Beauty Tips for Women – Sally Hansen Parrot

I wanted share a beauty product review on Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure in the color Parrot. I had been searching for a green color to do some Halloween themed nail art when I came across Parrot at Bealls on discount.

Sally Hansen Parrot is wonderful lime green. It is wonderful cream formula that went on smooth with no streaks. My only issue with it is the brush. I just can’t get used to the flat brushes. Here is a bottle shot of the item. The camera really just doesn’t do it justice.

I decided to test out Sally Hansen Parrot on its stamping abilities. I picked plate BM210 from Bundle Monster. As you can tell from the shot it did very well on both black and white backgrounds. I was pleasantly surprised.

Overall I give this product 4 brains!

Beauty Tips for Women: Halloween Nail Art

This is my first every attempt at Halloween nail art.  I don’t particularly like scary Halloween stuff and neither does my little girls; so I opted to do something a little cutesy and spooky.

Here is a picture of all the items used to get the manicure going:
Wet n’ Wild – On a Trip (213C)
Wet n’ Wild – Sunny Side Up ( 405)
Sinful Colors – Black on Black
Color Club – Clear Coat
Seche Vite – Base Coat (not in pic)
Seche Vite – Dry Fast Top Coat
Konad Special Polish – Black
Konad Special Polish – White (not in pic)
Milani Nail Art Precision Brush – Black (not in pic)
Bundle Monster Plates: BM13, BM213, BM223, BM224
Q-Tip
Makeup sponge

The thumb background was created using the gradient effect.  I started off with Seche Vite – Base Coat (forgot to place it in the picture).  Then applied one coat of Sunny Side Up.  Using the make up sponge (cut to a small size) I applied On a Trip and began to sponge from the top of the nail down and beginning to shape the sunset.  I let it dry a little before I sponged on Sunny Side up to define the sunset area more.  Waited for that to dry a bit before sponging on Black on Black on the tip of my nail.  I applied the clear coat which smoothes the colors into each other.  Once dry I stamped with Konad – Black the house image from BM224 and used the bats image from BM213.  I haven’t mastered the art of cleaning up the edges of my nails, so pardon the mess but I’m no professional.  I gave it a coat of Seche Vite and wala!

The rest of my fingers got a base coat and two coats of On a Trip.  On the index finger I tried a freehand tree using Milani nail art black.  Then stamped using Konad – White the ghost image from BM223.  The middle finger was stamped with Konad – Black using BM213 bats image and part of the pumpkin image of BM224.  Ringer finger was stamped with Konad – Black using BM224 pumpkin image. Lastly the ring finger was stamped with Konad – Black using BM13 bats image.  All received a nice coat of Seche Vite.