Sally Hansen Satin Glam Swatches + Review

Hiya!

Today on the blog I have swatches of 3 of the Satin Glam polishes from Sally Hansen.  These are really cool.  They're glittery polishes that dry to a satin finish (somewhere between matte and glossy). On to the pictures and review!

Teal Tulle. 2 Coats, Glittery teal.  This is my favorite of the ones I own. Its beautiful and even though it has a satin finish, it catches the sun beautifully! Definitely will be wearing this a lot this spring/summer I think.  I used this a while ago in a "Sully" from Monsters Inc/Monsters University mani with Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Grape Shifter on top and it was my favorite mani I did in a long time.  I forgot to take pictures of it (d'oh!) but next time I do it I will be sure to blog.

 Silk Onyx.  2 Coats, black base shimmery silver throughout.  This is a really cool color, when it dries it kind of reminds me of a pencil, if that makes any sense! The color is beautiful and the finish is beautiful as well, the silver shimmer throughout catches the sun really nicely even if it is a satin finish.

Go Gold.  2 Coats, shimmery light gold.  This is really beautiful too, its much more glittery and in your face on the nails than the other 2 are, I feel like.  Its still a gorgeous color but I feel like I'm wearing a ground up coin on my nails or something, I don't know.  Something about this color I'm just not feeling.  I feel like the other 2 colors I own has shimmer that's a little more subtle, but not this guy.  Even with the satin finish, the brightness is definitely visible.

Overall, the formula on these guys is really good.  Really smooth and easy to put on and wear.  They also look great with a matte topcoat to make them completely matte, and they also look great with a glossy topcoat to make it a more traditional polish.  Wear time is pretty decent on these alone, but if a matte topcoat is put over it it lasts longer and the matte topcoats kind of satin out after a day or two of use.   I think that's about it!

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NOTD: Summer Blues

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Just did my nails and thought I would share :)

Sally Hansen Pacific Blue with Absolutely Alice from OPI on the ring finger. I love Pacific Blue it is such a beautiful summer blue color. I always forget how gorgeous it is until I wear it again. Love this combo :) So happy about my mani!

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NOTD: Baby Blue and Fuzz!

Hey guys!

Just wanted to hop on really quick and post my nail of the day.

Direct Sunlight

Natural Light, Shade

Color Club Factory Girl 2 Coats
Fuzz-Sea from Sally Hansen - 1 coat on accent nail

I love this combo! Its really cute and summery. Still getting used to the Fuzzy Coat polishes, but I think this color combination works well. My accent nail has 2 coats of top coat over it to smooth it out over the fuzzies.

That's it today. Really quick post!

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Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat Swatches + Review

Heya!

Today on the blog I've got swatches of 4 of the Fuzzy Coat polishes I picked up from Sally Hansen.

Now, if you read my blog/watch my channel, you guys know I HATE the textured polish trend. Its awful. I like smooth polish, so I'm not feeling the liquid sand/gumdrop/textured trend. The Fuzzy Coats are technically a "textured nail color" according to the bottle, but I'm okay with it because I can add gelous and a lot of topcoat and they are smooth and still look cool, so I decided to buy it.

Fuzzy Fantasy. White and light green "fuzz" in a clear base. 2 Coats over black. This was my first attempt at playing with these Fuzzy Coats so the swatch sucks, but its interesting.

All Yarned Up. 2 Coats over White. Light pink, blue, and yellow "fuzz" in a clear base. This one is really pretty. I really like it a lot. Its the only one I have that has more than 2 colors of the fuzzy in it.

Tweedy. 2 coats over coral. Black and White "fuzz" in clear base. This one is pretty awesome and when I put it over a neon, it reminds me of the 80s! I like black/white combos, I think it just looks cool!

 Fuzz-Sea. 2 Coats over coral. Turquoise and Yellow "fuzz" in a clear base. This one is hands down my favorite. Love the color combo, its very summer. This one is an exact dupe for Nails Inc Feather Effect in Brighton.


So, these are interesting. I definitely will never wear them alone, or without topcoat because the bumpy-ness of these annoys the crap out of me, but worn with enough topcoat and gelous over it, they are awesome. I gotta say, they look cool, and even when they are on so thick that they cover the color below it, it can easily be smoothed out with topcoat.

Overall, the formula on these was interesting. I feel like they were a little goopy, but that's probably because of the "fuzz"in them. It was hard to layer beyond 2 coats because it got think and it bunched up (See my ring finger in the first picture) but, I think with a little bit of patience, these can work out pretty nicely!

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25 Days of Broadway: Day 3 - Sweeney Todd

Good morning! (Yes its still morning here)

Today's musical mani choice is Sweeney Todd!

Index: Blood Splatter

Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, China Glaze Winterberry

Middle: Razor

Wet n' Wild Black Creme, Sally Hansen Silver Sweep, China Glaze Winterberry

Ring: Barber Pole

Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, China Glaze Winterberry and Blue Year's Eve

Pinky: Bloody french tip

Sally Hansen Whirlwind White, OPI Bubble Bath, China Glaze Winterberry

What do you guys think? As always, here's the video to accompany it:

I love Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett) <3

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Year Challenge: Week 4 - Plaid Mani

Wow I totally forgot to post this! Oops!!!

Here's my weekly challenge post for this week... the plaid mani! I took the easy road out this week because I really wanted to make this stamp work... it was a pain in the butt!

This is from my Salon Express stamping kit and I had tried to get this to work before but I never could so since this week is the plaid manicure, I was determined to make this image work... and I kind of did... its not the greatest but I got it to at least show up! Yay!!

