Nails

What Nail Polish Do You Wear the Most?

May 26th, 2020 by Karen 9 Comments

I lined up all of my colorful nail polishes to find out which one had the least amount of product, but they all looked the same, go figure! Apparently, you need to go through a lot to put a dent in one nail polish bottle.

I’m betting this particular honor goes to my fave clear top coat from the Essie Gel Couture line. I wear it not just with the Gel Coutures, but with every nail polish (yup, even the non-gel ones). It’s the ultimate armor against nicks and chips, and it’s so, so shiny. Been wearing it for years for both manicures and pedicures, and I haven’t found anything better.

How about you? What’s your most-used nail polish?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

More #MismatchedManis: Essie Gels Coutures and Sally Hansen Miracle Gels in Blues and Brights

May 18th, 2020 by Karen 4 Comments

sally hansen miracle gel fish teal braid mintage — Sally Hansen Miracle Gels in Fish-Teal Braid and Mintage

Mismatched manis should come with a warning: once you start, ya can’t stop.

At least that’s been the case on my end of the keyboard!

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to go back to wearing a single color on both hands ever again. 🙂

sally hansen miracle gel apollo you anywhere lemon heaven — Sally Hasen Miracle Gel in Apollo You Anywhere and Lemon Heaven

essie beau tie surrounded by studs — Essie Gel Couture in Beau-tie and Surrounded by Studs

I’ve just about #mismatchedmani’d all the colors in my collection of Essie Gel Coutures and Sally Hansen Miracle Gels, which means the next thing to do would be to collect more colors… Right? That’s solid logic in my book.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

#MismatchedMani Should Totally Be a Thing

April 29th, 2020 by Karen 15 Comments

Since we went on lockdown, I’ve been wearing mismatched nails, with one shade of nail polish on the fingers on one hand, and another shade on the other, and ya know what? I’m completely convinced now that the #MismachedMani trend (It’s totally a thing now.) will forever change nail hoarding habits as we know them.

Now maybe, just maybe, I’ll finally get around to wearing some of the nail polishes in my collection that I still haven’t worn?!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Happy hump day. Here’s an e-hug. 🤗❤️ How are you doing this morning?

Double the Nail Polish!

April 15th, 2020 by Karen 10 Comments

essie beauty nap take me to thread — When you just can’t decide…

Double nail polish! I think we should make this a Spring thing.

Last night I was trying to decide between light green Essie Beauty Nap and mauve Essie Take Me to Thread, and then I was like, “Screw it. If there’s a good time to wear mismatched nails, this is that time.”

So now I’ve got green nails on one hand and mauve nails on the other. 🤷‍♀️

Maybe this way I’ll actually get around to wearing all of the nail polishes I’ve ~~hoarded~~ collected, ha ha!

Who’s with me?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Product Spotlight: Sally Hansen Sheer Color Therapy Nail Polish

March 30th, 2020 by Karen 5 Comments

If you like pastel paws but don’t want to go full-on painted Easter egg, these sheer Sally Hansen polishes hit the spot. They’re from Sally’s moisturizing Color Therapy lacquer line and are $8.99 each.

Fighting crabbiness one stroke at a time! Now, I’m not saying that the Sally Hansen Color Therapy Sheers will solve all your social distancing dilemmas (like, why is it so hard to find baking soda at the store right now?!), but they should help in a couple key areas, like if your nails need serious TLC! The moisturizing argan oil-infused Color Therapy formula helps reduce chipping and splitting.

And, is it just me, or is there something intensely empowering about a set of freshly painted claws? I feel like a tiny @ss kicker when my nails are done and I’m wearing big hoops.

These sheer shades, which are part of a sub-collection of the Sally Hansen Color Therapy nail polish line, are my new faves. There are only a handful of them, including cool-toned lavender Bare Tint, and cool light pink Bare Kiss, which has a hint of greige.

sally hansen bare kiss — Two coats of Bare Kiss, along with the Sally Hansen Color Therapy Nail Corrector Base Coat and High Gloss Top Coat

sally hansen bare kiss 7 days — Bare Kiss after seven days of wear

Like all of the Color Therapy polishes, these have a flat, extra wide brush that fans across your entire nail to completely coat it with paint in one swipe… Not that I’ve got anywhere pressing to go these days, but manis and pedis are much quicker when I use this brush.

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