Sally Hansen Salon Effects Review

I'm obsessed with doing my nails. It's extremely rare that my nails are the same color/pattern for more than a week at a time. If something chips, forget it - shit is getting repainted. I don't care if it's 2am.

So I was at wal-greens today just kind of browsing after work & I stumbled upon the Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish strips. The bastards were sold out of both cheetah AND leopard print which was lame, but I kind of liked this flowery pattern they had in stock. They also had regular colors and glittery ones which I don't exactly understand. Paint your freaking nails that color. It takes WAY longer to apply these strips - trust me.

These run $9.99.. Like I said, I got mine at wal-greens.

There's enough for one set of nails. They do throw in a cuticle stick 

and a teeny little nail file.

It took me like 15-20 minutes to put these on. You put them onto bare nails, kind of fold them over the end of your nail, and then file the excess off. They do apply pretty easily, but I'm wondering how long they'll stick around. They say 10 days, but even when I pressed them onto my nails, they don't really like.. STICK. If I accidentally set it down wrong, I could pick it right back up and reposition it. I threw a top coat over them for the hell of it - so hopefully that'll lengthen their lifespan. They say to rub the magical cuticle stick over top of them to kind of "seal them" down, so I did do that just for good measure.

They kind of give me a Katy Perry vibe :)

Overall, I was happy with how they came out. I'd recommend them for sure. The only complaint I have is that there's only enough in the pack for one set of nails. The nail sizes they gave me worked pretty well on my hands, and I feel like I have average sized nails. But for $10 - I was hoping to get more than one set out of them. If you've got short nails, it might be a little hard to file the excess decal off of the edges of your nail - so I'd make sure to grow your nails out, even if it's just a little, before you put them on.

I'll let you know if they all rub off the second I reach into my purse tomorrow morning :) lol - goodnight, guys!

Best Nail Art Pen.. EVER! + ULTA Haul

Hi Guuuyyysss..

So I just did my nails with this nail art pen that I got from ULTA today and I'm so happy and excited about it that I had to do a post right this instant! IMMEDIATELY.

Soo Sally Hansen makes this little beaut and I have dealt with my fair share of shitty nail art pens. I resorted to using toothpicks and Q-tips for awhile, but obviously those were pretty hit or miss. Mostly miss. Anyways, this one is seriously just like drawing with a marker.. not too much product comes out & it goes on really evenly. You don't even have to squeeze or apply pressure. I'm actually pretty sure that God himself created this project and sent it to ULTA especially for me to find.

I got the black one and I wanna say it was $5.99.. It's no more than $7, I know that. But seriously, I might be getting these in every color - THAT'S how much I like them. Here's how my nails came out:

and yeah - I am obsessed with Zebra!

So case & point - you need to get this pen if you like doing anything remotely creative with your nails! Like I said, I got mine at ULTA. They didn't have a huge selection of colors, but they had some. I'm sure you can find them at drug stores, too.

Aside from that, I got some other stuff at Ulta today, too. I wanted to get a skinny straightener so I could use it to curl my hair, too since I hate heating up the curling iron AND the straightener. Plus my curling iron is too skinny, I always end up looking like Curly Sue when I use it. Sooo I got the cutest Zoe straightener ever for $29.99. Came with a travel pouch, too which will be swell for when I go to Kentucky next week for work:

I've heard mixed reviews about the brand but I don't really mind. I have the wet2straight straightener, too, so I'm just going to use this when i want some curl or just need to do my bangs. Plus it's cute :) Like I always say - sucker for shelf appeal.

I also got some other random stuff... I got a heat protector for my hair since I straighten it a ton in the winter time and always use heat on it. It's the got2b brand, and I tend to like them - so let's hope they don't let me down.. I got 2 things from "Prestige" (is anyone else thinking Step Brothers when they heard that brand name?? lol), which is a brand I've never heard of. I'd post pictures but the images on their site aren't helpful at all lol.. I don't think you can buy through them via the web. I just got a lipstick & a shadow, though.. pretty standard. If they blow me away, I'll let you know.

So now that I've officially proposed to the nail art pen, I'm gonna call it a day. I have a really exciting event coming up for all you readers by the end of the month thanks to yet another amazing company that has contacted me. Stay tuned ;o) 

p.s. like the new layout?!