Yeah - see my nails there? That should tell you everything you want to know about this product. But, if you want a complete break down of just what's wrong with it let's take the jump together.
I found Sally Hansen's Yellow Kitty and thought it would be so fun to use with the last pastel polish I tried. This is what the product claims to do:
COMPLETE SALON MANICURE NAIL COLOUR
5 steps of a manicure - in 1 bottle!
HOW IT WORKS:
5 Products in 1 Bottle
Base coat
Strengthener
Growth Treatment
Colour
Top Coat
Patented Micro-Encapsulated time-release Technology infuses nails with advanced wear, care & shine ingredients
Chip resistant, noticeably smooth and brilliantly shiny for up to 10 days
Exclusive double brush covers the entire nail surface in one even stroke
36 salon-inspired shades
HOW TO USE:
Apply 2 coats of polish to clean, dry nails. Allow to dry*
Let's talk about the reality. My daughters helped me with this project. Like the last Nail Tale, we sat down and my daughter did her best to give me a smashing manicure except, the polish wasn't co-operating. It was ridiculously runny and thin. In case she was just having an off day, I tried using it on her. That didn't go any better. So I decided to show you guys with some pic's just how this stuff performs.
Coat 1 on the pointer finger:
Do you see how the polish ran to the sides and bottom of the nail leaving the higher middle section fairly transparent? There doesn't seem to be a way to prevent this.
Coat 2 on the pointer finger:
Coat 2 had a similar pattern. There's some build up of a more opaque color on the edges and bottom but the middle was still having a hard time holding color. Remember, the instructions claim 2 coats is all you need and this is where you should stop. Just for kicks and to give it the benefit of the doubt - let's try a 3rd coat!
Coat 3 on the pointer finger:
It never gets better than that. We decided to keep this demonstration to the pointer finger since we'd already spent hours doing all 10 of my fingers and failing. We had similar results on one of my daughters 5 fingers. After doing 3 coats on my fingers, not having an opaque color and adding a top coat, the polish never seemed to fully set. The fact it didn't set with that much polish wasn't too surprising but I was really trying to make this work. 5 hours after application I went to bed and woke up with creases, lines, and polish pushed up from the ends in malformed lumps. The stuff literally peeled off like some sort of elasticy gumby stuff which is the resulting opening photo to this post. I know it's horrible on the nails to have a polish peel off like that but it was quite fascinating.
My daughter had better luck with it setting but the polish was definitely not uniformly opaque or "brilliantly shiny" and she had chips in it by morning. I guess sleeping in the polish isn't a good idea if you want the polish to hold.
Summary? Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. It's a waste of time and money. Better luck next time Sally Hansen.
{* Information from Sally Hansen}
