Because I STAR WARS

Hello Sassies :)


How are you all doing on this beautiful winters day? Brrrrrrr it's cold in South Africa today! I hope you're all staying warm, and eating all your veggies to prevent the sniffles making it's rounds at the moment.


Today I have something very exciting, and non-nail-related to share with you. Yay!!


I'm sure most of my fellow nail bloggers and online shoppers know (and looooooove) B from Because I Shop. If you don't know her or her online shop, you have GOT to visit the links at the bottom of this post. She's beyond amazing.


Every once in a while I get an awesome idea. Sometimes they're awesome, sometimes they're just plain cray-cray. It's normally some custom something and somewhat I need made/printed/built etc. Today's post is aaaaaalllll about one of my "AHA, that's what I want" moments. :-)


June 19th 2016 was father's day in South Africa. My boyfriend is a big Star Wars fan. HUGE! HUUUUGE!! Really? How big of a Star Wars fan can a person be? Well...


Here is a pic of the two of us, before a Star Wars quiz night... Yes, Star Wars quiz nights are actually a thing. Hahaha.

And here... Is little old me, proudly influenced to incorporate Star Wars in MY fashion. Hahaha. At least I rock it. Right? ;-)

So, since we started dating I've been using Star Wars as my inspiration for, well, almost all of the gifts I give him. So obviously, Star Wars was my first thought again when it came to father's day gift buying. I searched google for Star Wars father's day gifts, and couldn't find anything (locally) that I loved, and that I knew Mr. Handsome would love.


I then came across a picture of father and son T-shirts that I absolutely HAD to buy my guys. HAD TO. It had their names written ALL over it. But - I had to order it from the US, pay import taxes, wait a million lifetimes for it to get here, etc etc etc. NO! That's not gonna work. Then I realized, but heeeeeeeey, B's got my back!! She made me custom nail vinyls a while back (stay tuned for a review and some gorgeous art coming soon), and I remembered I also saw she does T-shirt printing. Yaaaaaaaay B!


I dropped her an inbox on Facebook (link to her FB page below), and she replied almost immediately. That's how I know a company values their clients and the business they get, and will do everything in their power to make the customer feel satisfied with their overall experience. So that was already a BIG win.


I sent her the images, and she almost immediately replied that she can, and will be delighted, to help me. From sending her the image, it took less than a week to get to me. That included outsourcing the T's, doing the designs, printing on the T's AND delivery from Durban to Johannesburg. Freaking AWESOME!! :-D Anyway, here's what we came up with...


Meet Mr. Handsome and his mini dupe.

Oh... My... GAWSH!!!!!!! How insanely handsome are they, right??? And - How freaking awesome are those t-shirts? I absolutely LOVE them, and so do the guys. This pic was taken right after Mr. Handsome opened it, and Michael demanded they wore it RIGHT NOW! Hahaha.


Briget, thank you SO much, once again, for bringing my crazy ideas to reality. I love dealing with you, and will shop at Because I Shop over, and over, and over, and over again.


You can find Because I shop on:
Online Shop
Facebook
YouTube (WARNING: Content may contain lotsa F-Bombs. Hahahahahaha. I love this woman!!)
InstaGram


That's all from me for now. :-) Thank you so much for stopping by, and reading my ramblings.


Till next time - Stay Sassy.

WIN a DCL Nail Fortifier hamper worth R360.00

Hey babes! :-D

How are you all doing? Are you ready for the July giveaway? I am! :-) This month's giveaway will be run via Rafflecopter. Apparently it makes it easier for me to track the entries, and for you to enter. This is my very first rafflecopter giveaway, so let's see how it goes. Hahaha.

As you've already seen on Sassy In The City Facebook page, this month's prize is sponsored by the amazingly beautiful Tamara Smit from DCL Nails. One lucky lady will win THREE bottles of DCL Nail Fortifier Nail Polish Treatment. Never heard of them? Not sure if this is for you? Keep reading!

