Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Review #CSMTKO
Is Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure a TKO to other polishes? Pretty damn close! The good folks at Influenster decided that I was a good candidate for their #CSMTKO Vox Box, and I was very happy to give the Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes another shot. I have one that I love, Mermaid’s Tale (click for picture), but I never really thought of it as not requiring a base or top coat since it’s a glitter polish. When Sally Hansen first launched this line a few years ago I bought a bottle while on a business trip and needing a quick manicure and it wasn’t really all it was cracked up to be.
Read MoreManicure Round-Up: November Edition
I admit, I got lazy! I went to get a professional manicure. Let me tell you, for as much as I tend to mess up my own manicures and get polish on my fingers sometimes, this lady was no better! I even had to ask her to get some remover to take it off – she was just going to leave it! UGH. So, back to doing my own.
I’ve been spending a lot of time crafting lately (more on that after Christmas once all gifts have been opened) so I haven’t done a ton of stuff with my nails. I even let them ride without polish for a few weeks because I read an article saying it was healthy for them to be polish-free sometimes. After a ton of breaking and chipping and peeling (yes, it’s as uncomfortable as it sounds) I quickly went back to putting on at least a clear coat and they’ve started to shape up & fly right.
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WOW… I’ve been wanting to try Julep for a LONG time and now is my chance and yours! Happy Thanksgiving, folks! Shop $1 Nail Polish at Julep.com (Limit one $1 polish per customer – but everything else is on sale too!)
Read MoreMeaningful Beauty Crème de Serum Review
You’ve seen the infomercials on at 3:00 am. Valerie Bertinelli starts telling you all about this skincare line from Cindy Crawford. They show you pictures of Cindy at 20 and pictures at 45 and point out how remarkably similar they look. The woman seriously doesn’t age… and Val tells you it’s because of Meaningful Beauty products. Cote de Pablo chimes in and also goes on and on about how great it is. She’s only a couple of years older than me, which makes me think I need to step up my anti-aging product game plan here!
I’m sure most of you are somewhat skeptical of most products hawked in late night commercials. I’ve been wowed by some As Seen On TV type products in the past and most fall pretty short of the amazing ways they’ll allegedly change your life. I can only really point to one product I’ve bought from an infomercial that was actually worth the two easy payments of $29.95 I spent. Until this one. So thanks to Influenster, I can share this Meaningful Beauty Crème de Serum Review with you!
I received Meaningful Beauty Crème de Serum complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes. I am under no obligation to write a favorable review, but I will, because I actually really do like this product.
I have combination skin, which means I get oily patches not far from dry patches. My main concern is the dryness, however, and not turning the dry patches into oily patches. A lot of facial moisturizers I’ve tried either feel heavy on my face or oily, or just don’t moisturize like I need.
Meaningful Beauty Crème de Serum actually feels wonderful. It’s a very luxurious feel that is moisturizing and not heavy at all. It almost has a gel like texture when it comes out of the bottle. As the name implies, it’s not thick like a cream and not too slick or thin like some serums. The scent is light and clean, which I like because I usually can’t stand the perfume-like “old lady” smell of a lot of anti-aging products. The ribbons inside the bottle combine flawlessly. I’ve been using this for about a week and I really like it. It somehow takes a little bit of grease away from the oily parts of my face, in addition to really making the rest feel softer and smoother than before. I’m definitely a fan!
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Read MoreManicure Round-Up: September & October Edition
I’m sure you have figured out by now that “next week” can sometimes mean “next month” when it comes to my updating here 🙂 I’m sorry! I read somewhere that it’s bad to keep polish on your nails, so I actually took a lot of time off from doing manicures to give my nails a break. They broke, alright – which extended my break because they ended up in a bunch of different lengths, chipped constantly, broke, etc. It was a crap shoot from day to day. Of course, I added a quick top coat of glow in the dark polish without any base coat or top coat for Halloween and they started to turn around. So I think this “let your nails breathe” thing might be overrated for a person who keeps polish on most of the time.
Read MoreManicure Round-Up: August Edition
So, I’ve been diving more headstrong into doing my own creative manicures, but haven’t found the time to post about them. As a result you’re getting a bunch of them all at once! Here’s the pictures with the details of the manicures I was especially proud of during August!
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