Showing posts with label nail polish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nail polish. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Review - Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure

A few weeks ago while perusing the cosmetic aisles at Tarjay I stumbled upon Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure system.  The polish claims to offer all 3 steps of a traditional mani {base, color, top coats} in one redesigned bottle. 
Sally offers a color almost identical to OPI's Bubble Bath and Sweet Heart so I decided what the heck. 
When I sat down to paint my nails the first thing that made me do a double take was the brush. 
 Unlike regular polish brushes Sally's brush is a bit shorter and thicker.  It also has a tapered, rounded edge and wasn't as flexible.  I overcame the shape and painted on. 

The end result was a craptastic paint job leaving me wishing I had left my You Don't Know Jacques color alone.

Pros:
- my nails do feel slightly stronger (the Complete Manicure polish claims to have a strengthener in it)
- price is comprable to a bottle of OPI or Essie polish ($7)
- good variety of colors

Cons:
- tricky rounded brush makes applying polish a pain in the bootie, ending in a redo
- left my nails with a spotty, unsmooth finish
- finished color looks like a matte polish, clear top coat needed

Have you tried out the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure?  If so, what did you think?  I'm curious if I should give this another go, maybe in a different color.

Don't forget about my blog sale on Thursday!  Be sure to check it out.
cBv

Monday, August 23, 2010

Crushin'

Charleston was absolutely amazing, except for the insane humidity {and I thought VA was bad!} but we didn't let that get the best of us!! It was such a fun girls trip and my sister was totally suprised. 
We started off our morning on Saturday with pedis and I discovered two new polishes that I just had to share. 
Essie Saint Lucia Lilac

Essie Saint Barths Blue

I'm not normally and purple and blue polish kinda girl but these two colors won me over. 

I also discovered this amazing band while in Charleston.  They. rock. and play everything from rapping Nelly to belting out Springsteen.  Total crowd pleasers.


Very sad I'm no longer in Charleston but excited for Greece in 4 days!
Hope y'all have a good week!
cBv