Sally Hansen Salon Manicure Cuticle Eraser and Balm Review

This balm does a pretty good job at keeping my cuticles soft, but the 'erase' part of the product doesn't seem to do anything for me. I still have to use a seperate Sally Hansen cuticle removing lotion with an orange stick or clippers. The balm is kind of sticky to apply, so I find myself using other hand creams or cuticle lotions that absorb better instead. For nearly $20 I don't feel like it's worth the money.

I was super excited to be lucky enough to trial this product. I had been eyeing this up for awhile but I was too scared to buy it incase it wasn't as good as it had been made out to be.

I shellac my own nails and when using shellac it is super important to remove all the cuticles as they can mean an early death to my gorgeous polish! I was hoping this cuticle eraser and balm would mean I could skip, or cut back on moisturizing, applying cuticle oil and pushing cuticles back, I was sadly mistaken.

The main ingredients in this cuticle eraser and balm are White Tea and Cucumber, which create a very intense smell, I'm still undecided if I like the smell or not, it's a very fresh smell but I think it might be a little over whelming. The packaging is quite nice, the product is a swirl of green and white balm representing the cucumber and white tea, although I had expected it to be a deeper pan of product, especially for the price.

While this is a lovely product it is not as impressive at removing cuticles as they make it out to be. I wouldn't say it removed up to 80%, I'd say it maybe removed 30% at the most, meaning I still had to push all my cuticles back anyway. As for the moisturizing/balm side of it, it was nice but it wasn't super moisturizing, I would still use a moisturizer anyway as it's not really suitable for use over your whole hand. I found it felt a little greasy but also left a tacky feeling as well, I wasn't a huge fan of how it felt and I had to go wash it off my hands before I could continue with my polish or the polish wouldn't have adhered to my nails properly.

All in all, this would be great if you just wanted to give your cuticles a little bit of special treatment and moisture, but if you're hoping it's going to work magic on those pesky cuticles, I wouldn't get your hopes up. I don't think this product is for me personally, if anything it added extra steps to my manicure routine which is the opposite of what I was hoping for.

I was really excited to try this as I love Sally Hansen products and am usually really impressed but unfortunately this time I wasn't.

After applying it, it took quite a while to absorb leaving a thick greasy feel for a while which really makes you want to go wash it off. I tried applying less but still got the same result. It also leaves a light greeny colour build up on your cuticles, if not completely rubbed in this fades once completely absorbed. It immediately leaves your nails nice and shiny and definitely moisturises your cuticles but after a good few days of using it doesn't remove your cuticles like stated. It does soften them which does make them easier to push back so I would say that it more feels like you are using a moisturiser for your nails and cuticles rather than a cuticle eraser. I used this on both my fingers and toes as my cuticles on my toes are worse than my fingers but got the same result. It smells really delicious as the ingredients are White Tea and Cucumber, and the container is very cute but I think it should really have a label on the top of the lid saying what it actually is as it really looks and smells like a lip gloss.

Based on the amount that I have used over the past few days on my fingers and toes I don't think that this container would actually last very long. Usually Sally Hansen products are reasonably priced but based on the product not actually doing what it is meant to and how much you get I think that this is a bit overpriced. All in all I personally wouldn't purchase this or recommend this as there are more negatives than positives and sadly the only thing I liked about it was the smell.

I used this for a week and it did make my nails and cuticles softer but I didn't really like the smell (and it wasn't what I would call a cucumber smell at all), I found the smell quite strong and off putting.Although my nails are smooth after using it I really don't think it did anything different to using a moisturizer daily on my nails. So in saying that I probably wouldn't pay $19 for this product, especially considering the improvement was ok but nothing that really blew me away!

I do my nails at home quite often but I've never bought anything for my cuticles and saw this on special so thought I'd give it a go.

I used it a few times, as the first time I applied it, I felt I didn't leave it on long enough since it didn't really make it any easier to remove my cuticles.

The consistency is very sticky, the smell is nice but I didn't like how sticky this was, and it didn't really condition my nails either.

The second time I applied it, I left it on my nails for a good five to seven minutes before pushing them back but the result was exactly the same, hard to push back, stuck to my cuticle remover and was just sticky and messy.

So I won't be buying this again, it'll probably be one of the first things I throw out when I go through all my nail polishes and make up to get rid of.

Most of my life, I have completely neglected my nails - I've bitten them and have never touched my cuticles before. I am in the process of forcing myself to stop biting my nails and getting healthier cuticles, so I bought this little balm from the pharmacy about a month ago.

Since then, I've seen a pretty big difference in my cuticles. They're no longer dry or ragged and I don't get hang nails anymore. As a balm, I think it's pretty awesome.

As a cuticle remover, I have no idea how that's reallly meant to work. I haven't noticed any ..removal.. going on. I've been using it to soften up my cuticles when I push them back, but I don't see any erasing going on.

Still, I really like it for what it is and would definitely repurchase :)

This cuticle eraser and balm is okay but way too expensive for what it is. I paid $22 thinking it would be miracle cream but didn't notice anything different to the normal thick hand moisturising cream. I wouldn't spend the money unless there was a sale and just stick to normal cuticle oil. The container that the balm comes in is cute and I like the smell as it's fresh. The cream doesn't soak in which is annoying and needs to be washed off after using it.

My cute wee clear container with its avocado colour screw top lid that you can see inside, and there it is a white balm with mint green colour swirled around in it, oh this is going to banish my cuticles. This balm has a nice fresh crisp clean fruity cucumber scent to it, it does smell delish. I'm not into growing my nails and they grow fast and are strong and I don't really go for nail polish, so my look is clean short nails with nice cuticles and none of those we bits of hard skin that stick out of the side of your nails. Onto my cuticles I rub it, it's a soft heavy balm really moisturising and feels nice. I push back my cuticles ( they are still there) lurking around my nails that join my skin. Surely but slowly this product does get rid of them, I've found after using it every day for a week does soften my cuticles beautifully and does make pushing them back easier, and they do look better. I did expect more out of this as I have to do it every day to get the effect that is a lot of work. I dont really have cuticles that grow all over my nails so quite hard to judge about the total eraser thing. I think for what it does it is quite dare as I think if I just used a balm I'd get the same effect.

Love the texture and smell of this product. It definitely makes me feel a little more glamorous using it and I do feel it helps a little. Have even used it on my husband. However for the price it isn't something that is part of my regular routine.