Hey everyone! As I promised in an earlier post where I briefly discussed this newer product from Sally Hansen, here’s my full review on this polish…
I received this bottle of new Sally Hansen Triple Shine Polish from Influenster for free to test it out. Although due to the fact that I have a borderline addiction to nail polish, I probably would’ve purchased a shade, or 20 from this line at some point anyway lol. If you don’t know about Influenster, please see my post titled “My Newest Box of Goody’s (pun intended) From Influenster ~ The Violet VoxBox
So with any new product that I review, whether it be a face product, hair product, bath product, nail polish, etc. I like to give it a bit of use before I evaluate it because then I can really get a feel for how it works, if it irritates my skin, if it lasts like it says it’s going to and so on. This polish was no different. I painted my nails on Saturday and this is the quick pic that I did right after to show it’s immediate look…
Now when I do my nails, I almost always use Seche Vite as my top coat because it’s by far my absolute favorite! If you frequently paint your nails, I highly suggest finding this at a local store, or online, and purchasing it. It’s in the slightly pricier range for polishes, but it works extremely well. It dries quick and I’ve literally had it keep my manicure looking amazing for 12 days, no joke. I finally took it off because I was sick of the nail polish color lol. Ok anyway, back on topic and back to my point! When I tried this Sally Hansen Triple Shine, I opted to use a Sally Hansen top coat (Sally Hansen Insta-Dry) to test out this polish’s true lastability. Not to say that Sally Hansen top coats aren’t wonderful, but I didn’t want to use a more expensive, more effective top coat for my test. I wanted to know if this Triple Shine polish would live up to it’s name on it’s own merit. This is a little blurb directly from the Sally Hansen Triple Shine webpage… Water to workout, day in and day out, nothing will dull these nails. The gloss is protected with the Ultimate Shield Complex, exclusive to Sally Hansen, designed to help polish withstand the wear and tear of everyday living for non-stop shine.
So as I said, I painted my nails on Saturday. Since then I’ve done the normal everyday things like doing dishes, cleaning, showering, etc. I’m a professional photographer, so I can’t exactly claim to have a “get my hands dirty” type of job, so I won’t speak to any sort of wear and tear like that. However, after 5 days and absolutely no touch-ups of any kind, to the polish itself or to my top coat, this is my nails tonight…
I tried to get as close up as I could with my iPhone camera so that you could really see the edges. In the photo, if you look REALLY close, just the very edge of my middle finger nail is showing wear, but seriously, in my opinion, this polish has had no real change in the past 5 days. The shine is still outstanding, and there’s no signs of fading or chipping. And unless someone looks at my nails under a microscope, no one would be able to see any wear to the edges at all.
In my opinion, this polish is an absolute winner!!! Does this mean that I didn’t have any dislikes? No. I’ll actually tell you what I didn’t like about it. It seemed to get a bit goopy fairly quickly while I was painting my nails. This was quickly alleviated by giving it a little shake, not a huge deal. Also, because of the rounded brush design, I found that the top of the bottle can quickly get messy from wiping the excess off of the brush. Now this in a way is a pro and a con…the pro is that with a rounded brush that holds a good amount of polish, you can achieve a great look with less effort. I use the pro method of painting my nails where you don’t go fully to your cuticles or the sides of your nails, so a rounded brush is a huge asset for that! But, as I said, it does cause you to wipe quite a bit off on the edge of your bottle which can become messy. See, pro and con, but for me, all in all, the rounded brush is a “pro”. As far as the polish coloring goes, the shades are very pigmented which means you need a max of 2 coats for ultimate color. Woohoo! I also really liked the smoothness with which this polish goes on. I had no issues with this going on and remaining smooth whatsoever. All in all, this polish absolutely lived up to the hype for me. It comes in 29 shades and is priced around $4.50 here in the US. The shade that I have on in the pictures is Flame On.
Bottom line…
Would I recommend purchasing Sally Hansen Triple Shine Polish? Absolutely!
Is it a good investment at around $4.50? Yes, without a doubt! It a very inexpensive polish that you can wear all week without touch-ups…buy several! lol
My overall grade for this product – A+ I will definitely be purchasing additional shades.
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