w7 Magic Beads –Demo and review

Chemist Warehouse has an exclusive cosmetic brand called w7 and it just came out with nail polishes set called Magic Beads. This is a similar version to the caviar nail effect by Ciate London. The pearl beads comes in three colours; black, silver and multi-coloured. I bought the silver set to try. The set cost $4.99 AUD.

The set includes one silver nail polish, a bottle of silver beads, a funnel and a plastic tray.

Here are the following instructions printed behind the box along with my addition tips (in italic):

1. Apply two coats of nail polish onto nails. Paint the first coat to all nailsfirst.
2. Place painted finger over the tray and sprinkle beads over the painted nail before painted nail goes dry. Paint the second coat on one nail then sprinkle the beads. Once done, repeat this step to other nails. There is a provided tray so sprinkle the beads with tray underneath.
3. After fully covered, press the beads into your painted nail bed to make sure they are stuck well.
4. Put the mini funnel into the beads bottle and tilt the tray over the mini funnel to pour in the pearl beads.
5. Leave nails to dry completely for 20 minutes.

You don’t have to use the silver nail polish they provided. You can just use any nail polish of your chose. I used the Revlon colourstay nail polish in 040 Provence.

DEMO:

1. Apply base coat

2. Paint all nails with the first coat of your colour of choice.

3. Paint the second coat on ONE nail 

4. Sprinkle the beads straight onto the nails after you finished painting the second coat

5. Pressed the beads onto the nail

6. This is an addition step I do – paint top coat on the edge/tip of the nail to secure the beads. Don’t apply top coat to the entire nail because you will distort the bead/caviar effect.

7. Pu t the provided funnel on the bead bottle

8. Pour the beads from the tray into the funnel

The final result:

VERDICT:

3.5/5. I don’t have the Ciate one to compare but the w7 one is easy to use and is much cheaper. It last only one day, half of the beads had fallen off. It depends on how well you take care of it. I wasn't surprised it doesn't last long because the formulation of the nail polish doesn't have strong adhesive source for the beads to adhere to well. I heard that the Ciate ones last around the same time. It would be great if they have more colour beads, other than that I’m happy with the result.