I'm always reading on here about skin/cuticle reactions to gel. Does Sally Hansen Miracle Gel fall into that, or is it just a regular polish with a wannabe name? I canNOT do my nails cleanly and always end up with polish all over my cuticles. I haven't had a reaction in the 4-5 years that I've been using this polish, but I just wanna cover my tracks. TIA!
by OnSmallWings
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I just googled this because I remember using this back in high school and no it doesn’t have HEMA and air dries, of course allergies/contact dermatitis can happen with anything but it should be a lot safer than actual gel products, like using regular nail polish!
Sally Hansen is not gel and it pisses me off that they get to confuse people by labeling it as such. You won’t get a reaction from it, and as a general rule if it can air dry without a lamp, then it’s a regular polish.
It’s not a dumb question! You should be safe with this, though. I think it’s something about the ingredients that allow the gel to cure quickly under a UV lamp that causes issues.
Not a dumb question at all and lacquer branded as gel is annoying as hell and intentionally misguides consumers. This isn’t gel and doesn’t need to be UV cured. If it air dries then it’s lacquer. If it cures in a lamp then it’s gel.
They do also make gel. It looks like this and specifies UV. https://www.ulta.com/p/salon-pro-gel-nail-polish-xlsImpprod5100089?sku=2252833
Just a fun fact about these but they do also cure under a lamp!! I prefer the miracle gel top coat to literally every other gel I’ve tried and it cures like a dream!
An easy way to tell is that actual gel will always be in an opaque bottle, the name is annoying lol
If it was real gel the bottles wouldn’t be see through because the light would eventually ruin the polish. Obviously it’s hard to tell with the topcoat but pretty easy to tell with most of them.
I *really* appreciate everyone’s answers so far! I never thought about it as gel until I joined this sub a few months ago and saw everyone’s warnings about gel. This has been by far my favorite sub in terms of people being helpful and nice (I know there are exceptions).