Sally Hansen Insta Dri: In a Flurry

Hey y'all! Today I have a polish that I just picked up on Monday night. I went into Walgreens just to look. Of course, "just looking" almost never happens. I noticed some new Insta Dri polishes. Or "new to me" Insta Dri polishes. This was the only one that looked remotely interesting. I thought the little bits of different colored glitter was unique. I don't think I have anything similar to this in my collection, so I saw no harm in buying it. ;) Take a look at In a Flurry!

I really like it! The glitter obviously stands out a lot more in the sun, but it really sparkles. The only thing I didn't love about this was that it needed three coats and could have used a fourth coat because there were some bald spots. It seems to have a pretty thin formula, which made it difficult to get even coverage. The second coat was just too sheer for my liking. This line also has the wide, kinda weird brush. I actually don't mind it because I feel like I can coat my nail in very few strokes. But sometimes it can be difficult to work with depending on the length of your nails. That's what I have found, at least. But overall I really like the shade! I'm always drawn to the Insta Dri line because I love polishes that dry quickly, since I'm so impatient when it comes time for my nails to dry.

What do y'all think of In a Flurry? Do you like the Insta Dri line? If so, what are your favorite colors?

Thanks for reading, y'all! :)

A Look at My Collection: Glitters

Time to look at all the glitters in my collection! Numbers 14 through 18 were just some experiments I was doing. Some of these glitters are kind of blahhh on their own, so I wanted to see what they looked like over black.

1. Sinful Colors: Pink 4 Ever

2. Sinful Colors: Pearl Harbor

3. Sinful Colors: Paris

4. Sinful Colors: Green Ocean

5. Sinful Colors: Hottie

6. Sinful Colors: UFO

7. Orly: Love Each Other

8. China Glaze: Fairy Dust

9. Nicole by OPI: Love Your Life

10. Claire's: Crush

11. Wet n Wild: Glitz

12. Wet n Wild: Kaleidoscope

13. Ulta: Pinata Yada Yada

14. Wet n Wild: Black + Orly: Love Each Other

And a close up of number 14. Love Each Other is such a unique polish. It's nothing on it's own, but put it over black and it's a whole new color. I love it!


15. Wet n Wild: Black + China Glaze: Fairy Dust

16. Wet n Wild: Black + Claire's: Crush


17. Wet n Wild: Black + Wet n Wild: Kaleidoscope

18. Wet n Wild: Black + Sinful Colors: Green Ocean
And my nails of today! I'm wearing Sally Hansen Insta Dri Fuchsia Flare.

Sinful Colors has some awesome glitters if y'all ever get the chance to check those out. And they're only $1.99, so they're a great inexpensive option! I think my favorite glitters are Pinata Yada Yada, Glitz, and Green Ocean. But I like all of them. They're a lot of fun to wear, and as y'all can probably tell... I've used up a lot of them. For a while I was all about adding glitter to every single mani. I'm not as into that as I used to be, but I'm starting to like the glitter accent nail. But that's *such* a pain to remove. Oh well! What are y'all's favorites?

Thanks for reading! :)

A Look at My Collection: Greens

For the past few weeks, I've been going through all of my polishes trying to find a better way to organize them. I always go back to organizing them by brand, so I don't know why I even bother. But, I've also been using my nail wheels a lot. I love painting them, because then I can see all the different shades I have and I can see that I don't need to keep buying one color. I've noticed that my collection of greens is pretty small, as compared to my pinks or blues. I thought it would be fun to show off my collection through nail wheels. So today I'm going to show y'all my greens!

