My new favourite thing :-D

Girly girl...

I'm a shallow person. I know it. No body needs to tell me, I'm fully aware of it myself, as I am after all, fully aware of myself :-P

I think the point I was trying to make was; I like pretty things. I love them when they're in pink. I can't go through a single day without spotting something I love (and yes, I WILL spot something I loathe too, with equal passion). I love heels, handbags, make-up, healthy chic hair, oh and, all things pink. I will discover something new, absolutely love it, make sure everyone else loves it too, and then move on to something new. Today I have a new favourite thing, and it's not in pink...

Sally Hanson - Magnetic nail color

it's PURPLE!!

Oh my heart. People, this product is exactly what it looks like. It's a combination of beauty and science, beauty created through science. It is quite simply, awesome.

How it works

This product is very much like a normal nail polish, in that it comes in the regular packaging. Apply one coat to all the nails and allow to dry. Once you're ready to apply the second coat, get the magnetic cap from the nail polish bottle ready, apply the second coat to the first nail and then rest the cap on the skin just above the nail about 1mm or so from the nail's surface (you'll see that the cap is designed to rest easily like this, so you won't mess it up). Count to ten, you will immediately notice the colour pull and then you can move on to the next nail. Once all the nails have dried, you can apply a top coat to keep the colour lasting longer.

All good things must come to an end

I have but one negative thing to say about this brand of nail polish - it doesn't take long to start chipping off. Look if there's one thing I hate, it's the look of chipped nail polish on a woman's nails. If you can't keep your nail polish perfect, take it off. If you walk around with chipped nail polish on your finger nails, you look like a crack whore in withdrawal. I'm sorry, but someone had to say it. Most people will probably just stare. People who know you a little better, but not all that well, will start to wonder about your hygiene standards. Strangers will pull their children closer in the hopes that the child doesn't catch hepatitis B just by the mere sight of you. Yes people, chipped nail polish looks that bad. Don't do it to yourself; you wouldn't wear torn clothes to the mall, you wouldn't be caught dead in public if your mascara was running down your cheeks and you wouldn't leave the house if your red lipstick was smeared along your jaw line, so how is this any different? Just.don't.do.it. 

Tip

I see a lot of girls going without any nail polish on because "it's too much effort", or "it takes too long to paint my nails" or "If I try paint my own nails, I end up painting the whole finger". Well, boys and girls, we can't all be Picasso now can we, but that doesn't mean that we can't pretend to be artists and just have fun with it. I'm not Gordon Ramsay, but I'm not going to starve to death because of it, I still need to eat. 

Try using a Q-tip to apply petroleum jelly to the skin around clean, buffed nails. This will make it easier to remove any nail polish that has gotten on the skin during the art of nail painting. You can also dip the Q-tip in nail polish remover and use it to remove the nail polish from the skin after you've painted your nails. I, however, find that the best way to do it, is to just go wild and ensure that the entire nail is painted, and once it's dry, I hop in a bubble bath and allow my skin to soften up. Just before I get out, I use either the sharp tip of a nail file, or a push fork knife to scrap any excess nail polish off my fingers. It works like a charm!

Night night my beauty queens, next time I see you, I want to see clean colourful nails ;-)