Violet Lightening

Hello Bloggerettes! It's been a dreary rainy day here in Florida and a migraine has been my only friend today. So I decided to get my hair done. Today was just a cut and style but tomorrow will be COLOR! I'm excited to have someone else work on coloring my hair instead of me. There's nothing worse then staining your nails and face various shades of hair dye when you have a beauty blog, haha. 

Anywho, today's look features a funky french using Color Club Ultra Violet, a neon purple with green/blue shimmer, and Sally Hansen Lightening, a yellow creme. This is also the beginning of a new nail shape for me. I have really been loving the claw like shape often seen on Lady Gaga and Rihanna so I'm slowly working into that transition.

 2 coats of Lightening, 1 coat Seche Vite.

 Don't mind my janky thumb, lol.

I started off with 1 coat of Duri Rejuvacote, 2 coats Lightening, 1 coat of Seche Vite. Once dry I applied tape to achieve my pointed funky french, followed by 2 coats of Ultra Violet, and 1 last coat of Seche Vite. I originally wanted to try a triangle tribal design but failed hard on my thumb and did my best to fix it without removing polish. You win some you lose some and this mani was pretty fun on it's own! 

Also, check out my new ring in the last picture! Isn't it beautiful? I found this beauty down in one of my off the wall shops in St.Augustine and instantly fell in love. She's a drusy quartz crystal and she's all mine! They say drusy crystals dissipate negative thoughts and emotions which is always a plus. As always I wish there was a polish to match! Sigh...lacquer head problems.

Thanks for looking!

Golden Conduct

 Hellooooo Bloggerettes! Today I am showing off Sally Hansen Magnetics in Golden Conduct. This is truly the stand out color in the Magnetics collection. It appears as a mucky browned gold but once the magnet is applied the prettiest gold shimmer comes out. The bottle is much like the Nails Inc Magnetics right down to the bottle shape and magnet which is in the removable cap. All Sally Hansen Magnetics have the same wavelength pattern magnet.

I find magnetic polishes are easier to work with when you have nubbins. So I suppose it was quite 'lucky' when all my nails broke while opening boxes, lol. I began with 1 generous coat of Gelous, 1 coat Golden Conduct, followed by 1 more thick coat, applied magnet, and topped it off with Seche Vite. Out of Nails Inc and China Glaze I found Sally Hansen to be the easiest to work with as well as the most affordable! Sally Hansen Magnetics are $9.99 at Walgreens, and I know most stores have a special $1 off coupon, just ask!