As always, don't forget to check out the other lovely ladies doing this challenge!
Raych @ Polished Criminails
Jenna @ I'm Still Thinking...
Charlotte @ Charlotte's Nails
Char @ Nails, Actually

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Papaya Punch and Glass Slippers

So, about a month ago I bought some polishes from Traci @ The Trace Face Philes blog sale (check out my blog post about it here)  and I finally just got around to trying them out!!

Papaya Punch. I really love this color when I saw it but I never got around to buying it because I was afraid of what it would look like on my skin tone, but when I saw it on Traci's blog sale I figured what the hell and picked it up. I'm so glad I did! It looks really good on my skin tone and I'm really excited to wear it this summer!!!

Papaya Punch with Glass Slippers on top. I really wanted Glass Slippers when it came out but NONE of the drugstores near me have it... and they still don't so of course when Traci put it up I snatched it up as fast as my little hands could type the email to buy them! YAY I love it! Its white flakies... it looks awesome over Papaya Punch too. I think I pretty good with my choices :)

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12 Days of Christmas: Day 8 - Icy Mixed Mani

Today's Christmas post is a mixed manicure with an icy theme. Snow, Snowflakes, and a snow man! :) Below I list everything I used.

Sunlight

Shade

Pictured above is everything I used: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Silver Sweep, Color Club Factory Girl, Color Club Cold Metal, China Glaze Lorelai's Tiara, China Glaze White on White, China Glaze Snow Globe, Wet n' Wild Black Creme, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Sinful Colors Queen of Beauty, NYC Starry Silver Glitter (Just used the blue glitter to accent a couple of nails), Salon Express Image Plate SE20.

I really love this mixed mani. It took me forever to do, though. I got a lot of inspiration from Cute Polish on YouTube and the rest I just played with until I liked how it looked. I really love this!! What do you guys think? Any tips and tricks to nail art? I'm fairly new at it... still just experimenting.

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Nail Mail from The Trace Face Philes!

I picked up a couple of polishes from Traci at The Trace Face Philes and I just recieved them in the mail today! Thanks, Traci!!

She packs stuff so CUTE!

Glass Slippers, Papaya Punch

Glass Slippers... pretty!!!

I picked up Glass Slippers (white flakie) and Papaya Punch (orangeish color). this is the second time I bought stuff from Traci and she is awesome to buy stuff from! She sends out stuff fast and its always perfectly (and incredibly cutely) packed! Traci, if you're reading this, thank you so much! I love them!!

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30 Days of Untrieds - Day 29

Today's next to last untried is a color from Sally Hansen.

Time to Shine. 3 coats. Bronze shimmery color. This is gorgeous. I bought this on a whim a couple months ago and I really love it! I'm happy I got it :) There's not too much more I can say about it other than its so pretty!

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30 Days of Untrieds - Day 16

Today's color is from my absolute favorite drugstore line. Sally Hansen Insta Dri!

Emerald Express. 2 coats. Shimmery emerald. It has almost a metallic feel to it and I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of metallic element used to make it. Anyways, I've said this over and over again but I love the Insta-Dri line. It dries fast and it doesn't take a bunch of coats to look good... a few of them only need one coat. I very much like this color!

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30 Days of Untrieds - Day 15

Today's untried is another blue from Sally Hansen.

Blu. No that's not a typo, its spelled Blu, like Blu-Ray. 4 coats. Shimmery blue. All I have to say about this is the formula is horrendous. This was 4 coats and I think it still looks terrible. Maybe it will look better if I layer it over a blue but I really hate this on its own. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

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Currently on my nails: Mermaid effect

My current manicure kind of reminds me of a mermaid, hence the title. Check it out:

Sally Hansen Jade Jump 2 coats, with one coat of Essie Shine of the Times on top. Shine of the Times is a flakie multichrome... dupe to Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure and Nubar 2010. I love this combination. In certain lights, shine looks orange and green simultaneously, and it really reminds me of all the colors a mermaid's fin flashes. Love this!

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30 Days of Untrieds - Day 14

Happy Sunday Evening everyone! Sorry I didn't post yesterday, I worked at 6:45 am and after work I went to Disneyland to check out the Christmas stuff :)

Today's color is another Sally Hansen Xtreme wear that I've had for almost a year and haven't gotten around to wearing it yet.

Bubblegum Pink. 3 coats. Bubblegum pink creme with a pearly micro shimmer/finish. Its hard to explain but there is definitely a slight shimmer to this color that is absolutely gorgeous! I'm not much for wearing pink on my fingers like I've said over and over on this blog and I really don't like this on my fingers. Maybe on my toes it will be better. The formula was a bit streaky even at 3 coats but its alright. Its pretty enough that I can get over it.

And just to get everyone in the Christmas spirit here's a couple of pictures I took at Disneyland last night:

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30 Days of Untrieds - Day 1

Good morning! So, I decided that I'm going on a no-buy until the new year so until then I will be doing a 30 days of untrieds. I have a lot of things (mostly drugstore) that I haven't tried so I figured now would be a good time. I will occasionally have new colors that I picked recently but for the most part, I think it will probably be older colors. Anyways, on to the first untried!

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Pacific Blue. 2 coats. A true cornflower blue cream.Why have I never worn this??? Its gorgeous! I think I've had this color for about a year, and I never got around to trying it. The formula was fantastic, very easy to work with. I really love this! Very excited I found a fantastic color in my own stash. So far, I'm loving this untrieds thing!

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