Sally Hansen Miracle Gel Polish Review

I picked up the colour tidal wave online after not seeing it in stores anywhere. This blue is AH MAZE ING! It is a brilliant, cobalt blue and after two coats, the colour is perfect. I've bought other nail polishes this shade and they've taken upto four coats to get even coverage, but not with this one. Two coats, and its perfect.

I'm now on day seven of wearing this colour and the only chip is from when I dropped a dumbell on my nail at the gym yesterday. I kid you not. Aside from the pain, my perfect nail is now chipped. But that was an accident. The rest of the wear is just the tips are starting to get a little worn from typing all the time.

I've had salon gel polishes in this shade before but they've never looked this good or lasted this well.

As for the brush, the packaging etc, its quality. The wide brush means application is flawless and I hardly get any product on the skin around my nails.

I do love this stuff. I have it in the colour 'creme de la creme', and have to admit I was a bit underwhelmed on my first time trying it. I couldn't get an even coverage no matter what I tried, so I wore it for a couple of days and took it off. I tried again a few days later, and left a lot more time between coats and managed to get a really nice even application. I think it's because of it being such a light colour, I need to try a darker shade. Wear time, I would say I go a few more days out of it than regular polish, so definitely worth using. I'm not a huge fan of the shape and size of the brush, it's a bit firm and short for my liking, but it did the trick and after a bit of getting used to I don't hate it. All in all a good product I think.

Didn't like this at all. It chipped after 2 hours of wearing, I bought the top coat too and didn't like it at all didn't work or do what it said it would.

I've got a few of these and I love the colors, the process and the lasting nature of them. Yes you won't get 14 days unless you leave your hands in a bubble for two weeks but let's be honest...if you've ever had gel nails you get sick of the colour by the time two weeks are up. If you're like me you'll also start picking them off...

I think this gives almost a good week before the nails need redone. They're still presentable and I don't find that my nails are damaged after using this product like they are with gels.

I'm already planning on buying more colors! Love this product.

This is my absolutely favourite nail polish ! I just love this ! I mean you can't go wrong with the sally hansen range ! But this one does what it says !

I am all about my nails and love the gel look, but when this came out i was so happy that i didnt need to always get acrylics! You only need to buy this ones !

Packaging is great ! Decent size ! Fancy bottle with fancy shape of brush holder. The amazing thing about this is the brush ! I love love the brush, it just applies the nail polish so well !!

This definitely gives a gel effect and can often last one and half weeks ! You dont need to use top coats with this one because the shine it perfect ! Just love that you dont need to use UV light fot this. The texture of the nail polish is liquidy enough to apply and doesnt get thick overtime .

Leaves the nails smooth and shinny !

I have quite a few of these and i keep buying more because these are great !

I'd also like to share my experience: i went to buy this from one of the stores and i was told that you need the top coat that goes with it in order to use this. Luckily i had tried this so i knew how it worked for me. So i told the lady that i like to use it just by itself. So you actually dont need the top coat this one does the job itself ! :)

Try it because you wont be dissapointed ! :)

I grabbed a few of these second hand (though practically brand new) off another BR member.

I was curious & excited as I love the lasting power of Gels.

Sadly I feel as though these are just like any other good quality nail polish.

I still average about 2 days wear before it's chipping & looking yukky.

I find the colour coat can be a little thin, so a couple of coats are definitely needed. Also top clear coat is essential to it drying properly. I tried it without the clear coat once as I was pushed for time & ended up wiping most of them off on a tissue about an hour later as it just didn't want to dry. It also comes off the clear coat brush, so that white brush now has a pink tinge to it...

I like the bottle shape. it's a great design to hold and the brush is nice and wide, so fewer strokes to get the coverage.

I was so excited to try this nail polish, so I rushed to get it as soon as it came out. I am a huge fan of Sally Hansen nail polishes and this one certainly doesn't disappoint! I've always wanted to try gel polish, but just couldn't justify forking out the dosh to get my nail done because my nails grow fast and I felt it would be a waste. So I was super excited to snatch this duo pack up for $15 at farmers, and at the time it was also 25% off. But I think $20 full price is a good deal.

Firstly, I am totally impressed with this nail polish. It lasted the 14 day test, with minimal chipping and wear. I applied two coats and I only got one small chip on the corner of one of my index fingers and a little bit of tip wear on my other fingers. You could even see my regrowth come through and that was the only reason why I removed the polish after about 18 days. If I didn't have bad regrowth I would have left it on for longer. It lasted a lot longer than normal polish and the colour or shine never faded.

The formula is smooth and easy to apply. It applies with no streaks and no tackiness. The brush is flat, rather than rounded, which also makes it easier to apply as you can coat your nail more evenly in less strokes. The brush is also quite large and flat which I like as it means the polish covers more of your nail. I can easily apply the polish in three strokes on my nail.

I was a little skeptical about trying this because I wasn't convinced that this nail polish would mimic the gel polish look without a UV or LED light. But I was proved wrong. The gloss was fantastic, really shiny and I loved the baby pink colour of pinky rings the colour I got. I didn't use a base coat like I usually do and surprisingly this polish was really easy to remove. The texture of this polish was a bit thicker than normal polish, but that was expected.

Over all I am loving this nail polish and am super impressed with the results. It was easy to use and is an affordable price, I would defiantly recommend buying it.

I have quite a few colours in this range now. The colours they have are all very cool and they are slowly bringing out more although not fast enough for me. For a gel polish this product is super easy to use and does not require uv light which is good. It goes on nice and smooth and the slightly angled brush helps to get to the edges without making a mess. It dries reasonably fast between coats so doesn't take too long for the whole process. My only negatives are that there's no way this lasts 14 days. While it does stay on a bit longer than regular polish I have had it chip the next day once or twice and usually always within a couple of days.