Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure

On my recent trip to Victoria, I decided to stop by a Walgreens to see if just MAYBE they had the new Sally Hansen's.  OH YEAH THEY DID!  In fact, the display was completely untouched.  They retailed for $7.49 a piece but since they were having a 'buy one, get one half off" sale, I only paid $3.75 for one of them.  Wee!  (That's going in my 300 Followers Giveaway!)


I love this stuff.  It's a flakie - which is such a rare brand of polish finish.  It's been related to "mermaid scales" because of the way it flakes on the nail (not literally flaking off, but it has flakes of color).  Now the best part about this polish is that depending on your base, you can see a variety of different colors in the flakes.


For this first manicure, I wore it over my last NOTD: China Glaze Seduce Me.

As you can see, the flakes are seeing as more of a yellow and a gold against the red base of Seduce Me.

You can almost see a greenish yellow on my pointer finger.

Almost a little more green there!


Then on Thursday, I put on CND Blackjack (1 coat) and a layer of Hidden Treasure.  Please excuse the horrible quality - this was on my iPhone.

As you can see, in the shade, Hidden Treasure was more orange, but in the sun you could see green.  I actually wore this manicure for 4.5 straight days (pretty much a record) and only got a little bit of yellow staining on my nails (I had a coat of Seche Natural for base, 1 coat of CND Blackjack, 1 coat of Hidden Treasure and 1 coat of Seche Vite), so success!  I've never had so many people compliment my manicure, EVER.  I love it.  LOVE it.


Sally Hansen [official website] can be found at several stores including CVS/pharmacy [official website] and Walgreens [official website].

China Glaze Seduce Me

During Sally's Beauty Supply "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" promotion, I walked in to see what "core" colors of China Glaze didn't I have, and want.  This color was one that caught my eye.  I found out tonight that Seduce Me is actually from China Glaze's Roses and Berries collection but I'm not sure when it came out.  It's listed on their website under the "MUST HAVE" collections.  I saw on the web that it was also a part of the Patent Leather in the City collection but I'm not sure the accuracy in that.  One website calls it a hi-gloss creme, but I'm calling it a jelly based on the waterlike smoothness that it had when dried.  It was almost a raspberry red, with a bit of purple tones in it.


I used a base coat of Seche Natural, followed by 2 coats of Seduce Me, and topped with a coat of Seche Vite.  The formula on this polish was very nice - not thick, not thin, no pooling in the cuticles either.  I do have super sad news.  On Friday, I was judging a local talent show at the high school I used to work at.  I literally walked into the auditorium and broke a nail pulling out my judge's chair.  I was so ticked off.  I had a glass file in my purse so I had to tear off the nail and file it down to nubbin territory (the break was that low), and sit there the rest of the show, silently fuming.  I got home, cut off all my nails, held back the tears, then remembered how easy it is to type with nubbins.  I just wish I had more nail to showcase polish with!

Still having some intense Texas sun days, which is great for polish!  As you can see, this is just a nice smooth color.

In the shade, you can see a bit more of the jelly watery smooth goodness of this polish - I was definitely happy with my buy.  Well now that I'm back to nubbins, I'm going to try and push out more swatches.  I have lots of polish here to go through and best of all, I'M HAVING A GIVEAWAY VERY SOON!  Part of it is sponsored even, so I'm actually having TWO giveaways - one for international readers only, and one for USA readers only.  I'm really excited about this one, so happy days!  Yay!

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Barielle High Steppin'

Got this in my email, it's share time!

For summer 2010, boogie down with new disco-inspired nail polishes in the High Steppin’ collection from Shades by Barielle.  Six metallic hues and Barielle’s signature healthy “3-free” formulation make hands and feet dance with style.

Flashing back to the 70’s, get groovy with Electric Boogie—an inky metallic blue with teal glitter; shake it up with Belly Dance—a nude taupe with shimmer; party until dawn with Night Moves—a sparkling metallic silver; turn it around with Passion Pirouette—a grape metallic purple; sway to the style with Slow Motion—a light metallic lavender and let loose with Freestyle—a cool metallic mint with silver glitter.

Celebrity Manicurist Elle says, “When creating this collection, we wanted to pump up the volume on nail hues.  Inspired by bright summer whites, we injected some high-voltage color into any look from bikini to boardwalk.”

Formulated to provide nails with safe, healthy and long-lasting glossy color coverage, Shades by Barielle is free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate. Women can also safely use Barielle products throughout pregnancy.

Key Features: Contains no formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate.

Zoya Robyn

Hey look!  It's another creme from the Zoya Flash Summer 2010 Collection!  That's one problem with releasing 12 colors, and me not making ONE big post with the entire 12.  First off, I'm just not that awesome yet, secondly I like dedicating my time to each color individually.  I have about 82 bottles here to review, not to mention all those that I already own and haven't swatched.  I have lots to write about, hah!


Robyn was my problem child.  Zoya lists it as a "perfect turquoise cream."  Yes, PERFECT.  I guess that automatically means "problem" for me.  First off, the color was thick as the others were but this one pooled everywhere.  I had to use my Remove+ to get the pooling under control as it slid all over the place.  Then I ended up smudging (big time) my ring finger as soon as I finished my pictures.  Granted, that was my fault, but it still irritated me.  I used a base coat of Zoya Anchor, 2 coats of Robyn and a coat of Zoya Armor.  While this color looks neon, it doesn't dry matte, so it's not really a neon but it was super BRIGHT.

I was thinking it would be more like a "Robyn Egg Blue" with a bit more of a white tone, but nope, this is definitely a blue.  It's not electric, but I don't really see it as that turquoise either.  My mom used to wear tons of turquoise but hers always had the black and bit of green running through the stones (not highly polished), so that's why my view may be a little skewed.  Gotta say, I love how shiny this is - looks like I added lens flare to my nails, but I swear, it's all natural baby.  ^_^  Also, I don't know what's up with the weird wolf head looking thing in the top left hand corner of my bottle.  Strange.

Even though this color was a pain in the you know what, it is a very nice color - I'm sure it would be great layered, with Konad, or just by itself.  I'm a little freaked out about my long nails, but I think I could pull on this color with STYLE.  Yes, I said it.


Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website for $7/bottle

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.

Zoya Dana

Another color from the Zoya 2010 Summer Flash collection is Dana, listed as an American Rose cream.  Now, I have no idea what an American Rose is so I Googled, like normal, and found the American Rose Society [official website] and okay, there is a video from CBS and the flowers do look like this bottle color.  Alright Zoya, I'll give you this one.


It almost looks neon in the bottle and doesn't disappoint on the nails.  I used a base coat of Zoya Anchor, 2 coats of Dana, and just 1 top coat of Zoya Armor.  I didn't Seche Vite it since I was only swatching.  Again, the formula was a little thick, but I really didn't get bubbles in this one, so I don't know what's wrong with my nails.

HELLO SUN.  Such a bright color on the nails.  I almost feel like I need to get closer to my cuticle with my polish - it almost looks like it has too much "new growth" when it's just "not getting the polish close enough."

And a much less annoying shade picture.  Seriously, this sun is HOT, and I don't mean in the "cool" way.  Blah.  I do have to say, this is a nice cheery color - I may have a dupe for it, but it's still a good happy red to keep around.


Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website for $7/bottle


Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.