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Top/Base Coats - Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri

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rated 4.1(317 reviews)

  • Average Rating: 4.15
  • 82% would buy again
  • Package Quality: 4.0
  • Price: $$

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rated 1 of 5 on 8/24/2010 12:22:00 AM More reviews by TheFoxyOne

Age: 30-35 Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure Hair: Blond, Other, Other Eyes: Blue

Terrible product. Formula is horrible, seems like it's drying on the brush, gets sticky immediately. Truly the worst nail polish I've ever used! The only good thing about it was the colour. Ick.

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rated 3 of 5 top reviewer on 8/23/2010 10:53:00 PM More reviews by megathon

Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown

I have a love/hate relationship with this stuff. On one hand, it's amazing in that it really does dry instantly. On the other, it hasn't been a very good topcoat for me because it makes my nail polish peel (not chip) off. I got a topcoat in the first place because I wanted to be able to go a few days without my polish chipping off at the tips, but when I use this stuff, if I touch something and it nicks my nail polish, almost all of the polish (I mean all layers of the color, as well as the topcoat) peels off of my nails in a huge chunk. I don't appreciate that. I don't think I'd buy this again, even though I do love that it helps my polish to dry fast.

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rated 5 of 5 on 8/19/2010 9:45:00 PM More reviews by marmari20

Age: 19-24 Skin: Acne-prone, Olive, Not Sure Hair: Black, Other, Other Eyes: Black

I love this nail polish! I have it in three different colors. it dries super fast and the color is really bright. One coat is usual enough. Love this stuff.

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rated 5 of 5 on 8/19/2010 8:24:00 PM More reviews by Karen0509

Age: 36-43 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Warm Hair: Brown, Other, Medium Eyes: Brown

I love this stuff. I haven't tried too many other quick dry products, but I haven't had to. Part of what I like about this is that it's on the thinner side so I don't get streaks when applied. No need to look elsewhere, as far as I'm concerned.

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rated 3 of 5 top reviewer on 8/8/2010 4:53:00 PM More reviews by sarahlen

Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure Hair: Blond, Other, Other Eyes: Green

This really does dry instantly. I used to never do my own nails because i was to impatient to wait for the base coat and top coat to dry. It also really helps the colour dry when used as a top coat. The only draw back is that its not very shiny, I have used top coats that were much shinier and therfore professional looking

update; i had to take this down a notch , yes its great immediatley but i find my polish starts chipping and peeling badly the next day

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rated 5 of 5 on 8/1/2010 7:49:00 AM More reviews by i8alltheBacon

Age: 25-29 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Hazel

LOVE IT...Whenever I would do my toenails I would always get sheet prints on them when I went to sleep.. even if I did my nails several hours before I went to bed. I haven't had this problem since using this product. You have to use it quickly..kinda one stroke then re-dip the brush and do another stroke. I'll continue to buy it.

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rated 5 of 5 on 7/31/2010 2:36:00 PM More reviews by neverunpolished

Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure Hair: Brown, Other, Other Eyes: Green

I absolutely love the Insta-Dri top coat! I'm on my third bottle of it, and I highly doubt that I will ever use any other top coat. Insta-Dri leaves my nails incredibly shiny, it dries fast, and I have had no problems whatsoever with tip shrinkage (I don't wrap my tips, either). The top coat does start to get thick about halfway through the bottle, but this is not an issue for me - I just add a couple of drops of thinner as needed. All products work differently for different people, but I can definitely say that the Insta-Dri top coat works perfectly for me!

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rated 4 of 5 on 7/26/2010 8:36:00 PM More reviews by whawhawhacawhaaawhaa

Age: 19-24 Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine Eyes: Brown

Dries SUPER FAST. The FASTEST and most opaque nail polish I have used to date, much more faster drying and opaque than most standard nail polishes. Perfect consistency: not too watery, not too thick. Beautiful colours. Don't need a top coat cause it gives a nice, shiny finish, all on its on. Still, there were some things I didn't like; although the brush concept was a nice idea, and it dispenses a good amount of product, the brush is a bit too chunky and big for me to get the polish onto every part of my nails.
EDIT: The top coat has to be THE best top coat to the Seche Vite! That stuff is $10 dollars and while this top coat is only $7!!! It dries amazingly fast, of course, and best part:
It ACTUALLY HARDENS THE NAIL POLISH.
Unlike the countless ones out there that leave the polish goopy and soft.
If you don`t like the colour selection, which I doubt you will dislike, for goodness sake, GET THE TOP COAT at the very least!!

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rated 5 of 5 on 7/26/2010 6:57:00 PM More reviews by xspookykittyx

Age: 25-29 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Red, Curly, Medium Eyes: Brown

My HG topcoat! I guess I never heard good reviews on this before, because I tried it for the first time only a couple months back. I have tried many quick-dry topcoats, including other SH ones and they didn't hold a candle to this one. My one before was very runny, and made my polish dry pretty quickly but it would *always* chip within a day, huge chips...no matter what brand polish I used. This one is the perfect consistency, makes polish quickly even though I normally do 3 or even 4 coats of color. This also makes my mani/pedi last a LONG time, sometimes even for 7 days! Although I tend to change colors often than that since i get bored easily. This topcoat is perfect and I will keep buying it as long as they keep making it!

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rated 5 of 5 top reviewer on 7/26/2010 6:31:00 PM More reviews by MakeupMamaofTwo

Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure Hair: Brunette, Other, Other Eyes: Brown

This works GREAT !!! Really does what it claims and makes my manis/pedis last SO much longer. Also makes all my polishes look so shiney and nice !!!

Def recommend !

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