Sally Hansen Color Foils

*Press sample*

Hi everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend! Personally, I'm not ready to go back to reality today but what can ya do? :(

Today, I've got a quick swatch post for you of some samples I received a while back from Sally Hansen. These three were from their Color Foil line released last year, and the samples were part of a package that sat in my apartment's office for months because they never told me haha. I was so upset!

Anyhow, I swatched these once I finally got my hands on them, and they warrant sharing for sure! First up is Cobalt Chrome, a lovely medium blue foil.

Despite a lot of the reviews I read, I actually didn't find these Color Foils all that difficult to work with. They do dry very fast and are highly pigmented. I almost could have used one coat, but I wanted to fix a couple bald spots, so I've shown 2 coats here, no topcoat and no basecoat. You do have to be careful for brush strokes, but that's with any metallic polish. So, I recommend just doing single brush strokes over any one spot, don't go back in with the brush while the polish is still wet, or you'll get some dragging. I also noticed that my cuticle oil, when the roller ball touched the polish, it made a darker spot in the polish, so you have to be careful of that too. I think the next time I wear it, I will try topcoat even though it's not recommended - that way, the mani will be more long-lasting and not so easily-damaged.

I truly was blown away by how reflective these are! I really had trouble getting photos where you couldn't see my phone taking the picture haha. It's really a stunning effect. :)

Next up, I have Titanium Flush, a lovely magenta pink foil!

Formula is the same here, so I won't repeat myself with all that. But again, I have used 2 coats, no topcoat or basecoat. These polishes really do remind me of the Sally Hansen Chrome polishes from the late 90's - 2000's. I was just a kid, but my mom was big into nail polish, so of course we had those, and I actually still have some! Some of them have gotten a bit clumpy with age, but some of them are just as good as they were back then. Anyway, these polishes are very similar - so I was so happy to see them come back! :)

This pink shade is really right up my alley. Again, I would probably try to use topcoat next time I wore it just to extend the length of the mani, because I have heard that these foils chip easily. I don't think topcoat would take too much away from the foil effect, to be honest, but I haven't tried it.

Last for today is Sterling Silver - with a foil collection, you've got to have a classic silver!

Love this shade, it felt like wearing liquid metal on my nails! Again, here I've shown 2 coats, no topcoat, no basecoat. Formula was the same as the others. To be honest, I didn't experience the same trouble others did with the formula showing off every imperfection in the nail, so I was happy! I think these foil polishes get a bad rap, but they really aren't that hard to work with in my experience. :)

Overall, I really loved the polishes I tried from this collection. I hope they come up with some new colors for it, I'd love to see an orange foil or maybe a dark purple!

The Sally Hansen Color Foil line is available at drugstores and dept stores like Wal-Mart, wherever Sally Hansen is sold. I believe they retail for right around $7. Not a bad deal if you ask me! :)

Thanks for reading! <3
Kelly

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