Sally Hansen Salon Gel Polish Blue My Mind

Today I have Sally Hansen Salon Gel Polish in Blue My Mind to share with you all. Normally gel polishes are not incorporated into my manicure routine because I change polishes so often and the gel application and removal processes take longer than with regular polish. Although, I do think gel polishes work really well for individuals who (are not crazy addicts like me that change their polishes 3-4 times a week) like to keep one colour on their nails for a long period of time without having the polish chip.

Onto the polish...the package contains one 7ml bottle of polish and an instruction sheet. The package boasts salon quality, up to 2 weeks wear time with no chips and a mirror shine. It also indicates that a LED lamp must be used with the gel polish. I only own a UV lamp and I didn't want to go out of my way purchase a LED lamp just to try this polish so I tried the UV lamp and ended up successfully curing the polish but instead of the 30sec it recommends for a LED lamp I had to cure it under the UV light for 2 minutes.

I followed the instruction sheet paying extra attention to buffing and cleaning the surfaces of my nails before I started the polish application. The most important aspect that helps create a successful gel manicure is working with a clean base and making sure none of the polish touches your skin or cuticles and to cap the free edge, otherwise over time the polish will start to lift. I forgot to do that with my right thumb and the polish peeled on the third day. Here is what the manicure first looked like when I was done:

Check out how long this mani lasted!

Sally Hansen - Jazzy Jade & Sea-ing Stars

Hey ! Has everyone entered our Sally Hansen giveaway yet? If not enter by clicking HERE !! :D Good luck ..


Today's post is about 2 Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Jazzy Jade & Sea-ing Stars.

I love love the colours.

So despite my ragged cuticles (with work I don't know when I can repair them!) there's a ton of pictures below!!

Prepare yourself after the jump!

Sally Hansen Spring 2014 Giveaway

Hello dear readers! Hurray we've made it to Friday! What better way to sweeten the weekend than with a giveaway. Over the past week or so I've reviewed quite a few new Sally Hansen polishes that have recently been released or will be released in the spring time. How would you like the chance to win some of these new releases?

Up for grabs is $90 worth of Sally Hansen nail products.

The Prize Includes:

• 10 Sally Hansen Triple Shine Nail Colour Polishes
• 2 Sally Hansen Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Stripes Reverse French

This giveaway is kindly sponsored by Sally Hansen (through Veritas Inc.), the shades and patterns selected will be at random by them. Below I've included the colours and patterns they will be choosing from! This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only.

Photo Credit: Sally Hansen

Photo Credit: Sally Hansen

Interested? All you need to do is enter the Rafflecopter...




But before you enter, here are the rules:
Giveaway runs from 1/10/14 - 2/15/14 at 12:00 AM EST Giveaway is open to Canadian participants only over the age of 18 (or with parental permission). Winner will be contacted within 24 hours and must reply with mailing address within 48 hours after initial email is sent. This prize was sponsored by Sally Hansen Canada (through Veritas Inc.) and will be sent out to the winner by them. AM Polishes is not responsible for any lost, damaged or confiscated packages. Prize will be sent using the most economical option with Canada Post.

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Good luck!
Annie 

Sally Hansen Complete Manicure Open Mica Night and Glare Necessities

Happy hump day dear friends! Hope you're all looking forward to Friday as much as I am. Is it just me or does it feel like this week has been dragging on forever. So what better way to spruce up a Wednesday than a little bit of glitter!

In continuation of my Sally Hansen spring release press samples I have today, Sally Hansen Complete Manicure in Open Mica Night and Glare Necessities. I paired both glitters over the Insta-Dri polishes reviewed yesterday.

Open Mica Night
Open Mica Night is a holographic square glitter in a clear base. I used two layers over Sally Hansen Insta Dri Chartreuse Chase in my swatches below. I had to work a little bit and pat the polish to distribute the glitter evenly over my nails.

 

Glare Necessities

Glare Necessities is a blue and silver glitter in small and large sized hex glitter. In some lighting the blue glitter appears much darker, almost black. I layered two layers over Sally Hansen Insta Dri In Prompt Blue. I really liked the glitter payout of the polish, I didn't get bald spots and didn't have to pat the glitter into place.

Additional Info:

Each polish is 0.5 fl oz / 14.7 ml in size and priced around $7.95 MSRP and will be available in most drugs stores across Canada.

