Sally Hansen Miracle Cure - First Impression

Today I'm going to be doing something a little bit different. I recently purchased Sally Hansen Miracle Cure Strengthener for Severe Problem Nails and thought I'd do a first impressions on it.

The back of the bottle says to "Shake gently. Apply 1 thin coat to bare nails every other day. Use alone or as a base coat." I've only been using it for about five days, and though that means I've only applied it three times, I am pretty impressed so far.

Since my nails are so thin from years and years of poor treatment and nail biting, I have tried a lot of  nail strengtheners. The "holy grail" appears to be OPI Nail Envy, but to be honest, that has not worked for me. I've also tried Nail Tek Intense Therapy and Seche Vite Rebuild and Restore, all to no avail.  I really didn't have a whole lot of hope for this, but I figured I'd give it a go.

Now, I don't know if anyone else has this problem with nail strengtheners, but they always always end up peeling off of my nails. I don't know why, but I feel like if they're just peeling off, they're not really doing their job.

This product does not peel. Every day that I've applied it, the layer from two days before is still there, perfectly in tact. It also actually makes my nails feel stronger and dries ridiculously fast. I honestly feel like it will be an awesome base coat as well since it adheres so well onto the nail.

Anyway, that's my first impression of Sally Hansen Miracle Cure. Leave a comment if you're interested in a proper review once I've used it a bit longer. Hopefully, I'll be posting some nail art soon (and catching up on the Seven Deadly Sins challenge) but I need finals to end first.

Hope you are having a lovely day :)

31DC2012 Day 7: Black & White

I wasn't quite ready to part with The Count, so I did this manicure on my right hand. People always say that painting with you non-dominant hand is hard; however, they never tell you how difficult it is to take a photo, which is why I'm only posting one picture. It was the best one I could get.
Also, using my dotting tools was probably as good an my non-dominant hand can do. I like it though, so yayyy!

I used Sally Hansen Whirlwind White and China Glaze Liquid Leather.

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31DC2012 Day Three: Yellow

I'm loving these nails. One of my favorite color combinations is yellow, black, and white, so these are perfect. I just wish my topcoat didn't go all smeary on me. It's not really noticeable in person at all, so just pretend you don't see that, okay?

For these nails I used China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, HGL mixes with white (that I used on my jellyfish nails), Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, and China Glaze Liquid Leather.

These are definitely my favorite nails of the challenge so far, but it's only day three.

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31DC2012 Day Two: Orange

Day two is orange nails. I'm definitely stumped when it comes to these color days. I've done something similar to this before and I liked it so I thought I'd recreate it in orange.

Took my photos outside this time but there's no sun. I usually take photos in my room, but if you follow me on instagram you'd know my room is currently under construction.

For this, I used Julep Alyson (my favvvvvv nude), Orly Old School Orange, Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, and China Glaze Black Leather.

Here's a recap of all the days coming up. Only 29 to go!!

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