Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Sally Hansen - Brisk Blue

Review of Sally Hansen in #430, Brisk Blue


Now this is one of my favourite blue polishes ever, and that is saying something as I have a lot of blue nail polish! 
The colour you see in the bottle is exactly what you get on your nails. One coat would probably have been ok, but I applied two, over a Leighton Denny base coat, and topped off with an OPI rapid dri top coat.

Brisk Blue


With flash

Sally Hansen Brisk blue

Without flash

Sally Hansen #430

Like I said, I love the colour and it is true to the colour you see in the bottle, but I was very disappointed in the brush. Although at first I was excited to see such a long handled brush, as I find them so much easier to use, the actual brush head was like a stick almost. It made a neat application almost impossible and I ended up with a lot of polish down the sides of my nails. Because I love the colour so much this won't put me off using it, but I will be sure to check on Sally Hansen insta-dri polishes in future and try to avoid them if all the brushes are like this one.


Hopefully you can see what I mean by "almost like a stick" in this photo!

Sally Hansen inst-dri brush


Have you used any of the insta-dri polishes from Sally Hansen? And if so, what did you think about the brush?

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23 comments:

  1. Noor Unnahar14 February 2013 at 12:11

    It's a graceful and constant colour . Love it x
    Noor @ Noor's Place

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    1. Angela15 February 2013 at 02:01

      Thanks Noor, i love all blue polishes but i adore this one x

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  2. Unknown15 February 2013 at 05:54

    Beautiful color! :)

    xx
    Heel in Mint

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    1. Angela15 February 2013 at 16:33

      my mum says it's awful and what's wrong with "normal" colours like pink and red lol x

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  3. Unknown15 February 2013 at 08:38

    Love this colour!! xx

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    1. Angela15 February 2013 at 16:32

      me too, something about blues i love more than any other colour. x

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  4. Rachel16 February 2013 at 11:55

    I love blue nail polish. I've gotten a few comments occasionally that I was "weird" for wearing it, though! :P Who cares what they say!

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    1. Angela16 February 2013 at 23:45

      sounds like my Mum, some people seem to think nails should only ever be pink or red! x

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  5. Julie16 February 2013 at 17:30

    What a FUN, unexpected color!

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    1. Angela16 February 2013 at 23:45

      I know, right, gets attention anyway :) x

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  6. Jodie19 February 2013 at 00:12

    Hmmm, I love the brush actually. I find it easy to get each nail done with almost one swipe. I find this polish wears fabulously and plan on picking up more colors.
    Thank you for for coming by Like Fine Wine and letting us know about your site!! I've had a great time reading about your experiences.

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    1. Angela19 February 2013 at 00:24

      Well because I love the colour I will carry on using this polish, but normally I hardly need to clean up my nails, i don't smudge but with this i had polish everywhere lol I am probably spoilt though as 90% of my nail polish is OPI and I love their brushes. I have a few Calvin Klein and I really don't like those brushes either, they seem so small you have to make several swipes to get your nail covered. Even MUA for a pound have better brushes than CK! xx

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  7. Unknown6 March 2013 at 00:57

    pretty colors <3

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  8. Unknown6 March 2013 at 00:58

    Beautiful review! I just love that pop pf blue. I'm going through a bright coloured phase fro nail polishes. xoxo

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  9. Donah @ SweetJellyBean6 March 2013 at 01:30

    I love this blue and I'm going to hunt this down haha. I've accumulated a few blue polishes but this one I prefer the look so much. I've been seeing a lot of Sally Hansen in town lately so I will check this out. Thanks Angela for sharing! :-) xx Donah

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  10. Cheryl F.6 March 2013 at 02:07

    My fave color! :)

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  11. Autumn (It's Autumn's Life)6 March 2013 at 05:13

    What an odd brush. That is the perfect color for Easter, however. ;)

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  12. Sarvin Sidhu6 March 2013 at 15:12

    i have this too.. i totally hate the brush! it makes my application messy!

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  13. Liss Cope - Bloguerasbee6 March 2013 at 16:17

    The colour is awesome, I love all kind of blue nail polish! Hehehe so bad about the brush is such a shame :( big hugs hun <3

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  14. Anonymous6 March 2013 at 16:51

    I love that shade of blue!!! its so forward and bold!! deff amust for spring and summer!
    xo
    Dee http://hautefrugalista.com
    GIG Co-Founder

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  15. Sekar Suci7 March 2013 at 13:31

    The blue color is soo pretty!!
    Too bad about the brush though.
    http://hanaiyzm.blogspot.com

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  16. Unknown7 March 2013 at 14:16

    This colour is really fantastic! Bold colours are the best!

    Kisses, Lucy :)
    stylewithoutlimits.blogspot.cz

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  17. Unknown7 March 2013 at 15:22

    Hi, I love that color, and I have not tried any. But I think I will. Especially with a quicker dry. Thank you for the share.
    http://fitandbeyond40.com

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