Pedal to the Metal baby!

So I absolutely adore the brushes on the Sally Hansen Total Salon Manicure nail polishes but I have yet to be impressed with the polish itself. Not going to stop me from trying to love it though! Pedal to the Metal is an incredible silver with a definite purple base to it. No glitter, but all wonderful sheen. Streaky mess though, but I am going to give it another try. I read that you have to roll your polishes and not shake them or bubbles occur which can cause that "bubbling" issue I've had. I am going to start trying this. At any rate:

And here's a picture of the brush (yeah I made the mistake to not turn on the flash but you can see the brush quite nicely:

 

So, all in all, a lovely color and a love brush but the streaky nature is a bit lack-luster. Stay tuned for my next try of this one. 

Green with envy...

...that my nail art didn't work out that is. I picked up Sally Hansen Green With Envy a while and seeing it sitting next to Zoya's Breezi inspired me to swatch it then try a bit of stamping. For the record a lot of cream Zoya's will stamp to some degree - you just have to stamp them on a lighter shade. The problem occurred when Shawn siddled up and begged to be stamped too (honestly it wasn't my fault!). Well here's what happened:

 

First the swatch. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green with Envy paints out nice and evenly and becomes opaque with 2 thin coats or one generous coat and is this wonderfully vibrant, avocado with a slight lime twist to it. More of a yellow green then a blue green, but NOT a yellow green at all. I'm not a fan of the Xtreme Wear brush as it seems to shed every so often but what can you honestly expect out of a 2-3 dollar polish? By the way I picked this one up on a buy two get one free and use three 1.00 coupons for a grand total of 2.58 for all!

 

So I was going for art deco - I got it in a "paint splashed on my nails" kind of way. Basically a mess. You can see that I'm taking it off but thought I'd take a picture so you can see the mess I made. 

On another note I tried out the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Cleared For Takeoff. Take it from me - when you find your top coat stick with it. I love the brush but I do not like the results. Chipped in one day! So sad....The other polish is one I bought last night and intend to try it out today - I printed a coupon for it and got it for .99 cents - it claims to last 10 days - review to come!

Glitter and fishnets - what could be better?

So a few weeks back my friend over at Constantly Redone texted me to get online because the elusive MASH plates on Amazon had gone live. These sold out within 24 hours by the way, but it appears they are up right now!! At any rate she scored a set and so did I! One of the plates has a fishnet-esque design on it!!! YUM! Soooo here's what happened when another enabler friend brought me six new polishes to play with:

I apologize for the tips - this was 2 days of wear (4 days this mani went with no chips. Here's what's on those nails:
Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure "Shall We Dance?' - One generous coat
Stamped m57 from the MASH plate set in black special polish Black Pearl
Topped off with LA Colors Color Craze in Treasure Island
Top coat of choice is seche vite

Review
Let me just talk about Shall We Dance and Treasure Island really quick. The Complete Salon Manicure polishes have the most amazing brush the paints on a perfect coat and the polish itself is this gorgeous sheer pink (takes about 3-4 coats to be opaque). It's a great staple and I can't wait to try some more of their more pigmented polishes in the line. Treasure Island came from the Dollar Tree and has shimmery, turquoise glitter - the finer kind, that paints out evenly and not everly crowded. The base is thinner then jelly and clear and with the application of glitter you can really control the look in that less glitter=one coat and a more covered look=2-3 coats.