Sally hansen insta gel strips update

Hello everyone

Im on my vacation,  so that means I should update you on my adventures with Using regular polish with the sally hansen insta gel strips kit. After a week I had minimal chips. Half of the chips I had came from trying to wrestle the ball away from the dog, the other half I would say was normal wear and tear. When it first started chipping away, it seemed more like it was wearing away, as wird as it sounds. I timk a couple coats of the gel topcoat works better than just one as well, I say this because it chipped away faster like I didn't even put it on so my friend took me for a mani and a pedi, and I got the opi gel on my nails sense mine were a pretty good length.  Overall,  I think that this is a good way to keep polish on for extended periods of time, if you don't want to go get your nails done.  I was quite happy with it, I just know that next time I need to try more coats of the gel.

I've included pics of what it looked like before removal, and during removal.

Sally hansen salon insta gel strips starter kit

Hello everyone!

I was at Walgreens a few days ago, and I saw this kit on clearance.  Im terrible with the nail polish strip things, but I figured id try it with regular polish. I read some reviews,  and it was 50/50 on good and bad, but with the clearance price why not. 

Heres my review of sally hansen insta gel strip starter kit.

I painted my left hand last night and let it dry overnight,  my right hand I painted this morning, that way we can see how it would work if your trying to do a quickie mani versus taking your time. I'm a take my time person btw, I feel quickie mani's don't turn out well in the end.

I painted my nails with wet and wild disturbia, I did a base coat as I always do when painting my nails,  did one coat of polish and waited for it to completely dry, then the second coat. I had to do a third coat on 3 of my fingers because my first one was so light on those fingers, it required an extra coat, as well as banging one on the counter required a fix. I waited about 10 minutes for the 3rd coat to dry before doing the gel topcoat and curng it with the uv light

I did my left hand first and it came out quite well, however,  I feel like if you dont put enough gel on the brush it will create air bubbles/dents. I had a slight air bubble on the middle finger of my left hand,  so I did another coat to try to fill it in,  and it worked to a degree. I have a little tiny dent now. After you cure all the nails,  you are to wipe your nails with an alcohol pad that they include in the kit, they give you 2 along with a file and cuticle stick. The alcohol wipes help take the tackiness away and give it a nice shine. I'll be honest and say that I didnt like how they looked after wiping with the wipe, and decided to do another gel coat. I decided they looked a tad better, waited 10 minutes ,and went on to the right hand.

On my right hand I did the same as my left. I only did a second coat of gel on the nails that had air bubbles/dents really bad. I feel that doing my nails quickly in the morning caused alot more issues, I had more air bubbles and I dented them easily even after waiting 10 minutes.

I tryed this with a less expensive polish, i plan on trying it with a variety of polishes to see if it will cause any issues. I also went and grabbed a cotton ball put some rubbing alcohol on it and wiped all of my nails down.  I honestly think  wiping them down this way was better, the shine was better and took tackiness away better; one of my nails on my right hand stil had a bit of tacky reside on it till I wiped it with the cotton ball.

My verdict?  So far so good. I do alot of typing at work and typically after one day of work my nails are chipped. After one day of work this time my polish was intact. I plan on seeing what happens by weeks end, then changing my polish for my trip next week. Overall i like it alot, i think with time I can minimize the air bubble thing. I do believe doing my nails the night before worked better, and some reviews I saw said even after wiping with the alchol pad their nails were still tacky, they didn't have the full circumstances of their polish adventures on their review so I had to take it into my own hands. I definitely recommend this to try at the clearance price, if it were full price I wouldn't have. I say if you dont rush your polish, try it. Hopefully next time I do better, I think ill use one of my julep holos to see if it puts a damper on the color. i do have a few photos they arent very good but they will do for now, the side nail pic is of some air bubbles I tryed to take better photos but my tablet was not cooperating. Ill do an update in about a week.

Until next post!

*ill try to get my September ipsy bag in before October's bag comes*

Vow vox box

I took some time from blogging to use the items in this box to be able to give a proper review. I recieved these products complimentary from influenster for testing purposes.

In this box I recieved 5 products : sally hansen complete salon manicure in the color barracuda, olay regenerist luminous tone perfecting cream, pure silk raspberry mist shave cream, a tide to go pen, and an ecotools pure complexion facial sponge. There was also a card for a free trial of a wedding website, as I am not getting married anytime soon, I didn't use it.

Product 1: Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in Barracuda ($7.99)

This is a pastel cream color polish, it is a pretty color, however I am not fond of cream polishes.  I like a few but not many. I painted my toes with the color, I just hate the many coats I need for it to give complete coverage. I may just be terrible at painting my nails with cream polish, I dont know, but dont let what I think determine whether you try it or not because it is a beautiful color.

Product 2: Olay regenerist luminous tone perfecting cream ($30.99)

I absolutely hands down love this product. It has made my skin look better and feel softer. You dont have to use a lot of the product on your face,  little goes a long way. The smell of it isnt to bad either, I use it morning and night and still have a whole lot left, and iv had it for about 3 weeks.

Product 3: Pure silk raspberry mist shave cream ($1.49) for the 5oz ($2.19) for 8oz

Im going to say right off the bat, I didn't like it at first. It smelled awesome, but my skin is sensitive and I get razor burn easily during the summer months.  the shave cream dryed my skin out the first time I used it, so I didnt use it the next few times and started it again. It still drys out my skin but I have a great lotion I use after each shave and I havent had problems with razor burn after I started using it. I would say everyone should try it.

Product 4: Tide to go pen ($7.99) 3ct

Im going to be honest I haven't used this tide to go pen, I have used one a while ago an it was pretty decent. Once I actually try it ill update you.

Product 5: Ecotools pure complexion facial sponge ($5.99)

Love love love this sponge! After one use my skin felt smooth and refreshed. I use it at least once a day, usually at night before bed. Its made with 100 percent natural ingredients for a better clean. If I could suggest only one product for you to try, it would be this one.

Well that is it for the vow vox box. I have one for julep and one for ghis month lootcrate which had a villian them!

Until next post!