Showing posts with label Sally Hansen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sally Hansen. Show all posts
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in Something Blue
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The wear is actually pretty good, I use my Nailtek Foundation II as a base and usually Poshe as my top coat and even with working everyday I can get a good 5 days with no chipping at all.
There are a few other shades in the new line that I would like to try, although I was disappointed that they brought back majority of the shades in the new bottles with only a few new ones. A lot of those colors are just so common that I would have liked to see them replaced with something with a little more oomph. If we're gonna redesign and reformulate then why not?
I picked my bottle up at Walgreens for $5.99 and a BOGO50% sale. Have you tried the new formula yet?
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Orly Pure Porcelain & SH Distressed Denim crackle
I fell in love when I saw Pure Porcelain. In bottle this is just ever so softly off-white. On the nail it pulls slightly pink. Love-love-love. But of course, I didn't want to keep it too simple so I added a couple of crackle nails.
After my review of Sally Hansen's crackle in Fuchsia Shock I was ready to not try the other colors at all. But I ended up getting suckered into the blue- Distressed Denim. What can I say, I love crackle! I already missed out on the China Glaze crackles (which it seems I will never get my hands on :( ) so I gave it another go. This is the only time I've tried it so I can't give a full review. I did try it over a pale color and on the thumb it does look slightly sheer. I might go ahead and do another ghetto card of swatches to see how this works. All the other issues I complained about in my review of Fuchsia Shock are still there, especially the wonky brush.
How do you like Pure Porcelain? To pale for your taste or are you loving the white nail trend? What color would you like to see topped with Distressed Denim?
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sally Hansen Crackle in Fuchsia Shock swatches
Here is a nice ghetto picture of my swatches, done on paper because after work I'm just too tired to swatch and remove them from my fingers! If you can read my writing (not at it's finest- written in sharpie):China Glaze- Lemon Fizz
Revlon- Temptress
Borghese Rapido- Menta
Orly- Thorned Rose
China Glaze Shower Together
Sally Hansen- Lickety Split Lime
Orly- Glitz and Glamour
Essie- Going Incognito
Revlon- Stormy
Petites Color Fever- Daze
OPI- Simmer and Shimmer
Borghese Rapido- Limoncello
China Glaze- Millennium
Revlon- All Fired Up
China Glaze- Solar Power
Do you see what I mean, it seems to shift to red or orange over some colors. Darker shades wipe it out completely. It is too sheer to go over something like Simmer and Shimmer. It also does some super weird stuff over some shades- like Going Incognito. All these swatches were completely dry before I applied the crackle, so I'm not sure what caused this. It worked well over Millennium and Solar Power, but that was it for me.
What do you think?
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sinful Mint Apple + pathetic attempt at stamping
How did I not own Mint Apple before? What the heck is a mint apple for that matter?
Anyways, this is 3 coats of Sinful Mint Apple stamped with Sally Hansen Forbidden Fudge. The stamp is from the first Bundle Monster sets. I just can't seem to get the hang on stamping, I always aim a little too far down my nail or end up warping the image. Practice makes perfect, right?
Friday, May 20, 2011
Franken Chaos + SH Crackle Fuchsia Shock review
You may remember a little while back I showed you a little bit of a franken I made- Chaos. I finally made myself a big bottle of this and wore it as a full mani. And then I went to work and saw we had gotten in the SH crackle polishes and I snapped up Fuchsia Shock.
Before I go any further in this review, I want to show you something weird. When I franken I clean out near empty bottles I have around to mix in. I've done this plenty of times, but the last two bottles I used I had this happen with...
...it's like a gluey consistency and won't seem to break down even with pure acetone. It happened to 2 Seche bottles, I've used them before with no issue so I thought this was weird! Any guesses?Anyways, back on topic...
I quickly applied a coat of Fuchsia Shock over the polish I already had and was kind of disappointed. When I picked this up I have grand visions of it over so many colors- in my opinion pink goes with nearly any color. So when I brushed it on and the pink barely had enough coverage to go over pale blue, I was a little disappointed. I mean, you can see the glitter in my base polish THROUGH the pink. No Bueno!
So on my other hand I decided to try a thicker coat. Now, I want to say that this is not easy. The brush this polish comes with is small (think Essie) and I can only coat half my nail before this stuff starts to dry. Sometimes if you take too long to apply it it gets mad or something and doesn't quite work right- so you have to move fast. The small brush makes this really annoying and I think that OPI has it right (can't comment on others) with the mop like brush that covers (albeit somewhat messy) in one quick coat.
