in the testing stage rather than selling. I don’t think $6 a bottle is cheap enough to end up with poor quality brushes and formula when there are other brands that are good for the same price or less. The colours may be pretty, but I will be passing on the polish line for now.

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    • loveforlacquer says

      April 5, 2014 at 2:51 pm

      I agree! I’m still confused as to why they branched out into polish. They are not something I would reach for ever again unfortunately.

      Reply
  4. DJ Murphy says

    April 5, 2014 at 3:10 pm

    Well darn! Perhaps they’ll improve it in the future :/

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  5. soflajo says

    April 5, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    Would liked to have seen the brushes and staining to get a better idea of the inconsistencies. The paint on the “brushes” or lack of would also help understand their formulas. The colors look nice and since you put so much work into them might well be deceiving. Thank you for an honest review.

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  6. Honey Kaho'ohanohano says

    April 5, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    It’s awesome that they are affordable – but it’s terrible that they are so inconsistent – it seems to me that they need fix that up before launching. I have been a part of JustFab for a few years now and while it drives me nuts that I need to skip a month – I still think it’s awesome they are growing and evolving. However, I think they really have to nail it down right first. lol

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  7. Ashley Eileen says

    April 5, 2014 at 6:26 pm

    Cue the sad trombone.

    These look like cheap knock offs of cheap dupes. :/

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  8. Nidia Doherty says

    April 5, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    I pity da foo who just looks at the swatches without reading your review and buys these, because as crappy as the formulas and brushes are, you make everything look good. I found myself thinking that maybe that purple would be worth it, because it looks so awesome in your swatch! lol!

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  9. Laura MyNewestAddiction says

    April 5, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Auber Genius looks kinda nice

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  10. Anastasia S. says

    April 5, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    Well, even bad feedback is good feedback for a company. Let’s hope they consider all the negatives and hopefully reformulate/repackage these polishes. I gotta admit, the colors are very pretty!

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  11. Cosmetic Sanctuary says

    April 6, 2014 at 12:16 am

    Too bad these had such bad formulas! Ugh!

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  12. Jessica InTruBeauty says

    April 6, 2014 at 12:41 am

    My faves are the first blue and the last shade. Too bad the formulation wasn’t spot on because they look gorgeous.

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  13. paintednailsandbakingscales says

    April 6, 2014 at 5:39 am

    Huge shame if they launched too early, with so many great polish ranges out there, you really need to be on the money with a new range

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  14. Debbie Crumpet says

    April 6, 2014 at 8:11 am

    bravo for honesty x

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  15. Ms. Lizard says

    April 6, 2014 at 10:06 am

    Too bad for the formula. Such pretty colors! Thank you for an honest review.

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  16. Margaret says

    April 7, 2014 at 3:31 am

    OMG!!! These nail colors are all so pretty. the one that stand out for me is the Modern Mauvels. Its light and seem natural on nails. This is so perfect for Spring/Summer.

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  17. Betzy Carmona says

    April 7, 2014 at 10:10 pm

    The shades are gorgeous !

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