Is it really a miracle? | Nail Polish Review

While I was over at my boyfriends house the other week his mum gave me this Sally Hansen Miracle Gel set saying that she struggled with it and wondered if I would have any luck. Now with these no light gel sets becoming all the rage lately I decided to wait to post this review until my nails had chipped. I did have some better luck with the set and although I do like the look I'm not sure it's doing what I would want from a gel manicure. Although I've never actually had a proper salon gel manicure I'm pretty quizzed up on the positives. Sally Hansen says that this manicure should last for up to 14 days with brilliant shine, so far I've had mine on for 5 days and it's started to chip. I will add that I was putting up a Christmas tree today so I'd give it a few extra days but it's still far from the promised around 14 days. Also they recommend 2 coats of colour and 1 coat of top coat, however as many people say it's better doing thinner coats I did 3 coats of colour and it's still not as opaque as I would like. I feel like this set gives the same look a regular polish and a really good top coat would give so I'm not exactly going to be running out to the shops for another colour. I will however give this another go with another layer and less Christmas tree making and see how it goes. 

Black Matte Fish Eggs?

I used to be really fond of painting my nails wacky patterns and animals and things but lately I've been loving the really simple manicure, just one colour etc. Since seeing this type of manicure about a year ago I've been on the hunt for some cheap matte top polish and having found that a few weeks ago I really wanted to try it out. I think it looks really nice and although it wasn't excecuted superbly it still looks really good. I'm not sure if every matte top coat does this as mine was a cheap one but I've had it on for like 4 days and the tips are going shiny, does the OPI one do the same? It's okay though they were perfect for the party on friday so all is well x

DIY Stamper Nails

I received this nail stamping set for my birthday and as you might be able to see from the redness I've already tried it out. Basically it's a cheaper dupe of the Konad Nail Stamping Set and having not used the original set I can't really compare but I wanted to show you the basics. 

Start by painting your nails with a base coat and then two coats of your chosen colour. Then with the other colour (best to choose one that stands out on the block coat) follow the set directions of painting the chosen pattern, swiping off the excess and then stamping it onto the stamper. Hey presto a ready made stamp!

From there you can stamp it carefully and quickly onto your nails to create a perfect patterned design. All you need is to let it dry and add a quick drying top coat and you're finished! Taadaa!

I will say I've had a few problems with this set so far and as mentioned before I cannot compare it to the original Konad set but I would probably have problems with that too. What puts down this set is the fact that nail polish gets everywhere and I mean everywhere all over the set which is a bugger to clean off each time you use it but other than that after practice it's pretty decent.  Unfortunately I don't know where you can get this set from as I received it as a present and also I have managed to lose the packaging so I don't even know it's name but any dupe of the Konad set would work. Have fun messing around x