Just to be sure, I did a bunch of swatches on paper. Which, I have photos of but they are kinda on my dead camera at the moment so I will upload them tomorrow and link later. Among them I tried both dark and light colors and decided that this was one polish I would be returning- which I have never done before. Over dark colors it was pretty much useless. You can't tell that it is pink because it takes on the color beneath it. Even over lighter colors (think pink would look awesome over yellow? SO DID I) it takes on the tone of the base (over yellow it appears orange). If you apply it thick enough this isn't so much of a problem- but I had issues getting it to be consistently thick on each finger.
While I haven't tried the other colors, I have discussed the silver one and have seen it used and it also seems to be more on the sheer side (on her nails it went on more like a metallic top coat and had minimal crackles).
As for how it crackles, I can't put my finger on it but I just don't care for the way it does- both thick and thin. I was over all unimpressed. These retail for $6.99 and can be found in most drug stores.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Essie Turquoise & Caicos + SH Hidden Treasure
Sorry for skipping a few days on you guys! There have been a few things going on in my world that have kept me from updating.
First off, I started working on my mascara project but was having difficulties with my camera and lack of a macro lens. The damn thing just didn't want to focus on my lashes. I think I have found a way around this now though!
Second, I may be finally going back to work. Wish me luck! I've been out of a job for almost 2 years after I got laid off due to company downsizing. I've had no luck until now in finding work (unless I want to go flip Big Macs) until now. I should find out in a couple of days, I'm really anxious!
And you may notice that DDD has gotten a total makeover. There will be more changes to come in the next couple weeks. I'm hoping overall this layout is cleaner and overall easier to view. If you have any issues viewing please let me know! Along with the layout you may have noticed the new banner. What do you think? It took me forever to decide what I wanted to do with it but I think I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Finally, I have lately just wanted to enjoy the color I put on my nails. I have a whole basket of untrieds but I'd love to wear a polish more than a day.
Which brings us to...Essie Turquoise & Caicos. Of course, I only remembered to snap pictures after I slapped a coat of Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure on it. And then my camera decided it just plain didn't like that combo. If it didn't photograph completely green then the flakies flipped it out. I did my best to capture it but not sure how good they are. I wore this for about 5 days with no major chipping (a rare occurrence between Essie and I). I absolutely loved the way this turned out.
The formula was good, despite the puny brush (does anyone else hate Essie brushes?) but still needed 3 coats due to some bald spots. I did manage to gouge my pointer before they were dry, which I didn't fix. As for the color, I need to do a comparison to see how unique it is but like all blue-green shades I love it ;)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Sally Hansen Evening Fog
Another greige (grey/beige- I know the word is ridiculous) cream. I seriously love these colors but I the last year they seem so overdone. I have at least 2 others just in my untrieds! In fact one of them is even from the same collection. Evening Fog is just slightly beige in the spectrum of greige, took 2 coats for full coverage. The formula is a little runny, combined with the chunky brush of the Complete Manicure polishes mean lots of cuticle flooding. That dang brush just picks up too much polish, but it did wear well.
Sorry if the mani is a little scuffed up, this was a couple days after I applied.
You know how much I love big chunky rings- my new and awesome ring, it's huge and heavy and an owl. Doesn't get much better ;)
I think it may give me a case of the dead hands, what do you think?
Friday, February 4, 2011
A scotch tape mani
Inspired by Chloe's Nails I decided to give scotch tape manis a try. I used to do french tips back in the day with mixed results but hers always come out so good I gave it another go!
I used 2 coats of OPI Simmer and Shimmer and then applied the scotch tape strips and painted over using Sally Hansen Insta-dri in Night Flight (which is not black but dark dark blue...which reminds me how much I wish there was a black insta-dri). It didn't really come out *bad* but not good either. I think if I try this again (and I might) I will make the strips thinner. Saturday, December 4, 2010
Birthday nails :)
I had such a hard time choosing what to do for my birthday nails so I had to do skittles of some sort! I started sorting out my favorite colors and what I thought would compliment them well, pulled my favorite glitters and konad plates and then tried to narrow it down.
Thumb: Wet n Wild black (which was goopey and horrible- but the only black I could find) with a coat of Color Club Magic Attraction over it.
Pointer: China Glaze Laced Up stamped with BM16 using Sally Hansen I Pink I Can.
Middle: China Glaze Peachy Keen with BM20 stamped over it in a franken dubbed Peaches n Cream (made using Peachy Keen as a base)
Ring: Wet n Wild black + a weak attempt at gradual glitter using OPI Mad as a Hatter
Pinkie: Sally Hansen I Pink I Can stamped with BM19 in China Glaze Laced Up
And here is a picture of me looking a fool and drinking my free GIANT birthday margarita:)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Sally Hansen Sequin Scandal
Hello readers, I would like you to meet my new lover: Sequin Scandal.
