Nail Polish Change - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Polish in Pep-Plum

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This week I finally draped my finger nails in polish. I mentioned that I had been helping my mom pack and move for about two weeks so my hands and nails looked gross!

So this week I wore Pep-Plum by Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Nail Polish. Let me start off with the color. It. Is. Gorgeous! I love this color. It's a plum color that is so bright and beautiful. I would sit and just stare at the color. It is fantastic.

Now the formula. It sucks big time. This polish was runny and I had to be super careful when putting it on because it ran everywhere. I used 2 coats and even though I needed a 3rd, I didn't want to deal with it again, so I didn't. It chipped the very next day which is why there aren't any nail swatches. I normally take my nail pics the next day. I am NOT use to this type of treatment with Sally Hansen polishes. I just think this was a bad batch. At least that's what I want to believe.

Of course I will continue to purchase Sally Hansen Xtreme Nail polishes. I think this was just a fluke bottle/batch. If I use it again though...well, I don't know that I will. It was kinda of traumatizing.

Nail Polish Change - A Mini Nail Polish Haul

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No, you don't see a nail swatch today. That's because I didn't change my polish this week. I know, I know. It's not like me at all. But, in between making sweet potato pies, visiting with family and out of town guests and eating my way through the week, I just didn't have the time! Yep, it's a weak excuse but if you had a bite of my aunt's chocolate cake you would totally understand. Instead I will give you my tiny nail polish haul.

Last week I picked up my holy grail top coat, Sally Hansen Insta-Dri and a Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear polish in Pep-Plum. CVS was having a deal if you purchased $10 in Sally Hansen products, you'd get $4 in CVS bucks. I had 2, $6 CVS bucks so I paid zero dollars for these 2 items and got another $4 to spend later. Sweet! I love Sally Hansen polishes. To me, they rival any of the high end polishes.

Today I took the day off from work and ran around (while you good people were at work) and snatched up Cyber Monday deals...in store. Yes, stores had in store Cyber Monday deals. I picked up quite a few things including L.A. Colors polish in Confetti and Broadway Nails polish in Bloody Lips. I know that the last L.A. Colors polish I wore ended up not being my favorite but I really liked the confetti look. Isn't that pretty? I decided to give them another try. And, I've never owned anything from Broadway Nails, I've seen it in Dollar General and Family Dollar but I've never picked one up before. This pretty red caught my eye, so I thought I'd give it try.

So now you have a sneak peek at what I'll be using this week. I already know what combination I'll be using them in.

You'll have to check back next Monday.

Golden Summer

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A good friend of mine told me that she wanted to try a gold nail polish on her nails for her summer trip. She likes to go to the beach and I guess the sand inspired her. She asked if I had a gold nail polish.

Do I have a gold nail polish? At last count, I had just over 200 nail polish colors. I know, I know -- that seems extreme. But, it's not. I've probably worn about half of them at least once and I've worn a quarter of them more than that (my toes get a lot of polish action).

Anywho, I rambled through my collection and oddly enough, I only came up with 4 gold nail polishes. With my complexion, I don't normally gravitate toward gold polish so I was kind surprised I had any. To be fair, one of them isn't a true gold and another one is an overlay color, so technically, I only have 2 gold nail polishes. That's not bad, right?

The first color is one of my favorite colors for my toes. It's Sally Hansen Xtreme Nail in Golden-I. No, I don't have that bottle of polish because that's the one my friend decided to use and I didn't take a picture of it first. I didn't tell you I was the smartest cookie in the jar. It's my favorite of the four because Sally Hansen Xtreme Nail Polish is an awesome formula. It's my go to polish each and every time. This color is perfect for my toesies.

The next color is a Maybelline Color Show polish in Gilded Rose. It's actually an overlay color. I've used it on my party nail several times. You can use it over any color and it looks beautiful. 1 coat is pretty for a small hint of gold and 2 coats makes you go ka-bam! I've never used 3 coats.

The third polish is one I've never used. No real reason. I just haven't. It's A Star Is Born by Color Secrets. I think I may have found this at a beauty supply store. It was probably a BOGO or buy-three-for-a-price or something. I don't know the brand and I've never used anything by them so I don't know how well it works. It looks pretty though.

And finally I have 1000 Volts by Revlon. It's a green based gold and looks really pretty as a party nail. It's also nice on the toes. I tried using it on all the nails once and immediately took it off. I wasn't impressed. Revlon polishes also wear well so I like to reach for them as well. This color probably doesn't get as much love as it should.

And so there you have it. If you decide that you need to match your toes with the sand, here are 4 really good choices. I never thought of matching my toes to the sand but I would jump at the chance to match them to cotton candy or ice cream. Maybe though, just maybe I'll follow in my friends footsteps and wear gold next week.

What do you think?