POLL RESULTS & MISC.

Thanks to all who voted in the poll to Vote for My Mom's Next Mani. The winning choices were:

Image plate M57

Purple, Creme nail polish

I will pick a corresponding color for the stamp. I hope to get the mani up before the end of the week, so be looking out for that!

Next up, I will be doing a product review on a Hana Salon mini ceramic Flat Iron. I know it's not "nails" related, but I REALLY wanted to try this product out. I already have a pretty good flat iron, so I am anxious to try it against this one, which is supposed to be pretty good. Plus it is a mini and travel size, so how awesome is that? I have to thank the WONDERFUL Lisa Cocuzza of It's A Glam Thing for making this possible! I read a couple of the reviews already up on this iron, and I must confess I have my expectations up fairly high on this one.

I have some disappointing news on my Orly Satins I ordered from Ebay. I rec'd the white one in the mail in just a couple of days. However when I got it, I realized it wasn't really "white", it is just kind of sheer - FAIL!!

Look at how sheer this is!! I even painted one nail, and it was still sheer after four coats - boo!

Then to make matters worse, the yellow one I was most excited about:

Never came! So yesterday I finally contacted the seller, and after two emails from me, they finally responded saying they "ran out" of the yellow one. Did I want another color or my money back! WTF!! No! I want the yellow one! Didn't one of you guys (EDIT LOLA5375) tell me you ordered the yellow one too? Did you get yours? This is the second time that something like this has happened to me on ebay. Does this happen alot?

So anyway, I picked this red one:

LASTLY - I wanted to say a BIG thank you to all who left me info on the mystery of my hands. I really appreciate all the info. you all left for me and I have been spending most of the day researching and checking out the links I was given. I really, really appreciate it all so much!

NUBAR MAGIC BUFFER

I was given the opportunity to try out a great product, through Lisa Cocuzza of It's A Glam Thing and Nubar.


I decided to let my mom be the "hand model" for this product review. I decided this because my nails are much shorter than hers, and my nails are still trying to recover from my acrylics that I took off AGES ago. I did still use this product on myself, I just didn't take pictures of my nails. So Mom, here is your Getcha Nails Did debut!


Nubar's Magic Buffer is a really simple process. I am sure you all have tried those four-way buffers before, or at least something similar to it. This is basically the same thing, only this is just a two step process. You use the printed side to buff your nails first, then you use the white side to shine your nails.


First use this side to buff your nails.

Second, use this side to shine your nails.

This is what my mom's nails looked like before hand (lol, no pun was intended there!). My mom's nails tend to have ridges, so I did use another buffer and went over her nails first to reduce the ridges. If you tend to have ridges on your nails, you really need to buff them first to get the best shine possible.

The hand on the left has NOT been Magic Buffed & the hand on the right has been. This picture may need to be enlarged to show all the shiny details.

A close up of the left hand un-touched and the right hand magic buffed to a glossy shine.

Capturing the true shininess of her nails proved to be more difficult than I thought it would be. The pictures do show the shine to her nails, but I can honestly say you need to times the shine you see by 10!

This blurry pic gives you a little bit better picture of just how shiny her nails became after I used the Magic Buffer on her.

The best picture of the bunch! I think with this one, you truly get an idea of just HOW shiny her nails are!

I found the Magic Buffer to be very easy to use. It fit comfortably in my hand while using it on myself and using it to do my mothers hands. This was a really quick process. The shine still stayed on my hands after a washing and a drying! That is pretty amazing to me. I also liked that this was accomplished with just using two simple steps. I also think that doing this process before applying nail polish is a great idea, since it smooths your nails so nicely. I would recommend this product, I really was pleased with the quickness & ease of use, and of course the results were pretty amazing too.

This product sells for $5.99 and can be purchased from Nubar's website here.

DAZZLE DRY RESULTS

Last night I tried out my Dazzle Dry system. It was really simple to use, and didn't really require any extra steps that you wouldn't already do when doing a manicure. None of these products were tested on animals and are 3 free products as well.

(Please note that I have added links to purchase/read more info on these products by clicking on the word STEP before each product!)

