Wednesday, November 13, 2013

3 Minute Gel Nails

After my favorite Sally Hansen Fast-Dry Topcoat died out on me, I was in the market for a new topcoat.  I've repurchased the Sally Hansen topcoat many times and even though I love it, I wanted to experiment with a few others. That's when this Nail-Aid 3 Minute Artificials caught my eye. I couldn't pass it up for the price! Not to mention, I absolutely love gel nails but going to the salon every two weeks can get time consuming and costly. What did I have to lose?


Here are a picture of my nails before:


Here is after I used the topcoat:





You can see this top coat adds tons of shine, as gel polish does! But 3 minutes?! Not too sure where that comes from. It dries to the touch after about 15-20 minutes. However, I painted my nails and seven hours later when I went to sleep, it still left impressions on my nails. I also experienced chipping as any normal polish so it didn't last for two weeks as my gel polish does.

Overall, this is not something I would repurchase or even keep using. Have you tried this product out--if so, what do you think?



3 comments:

  1. i was not too impressed with the 3 minute artifical nails. i do like the other products offered by nail aid. the clear one to make nails tougher and the blue one to make them grow. i have really hard time getting my nails to grow and not break off. and i really like them. for my go to topcoat/dry fast polish i use the sally hansen insta-dri top coat. it makes my manicure last way longer and dries the polish in about 5 minutes. i work in a warehouse and it even holds up to me picking up boxes all day.
    only downfall i dont like about it is it gets gloopy fast. but i had the same problem with the sech vet one from sally beauty supply. have you found anything else that works for you?

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    1. My favorite is actually also the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri but like you, I hate how it goes bad and goopy fast!

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  2. I just purchased this and I essentially use mine as a base coat and then use their new top coat. works pretty well in my opinion :)

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