Showing posts with label Sally Hansen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sally Hansen. Show all posts

Thursday, 21 March 2013

Sally Hansen Fairy Teal and Green Tea mix

Here is a skittle using Sally Hansen Fairy Teal and Green Tea. It's almost like these colours where made for each other. The Nailasaurus has also done a great mani with these colours too.
I did two coats of Green Tea on all nails except my index finger, for which I used two coats of Fairy Teal. I used striping tape on my thumb to mark off the areas I wanted Green Tea to be visible and painted over with Fairy Teal. I quickly removed the tape and added mini beads in gold. I did a gradient on my middle finger using a cosmetic sponge. The ring finger is a kind of 'spun polish' look using both Green Tea, Fairy Teal and Sally Hansen Crinoline. All fingers were topped with Seche Vite.
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013

The nails all the bad girls want..

Here is mix and match punk rock mani using using purple colours. I wore these with a matching top and leather jacket. Very punk-rock!  
Thumb: Sally Hansen - Anemone of Mine with mini studs
Index finger: Nail Pop - Glamrock
Middle finger: Sally Hansen - Anemone of Mine and W7 - Black gradient
Ring finger: Sally Hansen - Anemone of Mine with mini beads and black and white gems
Pinky: Seventeen - Hard as Nails Black
All topped with a coat of Seche Vite.
I love how these turned out. It's such a shame I'm a picker when it comes to 3D nail art, these type of manicures never last more than a day!

Sunday, 17 March 2013

St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patricks Day everyone. 
Paddy's day is massive in Liverpool as we have such a large community of Irish. Every year the celebrations are incredible. If you're looking for a night out in the UK for Paddy's day, and you can't get over to Ireland, I definitely recommend Liverpool!
This mani used A-England - St George, Barry M - Ridley Road, Sally Hansen - Fairy Teal, Sally Hansen - Green Tea and George at Asda - Mermaid. I used striping tape on my index finger to create the lines. On the fingers that I used glitter on I first put a layer of PVA glue as a base coat to make the removal of the glitter easier. All topped with a coat of Seche Vite.


Tuesday, 12 March 2013

Polish Days: Vintage

This month's Polish Days theme is Vintage. When I think of vintage I automatically think of pearls, lace and subtle colours.  I don't know about all the other Polish Days participants but I really struggled with this theme; I did three mani's before settling on this one. It's simple and subtle and reminds me of a really classy lady. 
For this I used three coats of Sally Hansen Dorian Grey. I then added a coat of Seche Vite to each nail and while this was still tacky on my ring finger and thumb I used an orange stick to add little nail art pearls, gems and beads from a Nail Art Kit that I got from River Island.

Monday, 11 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 7 - Anemone of Mine

Last but certainly not least in the Seven Days of Sally Hansen, is Anemone of Mine.
The colours on my pictures are somewhat not exact, its a lovely warm purple in natural light. I guess my spot light just didn't like the colour. Regardless, whatever way you look at it, it's a lovely colour. And opaque in one coat, although I used two here. It's also a little nasty on the staining so be sure to use a base coat!
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Sunday, 10 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 6 - Fairy Teal

Contain yourselves ladies. It's Fairy Teal *swoon*

I've been lusting after this colour for absolutely ages. I don't think I've done the colour much justice in my pictures but this is a gorgeous teal creme and was opaque in two coats. As the CSM collection supposidly includes a base coat, you would think that you shouldn't need a base coat with this colour. Wrong. If you're going to use this colour, wear a base coat!! Nonetheless, it's an incredible colour and I love it!
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Saturday, 9 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 5 - Green Tea

Hello dolls. I'm back with day 5 of my Seven days of Sally Hansen feature. This little stunner is Green Tea.
This is the perfect mint green and I don't have anything like it in my collection so this is a real winner and definitely one of my favorites of the CSM collection. This colour is perfect for the upcoming spring time and is really refreshing. This is two easily applied coats.
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Friday, 8 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 4 - Gray by Gray

Ladies, I'm in love. Meet Gray by Gray
This is a slate blue/grey and is the most perfect blue I own. It suits my skin tone perfectly. Application was a breeze, this is two coats.
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Thursday, 7 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 3 - Dorian Grey

Day 3 of my Sally Hansen week is here! This is the lovely Dorian Gray.

What a beauty! Its a sort of blue-tinted pale grey and a really sophisticated colour. This is three thin coats..
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Wednesday, 6 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 2 - Lavender Cloud

Here is day two of my Sally Hansen Swatch week. This little beauty is Lavender Cloud

Like Crinoline, this is off-white but with just a hint of lavender this time. It is almost impossible to capture that slight hint of colour and so my pictures don't do it justice. This is three coats as I found two didn't give it enough opacity and left it a little streaky.
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Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Seven Days of Sally Hansen: Day 1 - Crinoline

Hi ladies, I'm back and I'm back with a vegance!

You may have noticed on a lot of blogs lately that people have been finding high branded polishes in Poundland. Yes, thats right, the shop were everything is £1! Over the past couple of months I've been heading into Poundland and TJ Hughes every time I've been to town and I've managed to get my hands on a fair few Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes. 
This range claims to be a 5-in-1 fix for the on-the-go woman. That is a base coat, strengthener, growth treatment, colour and top coat. What more could a girl want?
I have that many now that I have decieded to do a Seven Days of Sally Hansen week!

First up we have the lovely Crinoline. This is a lovely pinkish off-white. I reckon this will be perfect with most skin tones. It's so fresh and elegant. Application is perfect and the wide brush is my new favourite! This is three easy coats. Top coat not necassary!
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Monday, 3 December 2012

Grey ombre stripes!

I've been M.I.A for a while and I am sorry. It's the last couple of weeks of a uni project and things are abit hectic at the minute. I cannot wait to break up for christmas!

First I did two coats of W7 - Black and waited until it was completely dry. The I sectioned off a section of the nail with striping tape and painted on Essie - Power Clutch. Again, I waited for that to be completely dry and sections off another section and painted on Sally Hansen - Dorien Grey. I finally finished with two coats of Seche Vite.
I do love stripe mani's but this just absolutely ages to do. I suppose using Seche Vite between coats would have sped up the process but at £9 a bottle I'm reluctant to use it for anything but a topcoat!