For more information, visit Sally Hansen here. Check out their Facebook here.

Two more days until the weekend, woohoo!
Until next time,
Annie

***Products were sent for review in exchange for our honest opinions***

Sally Hansen Insta Dri Chartreuse Chase and In Prompt Blue Dupe For Essie Butler Please

Hello! I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday. The weather here is freezing and super windy again, our power went out again last night and I was really worried it was going to be repeat of a couple weeks ago but thankfully it came back on after 5 minutes.

Today I have 2 new shades from the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri collection coming out next month. I own a couple insta-dri polishes in my collection and I'm a big fan. I like that it provides opacity in one coat (most of the time), dries very quickly and stamps fairly well. I'm indifferent about the wide brush though, personally I'd prefer a smaller brush and go back and apply carefully with a few more strokes rather than try and apply colour to the entire nail with one stroke. The only other real issue I've had with the Insta-Dri polishes were that they became goop quicker compared to other polishes. I think this is due to it's thicker consistency.

Click to see swatches of Chartreuse Chase and In Prompt Blue in comparison to Essie Butler Please. 

Sally Hansen Triple Shine Twinkled Pink and Sparkling Water

Hello again friends! Today on the blog I have two new colours from the Sally Hansen Triple Nail Colour collection. These two colours will be released beginning January 2014 nationwide across Canada.

Sally Hansen's Triple Shine Nail Colour "is formulated with an Ultimate Shield Complex, exclusive to Sally Hansen. The innovative one-of-a-kind formula is designed to help polish withstand the wear and tear of everyday living, to deliver high impact colour and maximum shine."

This new collection contains 29 different colours categorized into three colour palettes including Iridescence, Pop and Fanta-Sea. The colours we received, Twinkled Pink and Sparkling Water were both from the Fanta-Sea category.

Onto the swatches...

Sally Hansen Satin Glam Chic Pink and Crystalline

We are back to our regular programming! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Last week southern Ontario was hit with an awful ice storm and we were without power for a couple days. It was pretty scary knowing so many homes were effected when the temperature dropped to -21 degrees one night. It was so sad to see so many trees frozen in place or completely ruined by the weight of the ice on the branches. This was a poor tree on my street, so thankful it didn't fall on my neighbour's roof!

Thankfully our power came back before Christmas day. We were able to celebrate in the warmth of our own home and extremely grateful for friends and family...and little things we take for granted, like power.

A week or two ago we received a bunch of Sally Hansen press sample package and now that we have power back we are slowly but surely sharing what we received. Today on the blog is Sally Hansen's Satin Glam in Chic Pink and Crystalline. Sally Hansen describes the collection as:

"An innovative new line of special  effect polishes that brush on glossy before immediately drying to a satin finish."

"Formula is infused with tiny pearl particles to add a high luster and satin ribbon glow, while the rich, saturated pigments result in an intense colour look."


While I've loved Sally Hansen before my polish obsession started I must admit that the varying bottle shapes for every new collection does kind of irk the OCD in me when I line them up in my melmer. Although I must say that the bottle shape for this collection is pretty cute, I think it's the same bottles they used for the Lustre Shine collection. Onto the swatches...

Click to see and read more...

Sally Hansen Sugar Shimmer Sugar Cloud and Work Of Tart

Awhile back Mir reviewed the Sally Hansen Sugar Coat Collection (post can be read here). Sally Hansen will be releasing a collection called Sugar Shimmer, a textured polish with a shimmery effect.

"New candy-coloured nail polishes that dry to a 3D matte finish for nails that look like they're delicately coated with sugar crystals."

The collection will consist of 6 new shades. Sally Hansen describes this collection as..."A breakthrough formula that gives nails a sugary texture special effect with light-reflecting, multidimensional shimmering finish."

Today we have Sugar Cloud and Work Of Tart to share with you all.

Click to see the colours up close!

Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat Collection Swatches

Hi everyone! WooHoo! TGIF! I'm definitely ready for the weekend to start. Work has really worn me out this entire week, am I the only one who just wants to veg out when they come home? Anyways, I'm back with swatches from the entire Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat collection! It took a bit longer than I anticipated, but I finally had time to post about this awesome collection.

As I mentioned in my press release post, this collection is pretty similar to the Nails Inc Feathered Collection and the new China Glaze On the Horizon collection, pretty much dupes I would say. All the polishes come in a clear base with different shades of very fine bar glitter.

