An Unsponsored Dazzle Dry Review
A beauty review for you today because I fell victim to a Facebook ad. I enjoy getting my nails done, and had been going to the salon to get gel every 3-4 weeks. While I loved how long the nails lasted, I didn’t enjoy going to the salon and being there for an hour every month. Plus it definitely got expensive! So I started looking at alternatives. I first thought about getting a full at home gel kit, but couldn’t find one on Amazon that had good reviews and came with what I wanted. I then started getting bombarded with ads on Facebook for Dazzle Dry and I was intrigued. I went on their website and the reviews were glowing, and then I went to Amazon and saw solid 4 stars on their kits, so I took the plunge and ordered the mini kit, so I wasn’t committed to the full size if I didn’t like it.
The mini kits are $35 and you get everything you see below. The instructions are simple and I sat down the other weekend to paint my nails. The whole process does take a little while because there are 4 different steps and removal of the polish does take some time. The biggest pro of this kit, is the top coat does drive in 5 minutes. You don’t have to sit around like at home gel and be super careful about what you touch. This polish once dried with the top coat, truly is dry after 5 minutes.
I have repainted my nails using this kit three times now, and I have plenty of stuff left in all the bottles, but step one seems to be running out the fastest (and you do use the nail prep with a cotton ball to cleans the nails).
This particular color (called ‘Boss’) isn’t currently available on amazon in the mini kit, but they have a bunch of other colors and also more colors sold in full size kits or colors sold separately. I am definitely considering buying another color in a mini size so I can do more than one color with my kit.
The website claims that this kit can produce manicures that last “up to two weeks” and I put that to the test. I work in healthcare, so I am washing my hands all the time and I am not delicate with my nails so I think that is something to consider, but these nails last a good 5-7 days before the chipping becomes noticeable. I have not gotten to the full two weeks after trying three separate times. This doesn’t surprise me, but I wish the manicure did last a little but longer.
Below is my nails after a week and a half with heavy use (lots of hand washing, opening packages etc). The color started lifting primarily on the edges and my right hand (my dominate hand) is definitely worse than my left hand. This color is close enough to my skin tone, so it isn’t super noticeable, but I re-did them because the chipping started to bother me. Something to note is that when this polish when it starts to chip, the polish can lift a little bit.
This is my nails after taking the color off and reapplying. The color applies evenly and dries incredible fast. Dazzle dry also is offered in certain salons, which I have not tried yet but it would be interesting to see if that manicure lasted a lot longer than my at home one!
All in all, I enjoy Dazzle Dry and I think the color looks nice it is more convenient than going to the salon. My only qualm is the lasting power. Definitely does last two weeks, but I can live with that for an at home manicure.
