Sunday, November 2, 2014
Sally Hansen Big Matte Top Coat
Hi everyone and Happy November! I cannot believe how quickly 2014 has flown by! So earlier this year I came across this Sally Hansen matte top coat and I has been wanting to try out a matte top coat so I picked it up! Also as far as top coats go this was under $6 (USD) so I figured I couldn't go wrong! So to try out this matte top coat I've spent the last couple of months trying it out over several polishes in my collection! Here's how it went:
The first polish I decided to try the matte top coat on was butterLONDON's "Lillibet's Jubilee" which is a silver shimmer polish. I wondered how a shimmer would look as a matte and this nail polish didn't disappoint! Sally Hansen's Big Matte Top Coat worked wonders on the silver shimmer of "Lillibet's Jubilee" and made it look like a pewter instead. And I love how it turned out:
(Here is a post about "Lillibet's Jubilee" on its own: http://perfectlypolished12.blogspot.com/2014/06/butterlondon-lillibets-jubilee.html)
The second polish I decided to try out is Essie's "Mojito Madness" which is a super pretty green color! Now when I tried this color out in March it had this gorgeous high gloss look and I wanted to see how it would look with a matte finish. I think it turned out nicely:
(Here's a post about "Mojito Madness" on its own: http://perfectlypolished12.blogspot.com/2014/03/essie-mojito-madness.html)
The third nail polish I decided to test out is OPI's "Every Month Is Octoberfest" which is this gorgeous deep burgundy color with a lot of gold and burgundy shimmer. I decided to test this polish with a matte top coat because I wanted to see how the shimmer would look. I was surprised how much the matte top coat dulled the shimmer down, but it created this amazing deep burgundy/ oxblood nail polish! Here's how it turned out:
(If you want to find out what I think of "Every Month Is Oktoberfest" here's a post about it: http://perfectlypolished12.blogspot.com/2014/09/opi-every-month-is-oktoberfest.html )
The forth nail polish I decided to try is Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear in "Coral Reef." "Coral Reef" is a bright coral colored crème polish and I decided to try it out with a matte top coat just to see how it would look. (Basically I tried it because I could.) Here's how it turned out:
(Here is a post I did about "Coral Reef": http://perfectlypolished12.blogspot.com/2014/08/sally-hansen-xtreme-wear-coral-reef.html )
The fifth, and last, nail polish I decided to try out is ULTA's "Ultra Violet Femme" which is a purple, neon, shimmer nail polish. I wanted to see how a matte top coat would work with a neon polish. Here's how t turned out:
(Also if you want to see my thoughts on "Ultra Violet Femme" here's a post about it: http://perfectlypolished12.blogspot.com/2014/05/ulta-ultra-violet-femme.html )
Overall I am very pleased with Sally Hansen's Big Matte Top Coat! It applies very easily and allows me to make a matte polish out of just about all of my nail polishes! I love how well the Big Matte Top Coat worked on every nail polish I tried, but my favorite is definitely OPI's "Every Month Is Octoberfest" because it just looked amazing as a matte! I cannot wait to try it out on even more polishes!
Thanks for reading my blog! :)
Hi. I tried this sally hansen matte top coat and the first two nails, it looked really good, like how it looks like when I use cornstarch. But then, all the other nails is still matte, but glossy. Was there something I was doing wrong? what is the proper way to do it? dry or semi dry nails? Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteHi Vasha! Sorry some of your nails are still glossy! I waited around 10 to 15 minutes before putting the matte nail polish on. My nails were semi-dry. I'm sure you're not doing anything wrong, it just takes a bit of practice! :)
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