I have Sally Hansen Nail Art Pens in white, black, and pink. I like using them to add little designs and to french tip my nails.
You must first apply nail polish on your nails before you draw on them with these pens. Once you’re done with your design, you need to seal it with a clear polish/top coat to lock in the design.
I like using these pens because they are water based, making them really easy to remove when I make mistakes. Here’s a little reenactment I made to show how easily these boo-boos can be fixed (please ignore the rest of the nail polish — I had them on for a while, and I decided to do this demo right before I removed it).
STEP 1
Make a mistake!
STEP 2
Take a cotton ball and wet it with water.
STEP 3
Wipe the area you want to erase with the wet cotton ball.
STEP 4
Voilà! All gone! 
The only thing I don’t like about the pens is that I’ve found that if I go over a design a little too much (like when I’m trying to make my french tip thicker), then the design tends to crack when I seal it with a top coat. I came up with a way to avoid this when I use them for french tipping, which is just to seal the tip with a polish that matches the pen color first and letting it dry before I apply a clear polish over the entire nail.
Overall, I think these pens are really fun to use and are worth a try!
Wow I have been using tape and a regular nail polish to make french manicure with a smooth line for years now… Never knew this pen existed
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Will give it a try! Thanks
By the way, can you recommend a nail polish that does not start to chip in 1-2 days? Or is that pretty much normal…
Hi Ivelina! Do you use those curvy white stickers made for nails or just regular tape? The pens make it easy to make the curve I want (or at least make it easy to wipe off and start over again haha). However, holding the pen with my left hand can get a bit tricky, since I’m right-handed. To get better control when painting my right hand, I hold the pen still on my left hand and then move my right hand instead.
My nail polish usually goes at least 1 week without chipping — sometimes even 2 weeks. Do you use both base and top coats? One nail polish brand that seems to last forever (for me at least) is Sally Hansen HD polish. I have the one called BLU, and I apply 2 coats to each nail.
Hi Wycee! I use regular tape because the curvy lines are too curvy for my nails!
And I have the same problem with the left hand, but I will definitely give the nail art pen a try!
Also, I thought Sally Hansen were pretty good, maybe problem is that I put in on quickly and run off somewhere since I am always in a rush. I’ll try 2 coats now and a clear top coat (since I am on Spring Break and actually have time to breathe!) to see how long it lasts
Thanks!
The curvy stickers don’t work for me either. Do you cut your own curve on the regular tape? I’ve never thought of using regular tape before. What a good idea! Take a picture next time you do it — I want to see how it looks!
Have a great Spring Break!!!
this pen dosnt work!!!!!!
There are both good and bad things about this pen. The water-based quality makes it easy to wipe off mistakes, but it also causes it to crack if you put it on too thick. I just had to find a way for them to work for me — and that’s using them to tip my nails to get the curve I want and then going over it quickly with a similar colored nail polish to prevent my tips from cracking when I put the clear top coat.
i did leopard spots with the pink and black on chrome colored nails with these pens and it looked wicked, they work sooo well and stayed on for a week no chip, no base coat only top coat!!