Reverse manicure

Zoya in Natty and Sally Hansen lustre shine in Lava. This is one of my favorite manicures. I will do black and white next time around.

Sally Hansen Polar Bare & Nabi

So sheer this fluid bare white I had to do 4 coats. I love at least two accents so I took my Nabi 60 gold glitter and got this!! Application was easy but layer drying time is longer than I'm use to. But still living this look.

Icing After Party

Glitter/confetti polishes are either loved or hated, I for one love them! After Party in two coats over Sally Hansens Café Au Lait (sigh) sophisticated fun in a bottle these two!

Walgreens haul

I found Nabi polishes!! Scored four bottles of Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure for $1.99 each.. Yay! My two Nabi were 2 for $7, one bottle a quarter of the polish was used but I didn't notice till I left. I made this run on my thirty minutes lunch break so it was quick. I'm loving everything I got today! Nabi's 60 Gold Glitter reminds me of awesome fairy dust. It is scented and the ones I got do smell like watermelon. Pretty neat if you ask me.

Sally Hansen Nailart Pen (blue)

A friend actually gave me this pen. Pros east to use, fun, and no mess. Cons pen dries out fast, pen may bleed, "paint" needs dry time, and smears if water gets on the art. I like the pens for small details but not for the price and cons. I say save your $$. They're ok not a great investment.

Brush comparison

Painting nails can get messy. Some have a preference on brush size but I don't. True some cover more areas in a swipe or two compared to others but to me its the formula also. Here I have taken a picture of Sally Hansen complete Salon Manicure thick brush, an Ulta Salon Formula brush, lastly is an Essie brush. I found that the Essie brush I have to swipe more to cover an entire nail but I don't hate it. Essie's formula is thin so second to third coats are always required for an even coverage. On the plus side each coat dries pretty fast.

How do you find the time?!

Okay, so I took a week off my office job to try to get things in order then I realized.... o m blob I haven't swatched even half of my polishes!! How do people swatch all their polishes when their stash is over 100+ bottles?! I did two swatches today and my fingers are dry. Also I feel guilty... I buy polishes because I love the color but I dont just swatch a whole hand for a post. Idk I am not a wasteful person and think I should wear the shade and show it off not just swipe it off after the pics are taken :(. I am posting pics of my "stash" and newbies. I am feeling so much pressure from looking/reading through some other blogs and seeing their swatch lists (some are so lengthy). I understand everyone likes to see and know about the polish well I want to see is it ok if I swatch a SINGLE nail? And describe in detail how I felt about the application? I will post more pics of my manis and steps as I go but the whole swatch and remove for pics really makes me frown to waste polish. Open to opinions pls let me know what you think.

Swatched- Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure

Sally Hansen Salon Manicure in Yellow Kitty. My favorite yellow! I love the fat brush, goes on smooth, driea fast. The soft yellow needed three coats. I got this bottle on sale from CVS for under $3!

Sally Hansen @ Dollar Tree= SCORE!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE bright colors when I was aimlessly browsing through the aisles of this particular Dollar Tree that I visit least even though it's less than a mile from my home I was SHOCKED to catch a bright awesome yellow out of the corner of my eye. Once I did prance over to it I grabbed it soooo fast (as if MINE'S! even though no one was around) it's Sally Hansen Insta-DRI in Lightening!! EEEEK (super excitement squeal). I ended up using this for a look on a client this past Sunday (laid down lightening on every fingernail and zebra printed over each nail) this color is AWESOME. My client loved this look so much she had me give her a pedi also but design only on the big toe nails. I love how fast this formula dries and how opaque/thick it lays. I've heard wonders about these polishes (Insta-DRI) being used w/ stamp art kits, I can't wait to try it out. Well I swatched so here you go! :)

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Sally Hansen dollar deal!!

Found some Sally Hansen Insta-DRI polish at my local Dollar Tree!! Eek so excited. I've heard these polishes work well with stamping art. Too bad I was only able to locate one. I will be stalking the Dollar Tree often now definitely. Bright colors can help make an outfit to me so I was overjoyed when I found Lightening, an opaque great perfect yellow. Awesome deal for sure cause this polish still sells for $3-$4 at Walmarts!

Cvs sale!

Went into CVS for a few needs.... left with some deals!! I'm not a huge fan of Crackle nail polishes but some clients love it. I saw Sally Hansen's Crackle Coats were 75% off so I had to grab three! Usually they are $7.29 a bottle I got them for a steal at $1.83 each. I now own Distressed Denim, Vintage Violet, and Ink Splatter. Before leaving I remembered I was low on mascara so I cked Maybelline and SCORE I got Telescopic Explosion and Volum'Express ONE by ONE at 50% off!! These items were bought with no coupons... Omg if I had coupons I would feel a tiny bit relatable to some Extreme Couponers... Just a tad. :) Well I love brands but I live for deals so go ck out your local drugstores cause there are hidden gems there... Hey speaking of Gems Sally Hansen Gems had sale stickers but only two colors were left so I didnt bother but if u were looking they are there and on sale!

The Amazing Spiderman Mani

I use Wet n' Wild's everybody loves Raymond, Sally Hansens HD Blu, art deco black and silver glitter, wet n' wild's coloricon in white. I used a Victoria dotting brush to help with details. No clean up.

Glitter Swatches

Sally Hansen eXtreme wear in rockstar pink.
China Glaze CG in the city.
Pure Ice (not impressed) in Cheatin.
Revlon in Scandalous.

Nails treats & lippy!!

Coupons were getting close to the expiration so u know I had to pull them out for use this shopping trip!! :) I tried to find Wet n' Wild's Megalast polish but 1 out of the 3 Walmarts that we decided on was OUT!! I was eyeballing these all day at work and picking the colors I wanted (game plan gotta have one) and of course NONE were on the shelves.. so bummed. Well I did not leave this trip empty handed I left with some NYC Matte me CRAZY top coat, Kate for Rimmel 8hr long lasting lippy in 12- it's a pretty coral color that's not too shiny but not matte, Sally Hansen Xtreme wear in 140 Rockstar Pink (uber cute), & Pure ICE in Cheatin a purple and teal small glitter polish. I had a coupon for the Rimmel lippy and Sally Hansen nail product each $1 off :). I spent less than $11 on four products that I can't wait to try!! eeeek pic will be posted below, if u've tried any of these prodcts pls let me know I will post a pic soon of the nail design I do with these polishes. Also as always the Rimmel lippy by Kate is ridiculously yummy smelling!!

This policy is valid from 21 June 2011 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This blog does not accept any form of cash advertising, sponsorship, or paid topic insertions. However, we will and do accept and keep free products, services, travel, event tickets, and other forms of compensation from companies and organizations. This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content. The owner(s) of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blog owners. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider. This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.