I love to ignore them and hate to spend time making them look nice, but then I hate when they look ugly and feel cuter when they look nice. I rarely do anything to them except keep them way short. I do keep polish on my toenails most of the time though.
A few months ago I bought the Sally Hansen at-home gel nails kit -
Sally Hansen Salon Gel Polish Starter Kit
This is not the nail "strips" kit - it is the nail polish kit.
I paid $50 for it on Ulta.com (got $10 off with a coupon and free shipping - I think the price has gone up a little now). They had it at my local Target, but there are three color choices that come in the kit and they only had the color I didn't want so I did my research and found the best deal at Ulta.
Here is the Tired Girl review:
PROS:
- For $50 this kit would pay for itself if I only used it twice (on my fingers ad toes each) and so far I have used it 4 times in 4 months.
- There is no dry time (!!!) which was my biggest hang up in painting my nails at home - I love to lay around, but only on my terms, and there never seemed to be a good time to paint my nails and let them dry -- I almost always smudged them.
- It is easy and fast.
- My painted finger nails last over a week - sometimes more than two full weeks - so the energy I put in is made up for because they look nice for so long - a good bang for my buck in my opinion.
- My toe nails last even longer of course (because I don't wash dishes with my feet) and I even put a touch up coat on them after a month and they still looked great.
- The polish is easy to take off - no remover necessary -- you work up a corner of each nail and the whole thing comes off in one sheet of color. I don't use any remover - so less drying and chemicals.
- I think they look nice - especially now that I am getting better at the polishing.
CONS:
- The UV light is not good for you and is rather controversial -- UV= cancer (I am soooo not into cancer).
- The "gel" polish in any brand is a little pricier than regular drugstore polish - these are $11-$12 for a small bottle.
- Because the color will come off in a sheet, once it does start to get bumped and chipped there is a chance your whole nail color will come off of one finger, which can be a bummer if you are not at home.
- They don't look as great as when someone professional does them for me -- because I am not great at polishing my nails. But since I am not going to have them done anyway, it's this or nothing.
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So, in the end I am way happy with my purchase and the idea that my nails look nice sometimes. Why is this a Tired Girl recommended product? I save energy and money while having nice looking and long lasting painted nails.
Here are a couple of extra thoughts - if you are still interested in this:
- I like that Sensationail has more colors than Sally Hansen at this time, but I DO NOT recommend this brand for fingernails. It lasted great on my toes, but only lasted a couple of days on my hands - started pulling up on finger nails the very next day. Major boooooo.
- If you are NOT an expert nail-painter (as I am not) I recommend painting your nails the day before any event - it gives them a day for the little extra over paint areas to come off. They look best on day 2 or 3 I think.
- And finally, I have never had a gel nail polish manicure done professionally and probably won't (it's just not my thing to go to a salon and have them done - I spend all my time thinking about what else I could be doing for fun or money - http://www.thetiredgirl.com/2012/11/know-yourself.html ), so I cannot accurately speak about how this kit compares to a professional manicure. I hope that doesn't make you angry.
- I am going to try using the gel base and top coat and UV light with a "regular" polish and will let you know how that goes.
If any one has something to add I would love hear other Tired Girl's thoughts -

Here are a couple of extra thoughts - if you are still interested in this:
- I like that Sensationail has more colors than Sally Hansen at this time, but I DO NOT recommend this brand for fingernails. It lasted great on my toes, but only lasted a couple of days on my hands - started pulling up on finger nails the very next day. Major boooooo.
- If you are NOT an expert nail-painter (as I am not) I recommend painting your nails the day before any event - it gives them a day for the little extra over paint areas to come off. They look best on day 2 or 3 I think.
- And finally, I have never had a gel nail polish manicure done professionally and probably won't (it's just not my thing to go to a salon and have them done - I spend all my time thinking about what else I could be doing for fun or money - http://www.thetiredgirl.com/2012/11/know-yourself.html ), so I cannot accurately speak about how this kit compares to a professional manicure. I hope that doesn't make you angry.
- I am going to try using the gel base and top coat and UV light with a "regular" polish and will let you know how that goes.
If any one has something to add I would love hear other Tired Girl's thoughts -

Personally, I love gel nail polish. It lasts 3-4 weeks without chipping. I've got one of the gel polish kit at Runway Professional. Its really nice and perfect for me. I strongly recommend checking them out.
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