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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – First Blush

February 17th, 2012 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

I woke up this morning with the idea to do a natural mani with a nude nail polish. So I removed yesterday’s Pixie Dust, took a good look into my polish box and took out an oldie – OPI Canberra’t Without You. BUT: I couldn’t open it! I tried really hard again and again, I even put it in hot water, but it was all in vain :(
I felt like that squirrel in the Ice Age movie, who wanted the nut so badly, but couldn’t open it lol After several tries I gave up and decided to wait for Dennis to come home from work and help me.

So no Canberra for today, instead I’ll show you another sheer pink shade called Fist Blush from Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear line:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear First Blush

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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Twisted Pink

February 3rd, 2012 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

Today’s post is all about pink :) I’m wearing Twisted Pink from Sally Hansen’s Xtreme Wear line. They say pink nail polishes are best suited to months when the flowers grow… and look what I have! Gerberas!
Gerbera’s my most favorite flower, I love their vibrant colors and simplistic yet exotic form, but I love them even more when they are from him ♥

Sally Hansen Twisted Pink swatch

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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Ice Coffee

January 25th, 2012 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

I like Sally Hansen’s Xtreme Wear line because it is really cheap. Moreover, it’s often on sale, and I can find them for less than $2. So even if after buying and applying a Xtreme Wear polish I suddenly realize I don’t like the shade on my nails, I don’t feel like I wasted money on it.
Today’s nail polish from the line is called Ice Coffee:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Brush

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Day 7: BLACK & WHITE nails

January 4th, 2012 | Posted by Mari in Nail Art Designs - (0 Comments)

It’s the 7th day of the challenge and I’m wearing black and white mani. I decided to try a simple nail art design using two classic colors, and I painted a silver stripe on each nail to make it look more interesting.

Black and White Nails Design

For the base color I used Orly’s GoGo white nail polish (4 coats). I chose it for its silver microglitter as I don’t like to wear plain white polishes on my nails. The glitter is hardly visible from the distance, but at least I know it’s there :)
For the black color I used Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails cream Black Out (2 coats). Silver stripes were made with Orly’s Dazzle, and I used Orly’s Glosser as a top coat.

See other manis of 31 Day Nail Polish Challenge…

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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Chocolate Nut

December 15th, 2011 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

It’s been raining for 3 days in a row here in Saint Petersburg, and I’m beginning to feel kinda trapped inside due to the cold wind and rainy weather. This all makes me sleepy, today I woke up close to 2pm and my first thought was… don’t laugh! – “It’s so late already! How I’m going to do a new swatch?” :))
These short winter days make it tough as there’s very little daylight shooting time available for me. Waking up early has never been my thing and I can’t seem to feel ok if I get up before noon. And what is more, the rain-clouds steal the sun away. So please, bare with me and my swatches :)

Now onto today’s polish – it’s called Chocolate Nut from Sally Hansen’s Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear line. This is how it looks like in daylight when it’s raining outside:

Chocolate Nut Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Xtreme Wear swatch

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Sally Hansen Nail Prisms #08 – Amber Ruby

November 30th, 2011 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

I got this polish from my very close rl friend, and I have to say she always picks amazing things. Like myself she is a big nail polish fan :) It is really great to have someone who understands my passion!

Amber Ruby goes from a rich ruby red to a bright golden orange and then perhaps a little further into the green/yellow glow range. However, the base color seems to be a combination of two colors, amber and ruby, living up to the name of the polish.

The formula is gorgeously rich, so two coats is more than enough to get an even, streak free finish. Here I have 2 coats of Sally Hansen #08 Amber Ruby (daylight, shade):

Sally Hansen Nail prisms #08 Amber Ruby

Sally Hansen’s Amber Ruby is a perfect choice for a sunny fall day. It’s a great color mix of orange/red falling leaves, green grass and golden sunlights! This duochrome polish is def worth a try :)

On a side note, yesterday I finally ordered a nail polish from Oriflame 100% color line. It’s a new brand for me, so I’m looking forward to see the polish on my nails :)

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Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear – Brick Wall

November 28th, 2011 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

Today I have a nice dark red nail polish to show you – Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Brick Wall. I don’t know why it’s called Brick Wall tho, for me the color is associated with blood, or – if you are not into vampires – with pomegranate juice.

The polish has a great medium thick formula. I wouldn’t call Brick Wall a cream, as the finish is jelly like, but it isn’t a sheer jelly either… something in between cream and jelly. The polish is translucent but highly pigmented, and it gives nice even coverage in two coats. It is super shiny and very bloody looking without a hint of shimmer or glitter.

2 coats of Sally Hansen Brick Wall (daylight) with a ceramic turtle from my small turtle collection (this one is from Prague):

Sally Hansen Brick Wall Xtreme Wear

I had to be extremely careful when applying this polish, as the color is very rich and dark. Just a little mistake would make the mani look messy :( I cannot imagine applying Sally Hansen Brick Wall in a hurry – hitting my cuticles would result in staining and ruining the whole look if I don’t clean it up carefully but fast.

The staying power is fine, I wore Brick Wall for 2 days and it didn’t chip once. On the 3rd day I only had minimal fading at the tips, but I removed it anyway as I was getting bored with this deep red color. For me it’s a great shade for a cold snowy winter, and here it’s still fall weather and probably will be for another couple of weeks… at least I hope so :/

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Sally Hansen Hard as Nails – Truffle

November 22nd, 2011 | Posted by Mari in Nail Polish Swatches - (0 Comments)

Yesterday when I was going through and organizing my nail polishes, I found a veeery old bottle of nail polish – Sally Hansen Truffle creme. I haven’t been using it for a year or so… tbh I completely forgot about this polish, and discovered now that it’s still thin and fine to apply. I think I bought it at least 3 years ago at the local drugstore — there used to be a big display with Hard As Nails collection and the polishes were fairly cheap.

I’m glad it didn’t get sticky through these years. I don’t use thinners and revivers to restore polishes to new if they become goopy and too thick. I just don’t like the idea… I prefer to toss the old polish and buy another one of similar color… But back to the color — Sally Hansen’s Truffle is a medium brownish shade of red. It can also be described as a very dark neutral shade depending on skin tone.

3 coats of Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Truffle Cream with no top (daylight, no sun, indoors):

Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Truffle

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