Sally Hansen • INSTA-DRY in Cinna-snap (18) • Polishes

byankitty on 1/3/2013 5:25:00 PM more reviews by byankitty

Age: 19-24   Skin: Combination, Fair   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Hazel    

I love all of Sally Hansen's Insta-Dry.
Beyond best of all polishes. It honestly dries quickly and with one application, there's great color. Of course if you want a richer color, all
polishes require more than one coat. Essie is a great brand, but I always find it difficult to make the coats even on my nail. With Insta-Dry, I don't have that problem.

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*TOP REVIEWER* SHeust on 10/5/2012 9:18:00 AM more reviews by SHeust

Age: 25-29   Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Green    

Cinna-snap is a gorgeous fall/winter color. One coat is a very dark cranberry red; two coats makes for a vampy, almost black, deep currant color. Very flattering on my fair skin, even though it is such a deep shade.

The insta-dri polishes are usually pretty great (this is the sixth I've purchased). They do dry fast and you don't usually need more than two coats, and a top coat for extra shine if desired. They have a fair bit of shine on their own, never bubble, last pretty well (up to and over a week on toes) and the consistency of the polish is a little bit on the thick side but never goopy. I'd rather thick than thin polish anyway.

This is a beautiful color, and I would definitely recommend this polish!

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jeonglebook on 5/13/2012 1:49:00 PM more reviews by jeonglebook

Age: 18 & Under   Skin: Oily, Fair   Hair: Black   Eyes: Black    

This color is amazing. It does take 2 coats to get that nice, burgundy color like the bottle. For me, it applied very smoothly. It doesn't dry "instantly" but it does dry fairly quickly in comparison to other polishes (essie, etc). It starts flaking after about 5 days, but it doesn't chip off; rather, whole segments of the polish fall off together.

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*TOP REVIEWER* user24678 on 9/23/2011 12:56:00 PM more reviews by user24678

Age: 25-29   Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral   Hair: Black, Straight, Fine   Eyes: Green    

I bought this hoping for a deep, blood red like it looks in the bottle because I like dark reds, but I was quite disappointed. Unlike the other colours I've tried in the same line (Rapid Red, Mauve It), it took 3 coats for decent coverage (and even then, it wasn't perfect), and by then the colour had turned to more of a rusty brown. Not at all the colour I was hoping for, and not at all flattering against the pale skin on my fingers or toes. And with that many coats, and a base coat (to prevent staining with such a dark colour) and a top coat (which I wear with every polish), it was a lot of polish and no longer dried quickly, defeating the selling point of this line of polish.
I would not recommend.

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VanillaTwilight94 on 8/11/2010 12:10:00 PM more reviews by VanillaTwilight94

Age: 18 & Under   Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm   Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

LOVE this product. A makeup guru made a fall favorite video and this color was in it and later that morning when I went to walgreens to pick up some eyedrops the sally hansen products were on SALE. :) So I picked up this color for about 4.50 and another deep plum color for the half off price. I love both the colors soo so much, I'll be wearing them all the time when fall comes around. The brush is BIG which I love, I actually did my nails in the car! One swipe on each nail covered them perfectly! And they dried in under 2 minutes. I'm a new Instra Dry fan now! :) This is a purchase I'm glad I made 100% times over!! :D

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*TOP REVIEWER* JuliaLee67 on 8/5/2010 9:47:00 PM more reviews by JuliaLee67

Age: 36-43   Skin: Combination, Medium, Cool   Hair: Brunette, Curly, Medium   Eyes: Green    

Lovely color, a deep burgundy creme, very vampy. But I found one coat to be not opaque enough, and two coats were patchy. It took three coats to get the "in the bottle" shade. There is a definite trick to applying dark shades of Insta-Dry polish, as it tends to be on the thicker side formula-wise and because the brush is so wide and flat: when you pull the brush from the bottle, wipe as much excess polish off the bristles AND the stem of the brush as you can on the neck of the bottle, then re-dip just half of the bristles in the polish, then wipe off the excess on one side of the bristles only. This leaves the perfect amount of polish on one side of the brush and you won't be as likely to flood your cuticles with polish or have it drip off the stem of the brush. Place the brush in the center of your nail and slowly push the bristles down towards the cuticle as close as you can, then stroke back towards the free edge of the nail.

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*TOP REVIEWER* laurxrawr on 5/18/2010 12:13:00 PM more reviews by laurxrawr

Age: 18 & Under   Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

Such a sexy color. That is the best way to describe it. Its a super vampy red. The color you see in the bottle is misleading though. It looks a bit browner once you apply two coats. One coat was quite red. Two had people asking if my varnish was brown. It dries really fast. The brush is excellent. I personally don't think one swipe does it it doesn't get all the corners and whanot but I have only used this on my toes. I can't. It dries pretty fast. Its a solid dry too its not the kind where my nail smudges two hours later. Its sooooo shiny. Thats the thing people most complemented me on. Its a super glossy shellacked finish. I love this polish. The price is awesome too!

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mrsbookworm on 3/12/2010 11:16:00 PM more reviews by mrsbookworm

Age: 30-35   Skin: Combination, Dark   Hair: Black   Eyes: Brown    

Love that I can put just one coat of this polish on & be out the door! It goes on as a rich deep red-burgundy with just a single coat & dries quickly (although not instantly as its name suggests, but no one truly expects that, right?). Nice classic color. A keeper.

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asaltzer on 1/20/2010 2:45:00 PM more reviews by asaltzer

Age: 36-43   Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium   Hair: Brunette   Eyes: Brown    

I hate dark polishes because I always get sheet marks and they chip too quick. With this stuff, it dries so fast you can even do a touch up in the car!

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drfinestgrl on 11/26/2009 3:42:00 AM more reviews by drfinestgrl

Age: 19-24   Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm   Hair: Brown, Curly, Coarse   Eyes: Brown    

I love this shade of Insta-Dri by Sally Hansen. It is a beautiful burgundy with red/brown undertones. Looks very rich in color. The best part is that you get a nice even color with just one coat! And it really dries fast as it says it will.

My only gripe with this polish color is that when I remove it my nails are left stained a bit. So I suggest wearing a good under coat to prevent staining of the nails. But overall, I would purchase this color again as it is very beautiful and application is a breeze.

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*TOP REVIEWER* Dreamcrusher86 on 11/11/2009 7:38:00 AM more reviews by Dreamcrusher86

Age: Unknown   Skin: Other, Fair, Cool   Hair: Black, Medium   Eyes: Brown    

I have several colors that look alot like this one,but I love this one so much more because it dries in 60 seconds without any streaks.The brush is thick and wide which took me some time to get use to,but I'm starting to really like the brush on these.It's a nice dark reddish-brown color in a cream finish.LOVE!

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taitiana on 10/25/2009 10:34:00 PM more reviews by taitiana

Age: 36-43   Skin: Very Oily   Hair: Brown   Eyes: Brown    

Love this. I've never ever been a fan of fast dry polish because every time I would try one, it never failed: it would streak or dry into an ugly color that bore no resemblence to the bottle. But this one is fantastic. The brush allows for a fast, smooth, streak-free application. The color dries to the touch in less than a minute and dries completely in about 5 mintues. The color is exactly as it is in the bottle. This is by far the best, actually the only, truly fast dry, perfectly colored polish. A must buy! The color is very similiar to Chanel's Vamp, but way less expensive and you only need one coat!

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