Sally Hansen Sugar Coat in Cherry Drop and Sugar Fix

Hi all! I have more textured polish for your viewing pleasure. Sally Hansen has come out with their own line of textured cream polishes called, Sugar Coat. The colors are not ground-breaking; most of them are pastels. Pretty but I didn't feel compelled to buy any of them. But- they had three colors that really stood out for me. Colors that I haven't seen anyone else do in a cream textured finish: red, white and black! Seriously, how could so many companies drop the ball on such simple colors? I showed you the black, Lick-o-rich last week during 3D Nail Art Week. You can view it here. 

Cherry Drop is well, cherry red. No other way to describe it! It is very bright in person and I wasn't sure if I liked it when I first put it on. But it grew on me. The formula is on the thin side. I used two coats and could still see a hint of nail line. I think two and a half coats is what is needed for this color.

Sugar Fix. I was so excited when I saw this collection had a white polish in it! Next to black it is my second most coveted color for cream textured polish. Unfortunately, the formula did not live up to my expectations. The formula is really thin- too thin for a textured polish IMO. The first coat was very streaky and patchy and while the second coat remedied the streaks I still had a few patches that I had to go over and cover. I used two and half coats for the pics.

 I feel like these colors makes my hands look crazy tanned! My hands are actually nearly a full shade lighter than the pics here. Dark pinks do this to my skin as well. 

Sally Hansen is sold at Walgreens, Kmart, Target and Ulta which is where I picked mine up from. Prices vary by $1-2 so I suggest doing a little price comparison shopping if you can.

3D Nail Art Week and Born Pretty Store Review - Dried Flowers

Press Sample

Happy Friday all! This weeks seems to have flown by and we are on the final day of 3D Nail Art Week. Today's design features dried flowers that Born Pretty Store sent to me for review. Dried flowers make me think of diaries or old letters and so I decided to do an "antique" design with them that would resemble pressed flowers in a love letter.

I used two coats of Butter London Cuppa as my base color. I'd forgotten what a great neutral base this color is. Once completely dry I used BM Plate 311 and Revlon Hot For Chocolate for the stamping detail. I actually bought the Bundle Monster set specifically for this image and this was my first time using it. Go figure. I layered on a coat of SV and while still wet, I applied the dried flowers using tweezers. The flowers themselves were a bit unwieldy to handle since they are so delicate. I had a bit of shedding with them and had to be extra gentle while applying them. 

The flowers come in a plastic wheel container with twelve colors and two types of flowers to choose from. I personally prefer the small petals just for ease of use. They retail for $4.45 with free international shipping. You can find them here on the Born Pretty Store site. Don't forget to use my promo code PSL91 to receive 10% off your order!

3D Nail Art Week - Rhinestone Cascade

Hi all! I can't believe there's only one day left for 3D Nail Art Week. I have an insane amount of ideas for putting stuff on my nails so five days just doesn't seem like enough. Today's design is very soft and pretty. 

I started with three coats of OPI Isn't That Precious. This color is very sheer. It's best for pink french manicures but I wanted that jelly-like look for the base color so it works. I then add a coat of SV. Once my nails were dry I used the pointy end of an orange stick and applied small dots of SV onto my nails. I dipped the orange stick tip into SV as well to pick up the stones and apply them. I used clear heart-shaped stones and small round clear and pink ones to create a "cascade" effect along the sides of my nails.

A close-up of the stone-age. 

This is honestly what I think of when I think of 3D nail art. I think of rhinestones. Lots and lots of rhinestones. I honestly had to hold myself back a bit on this since I wanted to keep the design fairly simple. But it was hard. Maybe I'll do a design in the future where I just go cray cray with the stones.

3D Nail Art Week and Artsy Wednesday Inspired By a Brand - Roses and Studs

Hi all! Happy Wednesday! I am a bit late posting today for Artsy Wednesday. Today's theme is Inspired by a Brand. This had me a little stumped until I decided to combine the theme with 3D Nail Art Week. I immediately thought of Betsey Johnson! I love Betsey's rose prints. They are always so fun and girly and retro. I have in fact done rose inspired by her prints before. You can see it here. This time I wanted to do something brighter and of course add some studs!

I used two coats of China Glaze Four Leaf Clover as my base color. I then added splotches of American Apparel Angeline for the flowers. I used my small detailing brush and added dimension to the flowers using Sinful Colors Starfish. For the leaves I used The Balm Hot Ticket Jade in the USA and China Gaze Def Defying. I added a coat of SV and then used tweezers to apply the studs.

These came out exactly how I pictured them which is awesome. I wish I could wear them for longer than a day but alas, 3D Nail Art Week must continue!

Check out the other Artsy Wednesday ladies' posts!

Wendy -M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.

Michelle -  Lab Muffin

Maria - Maria's Nail Art

Catrine - Unnaked Nails

Melanie - Nail & Polish

Jessica - Beauty Gnome

Emily - An Accent Nail

3D Nail Art Week and Polish Days "To Boldly Go" - Doctor Who Nails

Hey gang! I am practically drowning in challenges this week so I decided to combine today's 3D Nail Art Week design and June's Polish Days theme. This month's theme is "To Boldly Go".  Sci-fi themed nails?! Hells yeah! The first thing that popped into my head for this challenge was Dr. Who because, of course. And since my favorite Doctor Matt Smith (I know the Tennant girls are having a heart attack right now but I must speak my truth) has just announced that he is leaving the role I felt this was a timely tribute. 

I used so many polishes for this design so I will just list em':

Index Finger (Galaxy): American Apparel Hassid and LynBDesigns Oh, The Places You'll Go Press Sample

Middle Finger (The Doctor's suit): Sally Hansen White On, Orly Buried Alive, China Glaze Adventure Red-y. I mixed Buried Alive and White On for the suit color.

Ring Finger (The T.A.R.D.I.S): Hassid, Oh, The Places You'll Go, LynBDesigns Sacre Blurple and Quoth The Raven, White On.

Pinky (Dalek): Wet N' Wild Metallica, NY & Co. Millionaire, Quoth the Raven and Adventure Red-y.

I used rhinestones that I got from eBay for around $2 for the detailing on the suit the T.A.R.D.I.S light and the stars in the galaxy.

I'm really happy with how these turned out with the exception of the Dalek which turned out kind of funky. I think this is perhaps due to my intense dislike for the Daleks. My nail simply didn't want one on it!