Carlo di Roma Nail Polish Liz in 010

What: Carlo di Roma Nail Polish Liz in 010

Where: Dollar Tree

Price: $1.00

It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a Carlo di Roma product, but I finally found a Dollar Tree in my area that sells the brand. I decided to give their nail polish a try, so I picked up a nude bottle of Nail Polish Liz. (Sounds more like a nickname you’d give to someone who really loved polish than a product name, doesn’t it?)

I had to go on their website to find the name of this nail polish, because as usual it’s not on the bottle. The color, 010, is on the bottle, but it’s covered up. The original polish label in French and Spanish is covered by an English label, at least in the US. The original label has the color on it, but the translated one doesn’t, so you have to hold the bottle up to the light to see it.

Labeling issues aside, this is a great polish. It’s sheer with two coats, but that works with a nude color. However, it shows up much better in real life than it does in the picture above. I lost the phone that had a good camera and the USB cable for my actual camera, so my photos are kind of low-quality at the moment. It was fairly opaque with three coats, but I would want to try it out in another color before vouching for its opacity.

It applied easily and dried quickly. It lasted almost a week last time I wore it before it started chipping, and the chipping wasn’t very noticeable for several days after that because of the color. I’m rough on my nails, too, so I rarely find polish that stays fully intact for more than a day or two. Right now, I’ve had it on for three days with no top coat and it hasn’t chipped yet. That’s a pleasant surprise for a polish that only cost a dollar.

Hurray for another CdR product that I love. (I can call them CdR, right? I feel like we’re so close now, since they keep making all this lovely, cheap makeup for me, that I can give them a nickname.)