Sally Hansen Color Foil Review

When I saw the “Color Foil” nail polish collection by Sally Hansen hit the stores, I was ecstatic. Well, let’s not kid ourselves, I always get excited whenever there’s a new nail polish trend coming out. I always see those pictures all over the Instagram with these beautiful, gold nails that look just like a piece of foil taped on the nail and was hoping that the “Liquid Gold” polish from the “Color Foil” would give me a similar effect. Not so much.

As soon as I applied a first coat of this polish, my mind went “the 90’s called… they want their nail trend back”. I was hoping for a crazy, creamy and smooth finish and that is not what I got. In order for the coverage to be even, I had to apply about 3 coats. I avoided using a top coat, as I thought that it would ruin the whole “metallic” finish of the polish. Next thing I know the polish already started chipping while taking these pictures (about 30 minutes after application). In my book, that’s a big “no”. I was also disappointed to find out that I already have an identical nail polish in my collection: Essie’s “Good as gold” (you can see a little glimpse of it in this post).

I definitely won’t be buying any more colors from this collection. I can’t quite point my finger on it, but something was just “off” about this formula. I’m not a fan of the metallic finish (I just thought it would be a lot more “creamy”), but I definitely see myself using this polish for nail art, perhaps for an accent nail or something of that sort. I think that the formula is a bit too thin and the finish isn’t as smooth as I had hoped for.