Polish Sighting: Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat

Sally Hansen's textured polish display part deux is their new Fuzzy Coat. They remind me of tinsel icicles normally placed on a christmas tree, except colorful and in nail polish! But they compare it to a fuzzy yarn ball. I haven't tried this yet but I do hope they aren't prickly to the touch and do end up nice and fuzzy. The Fuzzy Coat collection comes in 8 different shades by far: Pink, Brownish Nude, Orange, Purple(?), Green, Lime Green, Blue, and Black. They run at about $8 per bottle and I found this display at Walgreens but have seen them at CVS as well. I want to say that it may be a part of their contest, if it's still going on, this might be their theme for the month of June? I'm not too sure though.

Manicure MAYhem: Day 25

Day 25: Essie - The More The Merrier

Polish Sighting: Essie's Summer Collection

If you haven't tried to get your hands on Essie's summer collection or even heard of it yet, then you must be living under a rock. Been hearing so many people looking for these bad boys cause they're the talk of the town and they're flying off the shelves like there's no tomorrow! For their summer collection launched 6 shades:

(First Row)
The More The Merrier: A bright green, reminds me of an avocado smoothie.
Full Steam Ahead: A soft lavender/lilac with shimmer, I think purple yam.
Rock The Boat: A dusty blue also with shimmer.

(Second Row)
Sunday Funday: A bright coral with shimmer.
Naughty Nautical: A deep turquoise/teal with a subtle shimmer.
The Girls Are Out: A bright fuchsia with shimmer.

I find these colors to be quite unique, except The Girls Are Out and maybe Full Steam Ahead. It's hard to resist! Essie also went for the brighter road when it came to their Nail Stickers! What's your say on these new beauts? Have you got your stash already? So far I've gotten to use my Naughty Nautical in my Manicure MAYhem just a couple of days ago.

Polishing Sighting: Sally Hansen Limited Edition Sugar Coat

Sally Hansen is almost always the "trendsetter" of the nail company world, in my opinion at least. They're always throwing out new nail polish concepts, for instance, today's Polish Sighting is their newest textured polish. They call it Sugar Coat, I call it popcorn ceiling. (LOL) Idk, if you all know what that is but in the past apartments I've lived in while growing up I remember them have bumpy consistency and this texture is just a trigger for remembrance of that! Anyways, this is a Limited Edition line and it comes complete with 8 shades. I haven't heard much about rave about these and from what I've read or heard it's an "acquired taste". If it's not obvious yet, I'm not too crazy for it but I'll eventually give it a shot. I got to give it to Sally Hansen, they're very creative, I'm not certain that they were first with this concept but regardless even their choice of colors are bold! They've got bright hues of purple, white, red, yellow, blue, mint green, pink, and last black.

Have any of you tried these babies out? Do you get any sugar dust remains after using them?

Manicure MAYhem: Day 16

Day 16: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Green With Envy

Manicure MAYhem: Day 7

Day 7: Sally Hansen's Limited Edition Complete Salon Manicure Designer Collection - Green Tea and Resurrection

Polish Sighting: Miss Candy Gellie Polishes

"I waant candy! I waaaant candy!" Aaron Carter wouldn't be disappointe by L'Oreal's new "Luscious Irresistable" Miss Candy limited edition collection! Pretty sure it would get his sweet tooth going by any gal sporting one or more of these 8 new gellie candy hued polishes along with nail app candy swirls!

From left to right these jellies will sure make your mouth water for some sweets! We start of with Jolly Lolly (Red), Mango Mama (Orange), Bananarama Love (Yellow), Creme de Mint (Green), Lilac Coolers (Lavender), Bubble Trouble (Pink), Berry Nice (Violet), Miss Pixie (Blue)... Did you notice what they were going for? ROYGBPLV... Well, at least, almost... excluding the pink and lilac. Heh!

L'Oreal sure doesn't disappoint with their creative limited edition lines huh? This line, just like Versailles Romance is completed with a few limited edition eye shadows and lip glosses too! 

Polish Sighting: Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color

Sally Hansen's been on a roll with their limited edition collections. Remember those magnetic nail polishes though? (I honestly feel like not many people were "attracted" by this bandwagon. Haha, get it? Yeah, okay, I know, lame. -__-;)   Well, they've made it more appealing by creating more magnetic designs and color shades. First seeing these magnetic nails, I was truly intrigued, but when I first got the chance to use it I found that it was only okay. I wasn't crazy about them, you really had to work fast before the polish dried or else the iron in the polish wouldn't be moveable by the magnet. Anyways, this nail collection is complete with 5 shades: Comic Blue, Slate Spark, Purple Magnitude, Pink Force, and Atomic Alloy. The designs are more intricate but I don't really see many people still jumping this hype. What's your thoughts on the magnetic polishes? Does it have leave a strong attraction for you that you might want to try out these limited edition ones? They priced at approximately $8-10, if I'm not mistaken.*Please excuse my blurry photo. 

