I have seen lots of reviews of Sally Hansen's 'Salon Effects' Nail Polish Strips. Most of the reviews have raved about them. From what I could gather the only down side was the price - $13. For a one time use item I consider $13 WAY too expensive! I was waiting at the chemist on Saturday (waiting in chemists sadly an all too regular occurrence) and roaming the aisles when I came across a display bin full of the nail polish strips. The best bit... they were marked down to $6.
It seems like I am not the only person who considers them too expensive for a cute gimmick. At $6 I was prepared to give it a go. I still consider it too expensive, but decided that I could treat myself. I chose two patterns that I couldn't create myself. yep two splurges. :)
cute butterflies
If you look closely you will see that I haven't quite lined it up perfectly.
I trimmed the edges after looking at the pics.
Here is the packaging.
They are simple to use. One tip that I picked up from reading the nail reviews was that it is important to follow all of the preparation and application steps and to not skip steps. I followed the directions and it worked perfectly.
Now to see how well it lasts.
But wait.
There's more...
This is a double keratin episode.... two for the price of one. How can you contain yourself.
OK so I went a bit too far.
Humour me and read on...
Saturday night it was hair cut time. AKA I have been nagged to do the hair cuts and now that I am not working I can't justify the extra expense of sending them off to the hair dresser so I am back t doing it myself.
yes I do a good job (so humble) but I hate, loath, detest, can't tolerate, (I think you get the idea) having little bit of spiky hair sticking into my skin and through my clothing. I couldn't ever cut hair all day every day.
First on the cutting seat was teen 2.
Before
I didn't take after pics Saturday night. I did however take lots of pics on Sunday morning as the girls were relaxed and hanging out in the park at one of the many lovely lagoons we have in our area.
After
Teen 3 was next. I forgot to take a before pic. Here is the cute after. I love her happy open mouth smile. She has been tending to smile with me mouth closed since she has been wearing braces. I prefer the open mouth, braces and all smile.
The biggest difference to her style was that she wanted the pointy bits in front of her ears and cut up over the ear (like mine). She wanted it layered more and more 'elfin'.
At least her self haircut had grown out giving me enough to work with in styling it.
Last to sit in the hair cutting chair was hubster. I didn't take any photos of him either before or after his cut. Although I was particularly happy with the nice style cut I did for him.
I don't think he even noticed (or cared) that I did it differently. :(
He certainly didn't say thanks for making me look all handsome again.
And just to finish off.
3 comments:
How's "Creative Keratin" for a blog name:)
You could cut hair for money. The butterfly nail art freaked me out a little. Not sure why.
I know what you mean about being freaked out a little, Jane. There are a lot of butterflies in a small space and lots of colour. It keeps catching my attention and give me a little 'start' each time. After several days I am getting used to it with less of a reaction. There is no way I am going to remove it until I have to though - it cost $6 for this look. :)
I have been told many times that I could make money cutting hair. and every time I say - I hate the hairy feeling. I did do quite a few other students when we were at college not long after I started hair cutting. Some insisted on paying. I insisted I was self taught and gave no guarantees on the results. Now I can be reasonably sure of the results but just don't want to do it.
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