Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Limited Edition Fall 2011 Swatches (1 of 2)

Hi guys, today's post is gonna be picture heavy. Sally Hansen currently has a limited edition Insta-Dri set out right now which you can pick up at your local drugstore. They consist of pretty dark metallics that all have a vampy kind of feel to them. They're all really gorgeous. I'm going to break this up a bit since there are so many polishes. This is the first set. I will link you to the second set once I finish that post. Updated: Click here for the link to the second set of this collection. The first picture is the entire collection.  I'll be swatching the vampy reds/browns first.

 L to R: Coco a-go-go, Bronze Ablaze, Ruby Rush, Quick Brick

 Sun

 Shade

Indoors

Top row: Sun, Middle row: Shade, Bottom row: Indoors

They apply really well like most Sally Hansen Insta-Dris. Keep in mind these do come with the extra wide brush so if you have smaller nail beds you need to be careful when it comes to cuticle flooding. These were all done in 2 coats. The last two colors stained like crazy though. Make sure to wear a good basecoat. These retail for about $4.50-$5 but there's currently a B1G1 50% off at Walgreens on all Sally Hansen products until Saturday, August 6, 2011. Get these while they're on sale! Stay tuned for the second half of the set.

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Mythical Creatures Week: Unicorn Friday

Aahh, I must say that I absolutely *love* the mythical creature today. Unicorns are one of my favorite fantasy/imaginary type of creatures and I couldn't be more happy to do a mani focused around that theme! Here I have a mani that was inspired by a member of MUA named Jiloverz and she did an incredible job with the original. This is my humble attempt at paying homage to her so I hope it doesn't disappoint! Beware, lots of pics ahead! =)

All pictures taken in the sunlight to *try* to capture the holographic effects!

So I used all my China Glaze OMG polishes in addition to Nubar Reclaim to get that true green holo color in as well. Stamped with Sally Hansen White Out and image plate BM201. Ahh!! This mani is so amazing in real life, you must try it out! So sparkly! So ... so holo! It's kind of what I'd like to think unicorn barf would look like - holo stripes and rainbows lol. I hope you enjoyed this mani because I sure did! And yay to the weekend... it's freaking Friday! TGIF! (can you tell how excited I am? hahahah)

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Mythical Creatures Week: Fairy Tuesday

I don't have time to write much for today's post so you will just have to make do with pictures =). The following is my attempt at a fairy mani for Tuesday's mythical creature. Enjoy!

 

 

In the sun

In the shade

 

Base colors from thumb to pinkie: OPI Glacier Bay Blues, China Glaze Little 

Drummer Boy, Essie Aruba Blue, Essie Dive Bar, Sally Hansen Navy Baby

Edited to add: So for the stamps, I used China Glaze IDK, a light purple holo, from the OMG collection. The plates I used were Mash M50 for the stars and GCOCL A02 (the Hello Kitty plate) for the butterfly/fairy wings. I used Art Deco in White for the bigger dots and China Glaze White on White on a toothbrush and sprinkled it across the nails for the speckled effect. I hope that helps! =)

That's all for today people! Thanks for reading and Happy Tuesday =)

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Friday's French Skittles

First off, Happy Friday everyone! Aren't you glad the weekend is *just* around the corner? What I have for you today is a huge picture spam of my latest mani.  It's a skittle (different colors on each nail) but in the form of french tips! I don't think I've seen this before but if you have or have done so yourself, please share! =) Alright, no more words, onto the pics!

 

Hahah, I know these are practically the same pictures but I 

wanted to show the mani under different types of lighting =P

 

My hand looks so weird like this! lol 

Can you believe I used ALL these colors for this mani?? Fun times!

This mani consisted of Sally Hansen Disco Ball over Zoya Lucy for the base. From thumb tip to pinkie tip, I used Color Club Pucci-licious, Orly Cashmere Cardigan, OPI Planks A Lot, Essie Nice is Nice, and Zoya Caitlin. 

So I've been waiting for a nail polish package to come in the mail but USPS hasn't confirmed the delivery yet and its no where to be found! It was supposed to come yesterday but I haven't seen it anywhere -- I hope it's not lost in nail polish limbo. That would be horrible!  Crossing my fingers here. Anyways, the sunshine is finally back! And in other exciting news, one of my girlfriends is treating me out to a salon pedi today! Yay!!! I'm going to meet her up in a few minutes here and I can't wait! So many exclamation marks! Happy Friday everyone. =) Go out and enjoy your weekend!

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