WOW Women Wednesday!!

Hello, Sassies! :-D

I'm so sorry for posting this so late, I've been having some IT problems, which is a bit of a challenge at the moment. But I really think this would be worth the wait!!

Wow, do I have something exciting to share with you today! Those of you who know me well, know that one of the things I love job, is empowering other women, and networking with like-minded ladies. Well, today's post is ALL about that!!

Towards the end of last year, I got this bright idea to do a fun project with a few ladies, who's network of clients will go hand in hand with each other. Between myself and my friend Andrea, we got the most perfect team together for a stylish and elegant photoshoot to use for marketing material, and at the same time, promote everyone else in the team. Everybody wins!! Everyone involved were young women, starting their own businesses, with one goal in common: To promote our businesses, and empower ourselves and each other on our journey to success. Freaking awesome bunch of ladies, let me tell you! Here, let me introduce them:

Model, Make-Up & Hair: Angelique Grobler from Composure Hair and Makeup Artistry

https://web.facebook.com/composurestylist/?ref=page_internal

The super talented, young and funky Dress Designer: Roxi Morris from Bye June https://web.facebook.com/ByeJuneFashion/?ref=page_internal

Henna Artist: Tineesha from A Touch Of Henna SA  

https://web.facebook.com/atouchofhennasouthafrica/?ref=page_internal

Florist & Event Designer: Angelique from Anubel Flower & Event Design

https://web.facebook.com/Anubel-100650660395566/

Photographers: Sean & Andrea Gerber from Andrea Gerber Photography

https://web.facebook.com/andreagerberphotography/

 Venue: The Hertford Country Hotel - Devon Venue

https://web.facebook.com/HertfordCountryHotel/?ref=page_internal

The Hertford Country Hotel is absolutely exquisite! It's a quick 15 minute drive from Fourways, towards Lanseria airport. Once you enter their premises, it feels like you're 100's of kilometers away from the noise and stress of South-Africa's biggest city. I could actually see myself going there every Sunday with a book, just to escape the buzz of the crazy busy Jozi vibes. Ahhhh, bliss!

Let's get to the bragging, shall we? Hehehe. I met Angelique at her day-time job, where she teaches makeup classes, and did here nails at work. (Yep, you can also get me to do your nails at work!!) The theme here was very soft, delicate and elegant, so I decided to do a nude base, with white lace stamping. Here, let me show you. :-) 

How gorgeous, right? And with that stunning henna design by the talented Tineesha - wow!! I really love it! For the mani, I used natural tips with an Acrygel overlay, over that we did a nude base with Planet Gel Polish's brownish gel polish. I love this colour, and so do most of my clients. It's a super popular color and if you don't have it in your collection yet, I suggest you get it! ASAP!

I then stamped with white Revlon ColorStay Gel Envy, and a born pretty store stamping plate. I just LOVE bornpretty's stamping plates. They work like a charm! When the stamping was done, I sealed it all in with Planet Nails's Gel Polish Top Coat (which I loooooooove, by the way).

Here's a look at some more pictures. :-D I'll share ALL of them on my Facebook page again in a few weeks.

So, honeys.. On that note, I'm going to say Happy International Women's day to ALL you fabulous ladies out there! Chat again soon!

xoxo
Sassy Sam

#ManiMonday - Pastel Rainbow Stamping

Hey Beauties! :-D

I'm BACK!! Whoop whoop. Gosh, I can't even BEGIN to tell you how much I missed blogging, and hearing from all of you sassy girls! How are you all doing? What's been happening? Drop me a comment below and tell me how much you've missed me too, okay. Hehehe. ;-) I'm sorry I went MIA. I had a medical emergency, that pretty much forced me to take some time out, and get my mind and soul and everything calm and revitalized again. :-) I have to say, at first I felt VERY irritated by this untimely nuisance... But after a while I realized how much I needed to just take a step back and work things out in my mind, before storming at my goals like a bull in a china shop. Anyway.. I hope I'm making sense. LOL. Moving on! ;-)

