Zoya- Happi

Hi!

I bought this polish (along with Skylar and Zara) for the Zoya promo. I've really been feeling springy pinks lately, so I felt this was completely appropriate.

Zoya descripes Happi as a "Pink metallic duochrome. A frosty hint of gold creates a unique peachy-pink."  I had no issues with the formula, although it can be a little sheer.

This is 3 coats along with OPI Rapidry.

I'll have swatches of Skylar and Zara up soon.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Emily

OPI- Pros & Bronze

Pros & Bronze is part of the Serena Glam Slam collection (along with Love Is A Racket). I found my collection at Ulta a little over a year ago on clearance.

Pros & Bronze is described as "a glimmering golden-bronze" by OPI, but it's so much more than that. It's full of little flakes that make up the polish. Depending on the light, it flashes gold, bronze, pink, and copper. It's definitely one of my favorite polishes, I just hate how it tends to clash with my skin tone.

This is 3 coats with Rapidry top coat.

In shade

Pros & Bronze is a little sheer, so 2 coats would probably work although I used 3 for full coverage.

~Emily

Time For Another Baddie But Goodie!

So while my normal camera was being a pain and didn't have batteries, I was using my phone to take photos. My phone does have a macro setting so I don't get the worst pictures but they aren't great enough to make a blog post with them.

Well here are those pictures! Polish is goodie, horrible pictures on my part, baddie.

2 Coats Sinful Colors Black on Black and 2 coats of Jesse's Girl Confetti on top

3 coats of China Glaze Fast Track

My Thanksgiving mani: 2 coats of Piggy Polish- Baby, It's Gold Outside (on index, middle and pinky) and 3 coats of China Glaze I Herd That (on ring finger)

2 coats of OPI Every Month Is Oktoberfest

3 coats of Maybelline Color Show-Downtown Brown

I believe that's all I have for now!

-Emily

Sally Hansen Salon Effects- Kitty, Kitty

Hi Everyone!

It's been a while, but I'm back!

So I signed up for Influenster a while back and I received the Spring Beauty Voxbox with lots of goodies and it happened to include the Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Kitty, Kitty. I was pretty amazed considering it was a free box of goodies to review and I had never tried these before.

 (Inside under fluorescent lighting WITHOUT flash)

 (Inside under fluorescent lighting WITH flash)

Since I had never tried these or any other brands nail strips, this was a learning experience. The kit came with everything you need. There are 16 strips in total in two packets, one per hand. In each of those packets came with 8 strips varying different sizes for different nails. Make sure your nails are clean before you apply the strips. After cleaning your nails, you have to pull the strip off it's paper backing and put it on your nail with slight pressure.  You just file off the excess and ta-da! You're done!

Now that sounds really easy and it really is once you get the hang of it. I also like the metallic look and design I got.

There are some pros and cons though...

Pros are that they are easy to use and once you get the hang of them, they are easier to apply and is quicker. There is no drying time. You can also find these almost anywhere and come in MANY different designs.

Cons are that at $10 a box, that's a little steep for me. I like to change up every few days or I find that I've messed up my nails somehow and it just ruins the whole thing for me. Also, on the ends of my nails on the sides I had a lot of "peel up" and the strips wouldn't stay down. I had to put a topcoat (Orly Won't Chip) on so they would stay down and ultimately last longer.

Would I purchase these in the future? Probably if I found them on sale. They are really quick to do and I love that there is no drying time.

Overall, these are great for someone on the go and wants their nails done quickly! Check them out where-ever you find your local Sally Hansen products!


UPDATE: It's only been about an hour and a half and the sides that were peeling off a bit, are peeling off more and I just had to rip that bit off. I'm not sure why the sides didn't bond to my nail but the rest did. Topcoat didn't help either. :(

~ Emily


*I received these for free as part of the Influenster program.*