Keen to
find certain nail polishes in Hong Kong, I contacted a HK beauty blogger, Jacq
after reading her entries on nail polish and asked her for
some contacts in HK. She was very kind and told me about 2 stores (and agreed
for me to include them in my blog post). Unfortunately, I didn’t make it to the
2 stores, so am unable to personally share more about them. However, I did come
across 2 nails stores myself during my trip.
Cher2 is
apparently a chain of nail stores (they have 4 outlets in various areas shopping areas and I went to the one
near Central mtr station, opposite the big H & M store. It is what I call
an “upstairs shop”. The branch I went to stocks OPI, China
Glaze, Essie, Orly, Nubar, Jessica, Zoya, Seche Vita top coats, orange sticks,
Cuccio gel polish (along with other brands of gel polishes which will need to
be UV/LED cured), UV lamps, etc.
Storefront after you exit the lift
Interior of the store
What I
liked about this store is that they provide nail swatches that give you a idea
of what the colour actually looks like. There are individual shades as well as
combinations (e.g. they paint a base coat of shade X, add a glitter/etc coat of
Y and paint a mattifying/effect top coat). Great for getting inspiration. I saw China Glaze being sold for
approximately HK$70 onwards (different collections are priced differently) and Nubar
was sold for HK$80.
Nail swatches for Nubar (2 different layers and a matt top coat)
I also came
across Kiss nail store at Windsor House (store no 122, closest mtr: Causeway Bay). The store carries Deborah Lippmann, Butter London, Orly
Gelfix, Colour Club and others that I can’t quite remember. The Deborah
Lippmann Gel Lab Set (Coat of Arms Gel Lab Base Coat and Shining Armour Gel Lab
Top Coat) were selling for HKS$485 (vs USD$45 from Nordstorm USA).They also stock nail stickers by Kiss, nail
wraps, files etc.
I ended up
buying these nail stickers from Hong Kong.
Nail stores recommended by Jacq:
1) Basement floor of K11 Mall (closest mtr: Tsim Sha Tsui)
2) 2nd floor of Chung King Express (closest mtr: Tsim Sha Tsui)