DCL Nail Fortifier's mission is to help ladies all over the world (yes, they're international!!) to grow strong, beautiful, natural nails with one product and guaranteed visible results in as little as 2 weeks. That's amazing! I know a few of my readers have some difficulty growing their natural nails, due to brittleness or damage caused my artificial nails. This treatment is for YOU BABES! :-)

What makes DCL Nail Fortifier so amazing??
- Grow your natural nails the natural way.
- Go from weak to wonderful
- Fungus to Fabulous
- Brittle to Brilliant
- DCL strengthens brittle nails
- Hardens soft nails
- Smoothens ridges and split ridges will grow out
- Reforms flat nail bed to an arched shape
- Detached nails rejoin the natural nail bed
- Regenerates stunted nail growth
- Eradicates Fungus on nails
- Regenerates tissue growth for a healthy nail bed
- Enhances the speed of growth and whitens nail
- Rectifies ingrown toenails and hang nails
- Even beneficial over artificial nails

Excited much? YASSS!! Lastly, I would like to share some amazing results with you. These are all pictures from regular women like you and me, posted to their Facebook page, or e-mailed to them. Here, have a looksy:

Below is an image of nail fungi, successfully treated with DCL Nail Fortifier:

You can buy yours @ R120.00 each  from DCL Nail Fortifier on Facebook or give them a call on 011 057 5493. They are based in Sandton, Johannesburg, but they ship worldwide. :-)


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Thanks for stopping by! :)

Stay Sassy

NEON I Love Hean Nail Art

Good morning lovely ladies :-)

How are you all doing today? Did you have a good week? YAY for Friday! :-D I hope you all have something to look forward to this weekend, even if it's just to chillax and take it easy. :-)

Today I want to show you different nail art looks I created with Hean's "Neon I love Hean" collection. I've already showed you swatches (over here and over here), but here's a picture of this amazing collection again - Just because I'm obsessed with it. You're welcome. ;-)

Now, let's look at some nail art. :-)

First I did this spongy something thingy mathingthing, using orange, yellow, pink and coral.

Yeah... I hated it. I then added a matt topcoat, and felt meh. Still didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. So I decided to try something else. :-)

Then, I tried a stamping mani. I stamped with silver Born Pretty polish over Neon I love Hean #893. I was having one of those days where nothing worked. Or I wasn't happy with any of the results. You know how some manicures look a bit unfinished, but the moment you add a matt topcoat, it's something completely different? Well, that was the case with this one. :-)

I like how feminine and delicate this is. The colour is just soooo pretty. This is also the first mani I did using my mani mat from NailCandi. Oh my. That mat, though!!!! A dream come true! I messed it up a bit, but like they say - practice makes perfect. :)

Next up.. Hahaha. Um. I don't really know what to call this... Cute fluffy monster bally thingies? :-D LOL. You come up with a name, and let me know in the comments section below. ;-)

I started with a coat of Revlon Color Stay White. After I let it dry completely, I used a dotting tool to make the bigger dots. While it was still wet, I used a fine detail brush to do the hairy/fluffy bits. I then used two smaller dotting tools to do their eyes.. Note the scary big pupil dude on my ring finer. Hahahaha. I mistakenly took the wrong dotting tool for his eyes. I like him, though. He's unique. ;-)

Then I felt I just HAD to try another reverse decal stamping mani on my NailCandi mani mat.

I used black stamping polish to stamp the outlines, then I used all the colours in the Neon I love Hean collection to colour it in. I then added a coat of white to make the colours pop. After it dried completely, I peeled it off, and applied it to my nails with Revlon white nail polish.
Now that I look at it again, I wish I mattified this one too. Hahahaha. When in doubt, ADD THE MATT!! ;-)

Products used:
I love Hean Nail Polish - Glamore Cosmetics. You can also find them on Facebook, Twitter and InstaGram
NailCandi mani mat - NailCandi. NailCandi can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and InstaGram.

PS: This is not in the blog, and I don't own it, but I thought it HAD to get a special mention - Have you seen the China Glaze spray on nail polish JUST landed in South Africa yesterday?! YASSS!!! You can buy yours from NailCandi at R150 per can. They're a tad bit pricey for me personally at this very moment (yes, I overspent on nail goodies again over the last month or two), so I haven't ordered any yet. But if you have, or you're going to, PLEASE let me know how it works? I'd love to try it some time.


Thanks so much for stopping by and reading. :)

Stay Sassy.