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Fancy Friday: Water Lily Inspiration

You will need dabbers (make up wedge) and a variety of nail art brushes, specially thin and short detail brushes, as well as a fan brush. Also, this design required a larger variety of polishes, so I'm going to break it down into two parts. So, for part one, the necessities you will need to recreate this nail tutorial are: 

• Base Coat - OPI Nail Envy

Always start off with a base coat to protect your nails and avoid your nail beds from being drastically stained by the colors. Some polishes are specific to your nail needs too, for instance, my base coat now is specifically for peeling and brittle nails. 

• The Pond - Sally Hansen In-Digo Blue, China Glaze Caribbean Blue & Flyin' High

Start off with the usual one coat of your base color, a royal blue, in this case In-Digo Blue. Go back with a make up sponge and dab a second (or maybe even third) layer all over your base; this will reduce the shine of the polish and slightly give it more texture/dimension. You will continue this technique with the following colors. Taking a dabber with some Caribbean Blue, randomly distribute throughout your nails. (Imagine them as one canvas.) Repeat this step with Flyin' High which can overlap the previous if desired. This technique will give the appearance of depth to your pond, so dab as much as you'd like.  

• The Lilypads - Sinful Colors Mint Apple, China Glaze For Audrey or Re-Fresh Mint, Wet N Wild Wild Shine Caribbean Frost

Next, you will create the Lilypads and you'll do so by grabbing three different shades of green. Taking a small amount of Mint Apple, Caribbean Frost, and For Audrey or Re-Fresh Mint, you'll mix the three together (but not completely) with a detail brush and you that new color as your lilypad. Now, using the detail brush, create evenly distribued lilypads throughout your nails. Gently create small lines, just make sure to control the amount of polish you use and the thickness. You can go back to any of the three polishes (unmixed part) to touch up and/or add color to the lilypads. This will make them appear more realistic leaves. Out of the three, it is most important to take the darkest shade, Caribbean Frost, and make sure to add a bit of outline to the bottom of the lilypad. 

• Creating Dimension - Zoya Adina

To create some dimension for a more realistic appearance, take a sheer multicolor polish like Adina and with a fan brush lightly fan it across your so-far painted nails. This will add some different colors to the pond that appear like reflections of the sunlight or other flowers that may be being reflected onto the pond. 

• The Lilies - Maybelline Firefly, Essie Blanc, Color Club Psychedelic Scene

Now, for your actual lilies, take a sheer pink, like Firefly, and place a small amount with your thin detail brush above your lilypads. This will act as a background for your lilies, so that the harsh blues won't be too drastic. Once you've finished, using a thin detail brush (don't pack the brush, using a small amount would be best) take your white, Blanc, and create curved strokes above the lilypads and over the sheer pink. Make sure they all end at the center of the lilypad and are thinned outwards. Then, using a detail brush again, place a small dot of Psychedelic Scene, your yellow, in the middle of your lilypad, on top of your white strokes. This will act as the center of your flower.

• Creating More Dimension & Depth - Sally Hansen Insta Dri In-Digo Blue mixed w/Black, Maybelline Firefly

Once you've completed your flowers, go back to focusing on your pond and adding more dimension of depth. You can do so by taking a small amount of your base color, In-Digo Blue and mixing it with Black, then use a detail brush to add this to the edges of your nails, randomly either at the tips or near the cuticles, just don't overdo it. Since you've added darkness, you also should add more brightness too, and you can do that by using your sheer pink, Firefly. Like what you just did, with a detail brush, randomly brush on the sheer pink but this time closer to the center of your nails and between the flowers. Doing this makes the nail design appear more like a painting than just a regular nail polish design. 

• Top Coat & Dry Drops - Seche Vite & OPI Drip Dry Drops

Once you've completed the prior steps and are content with your results, add your favorite top coat and as I always optionally encourage, some Dry Drops to seal in your newly created art work! & voila! Your very own water lily inspired nail design! :) 

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Bargain Finds: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear

For you Sally Hansen loyalists, there's a pretty cool Bargain Find at most Walgreens for the month of April! As part of their I Heart Nail Art Contest, Sally Hansen has their Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear Polishes for 2 for $5 and if you're lucky enough, maybe you can score a manufacturer's coupon on top of that steal! 

I guess this can be part Mini Haul of Sally Hansen because I didn't pass up this deal on top of my employee discount! :P I grabbed colors for my nail design that I chose to enter in for their contest.