So, it's #ManiMonday, and I absolutely cannot WAIT to show you the stunner I have for you today. :-D When I met Jo-Ann, I knew we would come up with some AMAZING nail art ideas together, as we just clicked, and our style was clearly very similar. It didn't take us long to decide to go for this look, and OH, how happy we both were with the end result. :-D

I started off with natural tips and a white acrygel overlay as a base. We decided to go with Planet Gel Polish in gorgeous pastel shades (from Thumb  to Pinky): #010 - Orange, #019 - Purple, #004 - Nude, #025 - Teal and #012 - Pink. I love working with Planet's Gel Polishes. The consistency and opacity is just perfect. It stays right where you put it, and the colour builds perfectly in two easy coats. Being OCD about at LEAST two colour coats - ALWAYS, this is perfection for me.

We then finished this beautiful pastel look off with a stamped image from Born Pretty Store, code BP-05. It's such a pretty stamping plate, and super popular with my clients. :) (If you want to buy this stamping plate, remember to use my code when you check out: SAMAW10 for 10% discount at BornPrettyStore) I used Revlon Color Stay Gel Envy 010 "Sure Thing", it stamps like a dream, and is my go-to white stamping polish. I always have at least 2 bottles in my stash. #NoShame! Here, let me show you! :-D

What do you think? And what's your opinion on any of the products mentioned above? Do you have any tips or tricks you'd like to share with me? :-D I'd LOVE to hear from you in the comments section below! And because of this, and how much I've missed all of you... I've decided to give one of you fabulous ladies who comment below a surprise voucher! You can use this voucher for yourself, or you can donate it to a friend. So even if you're in Cape Town and would like to spoil a friend in Gauteng, this competition is for YOU! :-D

Rules and yada, yada, yada:
♥ Each comment of at least 4 words will be counted as an entry, limited to two entries per person per day.
♥ Entries will close on Friday 3 March at 12:00.
♥ The winner will be drawn by random, using random.org.
♥ You HAVE to be a member of the Sassy VIP Facebook Group, where I'll announce the lucky winner on Friday 3 March 2017 at 14:00.
♥ Click Here for a direct link to become a VIP member. Whoop Whoop!! It's THAT easy! :-D

That's it from me now, sassies. Good luck in the competition, and remember - Stay Sassy!!

Classic Nude & Delicate Lace

Hey babes! :-D

Wow, am I happy to be back!! :-D I hope you all had a MAGICAL festive season, and that you're ready to ROCK 2017. Whoop whoop!! I truly wish every single one of my readers the BEST YEAR EVER.

Today I have a very feminine and delicate manicure to share with you. A photographer sent me the picture for a shoot we're planning in March where I'll be doing the nails. I immediately fell in love when I saw it. I posted it online saying I want to do these for someone, and my insanely beautiful client Pam grabbed the opportunity. :-D Yay!!! Thanks Pam. Much love for you!!

We started off with natural tips and one thin layer of acrylic. When that was done, I applied two thin coats of Planet Nails Gel Polish in "nude". I absolutely love this gel polish. The colour is AMAZING (I literally fall in love with it every single time I work with it), the consistency is great, and it lasts for 3 to 4 weeks. Brilliant! We decided to do and accent nail on the middle finger, and used White Planet Nails Gel Polish for that one. Two thin coats ensure perfect opacity. :-)

Once the gel was done, I stamped with Revlon ColorStay "Sure Thing" and a Born Pretty Stamping plate, coded BP02. When we were done with that, I sealed it all in with Planet Nails UV Glaze, and added a silver diamond shaped rhinestone on the middle (accent) finger.

What do you think of these? I REALLY like the delicate and classic feel of this manicure. Something that I could've improved on, though, is the cleaning of the white polish from the stamping. Other than that, I think I'm going to be bold and call it PERFECTION!! *Bows, drops mic*


Till next time beauties - Stay Sassy!!

