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

Sally Hansen HD Spectrum

Hello, all! I don't know how it's gotten to be Saturday already! I was busy at work this week with training staff, so I didn't have time to get you any good swatches, but I have one today!

This is 3 rather sloppy coats of Sally Hansen HD in Spectrum.  So far, I only have 3 colors from this line, but I really like them!  This is a super glitter packed turquoise that has a summery tropical water feel to it. After seeing this photo enlarged, I would probably do 4 coats next time to get better coverage.  I think these would be awesome to layer, since they are on the sheer side. 

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A Blue for Monday

This weekend was not long enough! I don't want to be at work today, my bed is calling my name!

Here is 3 coats of Sally Hansen HD Laser.  I snatched up  two more from this line on an impulse buy, but I may go buy more :)  This color is a nice purple blue with bright purple-y glitter. On the nail it mostly shows its silver side, but I do see flashes of purple and pink. 

Here's a bottle pic where you can really see that purple glitter!

Hope everyone survives their Monday. I'm already looking forward to mine being over. 

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The Life Aquatic: Hunt for Hidden Treasure


Apparently, there was a mass Walgreens scouring across the country when this polish came out.  Luckily, with my red beanie and glock in hand, I found the elusive Hidden Treasure. 

ONWARD!


Thar she blows, folks!  This is three coats of Hidden Treasure over my bare nails.  I actually wore this as a mani for a good 3 days before taking this photo.  I really wanted to test out Sally Hansen's 5-in-1 claim and see how it would do without additional base and topcoat. I scrubbed the shower right before this so pardon the cuticles.  I will say my polish held up well and it looked awesome at that.  It's like I had opals on my fingertips :) 


And here is the Captain of the A team! This is two coats of Hidden Treasure over eleventy billion coats of Sally Hanse Blu. I kind of wanted to pick a lighter base than a normal black, just to see what would happen.  I do like the result, it reminds me of a pair of simulated opal earrings I used to have.  

The wear on these Sally Hansen Complete blabbity blah polishes have been good so far.  I really hope they keep coming out with interesting colors such as these.





No Jaguar Sharks were hurt in the making of this review.  (If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please go watch The Life Aquatic :)



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Sally Hansen makes me crazy!

I wish all stores would get all polishes at the same time.  No more endless lists on the Nailboard about who found a certain flakie polish where! We all want it at the same time! That being said, I'm sure you know which brand is the culprit. Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure...state your case.

This is 3 coats of Sea and Be Seen.  It's a light cornflower blue with a slight twinge of purple running throughout the polish.  The silver shimmer is interspersed with slightly more chunky particles making for a really pretty effect.  I will say that I prefer the bottle a little more to what shows up on my nails.  In the bottle you can see some green and purple casts, but on the nail I haven't been able to see it. 

The formula was pretty good, but be careful when applying multiple coats, they may smudge.  I like the brush, but I know it isn't everyone's cup of tea. I found that the wear on this polish has been really good, so I'm thinking of maybe picking a few more of these up

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50 Followers Giveaway!

Well ladies and gents, I now have 50 wonderful followers on my little blog!  I am so excited to have each and every one of you following me, so I decided to have a giveaway to show my appreciation! Many thanks to all of you!!

Summer is on it's way so I tried to pick out some fun colors that will look great in the sun :)

The winner will receive:
- Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Purple Pizazz
- Sinful Colors Cream Pink
- Nicole by OPI Honey-Dew You Love Me (cute blue hearts!)
- OPI Suzi Says Feng Shui
- Poshe Super Fast Drying Topcoat
- China Glaze LOL
- China Glaze DV8
- China Glaze Luna
- China Glaze Blue Hawaiian 
- China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

This giveaway is open to followers and subscribers and will run until 11:59 PST on May 3rd, 2010. 


