Sally Hansen Color Foil Leaden Lilac Swatch and Review

~purchased by me~


I'm loving the ease of these color foils! You can just slap them over your current manicure whenever you get bored of it and are too lazy to remove and start a new one.

Leaden Lilac has the same formula as all the other color foils; two easy coats, make sure to shake thoroughly prior to use. You can top coat it to make it last longer. It does make the chrome-ness a little less mirror-like but it's not really a huge difference. I wonder what a water based top coat will do to it hmmm? I'll have to get one to try out sometime.

It leans more blue then purple to me. I like it! These are on clearance now at Target but my Kroger just put out the display. Either way, still available so if you want to grab some, do it soon!

Sally Hansen Color Foil Rose Copper Swatch and Review

~purchased by me~


So! I haven't posted for two days because I was doing some heavy gardening and I completely broke the entire free edge off one of my nails! I had to trim them way way down T_T. So sad lol. They look and feel very strange to me now. I also sustained cuts all over my hands and arms and so acetone would sting whenever I tried to paint my nails so I had to wait awhile. Anyway, Rose Copper. This is another one of the color foils that I picked up from the clearance bin at Target. I thought these were all but gone from the stores but my Kroger JUST put up a display lol! I saw the last shade that I wanted from this collection their too...Liquid Gold. I never have any luck catching nail polish on clearance at Kroger though.

With the Color Foil line, it's best to apply over a top coat. As in, use a top coat for your base coat. Or you can do what I do and just slap it onto an existing mani ;P.

The formula for this whole line is pretty straightforward across the board. They all need to be shaken well prior to use, work best over a top coat and cover in two coats. This is a very pretty rose gold shade. I like it a lot! I would also think this is SFW at least over my skin tone.

Shiny chrome goodness! I adore this line. I wonder if they work well for stamping? They work great as nail polish sweatpants haha. Look at your local stores now to see if you can snag some on clearance because they are definitely worth it!

Sally Hansen Color Foil Titanium Flush Swatch

~purchased be me~


Remember that mini-haul I had recently with the color foils? I went back to that target and not only did they have more colors on clearance, they had dropped the price down to $2.08! I finally was able to get the Cobalt Chrome shade I wanted, yay! Now if I can only find Liquid Gold I'll have all the colors that I wanted from the collection. Don't you love it when limited edition collections work in your favor? ^_^

I know these say to apply without base or top coat but I've heard from others that if you do it that way, not only do you see all the ridges and lines from your natural nails but the mani only lasts a day or two before chipping. So! I just applied this over an old manicure. Worked like a charm! These will work great for when you want a mani change but don't have time to remove your old one. Nail polish sweatpants!

They apply very smoothly but shake them very well before use! When I put my first coat on and didn't shake it properly, it applied almost like an ombre effect on my nails. I used two coats here with no topcoat. The chrome mirror-ness is very nice. When you apply, lightly "float" the brush and try not to go over the same spot too much to reduce brushstrokes. Next, I tried to apply top coat. I used a fast drying one on my pinky (NYC Grand Central Station) and a regular one on the rest of my fingers. At first I was worried that I ruined the chrome effect because the polish became slightly...cloudy? when the top coat was initially applied but that went away when it dried.

Topcoat does take away a tiny bit of the chrome-ness but not enough to be really noticeable. I think the extended wear time is worth that little bit of shine you lose. I think the regular non-fast drying topcoat is better over this than the fast drying. I haven't tried it with Seche Vite yet but I imagine it will be the same.

Sunlight pic! Sorry for the weird angle but I was losing sunlight and had to chase it around my kitchen haha. I think these color foils are pretty cool and I'm glad I was able to snag them (on clearance no less!) before they disappeared. If you haven't gotten these yet, go run and see if you can still catch them at stores.