Delicate Pink Roses

Hello babes :-D


And helloooooo Friday!
How are you all doing? Did you have a good week? And are you just as excited as I am that it's the weekeeeeeeeend, BABY! :-D Whoop whoop.


Today I want to show you a manicure I did last night, and I completely fell in love with it. It's so delicate and pretty. Definitely one of my favourites... Ever!


The nail polish I used for this mani, is called "Sherbet Angel" by Tip Top Nails. It is STUNNING. I'm absolutely in love with the colour and formula of this beauty. It applies very smoothly, and is perfectly opaque in two thin coats. It dries like a dream, with a beautiful glossy finish.


I applied two coats of Sherbet Angel over my favourite Hean HD Diamond Hard base coat. While they were drying, I applied these beautiful rosy nail wraps I got from BornPretty Store. (If you want to purchase these pretty wraps, or anything from Born Pretty, remember to use my code SAMAW10 for 10% discount on non-sale items) These aren't the water decal ones they normally have. Instead, these are like stickers. You just peel them off, stick them on your nails, and file the edges. Voila. They're very easy to use, so anyone can achieve perfect results. Here, let me show you.

I then sealed everything in with my favourite Hean HD Diamond Top Coat. I just really wish they would make these wraps a bit stretchy, as it tends to make folds or creases when applied to a rounder nail bed. This said, I still absolutely LOVE working with them. It's a quick, easy and mess free mani in minutes.


You can find Tip Top Nails on:
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You can find Glamore Cosmetics (who is the only stockist of Hean products in South Africa!!) on:
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And lastly, you can find BornPretty Store on:
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That's it from me for now. :-) I hope you enjoyed today's post, and that you'll all have a fabulous weekend!




Stay Sassy

Au Naturale - With a touch of glam

Hello beauties :-)


Shoowee. What a week?! I actually meant to post this gorgeous manicure earlier this week already, as I still have more to show you - YAY! :-D I love having backup posts. I just wish I had more time to actually post them! Hahaha. At least it's almost weekend. Whoop whoop!


Today I want to show you a manicure that I'm absolutely in love with. Understated, elegant, and totally stunning.
We started off with 3 coats of nude gel on Farryn's natural nails. We both absolutely loved how beautiful and classy it looked. But being girly girls, we both felt like it needed just a little touch of feminine glam. We decided to go for a lacey stamping design. The stamping plate I used is from Born Pretty store, and the code is BP-02. I love this plate. The images are nice and deep, and stamps like a charm. I used Planet Nails' clear jelly stamper, and Sinful Colours "Snow me white" nail polish. It was so delicate and girly, but we decided to add yet another something small - a baby pink rhinestone.
Here, have a look :-)

What do you think? Perfection, right?! Well, I love it!


Remember, for THIS Saturday *ONLY* (10 September 2016), you get a FREE pedicure if you book a full manicure with tips and gel or acrylic. Yay!! Don't miss out. Use code SASSYSATURDAYSEPTEMBR when booking. :-)


Thank you all so much for stopping by, you rock my world!!




Stay Sassy

Classic French with a girly accent

Hello Mani-acs :-)


How have you all been doing? Did you have a good weekend? Oh, we had SO much fun in the Sassy salon this weekend, and I just can't wait to share all the awesomeness with you.


Let's start with Naomi's classic French manicure, with a gorgeous girly accent.


I started off with natural tips, as her nail beds were just a tad bit too short for a French tip. I then did a clear acrylic overlay, and painted the French tips with Revlon ColorStay Gel Envy "Sure Thing" (510).


After it dried completely, I added this cute nail art sticker I got from Planet Nails. They come in a full square, that you trim according to the size of the nail. I love this, because there's very little that frustrates me as much as a nail wrap that's just that tiny bit too small to cover the entire nail, leaving a mm of nothingness on the side of the nail. Bleh. Luckily, there's nothing like that with this awesome sticker. Here, let me show you.

