I'm Not Sure I Want to Play with Sally Anymore

Good evening, folks.

Remember in the last post how I was talking about how Sally Hansen "Royal Rage" was a bit of a disappointment?

Yeah... "a bit" turned out to be a big understatement. 

I'm sure by now you folks know I'm a big blue fan. So for me to say any blue polish is absolute junk is pretty dramatic. 

This polish is absolute $(#!*ing JUNK! 

I'm fairly certain I have never bought a polish, worn it once (for ONE DAY) and said, "Yeah, this shit needs to go." Especially relating to a blue polish. 

"Royal Rage" is a royal pain to apply. I know I probably got a little spoiled considering my first jelly polishes were Zoyas, but this Sally Hansen is so incredibly awful!! It's really more of a crelly formula, though. A really crappy crelly. It runs everywhere. It's streaky. It's patchy. It drags on itself. Even after three coats it wasn't opaque, and it was bumpy. This polish has the worst formula I have ever dealt with, hands down. Don't waste your $2-3!!

Now, I know that Sally Hansen has some good polishes. I have "White On" and "Golden-I" and I love them. Yet... I have more fails than wins. "Royal Rage", "Pixel Perfect" (which I have mentioned in a previous post), "Jazzy Jade", and "Tango-rine" aren't so awesome. "Jazzy Jade" doesn't have a bad formula, but the color looks nothing on the nails like it does in the bottle--it's very flat and not at all jazzy. "Tango-rine" is a great color, but the formula is soooo thin that it's easily a 3 to 4 coat polish. 

So after the "Royal Rage" fiasco (did I mention it chipped in less than 18 hours??), I'm really starting to think that I should just stay away from Sally. Why bother when I can grab a Pure Ice or Sinful Colors polish for cheaper that will probably have me singing rather than snarling?

Yeah, bye bye, Sally Hansen.

Foolish Raindrop FAIL!!

Greetings folks!

Today we'll be talking about how horribly I botched this mani:



Yep, that's one hell of an epic nail fail, there. I was trying to be awesome like Cristine, but obviously it didn't work. 

I started off with "Bridge the Ridge" base coat ($5.49). I then applied one coat of Sinful Colors "Kryptonite" ($1.99). 

...Then I heard my son stirring in the next room. Awwwww crap. Figures he'd decide to take a power nap instead of a two-hour nap. I hurried and slapped another coat of "Kryptonite" on my nails and topped it with Seche Vite ($2.08) so I could resume the mommy role.

Without matte top coat

I ended up wearing that alone for a day, and I really enjoyed it. But of course, it wasn't the final look I was going for, so the next day I used a makeup sponge to add Sinful Colors "Kalypso" ($1.99) to the base of my nails to create a gradient. I did use some liquid latex around the nails to help with clean up. Here's the thing, though: the liquid latex I have is something I bought for two bucks from China. It's crap. I wouldn't recommend it. I would warn you what not to buy, but I have no idea what the name of it is; it has no markings on the bottle whatsoever. I should have taken advantage of BundleMonster's cyber monday deals and snagged some Poli-Peel... but... I'm on a no-buy. Sigh.

With matte top coat

Next came a coat of Wet 'n' Wild matte top coat ($0.99). And there, my friends, is where I should have stopped. This looked great! But no... No, I had to go and ruin the whole damn thing. 


Maybe if I had used a thinner top coat, or even just a regular clear polish, it wouldn't have turned out so awful. But I'm an idiot and decided to use Seche Vite for my raindrops for maximum shine. Unfortunately it ended up being more akin to maximum blobbage. 

Oh well, I suppose I can't vomit out awesomeness all the time.