Old School Week: Sally Hansen Magical Nail Makeup

This week I'll be highlighting some of my older polishes, and first up is Sally Hansen's Magical Nail Makeup polishes. I only have two of these and I believe this line was my first foray into the much-loved holo polishes made more popular of late by the OPI Designer Series and some of the NFU-Oh polishes. The quality of the formula on these is not nearly as nice as the OPI and Nfu brands, but for "back in the day", these were as good as it got. The formula itself isn't too bad, but I always need to be aware that these require a much lighter touch or less pressure on the brush, or you'll end up with dark grey streaks. I used three coats on these and photographed them in various lighting.

Above & Below: Fairy Dust Pink is my favorite of the two I have. It's a light violet pink shade mixed with enough silver that contrasts nicely together, giving a strong holographic pattern.

Below: Copper Cauldron is more of dirty peach shade in darker lighting and a somewhat pink/lavender shade in brighter lighting. I never seem to see much copper in this shade when I wear it and the holo isn't as strong as I'd like it to be.

Sally Hansen has been quite innovative over the years, and this line was ahead of any others that I can recall when it comes to a line of true holographic polishes. I don't recall when these came out--I want to say 2002 or so, but that's purely a guess. They are now discontinued, but a quick Google search shows they are still fairly easy to find and the pricing starts at about $5 to $6 a bottle.

I find they get less streaks in them if you shake them up quite a bit during the application, but they don't give me the even coverage that OPI and Nfu do with fewer coats. I love the holographic color bands on the bottles and I think Sally should figure out a way to incorporate that look into a nail polish.

Do you have any polishes from this line? How do you think they compare to OPI Designer Series and Nfu holographic polishes?