Sally Hansen Triple Shine Archipela-Glow Swatch and Review

~purchased by me~


This was limited edition and it was the only one I wanted to get from the collection but I restrained myself since it's not really really special (and there was no good deals for it) and lo and behold my patience was rewarded because when I checked my target's clearance section it was there for only $1.08! Well then, how could I refuse a price like that?

Since it's a micro-glitter I used my homemade peel-off base again. Archipela-Glow covered decently in three coats though the formula does start to get a little goopy the longer you work with it. Next time I think I will add a drop of thinner and see if that helps. The triple shine line has a removable cap to make it easier to use.

Unless your nails are super short I don't think you can get away with two coats. The glitter is in a jelly base but the base is pretty sheer. Even at three coats I could kind of see VNL but not enough to bother me. Even thought the base is kind of thick and get thicker the more you work with it my nails weren't thick at the end of three coats.

Archipela-Glow is a teal micro-glitter in a sheer teal base. The glitter is all the same color and is pretty fine -- so much so that it looks more like a super shimmery polish on then as glitter. I like it!

Sally Hansen Triple Shine polishes regularly retail for $4.99 but like I said, I caught this specific one on clearance. That's the one good thing about Limited Edition collections; even though it's hard to find and only available for a short amount of time, if you watch it carefully you can get them on clearance! If you like this color go get it now! I saw a bunch of them at all three Targets I've been to.

Sally Hansen Triple Shine Make Waves Swatch

~purchased by me~

Hello!

Today I have a swatch of Make Waves from the Sally Hansen Triple Shine line. This is the only shade I have purchased from the line so far and I really like it!

Sally Hansen Triple Shine Make Waves

Make Waves is a green to blue duochrome. Doesn't it look lovely in the bottle? According to the sally hansen website, it will give you "the shiniest nails ever!" Now, I don't know if this was the shiniest I've ever seen but it was fairly shiny, though, I don't know if I would say it was triply shiny ;) I topcoated it anyway because I had to go somewhere and I needed it to dry quickly. This is what I used!

Orly Bonder, Sally Hansen Triple Shine Make Waves, Seche Vite Topcoat

Formula was good, if a bit sheer. Though with duochromes, that usually comes with the territory. The brush was good and I hardly had to do any cleanup. I used three thin coats for the below swatch.

Natural Lighting

You can kind of see some VNL in some lighting but I have fairly long nails. The shimmer pretty much disguises it. I wore this over the weekend and my left hand still looks exactly the same but my right hand had some chipping. My right hand always chips though because I'm heavy-handed when I do things. Also, the nails that chipped (my thumb and middle finger) had a case of the peelies. If you have healthy nails and are careful with your hands, I'm sure you can go longer.

You see that green shade near the tips of my nails? That's what it looks like most of the time, with the blue hinting around the edges. I don't have another polish like this though by looking at pictures, I think Sinful Color's Gorgeous might be a dupe if a little more blue. Unfortunately, I think that color is either very popular or discontinued because every time I go to look for it in the store I can't find it. 

Florescent lighting

I think this is a really pretty shade and worth getting! Also, I believe it is a core for this line so you shouldn't have any trouble finding it. It retails for $4.79-$4.99 though you can often catch it on sale.