To enter:

1) You must be a follower of some kind. Any and all new followers are welcome! Leave me a comment letting me know your email address in case that you win.  1 entry


2) Blog about this contest for another entry! Leave a comment with a link to the post. 1 entry


3) Tweet about the contest! Either @ me on twitter or leave a link to your twitter in the comments! 1 entry


4) Add Lacquered Literati to your blogroll. Send me a link and I'll make sure to add you back.  If anyone has a blog that you would like on my blogroll, please email me! 1 entry

5) This one is a freebie! Tell me what colors you like to wear during summer or anything you want about the summer season! It's up to you :) 1 entry

To save yourself some sanity feel free to put all your entries into one comment. No matter what, please include your email so I'll be able to contact you.  You have until May 3rd, 2010. Have fun!

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Purple Pizazz and many thanks!

Wow! I now have 40 followers on my lil' blog and I must say I appreciate each and every one of you! It's nice knowing that people find me (somewhat) entertaining :) I think once I hit 50 I'm gonna have a cool polish and book giveaway! Thank you all again so much!






Here we have Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Purple Pizazz.  I do really love this polish, but it is seriously so dang sheer.  These photos are with three coats and in the direct sunlight I still had visible nail lines! *grumble* At least this polish applied well and it's beautiful jelly finish makes it a must have from your local drugstore.  Check out the fine flecks of reddish glitter! 

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Getting green...

Since St. Patrick's Day is approaching and green is one of my favorite colors, I figure my blog could use with a green polish.  I notice that I've got a lot more blues and purples, but not nearly enough greens as I should.


Welcome to one of my favorite drug store greens.  This is two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Emerald City with two coats of Claire's green Chunky Glitter on the ring finger.  I liked the idea of an accent nail for this mani and I think it looks fun without all the hassle of glitter removal.  I can't say enough about SH Xtreme Wears.  They are so worth their little price tag.  Claire's also has a few other shades of chunky glitter, but mine only had the blue and green.  

So what are your favorite greens? 

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More Ms. Sally

I've got one more Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear today.  I apologize in advance for the state of my hands and cuticles.  I can't seem to find the right combo of products to keep them in shape this winter and the fact that they are blue in this photo doesn't help.  I'm glad Blue Me Away didn't stain my nails, but my cuticles didn't make out as lucky.


Celeb City is an awesome silver foil shine bomb.  It's very opaque and provides awesome coverage.  It's almost a one coater.  If you like that Minx-esque foil look, I'd highly recommend picking up this polish. For less than 3 bucks you get a ton o' shine!

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Sally Hansen Blue Me Away



Oh dear god, my polish doesn't have shimmer or glitter or SHINY ANYTHING!!!







Ok...I'm alright.  Sally Hansen Blue Me Away is my first creme polish and I'm really digging it. It's a really summery, sky blue and I can't wait for gorgeous summer weather when I look at this polish. This picture makes it look a little darker than it actually is, but this is the closest I could get.


The cost of the Xtreme Wear polishes is great.  I definitely don't feel bad leaving a drugstore with six polishes having spent under 8 dollars.  The application on this polish was great, so the formula is better than the price may suggest. 


Go pick a few of these bad boys up! I've got more to show!

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Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

Today has been kind of a mess today and I apologize for the crap photo! I'm going through some issues with family, so I've been awfully distracted and stressed, but I'm trying to keep positive!


I think it's obvious I was distracted while photographing this! My fingers are all wonky.  This is Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Grape Going and I believe it's from their spring line of the Insta-Dri polishes.  I do like this polish, with its very super duper fine shimmer.  Let this be said: It is nowhere near as beautiful as RBL Scrangie.  It's not really all that similar except for the mid purple base.

These Insta-Dri brushes are not too bad, but I do find that my gap is not as neat when I use this polish.  I think mine may have a few stray hairs that just make it a little messy, but other than that the shape suits my nails.  It does dry quickly, but still be careful when doing multiple coats.  Grape Going required two.

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