Click to read more and see some swatches!

Sally Hansen Sugar Coat Nail Art (Roses)

After my nail art attempts in the other post - link here, I watched a video shown on Catrice's website on how to do a floral design. Then I thought why not use Sugar Coats to do '3D-ish' flowers??!

It was pretty fun but as a tip, after every "C" shape, redip your brush into the polish to pick up the 'sugar' particles or it won't be gritty enough!

Materials needed:

• Base polish colour - I did 3 colours to show how the design would work on different colours
• Sally Hansen Sugar Coat's Cherry Drop
• Sally Hansen Sugar Coat's Cotton Candies
• Sally Hansen Sugar Coat's Sweetie
• Sally Hansen Sugar Coat's Sour Apple
• Little dish with acetone / nail polish remover
• Cotton Pad
• Scrap Paper
• Thin Paint Brush

Click for Instructions

Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat Collection Press Release

Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat Textured Nail Colour
"Transform your manicure with Sally Hansen’s newest nail innovation: Fuzzy Coat Textured Nail Colour. Taking inspiration from the strong textural themes at the latest runway shows, Sally Hansen has developed a new, exclusive special effect formula that makes nails the focal point of any look. Blurred, woven and marbled fiber looks resembling hand-spun yarn are combined in a multidimensional network of colour to create a matte finish with a fibered texture effect."

Another recent release from Sally Hansen is the Fuzzy Coat textured polishes. They came out along side the Sugar Coats collection which Mir swatched here. They're pretty similar to the Nails Inc Feathered Collection and the new China Glaze On the Horizon collection. I'm pretty sure more brands will release similar looking polishes because this look is pretty trendy right now.

At first I was a little apprehensive because I wasn't sure if I loved or hated the look, I think it stems from my dislike of bar glitter. But when I saw these polishes in person I knew I had to give them a chance. Since the bar glitter is so fine, it's hard to pinpoint the exact colours in the blend. I found myself mesmerized at the colour combinations.

Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coats come in 8 shades to choose from:

Priced at $7.95 these Sally Hansen polishes will be available at drug and mass retailers across Canada



Stay tuned, we will have swatches up of the whole collection real soon!
Annie

Sally Hansen - Sugar Coat Collection swatches

By now, I am pretty sure everyone knows how much I like this 'sugar coat' texture type polish. Whatever the name - liquid sands, sugar coat, gumdrops, pixie dust, it's going into my basket!!!

This is me when I see polish!!! (& if I was a cat teheehee..)  make your own: here

Sally Hansen - Sugar Coat Collection Press Release

Sally Hansen Sugar Coat Textured Nail Colour

Treat your nails to one of this year’s sweetest trends with Sugar Coat Textured Nail Colour from Sally Hansen. A multi-dimensional formula infused with a sugar-like texture for a 3-D volumized, colour-saturated nail look. Sally Hansen’s latest polish breakthrough leaves nails looking good enough to eat with a sweet sugar-dipped effect. Limited edition.

One of the new releases Sally Hansen has is a pretty exciting one!! Sugar Coats!! Which is similar to the ones OPI came out with called Liquid Sands, Nicole by OPI's Gumdrops, Zoya's Pixie Dusts etc etc! 

I love liquid sands, at first I thought that the grit would bother me but it doesn't. After a few days of wear, the grit becomes finer also...so try it!! Don't be worried - and the best part it comes in a variety of colours :D

Sally Hansen Sugar Coats come in 8 creamy colours. These are very different from the ones I have tried - usually full of glitter and sparkle! Can't wait to try them!!

Onto the pictures: :)

Enabler Alert! Clearance at Shoppers Drug Mart.

If you haven't been to Shoppers Drug Mart recently now may be the best time to go. This past weekend I was at my local Shoppers Drug Mart and found 4 huge bins of polishes on sale. The bins were located at the back of the store (no where close to the cosmetic isles) along with other sale items from throughout the store.

They had Essies and SensatioNail gel polishes marked down to $4, Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure, NOPI and Quo by Orly gel polishes down to $3 and assorted Revlon, Rimmel, Quo by Orly and Sally Hanson Salon Effects for $2! Needless to say I was giddy with excitement when I saw those prices. Check out what I picked up.