I love a good review!! My ears always perk up when someone talks about whether a product lives up to it’s promises. Give me the scoop!! Lately I’ve been interested in those quick drying drops that we see on the market. So when I spotted these Sally Hansen Dry & Go Drops at Harmon store for $6.39 I decided to give them a go. I have been impressed with Sally Hansen lately since their Maximum Growth Treatment has made my nails long and in tip-top shape… so let’s see how their drying drops work. Dazzle me, Sally Hansen!
PACKAGING This product packaging claims that this is a fast nail polish dryer which helps prevent smudges and dings. Your nails are supposed to be dry to the touch in 60 seconds, and completely dry within 2 minutes. It also has vitamin E to moisturize the cuticles (this is the part I was most worried about- I definitely don’t want to dry my cuticles out from whatever quick-dry chemicals are in here). The bottle is 11ml which is larger than many of it’s competitors (like Qtica). It comes with a black cap that you remove and discard… and then replace with the included dropper cap.
APPLICATION: It says to apply nail color and top coat and then wait 60 seconds. Then drip 1 or 2 drops of this stuff on each nail.
I started with a completely dry base coat that was painted on the day before. Then I applied one coat of this awesome neon from Color Club called Lava Lamp. I waited for the first coat to dry completely- probably a good 45 min. Then I applied two more coats of Lava Lamp (about ten minutes apart). So essentially I had three coats of color. Then I did one coat of Sally Hansen Nail Shine Miracle topcoat. I waited 60 seconds as instructed….and I then applied two drips of the Dry & Go drops to each nail. Here’s what my nails looked like last night right after applying the drops. ↓
ACTUAL RESULTS: Sorry, but this stuff doesn’t really work that well. My nails still felt tacky after a few minutes. If I very lightly swept the pad of my finger over the surface of my nail I suppose it felt a tiny bit dryish, sort of. But definitely not dry. If I wasn’t laying on the couch watching a movie I would have dinged up my nails for sure. However, my cuticles were happy with these drops! They really felt moisturized and conditioned (to my surprise). I went to bed two hours after applying these Dry & Go Drops and uh-oh… here’s what I woke up to in the morning. Sheet marks! ↓
FINAL THOUGHTS: This product doesn’t live up to it’s promises. I would have had better luck drying my nails with my old trusty- Seche Vite. However, I did like how my cuticles were moisturized by the drops. This product wasn’t a total wash. I think I will still use it from time to time while doing nail art. I hate waiting for my nails to dry before I apply nail guide stickers, or striping tape- so I bet this stuff might come in handy to cut down drying time a little bit. It also works better with less layers of polish. I know this because my sheet marks were really bad on my left hand with three coats, but my right hand only had two coats of my Color Club polish and they didn’t smoosh nearly as much. So, I guess Dry & Go Drops could come in handy if your mani only has one or two coats of color. Would I recommend this product? Probably not. But I think I can still get some use out of it!
Great review on this! I have one of this dry drops from Nicole by OPI but I have yet to try it out. This Color Club color is to die for too. It so bright! 🙂
Yeah- i wished cameras could capture what our eyes see- because this color club will knock your socks off!!!
I’m curious to hear if you Nicole drops work!!
Thank you for the review! I’m always interested to see if stuff like this works. Also, I *hate*, I mean *loathe* sheet marks! It’s so irritating to wake up and see them.
I hear ya sister!
What a great review J! Love Lava Lamp! And it’s good to know that it is not worth buying these dry drops 😉
Thanks!! Glad I can forewarn everyone! 🙂
I’ve never tried fast dry drops purely because I’ve never read a great review on any of them! I just don’t think you can go past a good fast dry top coat!
I think you may be exactly right! 🙂
Thanks for the review! I always wonder about these quick drying drops and would of thought that Sally Hansen’s would of been one of the good ones! So disappointing to see those sheet marks but I love that neon shade!
It is a great neon, thanks 🙂 I’ll have to try it with some seche next time!
Great review and great color! My sister who is addicted to neons needs that one ASAP I think. 🙂
Thnx and i bet she would love this color! Its the brightest reddish orange that ive ever seen in my life! It reminds me of I Love Lucy for some reason too. I think its a similar shade to the lipstick she always wore. But way brighter!
Haha somehow those sheet marks made for a really interesting mani! It looks like some sort of texture…
That polish colour is crazy bright- and I love it too, it looks great on you! (:
Haha thanks! That could be a new trend…Unintentional Texture!
Do you have access to the Essence nail art express dry drops?? I’m really happy with this product and it does cost a lot less the the sally hansen one.
Thanks!! I haven’t spotted Essence in stores near me.. but that doesn’t mean I won’t stop looking!!
Wow this stuff really sucked!!! Can you imagine if you hadn’t started w a completely dry base coat, hadn’t waited so long between other coats and then used this?? Your polish would have been GONE in the morning. Points for moisturizing but you could have just used cuticle oil and not gotten worse results! Thanks for sharing because I do wonder how these types of things work.
You’re welcome! I really wanted to share the hella lame reults! Hahaaa And u are so right… my nails were half dry already when i started!
Yeah that’s just ridiculous. I never really believe that they’d work all that well, but I was always curious. 🙂
You beat me to it – I’m working on a review post for these too! I don’t want to give anything away, but I did find a way that these DO work well. Don’t toss ’em out yet!
oooh! I’m intrigued!
Wow, I love that neon colour!!!
Where can I get it from?
Xoxo, Prettiful
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tHANKS! I bought the neon at Harmon beauty supply store.
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Oh no, sheet marks! I never knew there was a name for that! I tend to do my nails at night, so it happens to me so often that I just try to pass it off as an intentional textured effect most of the time XD
That’s sad that the drops didn’t work out though 😦
I tried this stuff with only one coat of color and no topcoat and it dried okay. no sheet marks with one coat. just an fyi!