Which cheap products have you tried and liked?

[Mavric01]

I went to my local salon services today and thought on the off chance i would try their cheapy mercia gel (sayin that it still cost me £19ish) got home and i am very impressed! colour is exactly as it shows it on the pot, really easy to work with and you can do one entire hand at a time rather than 2 fingers as the gel is so runny! only time will tell if they will last and i think with the mercia gel u have to use a primer etc but i didnt buy that i just used it in exactly the same way as I do when i use calgel, i also prepped the nail in the same way too. Has anyone else used it or any other cheap products that they were impressed with?

 

[An*Gel]

I've never heard of that gel.. Is it a soak off?

 

[Mavric01]

yes it is, I have only come accross Mercia gel in salon services and nowhere else, i thought maybe it was their own make??

 

[ValencianNails]

They sell it in Sally's as far as I'm aware.

The only 'cheap' stuff I buy are abrasives from IT&LY, but not all of the ones I use, only the sponge ones, they're great.
I have had cheap well less tips from ProImpressions, but they're not a patch on my Creative ones.

I usually go by the old saying of, buy cheap buy twice :wink2:

 

[Lemmonie]

I use Star Nails quick dry top coat and I love it.

High gloss finish, dries very quick and lasts well too.

 

[deanosnana]

I only go 'cheap' with files/abrasives, sometimes. All my other stuff is CND...

 

[danielajessy]

i think cheap is bad quality,i buy mercia gel but i did"t like so now i only use good products i don"t waste me money any more.i use everyting from NSI and i love it

 

[RedAdmiral]

I've been fiddling around with The Edge products as I'm gonna use them in an upcoming teaching job and there not too bad............. not too good either! Oh and I still use Christrio gels and still love them for nail art and embedding.

 

[Tinks027]

The only time I use 'cheaper' products is if I spot a special on nice smelling scrub/creams for manicure/pedicure.

 

[yeahyeah]

every once in awhile i'll grab something "cheap" if i run out between orders or if im running low just to be safe. not too long ago i got a trial kit of ASP l&p (from sallys) in a goodie bag so i tried it, i was acutally really impressed with the product. the color was awesome and it was pretty nice to work with. i used it on myself, no lifting, no discoloring, it wore very well. I dont think its really that cheap though, i did the math and its about the same as what i pay for my NSI products, its just sold in much smaller quantities so it seems cheaper. either way, its good to know if im ever in a jam theres a quick product i can grab that'll do the job!