Sally Hansen Colour Therapy Nail Polish Review

I was lucky enough to be sent two Sally Hansen polishes, a top coat and a cuticle oil to trial.

I was sent Soothing Sapphire (a lovely, rich, shimmery royal blue colour) and Rosy Quartz (a baby pink). I really like the fact that there was argan oil to help nourish the nails. The bottles are beautiful - thick, square glass bottles that look so luxurious with silver tops.

The brush is wide and soft, allowing for easy and even application. I find that the pink is a bit sheer and needs 3 coats to be opaque, but 2 coats would be beautiful if you want a sheer polish. The sapphire is a beautiful shade that is opaque with 2 coats and perfect for fall/winter (or even a party!)

I feel that drying time was standard, and each polish lasted about 6 days on me before chipping, usually they would last around 4 days. I felt that they did indeed care for my nails when I was wearing them, since usually when I remove them, my nails tend to be drier and almost flaky. This was not the case with these polishes.

Both polishes were easy to remove and didn't stain. Overall, I love the ones I was sent and will be looking for more in this range!

Woohoo lucky girl i got sent two great colours plus the top coat and the cuticle oil!! Chai on life - 180 is a great neutral colour and Aura'nt you relaxed - 320 is a yummy peachy pink colour. Great size bottle that feels really sturdy and classy. 14.7ml. Love the brush its a shorter bristle than a lot of other brushes and it helps it go on really well and hold a bit more polish. I found it super easy to apply. Strong scent as most polishes have but not enough to make my husband leave the room (which he usually does) With both colours i did exactly the same. Cleaned my nails, applied two coats allowing time to dry between coats and then on one hand i apply top coat and on the other i don't. Im really keen to see if the top coat makes a huge difference or not. Drying time seems similar to most polishes but i tend to do it at night and head to bed straight afterwards.

Love the colours and i get comments on both of them as they provide quite a nice sheen and actually make your nails look great - almost like you've got a gel nail done from a professional!

3 days i get from the hand with no top coat, chipping around edge of my nails and it starts to come away from around my cuticles too. 5 days from the hands with the top coat before it starts to wear away at the edges. So id say its best to do the top coat. Im impressed at how long it lasts as my hands get a hard time with cleaning, dishes and id had a busy few days at work too. Im currently trying it on my toenails and I'm 4 days in so will see how long that lasts as I'm usually wearing polish on my toenails for at least 3 weeks this time of the year :)

Definitely keen to try some other colours as i do think it helps your nails. Super easy to apply. super easy to take off with no stains. And looks great! Well done Sally :)

I was lucky to be sent shades 390 (Slicks and Stones) a rich and vibrant dark purple and 200 (Powder Room) a lush creamy colour.

I first tried the Slicks and Stones and as with both polishes, the brush is quite wide and flat which made application nice and easy. The polish is quite runny and I found that the polish ran down the handle so you don't need to apply much to the brush as it quite literally 'refills' the brush! It was nice an easy to put on and after two coats looked glossy and thick. It did take a little while for it to dry which was a bit of a pain but totally worth the wait!

At 2 am when I had to take my daughter to the bathroom, the first thing she said was 'mummy, I love the colour of your toenails' so it was great they made such an instant impact! I put the Powder Room polish on my oldest daughter and again, it was easy to apply and looked great! Easy to remove and didn't stain my nails.

I am on my feet all day cleaning and it took 3 days before I got a chip in the polish and this was without the top coat. Had I added this (which I did later) it would have lasted a lot longer.

These polishes also looked lovely in their classy bottles and would make a welcome addition to anyone's nail polish collection.

Firstly the packaging of these nail polishes are super cute, with rose gold lid and glass packaging with a square bottom (similar to their other polishes such as the gel one) I have used 2 colours being Primrose and Proper which is a gorgeous pink shade and Red-y to Glow which is a gorgeous deep red shade. Both colours applied really nicely. The polish has a nice consistency that isn't too runny and didn't apply streaky at all. 2 coats gave even and opaque coverage. I also really like the brush that comes with the polish as it is quite flat and wide so it's covers a lot of the nail in one swipe and I found it really easy to apply. I finished with a top coat and I got 6 days of wear without any chipping, I only removed the colour after day 6 as I made slime with the kids which just stuck to the polish so I had to take it all off. I feel like it would have still given me a few more days of wear if I kept it on. My nails felt really good after wear, they have been long and strong following wearing the nail polish and usually after a few weeks of nail polish wear my nails will just weaken and break away and I have to start the growing cycle again. However with this nail polish so far so good. Overall I love this nail polish and there is a gorgeous range of shades so I will definitely be picking up a few more for my collection!

