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

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Comparison: Julep "Harper" and Sinful Colors "Nail Junkie"

I am in love with these two polishes!

I bought Nail Junkie a while ago.  Harper came with my December Julep Maven box.  When I saw it I was in love!

And then I was like...wait a second.  I have definitely seen this before.

The difference?  Nail Junkie is just a HAIR darker.  All nails are three coats with 1 coat Seche Vite.  Any guesses as to which is which?

Pointer and ring are Harper.
Middle and pinky are Nail Junkie.

What do you guys think?







Monday, November 26, 2012

Nutra-nail UV free "gel" polish.

I would like to start off by saying that I hate giving a negative review.  BUT... I don't want you to spend $14 or so on this garbage.

The instructions were simple, you do have to like....switch brushes and stuff after 5 nails, which seemed like a little hassle.  I only did my thumbnail, since I had already seen a negative review on this.

NOTE:  on this box there was no "lasts up to (x) days!" For good reason.

I wasn't able to give you a sunlight picture of my nail because by the time I had gotten ready in the morning, it had chipped. -.-  I had only done the nail the night before!

Removal: yucky.  Goopy.  Blegh.  I used pure acetone and let it soak.  Even then I still had to do a lot of scrubbing.

All in all, don't waste your money.  Use regular polish and Seche Vite and you'll fare much better!

Have any of you used this product?

Pictures:

*2 days of wearing
*1 coat
*bottle shot of polish itself




Sunday, November 25, 2012

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri Nail Color: Lively Lilac!

This is definitely one of my FAVORITE polishes.  One coat honestly does it.  I use two of course, just to make it really solid.

The brush is an awesome rounded thick tip, so there is really no cleanup needed! 

They run around $4-$5 a piece, but they go a long way!  I definitely recommend this product.

How many of you use this type of polish?




Thursday, November 8, 2012

Julep Matte Suede Finish: Amber

I am currently a Julep Maven (go to julep.com to join!  Use the code PENNYINTRO so your first month costs you just a penny!}

In my box this month I got Amber and Nora.

Amber is a brownish beige that has alot of shimmer in it. 

The application was pretty good.  Not runny and it dried quickly.  Which is good, I was nervous about not having my Seche Vite!

Let me know what you think!  Nora is coming tomorrow :)






Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Saran Wrap Nails

One of my readers suggested I do saran wrap nails!  I for one was excited because I had never tried it before.

Uhh...tip:  Dont use like...a ziploc bag.  It just looks weird.

Moving on!  I remember seeing somewhere how to do these.  Here's how I did mine.

1. Prepped by cutting (ok ok...tearing with my fingers.) 10 small pieces of cling wrap.

2. Prepped my nails with acetone, and painted my darker color in a nice smooth even layer.  I used Sally Hansen "Fuschia Bling Bling."

3.  Wait for them to be COMPLETELY dry.  I was lazy and didn't feel like waiting so I used a later of Seche Vite to speed things up. 

4. (Doing this one nail at a time.)Paint your nail with your lighter color(I used Sinful Colors "Moss Have"), and immediately "sponge" one of your ten prepped pieces of plastic wrap over it until it looks...well whatever you want it to look like :).

Top coat it and voila!  I hope you liked :)




Friday, October 5, 2012

Sinful Colors: I Miss You

Talk about a gorgeous glitter!

This is two coats on the ring finger.
A pretty purple jelly polish.  The only problem I had was really being able to thoroughly mix this!

Enjoy!  As usual, any questions or comments feel free to leave.