reviews & gifting

some brief reviews, since i'm not very good at these anyways. 

and a NOTD! french manicure! looveee.. 

SALLY HANSEN HARD AS NAILS "HARD AS WRAPS"

i have fairly fragile nails as of late (probably all the dishwashing i've been doing.. hot water and no gloves! aiyayaa..) and needed something to help me out.. my nails were chipping, flaking and breaking left and right.

PROS;

- applies clear and glossy (high gloss).. so i can't see my mistakes! haha.

- very easy to apply

- dries fairly fast

CONS;

- none that i can see.

RECOMMEND? yes :)

SALLY HANSEN "FRENCH MANICURE PEN"

i find the tip to be a little weird initially. it's a very, very hard.. felt tip. sort of? you have to first shake the pen really hard (sounds like a white-out pen), then push the nib back into the body of the pen for 30 seconds (for the first time you use it). and well.. this pen works :) see the results for yourself. i'm not 100% satisfied but it's definitely cheaper than going to a salon.. plus i'm a total perfectionist. D:

CONS;

- it's hard to control the amount of polish you want to come out. at first it's good.. then it runs a little dry.. so i pushed it back into the body for a bit, no idea if i'm SUPPOSED to do that. then after, it was fine.. but.. then it had TOO MUCH and resulted in some squiggly lines. poop. 

PROS;

- fairly cheap. i can't find an exact price but there's a kit with pen+2 polishes for $10.99 at CVS. so just the pen must be cheaper, yes? 

- fairly easy to do :) i haven't tried my right hand yet.. so.. who knows. you might need more of a steady hand to do this though.. as with (i assume) all other nailpolish pens. 

- easy to do touch-ups! which is great for me, since i get tipwear even after the first day (i'm a scratcher).

- it says to apply to the bare nail.. but i had already applied on my hard-as-wraps.. so i put it on top anyways, and didn't see too many adverse effects. maybe that's why it got squiggly on me? who knows. i doubt it though. 

RECOMMEND? yes :) 

SALLY HANSEN INSTA-DRI SPEED DRY DROPS

PROS;

- IT WORKS! yay.. then again i didn't test the full capabilities (instructions say to wait 1min after applying final coat of polish.. then add 1-2 drops per nail.. and dries within 30 seconds of application). 

- very easy to do. with my fat nails, it took 2-3 drops on some nails and it doesn't look like i used much of the bottle at all. so i'm assuming this will last me awhile :) 

- bottle is see through, so you can see how much is left.

- the bottle is red! which is good for me.. it's one that will stand out from my other polishes so i won't mistake it for another. don't worry though, the drops are clear.

CONS; 

- feels oily after you put it on! seems like it creates a thin gel-like force.. well.. at least that's what it felt like to me when i touched it before it was totally dry (haha). but yes.. the oily thing bothers me. i left it on for longer than 30 seconds.. then rinsed my hand.. and it went away. 

RECOMMEND? yes :) of course i haven't FULLY tested my nails but i assume it stays. stay tuned for any "ARGH!" posts in the near future.. haha :)

on another note.. i've been wrapping my packages~ yay! 3 birthday ones and 4 love-packs DONE! have a 5th one that isn't quite finished... i assume i'll send it out in the next 2-3 weeks or so. so sad.. i was in the midst of wrapping.. and i ran out of tissue paper! so i started using notebook paper and tape HAHAH. so, if you receive a heavy-duty (aka ghetto) packaged one.. i'm sorry! 

i found a walgreens! well, more like i forgot it was there, haha! anyways i bought some DUO eyelash adhesive.. hope to get a FOTD done today with some falsies~ but we'll see. i also have to pack and head back home tonight! 

my mystery ebay item shipped yday! but it's coming from ____ so it'll take awhile :( poo.. 

but my ULTA package and my external hard drive are arriving tomorrow! too bad i won't be here! poop. but i can try some FOTD with my maybelline lash stiletto mascara :) 

ho hum, time to wrap the last present. definitely ghetto wrapping this one! LOL. and this will test if my nails are really dry and "hard as wraps". update later~

*EDIT: all finished wrapping! just gotta stick a few things into the last present.. which are at home.. hmm.. go figure. anyway.. i stuck a silver line between the white tip and my regular nail.. SO EASY TO DO. i love these SALLY HANSEN pens! i think i want to collect them all (you know.. at least in the colors i would use reasonably often). i can't remember what other colors.. but the blue and the GOLD look very tempting~ hmmmm.. must wait! :(