Gel manicures..Salon and at home kits. Please share the negatives and positives.

[CatesRDisneyFans]

I bought the SensatioNail kit from drugstore.com for $39.99 (black friday deal) after hearing great reviews from a friend. I also ordered the SensatioNail french manicure set. I haven't tried the french manicure yet. So far I love the gel polish. It took me about 45 minutes from start to finish (probably a little bit longer because I kept reading the directions to make sure I was doing it correctly). I did get some polish on my skin (my left hand always looks great while my right hand looks like my 4yr old painted them) even after trying to go very slow. I dipped a q-tip in nail polish remover and swiped my skin with it. I love how the nails are dry instantly! It's been over 2 weeks and no chipping. The polish is still very shiny...looks great. My nails are growing out so there is a thin new nail line but I still plan on keeping this polish on for another week. Usually I would only be able to go 2-3 days before I'd have to touch up a normal nail polish manicure...even with expensive base and top coats.

 

[kellia]

I think I know what to ask for my birthday now!

 

[jessrose18]

I bought the Sensationail kit yesterday! I looked at both the sallie hansen kit at target and the sensationail kit at cvs at went with that one since I had a 20% off code to use at cvs. They look great I took my time and they are shiny and so far so good, I will report back.

Question for those who might know: I have been interested in the colors from gelish (on ebay) and the sallie hansen gel colors from target. My sensationail kit came with a combo base/topcoat. Can I buy colors from other lines and use it with my base/topcoat just fine? I saw that sallie has a seperate base and top coat as well as gelish but I like their colors better than sensationail colors. Anyone ever tried this??? Thanks for any advice!!

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

I tried both professional & the sensationail kit & they both chipped in 3 days.

 

[eeyoresmom]

Did you "wrap" the nail tip? My nails were too short to do this the first time and it chipped. Once thet were long enough to wrap the apllication around the tip, no chipping.