Showing posts with label Sally Hansen Salon Effects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sally Hansen Salon Effects. Show all posts

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Review

I was pleasantly surprised on Black Friday to FINALLY find the Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Houndstooth at Wal-Mart! I had been looking for a few months to try them out, but everytime I looked they only had the ugly ones left!


The instructions are fairly simple and straightforward:



In reality, it's a bit more difficult than they make it out to be (isn't it always though?!) I had a really hard time getting the backing off without messing the strip up. I found that you just kind of have to play with it to get it to come off.



Placement was a little difficult too- I had to peel it off once or twice to get it in the best position. I was a little concerned that the adhesive would be not as good, but it has stayed on fine. Just to give it a little more shine and stay power, I put a coat of Julep Topcoat on it.

This is how the end result looked though:


Overall, I was pleased with them and will definitely try another design. It was not extremely difficult and as I am not very good with doing designs, it definitely is much better than anything I could do myself!

I took them off 8 days later, but they could have lasted much longer. There were minimal chips, but they held up much better than regular nail polish. To get them off, I soaked my nails in polish remover for a minute and scrubbed them off.

Be sure to check out my NARS Danmari cheek palette giveaway!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

NOTD- Sally Hansen Salon Effects and Julep Helena

So, after months of wanting to try out the Sally Hansen Salon Effects in houndstooth, I finally found them in stock at Wal-Mart in a double pack for $10!


I LOVE the houndstooth print, but I think it would be a bit too much for all of my nails so I used it as an accent nail:




On the rest of the nails I used Julep's Helena polish:


Also, I am SUPER EXCITED to have reached over 100 followers! I will be hosting my giveaway very soon- I am thinking about giving away a NARS Danmari palette!