The latest Sally Hansen collection that I searched forever to find, even when I had all the others I desired I was still missing Sequin Scandal. But while I was poking around in Halloween clearance at my local Kmart (yes, we still have a Kmart) I spotted a full display including Sequin Scandal.
This is a gorgeous fall color, dark olive green with green and gold shimmer and flakies. The minute I swept this on it became a favorite, and because it's darker it goes with almost anything (a major hate of mine is when my nails don't match my clothes, yeah, I'm weird).
Onto the gorgeous pictures...these are all 3 coats but it covers easy in 2 (needed to touch up before taking photos).
Some bottle shots to give you an idea of the gorgeous flakies and shimmer...
The one thing is, I'm still not sold on the brush. We have a love/hate relationship, sometimes it works and sometimes...it ends up with weird wonky gaps that are impossible to correct with the brush because of it's odd shape. And I suppose, I'm still not sold on the price tag. They may claim it doesn't need a base or top coat but I beg to differ so it is hard to justify the $7-8 a bottle for a drug store polish.
Stay tuned for more of the fall collection swatches.
Did you manage to find the display? What polishes did you pick up? If you didn't grab any, do you hope to?
Monday, October 25, 2010
Halloween ruffian nails and FOTD for Salem, MA
Hello lovies! I'm sorry I didn't post for a few days but I'm back :)
This weekend I went on a trip to Salem, MA with a couple of my girlfriends. We had a great time despite it being ridiculously busy and getting lost 90% of the time. I have other photos I will share with you in a separate post but here are my nails.
Here is what I wore for makeup. I kept it simple using Wet N Wilds Greed palette, L'Oreal Telescopic waterproof eyeliner (love the applicator- the tip is so tiny!) and L'Oreal Voluminous Million Lashes. On my lips I started off with MAC Morange lipstick but as the day went on and I couldn't be bothered to reapply (not to mention we were drinking and eating quite a bit) I switched to a clear gloss.
This weekend I went on a trip to Salem, MA with a couple of my girlfriends. We had a great time despite it being ridiculously busy and getting lost 90% of the time. I have other photos I will share with you in a separate post but here are my nails.I pretty much suck at doing konad or nail art on myself so after getting frustrated ruining my nails trying to Halloween them up I decided to do this.
I started with a layer of SH Evening Fog from the new complete line she has out. I was originally going to leave it as just that out of frustration but decided to layer Maybelline Orange Ole over it as a ruffian. And I didn't stop there, I added another layer of ruffian with Wet N Wild Black Fog over it which had a horrible wonky brush and screwed up several of my nails but oh well! Orange Ole also had a crappy brush- with a few much longer bristles. I'd rather deal with a cheapy not so good brush in general than one that has inconsistent lengths.
I then topped it all with Seche Vite for the night but before leaving I added SH Golden Ticket from the new complete collection over just the black for a little extra glam.
Candy mushrooms! But I prefer real ones, I love mushrooms :)
Holding our matching lighters.
My hair is crazy right now! Not just the color but it needs cut really bad but I am desperate for it to grow out at the same time :/
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sally Hansen Purple Gala vs Milani Dot Com
How pretty is this? Dark purple with gold glitter- delicious. This is 3 coats.
I thought it looked familiar (although somehow they never do in stores lol) and I realized it reminded me of Hard Candy Mr. Wrong and Milani Dot Com. After much looking I can't seem to spot my bottle of Mr. Wrong so for a comparison of those check out PerryPie! Here it is compared to Dot Com:
Yup, totally not dupes or even close. Dot Com does have gold shimmer but it is much more subtle than Purple Gala. The purple base is really close but Dot Com's stands out a little better.
Yup, totally not dupes or even close. Dot Com does have gold shimmer but it is much more subtle than Purple Gala. The purple base is really close but Dot Com's stands out a little better.Sally Hansen Strobe Light glitter
Oh, if I could only squee the way I squee'ed when I found this lone bottle of Strobe Light in Rite Aid. I haven't seen this one before but the combination of pink and holo glitter is enough to send me into convulsions of excitement.Here is one layer over Sinful colors Great Wall.
Check out this bottle shot. Better yet, click it to open the full size and than oogle all the glittery goodness:
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sally Hansen Natural Beauty lipstick in Sunburst
I randomly round this tube in another display (I think it was Wet n Wild) and have never in all my drug store roaming spotted a single other tube of this lipstick. I find this a little weird. Anyways, Sally Hansen Natural Beauty lip stick in Sunburst is a very pretty pink-peachy color and the formula feels very sheer and moisturizing. I would pick up a couple more of these if only I could find them...
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