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Sally 3/12

Another Sally deal online! This week featuring hair color deals! Its close to spring so why not try a new color. I usually stick with black or reds. I've been blonde once, never again!

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Stripes

I was looking for new ideas and techniques for my nails for the week. I paint my nails weekly. Every Sunday is a new style. This week, I found a cool technique, probably most of you all have seen before, using simple household items. I first painted my nails in 3 stripes. vertically. Lime green, hot pink, and purple.
I just did a thin layer and have to let it dry! Give it an hour to dry. I pre-cut thin strips of scotch tape. Once the 3 colors were dry, I placed the tape on my nails in a pattern I wanted. Most turn into a sun ray design. The smaller nails I only added 2 pieces of tape to, but the bigger nails, I added 3 pieces of tape. Press them down to make sure no polish will go underneath. 
I painted black on top of everything. Once one nail is painted black, take of the tape starting with the last piece first. If you try all of them at the same time, it could ruin the design. I let the black dry and put a clear top coat. Its a cool style. 
I wish I would have blended the colors, instead of having a definite line to where each color begins and ends. But its all trial and error. I'm still trying to get over my first try of the water color technique. 

Sally Hansen #29 Instra Dry "Lickety Split Lime"
Sally Hansen #32 Insta Dry "Instant Iris"
Pure Ice "No Means No"
Nina Ultra Pro #709 "Black"

Sally 3/8/13

New Sally coupon out today for Spring! Post if you took advantage of this coupon.

Sally 3/5/13

Sally has a new ad out for the month. I have been interested in the gel nail polish, but just haven't buckled down to buy some and try it. Have any of you tried it? How is the gel vs. the normal polish?

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Deep Blue Sea

I found a bunch of the nail gradient ideas online. Decided to try them to see how fantastic they are! They are super cool. Like in Photoshop  I love using gradients. And when I found a nice color to go with a glitter, it was amazing. The first one I ever did was a dark purple and a mix of small and big metallic purple glitter, clear base. The one issue I am having is the slight fade into the darker glitter at the tips. The only way I have found was to use a glitter that has both big and small sizes in the polish. Or when the glitter is uniform size, to place some on the area you want to start the gradient, and smudge it a little with a foam triangle or you finger( but there is clean up for that). I use a clear based glitter so it doesn't effect the first polish color. And I usually keep the colors close. 
Pure Ice: 990 Splash Nail Polish
Bari Pure Ice Nail Color, Strapless
Sally Hansen Double Duty Strengthening Base and Top Coat