Before I start I want to thank Beauty Review SOOOO MUCH for selecting me for this trial! This is my first trial team spot and I can't be happier. I have found the nail polish of my dreams! I was sent two shades of this amazing collection: Blushed Petal (190) and Therapewter (130). I was also sent the Cuticle oil (which I love), and the top coat (which had a downside but was alright) but the reviews for those will be up separately under the products.

I also want to mention that I stopped wearing nail polish regularly about 2 years ago as my nails started to go yellow and I didn't want unhealthy nails.

So let's start with Blushed petal (190). This shade is a shade I would personally buy for regular use! It's so soft and matches my skin tone quite well (olive/tan). The shade is quite light and a bit see-through but with 3 layers, I think it looked perfect! I also liked that it was partly see through for days when I just want the little bit of colour but nothing too bold (so I can just apply 1 layer). I love painting my nails but like I said, my nails were starting to become very unhealthy so I stopped. I'm hoping that this therapy argan oil formula will help keep my nails healthy while I paint them regularly. Anyways, I have been wearing this shade on my right hand for about a week now and it still looks like I painted them today even though I showered everyday and wash my hands 5-8 times a day! (I used it with the Sally Hansen Therapy Top Coat) The shade is beautiful! The brush is very easy to use but I found it too big to use with my left hand? Not sure why haha. The packaging of the bottles is also very cute and looks quite fancy! I like having them on my dresser -they look so pretty.

Now the 2nd shade, Therapewter (130). This is definitely not a shade I would personally go for but after wearing it for a week on my left hand, I don't mind it. The shade is a greyish-goldish-silvery-glittery shade (wow what a description hahaha). I think I would love to wear this on a GLAM night out! One of those nights where I want to feel pump up and feel like the queen of the party! haha. One thing about this shade though is that it started peeling off last night, I'm not too sure if it's because of me or the top coat or the nail polish or the bad application (one of those lol).

Both polishes go on very smooth and only need 2 applications - even one application looked amazing as is. They don't feel too heavy on my nails (if you know what I mean) and remove very easily with a normal nail polish remover (I tried this on one of my nails)

Overall, I loved these polishes. Here's what I'm going to do now: I will keep using them (esp. Blushed Petal) regularly with the Cuticle and Nail oil to see if my nails stay healthy and don't go yellow again. (Will def update this review as I continue my testing) If all turns out good, I will buy a lot more shades from this collection as they are miracle products! Seriously!

Usually I just don't bother with nail polish. It chips within a day and the nail polish remover further dries out my weak, dry nails. For that reason I get a manicure about once a year and beyond that I just don't bother doing my nails.

And then I was given this nail polish to trial. Game changer!

I applied this nail polish in front of a movie one evening. I applied the two coats then left it a generous amount of time before using the top coat. I then fell asleep in front of the movie and didn't wake up for a few hours - oops! And yet... after years of damaging my nail polish straight away, it seems I have discovered the trick to non-smudged nails. Everything dried very thoroughly before I began knocking the polish on anything. I wanted to explain this because I imagine it gives the polish the best chance to be successful.

So enough about that, how was the nail polish?

When using it I really like the flattened brush which made it easy to apply a thin, even layer. The colours were lovely and very wearable.

But best thing about it was the durability! At 24 hours I admired my nails and told hubby 'look, no chips!' At 48 hours I spent a while trying to decide if any other nail polish had ever lasted so long. On the fourth day I finally got a chip in a nail and by day five they were looking a bit scraped and chipped and needed the nail polish removed.

All up I was really impressed by this nail polish. At $18 a bottle this seems good value - especially when it lasts significantly longer than your average polish! I'll be buying more of these.