I currently have 17 greens in my collection. There are 18 nails on the nail wheel, so the 18th nail is just a little experiment I was doing. :)
1. Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: Jade Jump

2. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Lime Lights

3. L.A. Colors: Current
4. Del Sol: Looking Glass

5. Zoya: Gemma

6. OPI: Green-wich Village
7. Sinful Colors: Irish Green

8. Wet n Wild: Jade

9. Sinful Colors: Show Me the Way
10. Maybelline: Go Go Green

11. Ulta: Into the Limelight

12. Rimmel: Camouflage

13. Sinful Colors: San Francisco

14. American Apparel: Hunter

15. OPI: Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow
16. Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Green with Envy

17. Sally Girl: Pea-Body

18: Ulta: Pinata-Yada-Yada topped with L'Oreal I Pink I'm in Love

So those are my greens! In the first picture of the nail wheel, my Del Sol changed to its outdoor color, which is a pink-red. But, indoors and in the shade it is green. I think my favorite greens are Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow and Into the Limelight. What are your favorites? Is there anything y'all want to see on my nails?

I'm putting together a post on what polish I should wear to Florida. So far I have 10 polishes that I'd like to wear. I want y'all's opinions on those, so look for a post coming up this week!

Thanks for reading! :)

Blue Away

Hey y'all! I want to show y'all a new favorite polish and the color that I'm currently rocking, Blue Away from Sally Hansen Insta Dri.

This one is so gorgeous! I think it's pretty similar to Barracuda, but definitely the cheaper option if you only wanted one. I think I need to do a comparison. I was painting my nail wheels and noticed that they're pretty close in color, so a comparison post? I think that would be good! Anyway, I used two coats because this, along with all the other Insta Dris I have, is super pigmented! And I really love the drying fast part. I mean, when you're in a hurry but want pretty nails, why wouldn't you use this brand? That's all I've been using lately- ha!

So what do y'all think? Oh! Also! The vlog is ready to go, but we're having a few technical difficulties. I hope to get it up here soon! We *have* been working on it. :) Thanks for reading!

Jade Jump

Happy Monday! Here's a happy color to start your week off right! Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: Jade Jump!

The perfect minty green, no? I love it! The Insta Dri line seems to be full of polishes that are super pigmented! I really love them! I used two coats and didn't use a top coat. The formula was awesome! And I love the color, too! Altogether great polish! What do y'all think?

Thanks for reading! :)

Fuchsia Flare

I have a pretty bubble gum pink for y'all today. Sally Hansen Insta-Dri- Fuchsia Flare.

I think this is what you would describe as a bubble gum pink. Do y'all think so?

Anyway, this had a great formula! Like Sonic Bloom, it's super pigmented. One coat is almost enough, but I went with two and skipped out on a top coat. I'm getting used to the brush and I'm starting to like it. It covers my nails really well and makes it quicker to apply. Gotta love that! I got this at Target for around $4. :)

What do y'all think? Thanks for reading!

Sonic Bloom

Today I have Sally Hansen Insta Dri- Sonic Bloom.

These pinky-reds have become my thing this summer! And let me tell you, this polish is AMAZING. It is soooo pigmented! I used two coats, but I really don't know why. Maybe to make it pop even more. But if you were in a hurry, one coat would work just fine. I had no problems applying this. It went on super smooth, and of course, it dries pretty fast. I still have to get used to that awkward brush, but it covered my nails really nicely. I really love it, and it has become one of my favorites! :)

What do y'all think?

Another Haul?!

Yep! I'm at it again, buying nail polish like it's going outta style. Seriously, a new bottle(s) of nail polish is one of the best things. :)

I was really on a mission to find those nail polish wheels today. I never really intended to go polish shopping. But that's what ended up happening. To find those nail wheels, I went to Sally's. You know, that place that has the displays of China Glaze, Orly, Finger Paints, and Nina polishes? The place where it's almost impossible to walk out *without* a polish? Yeah. So nothing caught my attention except Tangerine Dream by Nina Ultra Pro. I don't have any Nina's in my collection, so this is a nice addition to my polish "family."

