Sally Hansen French Manicure White Tip Pen Fine Tip by Sally Hansen, Hand, Foot + Nail Treatments Review

5

Promising, but not that great.

LipglossandSpandex (487 reviews)

I love the nice and clean look of a french manicure, but I don't like getting fake nails (getting them removed tore my real nails up badly, and they were thin and ugly for a loooong time), and getting a french mani at the nail salon seemed like a waste of money (especially since I always manage to smudge my nails, whether I do them myself or have someone do them for me)! I've tried doing a freehand french manicure, using a regular bottle of white polish—it ends up a little messy and hard to perfect, but once you get the hang of it, not so bad. I've also tried using those nail stickers that make the perfect little curve, but sometimes the stickers pull off the base coat or the polish seeps underneath, or the white polish dries too much and pulling off the sticker pulled off some of the white polish as well. Both of those ways are fine, and I don't mind doing them, but finding an even easier way to do an at home French mani would be ideal. So I was really excited when I saw Sally Hansen's French Manicure White Tip Pen. The product is only couple of bucks, and makes it look like I'll be done in no time, with great nails. However, that is not the case. You're supposed to shake the pen for awhile to make sure all of the product is thoroughly mixed, and then press the tip onto some scrap paper for awhile to get it flowing (like a paint pen/marker). Sometimes the product came out fine, sometimes it was really thin. The marker design itself was fine—the chisel tip did make it fairly easy to apply the product and to get a nice line. However, the liquid polish didn't seem to be opaque enough. Going over the same area resulted in really lumpy looking polish. Applying it over a basecoat also frequently resulted in lumps. The best results were using the manicure pen, then basecoat, then topcoat. Honestly, the mess around my nails from this product (because it's so watery) and actual white polish is fairly comparable. And the length of wear once dry was quite short—I had a significant amount of tipwear within 2-3 days. I want to like it, and will probably try to get some more use out of this pen, but I probably won't repurchase. — 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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3

Don't waste your money

volta (516 reviews)

This is basically like applying white-out/liquid paper onto your nails. It's a very thin liquid that drips all over the place. The application tip seems like it would be more convenient than applying tape to your tips, but this is just as much of a pain. — 1 year, 2 months ago

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