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| Sally Hansen Gel Shine 3D Top Coat $11.49 at CVS Greenwich (cheaper anywhere else) |
I have completely given up on nail polish with color...love it for the first 24 hours until the chips and nicks kick in. I use the same shade, Essies Pinking Up the Pieces, week in and week out. Exciting? No. But I can get through an entire week, with a coat of top coat or two, without looking like I worked on a sword boat.
I am blessed with nails like granite. A few years back, I gave into the gel nail craze out of the desire to have perfect, glossy, chip free nails. Unfortunately, they also reduced my natural nails to the thickness of rice paper. A failed experiment that took 6 mos. to reverse.
I spotted Sally Hansen 3D Top Coat on a CVS run. Normally, I use Nailtiques Formula #2 as my Holy Grail. (Though it should be sold with a hospital mask, the Formaldehyde fumes might be fatal.) This seemed a good idea; wouldn't it be nice to have that beautiful glossy shine, without having to bake my nails and then destroy them?
So here's the deal; they are not as glossy and I hoped, but it did add a thick layer of protection and 4 days later, I am chip free.
Review for Sally Hansen 3D Gel Shine Top Coat are decidedly mixed. Lots of grumbles about "bubbles" that I did not experience, though now my antennae is raised that this may be an issue as this product ages...I've never made it to the end of a bottle of clear polish, have you??? Really, they should just make mini bottles and charge half the price, donchathink???
So for now, I am cautiously recommending this product to try and I promise to amend this post with a P.S., if any problems bubble up...
xox,
DD
Debbi, have you tried OPI's Nail Envy as a base coat, then OPI polish followed by Nail Envy for top coat? I have benefited with significantly stronger nails and I can get at least 5 but closer to 7 days out of a manicure (I am not particularly careful as far as using gloves, etc. either).
ReplyDeleteI have not Dawn,
ReplyDeleteMost of the salons in the East (and stores for that matter) are pretty Essie centric!
I will look for the top coat for sure, other friends emailed me that Essies top coat made to give a gel like shine is also stellar...all good to know!
xox,
DD