Articles tagged with: Nailpolish
Mac Cosmetics – Fall/Winter 2010 Nail Colors
These rich, dark tones are part of Mac Cosmetics Fall/Winter 2010 Nail Colors. Match the falling autumn leaves with “Imperial Flower” (orange) and “Concubine” (burgundy).
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Sally Hansen – Nail Art Pens
I saw some Sally Hansen nail art pens at London Drugs the other day. Thought it was cool how they came in 8 different colors – white, black, light pink, hot pink, blue, red, silver and gold. The packaging has inspiring looks about what you can do with your nail art pen – from a black/red checkerboard pattern, to flowers, to diagonal stripes and stars.
Developed to dispense just the right amount of color, the precision-tip pen helps you instantly customize your nails and toes so you can design and go. Create styles seen on celebrities, nail art websites or your own styles – the options are endless. Just press the pen point to activate nail color and start designing your own nails, then seal with topcoat when your design is complete.
Some alternative suggestions includes tipping your nails in different colors – like a french manicure but with funkier colors! Or writing letters on your nails to spell out a message. This product retails for $7.95 at selected drugstores across Canada.
Sally Hansen – Nail Nutrition Green Tea + Soy Cuticle Oil
Hangnails. Dry cuticles. Annoying dry skin around the edges of your nails can definitely take away from an otherwise glamorous self-manicure. That’s why Sally Hansen’s “Nail Nutrition Green Tea + Soy Cuticle Oil” is a great product to use to prevent future cuticle damage and add flexibility to you nails.
Nail Nutrition Green Tea + Soy Cuticle Oil instantly softens, moothes and nourishes dry cuticles. Exclusive Green Tea + Soy formula, powered up with Antioxidants and Vitamins nourish rough, ragged cuticles and helps soothe and soften hangnails.
Product retails for $7.99 at selected drugstores across Canada.
OPI – Shrek color collection
If you can’t get enough of the Shrek series, you can now “express your inner ogre” with six new limited edition nailpolish shades by OPI. Bright colors are great for spring! The cheeky color names are:
- Funky Donkey
- What’s With the Cattitude?
- Rumple’s Wiggin
- Who the Shrek Are You?
- Ogre-the-Top Blue
- Fiercely Fiona
Sally Hansen – Chrome Nail Colour Pens
Spill proof, fast drying and therefore super convenient – as the slogan says, just “Click, Color & Go”.
OPI – Hong Kong collection for Spring/Summer 2010
Happy Birthday Naomi – this OPI Nailpolish post is for you! “Shades that capture the brilliant sharpness of the cityscape. A modern mood of color and perspective for spring.” OPI Nailpolish’s newest collection features Hong Kong! Bright bold colors with cheeky themed names which are OPI typical include:
- Red My Fortune Cookie
- A Good Man-darin is Hard to Find
- Bling Dynasty
- Hot & Spicy
- Dim Sum Plum
- Jade is the New Black
- Suzi Says Feng Shui
- Lucky Lucky Lavender
- Meet Me on the Star Ferry
- Panda-monium Pink
- Pearl of Wisdom
- Chop-sticking to My Story
Sally Hansen – “Complete Salon Manicure” nailpolish line
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Probably inspired by my friend Naomi and the ever-changing colors of her nails, I’ve been trying out different nailpolish lines to see what I like best. For example, MMV has previously featured Lippmann Collection and Sula’s Paint and Peel Nailpolish. But for the latest and greatest, Sally Hansen just came out with a “complete salon manicure” nailpolish line which works in five different ways to help improve your home-manicure experience:
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1. As a Base Coat – smoothes out imperfections for a flawless surface.
2. As a Growth Treatment – protects problem nails, allowing them to grow longer and stronger.
3. As a Strengthener – reinforces nails to help resist splits, chips and cracks.
4. As a High-Intensity Colour – glides on concentrated pigments in two coats for a salon-quality manicure.
5. As a Top Coat – provides extra protection and brilliant shine.
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I love the shape of the nailpolish brush – really flat and broad to paint the color on smoothly. I tried the color “Yellow Kitty” (a springy pastel shade of yellow, uncommon in nailpolish colors) and found that I had to apply three coats to get that smooth, lacquered look. Perhaps you will only need two coats for the darker colors. Sally Hansen’s “Complete Salon Manicure” is available in 42 new shades (wow!) and retails for $7.95 at select drugstores and mass retailers across Canada for Spring/Summer 2010.
Sula – Paint & Peel nailpolish
Other than being “big three free” of Formaldehyde, Toluene and DBP, the selling point of this nailpolish is that you can easily remove it from your nails by peeling it off, instead of using nailpolish remover!
