Sally Hansen sent me seven colors of their new Miracle Gel* range and today I have my review ready for you. You've probably already seen the disaster on my Instagram, so you will know that I can only show you six of the colors. They come with the Miracle Gel top coat which in combination with the nail polish is supposed to make your manicure last for up to 14 days. We all know this never happens and these are no exceptions. Nonetheless and even if personally I don't bother wearing the same nail polish for more than 3 days, I wanted to try these colors a bit more thoroughly than I normally would.
* PR Sample
I chose to use the color that's least likely to bore me after a day or two, which is the classic called Red Eye. It's a beautiful brilliant red and I really enjoyed wearing it for five full days. You're supposed to apply two coats without a base coat and then add one coat of the Miracle Gel top coat over it. The next day and in bright daylight I noticed that the top coat was unusually streaky and didn't look very appealing. My current top coat from Sally Hansen, Insta-Dri, gives a more perfect finish in my opinion. Have a look at the sunlight picture from Day 3 below to see what I'm talking about. Another thing about the top coat: the nail polish stained the top coat brush which is quite annoying. I wiped it off on a piece of paper before dipping it back into the bottle. That's one way of wasting top coat! After three days I started to notice some tip wear, which was more apparent on my middle and pointer finger from my right hand. All of the pictures show my left hand for practical reasons. On the fifth day I decided to remove the manicure. There was quite some tip wear but no visible chipped parts.
I tried another color called Pink Tank for three full days and I didn't see a big difference to Red Eye. There might have been a bit more tip wear on Day 3. I didn't wear the other colors yet, but I swatched them on one nail each. I used three coats each, because I felt like they weren't as opaque as Red Eye and Pink Tank. But you might get away with two careful coats, if your nails are very smooth.
My conclusion:
+ 5 days without chipping
+ nice choice of colors
- don't last up to 14 days
- streaky top coat
- bleeding colors
- rather expensive (sold together with the top coat for €17.95)
Sally Hansen Miracle Gel - Red Eye: Day 2
Sally Hansen Miracle Gel - Red Eye: Day 3
Sally Hansen Miracle Gel - Red Eye: Day 5
Sally Hansen Miracle Gel - Pink Tank: Day 3
3 coats each, from left to right:
Pretty Piggy - Pinky Promise - Bare Dare - Birthday Suit
I'd love to give these a try, to compare them to the Revlon gel polishes! They look nice.
AntwortenLöschenThey look good - nice colours :-)
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