STEP 1:

The first step calls for you to use their Nail Prep Adhesion Promoter liquid. All you do is put some on a cotton pad and wipe all your nails. This helps remove all oils from your nails so that your nail polish will adhere to the nails better.

1oz $3.00

The best part about this bottle, for me, was the opening. It has a little hole on the top, so if this accidentally gets knocked over it isn't going to spill out and waste. This also helps you use just the amount you need, which will help this product last longer since you won't use more than needed.

STEP 2:

Apply a coat of Dazzle Dry base coat. The bottle says "for natural nails", so I would assume that if you are wearing acrylics that this step isn't necessary, but I'm not for sure. Make sure that this is applied over all of the nail bed. Allow 1-2 minutes for this to dry before continuing to the next step.

.5oz $12.50

STEP 3:

Select your fast drying nail color and paint your nails. I used two coats of High Velocity Red. This is a very nice berry red color with a little bit of shimmer. I would almost say it has a sort of pink tint to it. This nail polish applied really, really well! I was very impressed. I wasn't really expecting much of this nail polish as far as application goes, since the theme behind this is the drying time. The pictures I am posting below of the finished product is with out any clean up! That is how well this applied. Two thumbs up Dazzle Dry for your nail polish consistency and application :) I allowed this to dry maybe a minute before going on to the last step.

On Dazzle Dry's website, they have 37 different colors to choose from. I saw a color to fit everyone! There were work appropriate colors, as well as the regular pinks and reds, but there is also a baby blue, a bright neon orange, dark purples, jade green - just to name a few.

.5oz $9.00

STEP 4:

The last step is to apply the top coat. The package inserts says that your nails will be dry to the touch in 1 minute - yes 1 minute! And that in 5 minutes you can tap on your nails. It does caution waiting 5-10 minutes before digging through your purse. After painting all my nails, I went immediately back to the first nail I painted and lightly touched it. It was dry! Now of course, I didn't push really hard or anything, but it was dry to the touch. This is literally the fastest drying top coat I have ever used people :) When I first heard about Seche and Poshe and tried them out, I was absolutely amazed, well this has amazed me again. This out dried Poshe and Seche. I even waited about 5 minutes and then dug into a bag that I keep my camera in, and no mess ups occured on my nails. Now of course, the nail polish I used was a fast drying nail polish, which I am sure aided in all of this. I will have to try this out with maybe one of my regular nail polishes and see if the results are the same.

.5oz $12.50

That's all there was to it. This manicure was completed and dry to the touch in about 10-12 minutes, not bad Ladies, not bad. On to the finished manicure pics:

***I didn't remove all the remaining green nail polish, so there were a few green stains along my cuticles. please ignore this:)

The kit shown below contains your nail prep, base coat, 3 nail polish colors of your choice & top coat. This retails for $54.00 on their website, found here.

However, there is an online coupon courtesy of Lisa Cocuzza and It's A Glam Thing, that will get you 20% off your online order by using the code listed below:

HIGH HO! HIGH HO! IT'S BACK TO WORK I WENT

***EDIT****

I just realized that I first had this post titled as "Hi Ho, Hi Ho" - that sounded totally bad - lmao! Please note it was a lack of attention to detail and not name calling by me to my lovely readers :)

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Well after two days off due to bad weather, I am back at work today :( However, I did have two lovely packages siting on my desk when I arrived this morning :)

The first package I opened was my KONAD STAMPING KIT!! I am so excited about this kit I could literally pee my pants - no joke!

My second package was some goodies that Lisa Cocuzza from It's A Glam Thing had sent to me! (I forgot to mention that she has a blog too, you can click this link to be directed to it.) The two items she had sent to me are from VB Cosmetics. You can check out their website by clicking here. I will have full reviews of these products very soon for you guys.

The first item is Dazzle Dry Nail Care System (click here for more details)

The second item is Be Silky Callus Spray softener w/ Tea Tree Oil (click her for more details)

Again, I can't thank Lisa Cocuzza & VB Cosmetics enough for graciously sending me these products, THANK YOU!

On an unrelated note, Dinky is none to pleased with this cold weather. She had her first taste of snow and of course I had to take her picture, well see for your self and tell me - does she LOOK like she is having fun???