SH Nail Polish Giveaway @ On Beauty and Polish

Natalie is giving away:

Sally Hansen Buried Treasure

Sally Hansen Salon Project Runway

Then she's not sure if she's gonna give away Sally Hansen Sequin Scandel or Fedora.

Make sure you mention in your comment that contests and such sent you!

Contest ends February 28, 2011. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Viva La Nails Review and some close-ups of SH Nail Prisms Burgundy Orchid

I finally had money and Viva La Nails Sample Pack was finally available, so I went for it!

It came out to be $4.80US for the shipping, not too bad :)

I used the above 2 items for this next look on my ring fingers and thumb nails.

OOOooooo!!!! Beau-ti-ful!!!

Thanks for looking!

SH Nail Prisms Burgundy Orchid

This was well worth the $ I paid. Not sure how much it was, it was a while ago. I know that I did buy this from cassicosmetics on evil bay. She has one available right now here for $4.99!

There are so many colors to this polish!  Just take a look...

Thanks for looking and go out and buy this! She has great shipping prices, too.

Win SH Opulent Cloud @ Beautopia

Beautopia is giving away a bottle of SH Opulent Cloud!
Contest ends midnight on March 28th, 2010. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Recent Hauls

I thought I would share my recent hauls from Ulta and Walgreens with you.

Ulta has a great clearance going on. In store and on their site. I picked up these nail prep pads (they say $1.29 but they were really $.49! SCORE!), this glittery toe nail clipper for $.49, Orly Pixie Dust (not on sale, but I couldn't find it anywhere) and finally that's RBL Scrangie snuck in there.

I tried the nail prep pads before my NYE mani and they worked out pretty well. The smell wasn't strong and I will let you know if the staying power is better than w/o prepping.

This is a holo red from the Ulta brand. $5.oo but worth it. There was also a pink one called Diva. They can be found here, they are buy 2 get 2 free BTW.

Beautiful! I will swatch it soon.

These next ones I got from Walgreens.

The Borghese Allegra set I got for $4.99 because the cashier thought it was a seasonal thing, which I think it might be. New Rimmel London Lasting Pro polishes (I will plug the names in later I can't find them online), the elusive Opulent Cloud finally came around my area, and new SH Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue.

I am so shocked that a new line is actually available by me around the same time everyone else!

Have you gone to your Ulta yet? Have you seen these by you? Did you buy any?

Thanks for looking!

My REAL Christmas mani

I got this idea from Nora @ Nail of the week's Christmas tree konad. I really love what she did, but unfortunately I did not have that plate. I really thought I did, so I ended up using one the biggest star from the half-circle of stars on m3.

Here's some pic spam:

I will upload some better pics tomorrow morning. EDIT: Here are the pics from this morning:

I started with a base color of ChG Emerald Sparkle and let's see if I can get all of these colors right for the stars:
Zoya Trixie
ChG Solar Power
a Massini Fall purple holo w/no name
OPI Blue Moon Lagoon (for stars and big snowflake on thumb)
Revlon Lily Chrome
ChG Ruby Pumps
SH Radiant
ChG Frostbite
and I think that's it!

Then I topped it off with a shaken Northern Lights holo topcoat.

Hope you like it!

Have a Merry Christmas!!

Snow and Icicles

This idea I copied from Nora @ Nail of the week seen here. My lines aren't as defined as hers, but I still like how this came out.

This is SH Salon Wine Not? as the base and Zoya Trixie for the silver and Sinful Colors Queen of Beauty for the glitter. I used a thin (but not so thin) art brush to apply.

This kinda ended up as a great way to do a french tip more than icicles.

Thanks for looking!

Win SH HD Nail Polishes @ Polished Lyrics

Jessica is giving away SH HD nail polishes in Three-D, Hi Res, and Digital.
Contest ends December 11th. Click the pic above for more deets and to win!
Good Luck!

Win SH Opulent Cloud @ Beauty Judy

Beauty Judy is giving away Sally Hansen HD Opulent Cloud!
Contest ends Monday Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. EST. Open to all readers. Click the pic above for more deets and to win!
Good luck!

Comparisons of Dark Blurple

I was really in the mood for some dark blurply colors. So I went into my stash and pulled out these three:

Massini Electronica, Misa Fatal Affair, and SH Insta-Dri Violet VOOM!

In darker lighting (since I do my nails at night) they all looked kinda similar, but in this light you can see they are not.

Never the less I still did the comparison anyway since these are all in my 'untried' category.

top to bottom: Fatal Affair, Electronica, and Violet VOOM!

And you can pretty much see that they aren't really alike at all! Not too sure what I was thinking!

Misa Fatal Affair

Massini Electronica

SH Insta-Dri Violet VOOM!

I wore Electronica for my NOTD.

Thanks for looking!