And if you haven't seen my previous post. Sally Hansen has been holding a contest every month since January! It's a different theme every month and April's is Color Blocking! You get a chance to win $500 and a round trip ticket to the Big Apple! I took my shot and entered my plain jane Eye Popping Color Blocking Braid in! You should enter too and if you see mine vote for me and let me know & I can vote for yours too! :) 

Mini Haul: Sinful Colors Almost Famous

Who can resist a little sparkle in their life?! I've come to realize that Spring 2013 nail collections are just a mix of everything, from neons, to pastels, to glitters, to different finishes. You're good to go with what you've got! And you can add to that glitter collection of yours for a couple of bucks now that Sinful Colors came out with Almost Famous, a Limited Edition Glitters which I'm pretty sure you could still find if you look around. The set is completed with 8 different shades which I'm sorry I don't have a complete photo of. 

What I did pick up though out of the eight are these four shades: Lush Life, Poparazzi, In The Spotlight, and Star Dust (left to right order). They're super gorgeous; and although I somewhat despise the removal of glitter from nails, I can't help but want that extra shine to my designs whenever needed! 

If you've got some Almost Famous glitters share them with me, I'd love to know your input on them! & Please don't forget to head on over my Facebook page at Kolorful Nails! Have a wonderful Saturday! :)

Mini Haul: Sinful Colors Sugar Rush

If you feel that L'Oreal's Versailles Romance is a bit too small or maybe a bit too pricey to be able to have a variety of colors for this spring. A great alternative would be Sinful Colors' Sugar Rush Collection. Personally, I love Sinful Colors, I think it's very affordable and the quality is great as well! So when I saw the collection at Walgreens, I hopped on it. I snagged them when they were on sale for $1.

The collection is complete with 8 shades: Sweet Tooth, Sugar Rush, Orange Cream, Cotton Candy, Unicorn, Sweet Nothing, Sugar N Spice, Candy Coated.

I only picked up four of the colors from the collection: Sweet Tooth, Sugar Rush, Orange Cream & Unicorn (which isn't new to Sinful Colors). The extra was Mint Apple that I just couldn't pass up, but it's not in the Sugar Rush Edition.

Fancy Fridays: St. Patty's Edition

The following products are going to be your necessities for this tutorial! And don't forget, the handy dandy Dabbers and Qtips! 

• Base Coat - Sally Hansen Hard As Nails 

Start off with a base coat for nail protection, whatever you have will do.

• Pastel Green Polish - LA Colors Light Green

As your base color, use a light green. Two layers of this will be generous enough. It'll give your design an opportunity to stand out more. If you want you can just use every other finger to paint with this color and use the Dark Green polish for the other two fingers you choose to leave out.

• Dark Green Polish - (Striper) 

Once your base color has dried, use your dark green polish to create a sideway heart on any nail you prefer. (I chose the ring finger and index finger.) Continue on by creating another heart beside it at a diagonal angle and one more across from it. (If you'd like you can create a fourth on for a four leaf clover, just make sure to space it out correctly.)

• Green Rhinestones - Rhinestone Wheel

After you're happy with the result, place a green rhinestone at the center of your clover leaves for a more floral/leaf effect. This way the individual leaves can be more distinguished. 

• Dabber & Dark Green Polish - (Striper)

You'll use your Sponge to Dab on the Dark Green polish to cover your other two fingers (For me, the pinky and middle finger). 

• Green Glitter Polish (Striper)

You'll do the same with the Green Glitter polish. Except you'll place this on directly on the nail. Be SUPER generous and once you've placed enough, you'll use your dabber to tightly pack on the glitter polish. You can never have enough so add some more on if you'd like, it also gives it a more textured appearance. (I placed two different kinds of glitter options in the photo, it's really up to you what color combos you'd prefer) You'll repeat this step on the non-clovers nails. 

• Top Coat - Seche Vite Fast Drying Top Coat

Once you've completed these steps, add your favorite top coat.

• Drip Dry - OPI (optional)

Every now and then I like to use Drip Dry, this allows for the dry time to be shortened and I especially recommend this on glittery nails, that way it can harden faster and not be ruined easily. 

Mini Haul: Wet n Wild Coloricon Toppings

Still feel like your pastel mani's are too bland for your spring time nail get ups? Well, you're in luck because glitters are popping up like easter eggs! Today's Mini Haul is Wet N Wild's Limited Edition Coloricon Toppings. Photographed above are the two I picked up, Sprinkled with Love and Gimme Some Suga' but the whole line consists of six toppings. Yes, toppings, it's not nail polish perse but a sheer glitter topping. It is, of course, buildable if you choose to use it on its own. So if you're looking for some umph to add to your nail decor, this'll be your go to aside from nail stickers.

If you're into glitter, I'd say head on over to your nearest Walgreens and see if they still have them in stock. Or I would suggest giving the Cosmetics area a ring instead of driving over there and ending up with nothing. They go for about $2.99 per pop! (Tell me they don't look like cakepops and I'll call you crazy! :P ) And If you guys get your hands on it, let me know what you guys think about it too!