Nail Polish Stress Test: Bonita Penny for Your Thoughts

Bonita is yet another drugstore brand I’m not familiar with. I’ve only seen them for sale at Rite Aid, and they range in price between $2 and $3. One color that recently caught my eye was Penny for Your Thoughts, from their Greetings Earthlings collection. Time to get to know Bonita a little better!

 

Penny for Your thoughts is a gorgeous copper foil. I found the formula to be quite a bit thicker than the average lacquer, but that’s not a bad thing at all! It’s a lot easier to apply that way. Had I been more careful putting this one on, I could have done it without having to do any cleaning up around my nails afterwards. This was nearly a one coater, but not quite. I used two coats plus my usual layer of Seche Vite on top. 

I do have to gripe about the bottle design a little. It’s the tall, narrow, and easy to knock over kind.

Anyways, how did it hold up?

 It did pretty well. After one day of work it was showing signs of wear and tear. I think people who don’t work in a warehouse like I do would get it to last much longer.

It won’t water marble, but stamping? Oh yes! 

  

Verdict: Good

While it’s not the most durable polish out there, it’s still worth buying at $2, especially since it stamps.

I was so happy with how well it stamped, I went back and bought more from this collection. Most of it works equally well, specifically; Truth Fairy which is pink, Greetings Earthlings which is blue, and Sea Me which is green. These are also pastel foils like Penny for Your Thoughts.