After leaving Sally's, I was going through all these places in my head. Where can I go for more polish? One bottle just wasn't quite cutting it for me today. My next stop was Walgreens. I got Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Barricuda. I saw this lovely color on Kellie's blog! After seeing it I knew I had to have it, and $7.99 wasn't gonna stop me. :)
Next was Rite-Aid. They have so many different displays of polishes. And even some brands that I didn't recognize, like a color changing thing? But what they did have was the Revlon "Just Tinted" polishes. No other store had those on display. I just got one - Victorian. I love the formula! I know I'm gonna get good use out of it. I also got a little Petites polish - Mango. I needed a bright orange. The bottle picture I have for this one isn't really color-accurate. It's a lot brighter and looks more orange than red. I love it! I found an Orly the other day that was similar to this orange, but I never got it. $1.99 is a better price anyway. :)

And my last stop was Target. I still have lots of gift cards so that's what I used for these two new Sally Hansen Insta Dri's - Sonic Bloom and Fuchsia Flare. I like my other Insta Dri's, so I thought this was a good addition. I tried them out and they are super pigmented- yay! :)
Swatching/Testing/Painting/etc. starts tomorrow! What do y'all want to see?! I'm really excited to try out all my haul polishes. :)

Hauls!

Despite my lack of blog posts, I've still managed to get my hands on a few new polishes. So I thought a "haul" post would be a good idea to get me back into the swing of things! :) These photos are terrible. Let's just say I'm not the tech-savvy one in the family.

Essie has kind of been my favorite brand lately... I think it's because it's become easier to find them. You can find them at Walgreens, WalMart, etc. I love their selection of blues, and even though I own the beautiful Turquoise & Caicos, I pick it up almost every time I see it, forgetting that I have it at home ready to be used. I'm weird. I bought all of these (with the exception of Mochacino, which my Mom purchased) at the regular price. It's about $8 a bottle. I bought them on separate occasions, but they're still a bit pricy. From left to right we have Beach Bum Blu, Turquoise & Caicos, Tart Deco, and Mochacino.
And who could pass up a brand new bottle of OPI? Two of these I bought a LONG time ago. I've worn them, but never posted them here. The first two are Samoan Sand and Bubble Bath. I found those at Target. My Mom bought the last one, Mimosas for Mr. & Mrs., last weekend at Ulta. She's sporting the color right now, and it looks perfect. But her nails are also perfect. :) We're both really drawn to these soft, neutral colors.
I always saw Jesse's Girl polishes on other blogs and never knew where to find them. I popped into Rite Aid a few months back and found a small display with a few of their colors. I like to buy new brands in two's if they're fairly inexpensive so I ended up with Beach Baby, the neon pink, and Julieg. I've already posted Julieg, and it's my go-to summer color. It's just perfect and I can't tell you how many times I've used it. I love it. These were $2.99 each if I can remember correctly. And I think it was buy one get one half off or something like that. It was kind of a long time ago so I'm not 100% on those details. They're really good, though. I'm pretty sure I'll go back for more. :)

Yay for a really blurry pic. This one wouldn't cooperate, so I'm sorry! I had been eye-ing a few of these Insta-Dri's for some time. I've never really heard great things about their formulas, but I had a Target gift card burning a hole in my wallet, so why not?! I got Blue Away and Jade Jump. I tested them out and I really like them! I'll have to get used to the awkward brush, but I'm really loving the colors! :) They were about $4.00 each.
The rest of these are just random finds. Back in the fall I bought Borghese Stellare Notte. I have mixed feeling about it. I wore it once and I just don't know if I love it. I've seen it on a bajillion blogs and it looks great. I think I need to wear it again and do a better job of application and then see how I feel. It is a pretty unique color. Ulta- Set the Nude and Sonia Kashuk- Tauped are colors my Mom picked out. They're both really pretty. Set the Nude can look really grey, so that's unique for my ever-growing collection. I bought butter London Jaffa and Zoya Gemma together on a trip to Ulta. LOVE Jaffa! It's a really great summer color. And I can see me rocking Gemma some time in the fall. I had a $3 off coupon for Ulta so I didn't have to spend a million dollars! I also had no idea Zoya's were sold at Ulta, so that was an awesome surprise. And having such easy access to butter London polishes won't be good for my bank account. ;) oh well! I love all these colors. :)

I want to swatch these soon! Which ones do y'all wanna see? Talk to y'all soon and thanks for keeping up with me! :)