Sally Hansen Nail Strips...

 

For those of you nail obsessed, like me, out there I decided to document my expierence with some new nail polish techniques!

So, I took the plunge and bought a ridiculously expensive pack of Sally Hansen Nail Polish Strips. I've been wanting to try them since they came out sometime last year! I've looked around at various places and dediced to buy mine from Wal-Mart because they were the cheapest there at $8.50. At other drugstores they ranged $9.50 to $10.50. I think this is kind of ridiculous, considering my favorite nail polish, Sinful Colors, is $1.99 & it comes in some pretty awesome shades.. (more on that later though!).

Here's what you need to get started:
*One Pack of Sally Hansen's Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips
*Nail Polish Remover
*Cotton Balls
and *Soap to wash your hands.
Easy enough. The set comes with good, easy instrustions, 3-sided nail buffer, cuticle stick and 2 packs of nail strips.


I followed the instructions to a tee! I have to admit I kinda wanted to stop after I pushed my cuticles back & buffed my nails! They looked so pretty & shiny! I forgot how much just a buffer can do for your nails! So here's the finished product!

All that Glitters is GOLD! I look at this picture and think "Man, they DO look good!" But then I look at my nails today... ha. More pictures to prove my point

 

This was about an hour after I put them on. You can see the strips don't exactly fit perfect,but it's not that noticeable in person, but the wear on the ends was worse than with polish!  A few bits actually chipped that first night too. 

This was taken yesterday! 5 days after the application.

I'll tell you what I think & we'll be done with it.

PRO's:

-I love that I didn't have to wait for my nails to dry at all!

-I could choose intricate designs like HOUNDSTOOTH or pretty floral patterns

-The time spent was considerably less, because they don't have to dry.

-No smudges to worry about or nics in the polish

CON's:

-Expensive

-A wee bit  messy with all the strips laying everywhere.

-chips just like polish

-Sizes we're a perfect fit for my wide nails

Over all:

I would like to try them one more time & be a little more careful after the initial application. See if maybe that makes a difference in the chipping. Plus, I really want to try out the Houndstooth that they have! It's adorable. Even though it's more expensive than nail polish, it's still cheaper than a salon manicure.. so I can justify the expense a little bit.

If you try it, let me know how they work out! I guess I'll go back to using my old faithful nail polish:

This the stash that I got for .99cents each! My bff Natalie was down & we raided two wal-greens!  :P

And the funny thing is, that's not even all of it... there's more in a basket in my room! bwahaha!! Can you blame me though? They are regularly priced $1.99 and they go on so smoothly! Beautiful colors. Cheap. Totally love it!

What polishes/brands do you LOVE? I'd love to try out some Essie products, but $8!!! :O It just hurts, but they do have an army green that I have my eyes on ;)