I've been trialling Chai on Life and Red-y to Glow, the amazing top coat and also a gentle Sally Hansen oil. These have been great to trial because I really enjoy having statement nails but often have problems with my nails becoming brittle and the polish chipping off too easily. Well those aren't worries with these new Sally Hansen polishes. My nails have been slowly growing out healthier and less brittle after just two weeks use (2 applications of colour with a few days of just the oil between).

The colours are cute with Chai on Life being a very neutral beige tone, great for the office, and Red-y to Glow being a bright red that builds into a deep dark red with increasing layers of polish. The formulas are a bit strong scented, but not as chemically smelling as other polishes I've tried. It's also quite a thin formula, going on in very light layers. This means that I end up applying 3 thin layers instead of the recommended 2, just to built the colour I like, and I find if I apply the polish thicker it takes a long time to dry.

The shape of the brushes are amazing, only needing 2 swipes at my bigger nails and only one for my pinkies. The bristles are of sturdy material so they don't bend all over the place. However, given the wide end, the wand is quite wide also and I keep worrying about getting it back into the bottle without permanently bending the bristles out of place, or accidentally knocking the bottle over when not holding it.

This polish doesn't chip for days!!! I've had supposedly great polish before, chip resistant and all that jazz, but none have actually walked the walk. These do. Each application it's taken around 4 days before the first chip. On maybe the 3rd day the polish does recede from the tips of my nails slightly, but nothing noticeable by the casual observer.

Another epic win from the sally Hansen range. I got sent the colours ohm my magenta (deep red) and rosy quartz (light natural colour). I went with the deep red colour for the trial run. The brush is flat and again awesome to get an easy 1 dip coverage, love the brush shape. It took a good 5minutes to dry 1 coat ( I applied 2 coats as the bottle states to 1 hand and the other I applied 1 coat to test the bottles theory) After applications were dried the colour had a slight shine to it and they were looking fab! 2 coats lasted 1.5weeks before chipping and 1 coat lasted 3days before chipping. Without a topcoat I'd say this would be less time. Either way I felt like I had got them professionally done? They were looking that amazing! Today I will be rocking the rosy quartz x

Nail Polishes - Rosy Quartz - this is a really nice light pink natural colour that would work well for doing a french nail, I just used it over the top of my natural nails and it actually made them look really nice and healthy without looking overdone. My nails weren't in the best condition when I used this colour, due to having damage from acrylics and gels but when I took it off after a week they were looking in a much better state. I did get some chipping/peeling but it wasn't too bad and it wasn't particularly noticeable either, probably due to the light colour.

Ohm My Magenta - wow this is a really bright magenta colour and definitely stands out. I kept noticing my nails all the time when I used this and it was a nice bold colour that got quite a few compliments! Again I did have some issues with it starting to peel off abit after about 4 days, even with the top coat and I had to take it off day 5 as it was starting to look abit horrible, but again I was quite pleased to see my nails looking noticeably healthier and in better condition.

Overall both are really lovely colours, I was also really impressed by the size of the products, they are quite big for a nail polish so I feel there is good value here. They also dry very quickly!

Oil - Nice consistency. As per instructions I applied on the cuticles as well as nails every day for a week and massaged them. After just a day I could feel a difference on my nails. They were looking healthier. After a week the nails were a nice pink with a healthy glow. I have a problem with my cuticles with the skin peeling off. While I was rubbing the oil, I had no more issues with skin peeling. But a day after I stopped applying the oil the skin started peeling off again.

Top Coat - It did what a top coat is supposed to do. Couldn't make out the difference between this top coat and the others I normally use. It worked and I would use it again.

Nail Polish - I got a couple of other friends to try the two shades along with me. They found the pink too thick but loved the silver. I liked both shades. Both lasted around 10 days with the top coat on.

Primrose & Proper - A nice shade for day time. Nice consistency. What I liked about it was, having an olive coloured skin, not every matt pink looks good on me. But this one did.

Therapewter - A nice shade for day and night. I loved this colour. Silver is my weakness and this one is just awesome. Both a single or double shades look good. I will definitely be buying this.