Category Archives: Sally Hansen

This polish was my Mac Blue India lemming killer. Turns out it didn’t really work….I spotted Mac Blue India at a CCO and just HAD to have it. But! Gray by Gray is a lovely polish for Fall. It’s unexpected but still subtle, which is what I love about it.

Gray by Gray is a dusty slate blue creme. It applies wonderfully in two to three coats.

Generally speaking I am not a huge fan of the Complete Salon Manicure line. It’s a bit pricey for a drugstore polish line, in my opinion. But this is a fairly unique color so I don’t feel so bad! Lol

I think half my posts start with “I was at Ulta….” but….I was at Ulta and spotted butter LONDON Toff. It looked like a gorgeous color but not particularly unique so I took Toff over to the OPI and Essie displays to see if I could find a match. Essie Island Hopping looked to be a dead on dupe. While all of this was happening I was on the phone with Katie. She suggested that there was probably a similar color in one of the Sally Hansen lines. Turns out she was right!

Gorgeous Grape is a slightly red leaning purple creme. The base color reminds me quite alot of OPI Catherine the Grape. It’s a gorgeous color!

This is the first polish from Sally Hansen’s Nailgrowth line I have used so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Katie didn’t help my uncertainty when she flat out said “what if the formula sucks!”. Yeah, thanks alot. But, turns out, the formula was lovely. I used three coats and had no problems with streakyness or bald spots.

I obviously bought this polish for the color, but Sally Hansen claims this is quite the miracle worker. The polish is formulated with “Peptides, Keratin, Biotin and Multi-Vitamins, reinforces nails to resist splitting, cracking and breaking.” Sally Hansen also claims that nails grow 30% longer in 5 days using this polish. I can’t really speak to these claims. I am lucky in that I don’t have any of these nail issues. But, it is good to know that this polish is formulated to do good things for your nails

I am thrilled that I rediscovered this beauty! This polish has been in my collection for years though I can’t remember the last time I wore it. I’m pretty sure this was the first Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish I ever bought.

Flirt is a blacked red with red microglitter. In most light this polish looks black, but in the sun it really comes alive! Application was good; I used 3 thin coats and topped in with my favorite top coat.

While this color is gorgeous and alone is impressive, the most impressive thing about this polish is the wear time. I rarely wear dark polishes for more than a day or two (at the most) because the tip wear is very noticeable. I wore this polish for 3 and a half days and the manicure still looked great. I could hardly believe it!

Check out the day 3 picture below the jump

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The hunt for the perfect yellow nail polish seems to be never ending. I’ve gone through several recently and everything I posted about a yellow polish people would recommend this one. Finally, I decided to give it a try.

First of all, I love the name. Yellow Kitty…who doesn’t LOVE that name!? Anyway, Yellow Kitty is a pale yellow creme. I really like the color, and surprisingly it was quite flattering against my skintone. As with most (all!?) yellow polishes the formula left something to be desired. It’s not runny…but it is quite thin. I needed 4 coats to get an opaque color.

The color is quite similar to SinfulColors Unicorn. Considering the price difference, I’d recommend Unicorn over Yellow Kitty. The formulas are about the same.