Daily Manicure: 7/16/11

While walking around Friday in NYC, I stumbled upon llamasqua's Poke ( a slightly muted but beautiful purple w shimmer) in a Sephora in Chelsea. I decided to paint over my blue shatter and white, because I had had it on for more than a day, and as I said in my last post, I didn't like how the white got distorted.

Aside from the fact that my ghetto ass didn't buy anything from Sephora and simply did a whole manicure, it actually came out half decent. Usually tester polishes are clumpy, and this one was bit clumpy also, but for the circumstances, I wanted to share the color and swatch. These are $14 dollars a bottle, so be prepared to hand over a larger chunk of change for these.

I also want to add that while at Sephora, I noticed that they have brought out red, turqouise and navy blue "blasted" shatter colors. They also have come out with new lines of nail stickers similar to their other ones called "nail bling", some of them have sparkles and lines and are clear at the same time, so you can paint your nails then put them on for a really cool design. They now have loose glitter in several colors, and NAIL ART PENS. I didn't get a chance to write down all of the prices of each new item, but its a fairly new thing, so go to Sephora ASAP to check it out. They probably range from $6-10, maybe even more. Also, if I were a betting woman I would put my money that they aren't the best quality, especially the stickers. The girl I babysit tried the nail pen, and actually it looked really cool, so I'll have to get one and draw obscene images for you guys.

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back from the dead INCOCO nail stickers!

hi all

I'm terribly sorry I haven't been keeping up with this little blog of mine. I could give you a million excuses, school,not giving a fuck , work, but honestly I've been busy and not really busy at the same time but haven't been feeling 100% to post. I WILL deliver nail polish on a daily basis from now on.

Today I want to talk about nail stickers by Incoco, you have to buy them online which is lame, but they are pretty much dupes to Sally Hansen nail stickers but more malleable. They move with ease, and applied really easy with just a nail file, I didn't need scissors at all, which is rare for my klutzy self. They also come in a zillion AWESOME designs, unlike anything anybody will ever see ever, so you will definitely get compliments about these babies. Here are some pics that I took of my lease favorite design, as you can see they are preetty bling.

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Forever 21 nail stickers

So last night after my oscar debauchery filled party, we stopped by the forever 21 in Times Square so I could look at cheap earrings. I love love love this store for their earrings and nail polish, seriously I bought like twenty things and spent twenty bucks. Of my loot that I got, I came across glitter nail stickers, they are EXACTLY like the Sally Hansen Nail stickers but they only come in glitter varieties, they include 30 stickers per package and cost only 2.80$ per package. These stickers are also very easy to apply and look and feel awesome. I applied them hastily just now so there are a few spots that could have been done better. We'll just have to see how they last through my full day tomorrow, if I recall, Sally Hansen started to peel and move with me by the next day, but that could be because I put a base coat. These stickers come in several colors, light pink (which I have on) green, purple, red, blue and hot pink. I think they are an absolute deal, a great gift for little girls to do together or a great thing to wear one night to a party or something. I love nail stickers in general and I think it would behoove the Forever 21 company Love & beauty to create designed stickers also. They will sell out like hot cakes and they honestly have priced them very low, good for us, but I think they could have gotten away with higher- at 3$ your getting three sets of ten stickers, thats three manicures, the other companies like Sephora and Sally Hansen have gone WAY higher just because this is still a "new" nail technology. Bottom line, they are cheap, they look good and they don't take long to put on unless your like me and are a cheap bastard trying to salvage every last piece of polish I wasted spent my money on. Enjoy

:::::UPDATE::::::

These stickers peeled by morning :( I'm going to try them with a base and top coat, because they are sorta flimsy but I feel if they had some reinforcement maybe they would stay. They looked baller, but peeled very soon

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Sally Hansen Nail stickers

So I bought those stickers that my friend got. They are called Sally Hansen nail effects, google it. Honestly, they have some pretty lame designs and some neon colors. BUT they last for about ten days, with very little peeling and chipping. The first full day I wore them I got three complements within like two hours, it was awesome. The few designs they have that are unique I highly recommend. They have a lace one, a checkered one, jean design, different sparkle designs and then like twenty neon colors and some butterfly design. Some of the designs I feel are meant for little girls, and I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean that they are ideal for girls because they don't fall off, aren't messy, and can be a great activity for girl bonding.

I am also including a Nailene sticker I bought months ago and was inspired to use. This design was really cool because it had hot pink and mirror effect all rolled into one, but it peeled off within one hour of application, so DON'T buy it if you see it. I highly recommend Sally Hansen vs. Sephora brand. But I will do another post with a Sephora sticker and I also have these stickers I got from Urban Outfitters, so I'll give you the info on them also.

A note on application: All of these brands only give out like 14-16 stickers, not enough for two manicures. If you have slightly stubby nails like I do, you can cut them in half carefully with a small nail scissors and try to squeeze two manicures out of them. Otherwise, if you have long lovely nails that I dream for at night, your SOL.

I put some photos of myself with my Sally Hansen Manicure, and a blurry ass pick of the weird manicure that I bought with some nailene kit that lasted five minutes. Enjoy

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