After adding the gorgeous accent stickers, I sealed everything in with DCL Nail Fortifier, which promises to feed the nail, even through acrylic and gel overlays. Wow, right?! If you can't remember my post about this awesome treatment top coat, you can view it here.


We then decided it needed one last special touch, and decided to add the silver/clear rhinestones on the accent fingers, and really felt happy with the finished result. I added another coat of DCL after placing the rhinestones.


Overall, I'm very happy with how this one turned out, and what an absolute delight Naomi was.
Thank you so much for letting me do my thing on your nails, Naomi. I'm looking forward to pamper you again soon.


You can book your Sassy In The City manicure by any of the following ways:


E-mail: samantha.sassyinthecity@gmail.com
Call/Whatsapp Samantha: 082 461 8951
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Here's a direct link to my Pricelist, and Specials. :)


Thank you so much for stopping by and reading. Hope to see you all soon.




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.

Hean #162 Purple & Gold Stamping Mani

Hey babes :-)

Today I want to show you another Hean nail polish I absolutely love. It's #162 from the City Fashion collection. If you know me well, you'll know that I'm OBSESSED with Hean nail polish, and with very good reason. I'll tell you more, focusing specifically on this purple little beaut, but it applies to most of Hean's polishes from the "I love Hean", "City Fashion", "Summer 2015" and "Jungle Pop" collections which are currently available in South Africa from Glamore Cosmetics.

For the mani below, I painted one coat, wore it for a day, then painted another coat the next evening, and topcoated it. I went without topcoat the first day, and there was no visible tip wear or chipping, which I found extremely impressive. After the top coat dried, I stamped on my ring finger using a Born Pretty stamping plate, (which I can't name right now, coz poepies can't remember the code. Ahem. This post will be updated shortly - Sorry girls) and Gold Born Pretty Stamping Polish. I then added a stud (also from Born Pretty Store) on my middle finger nail, and finished off with Hean Diamond HD top coat.

 

I'm still struggling a bit to get the lighting right, so the above picture is not a true swatch of this amazing purple. Below, I share two swatches that are a LOT more colour accurate. It is one easy coat, with no top coat.

Hean City Fashion #162 is what I would call a rich purple crème polish. The consistency and opacity is an absolute dream, making application a breeze. It is semi self levelling, and has a smooth and glossy finish. The pigmentation ensures perfect opacity in a single coat, making it great for stamping and water marbling too.

Want these products?
You can find Glamore Cosmetics on:
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And Born Pretty Store:
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Also remember to use my 10% discount code on checkout when shopping at Born Pretty Store. :)

Thank you all so much for stopping by and reading my ramblings. Please drop me a comment, and tell me what you think. :)


Stay Sassy
xoxox
Samantha

TBT - Ordinary Misfit

Hello lovelies :-)

Since it's Thursday, and I don't have any new designs worthy of showing you, I decided to show you this awesome polish and stamping plate instead. Oh, what's that now? Is this cheating? Nah! Not at ALL, in fact. Since Glamore Cosmetics and Born Pretty Store still have these products in stock, I'm actually doing you a favour, as you NEED these if you don't already have (at least one of) them.

First up, a plain swatch of the oh so pretty "Ordinary Misfit" from Hean's summer 2015 collection. This entire collection is to die for! With names like Poppy Paradise, Mojito Madness, Life is Peachy, Strawberry Surprise, Summer Daze and Island Girl, you can be sure to have tons of fun! Some people would even say that yours truly named these polishes. Crazy right? Hahaha.

Pictured here, are two easy coats, with no top coat. Once again, how insanely glossy are all Hean's polishes? Perfection at it's best!

I can't say enough how impressed I am with Hean's polishes. Especially the Summer 2015, City Fashion and Jungle Pop collections. They apply smoothly, the drying time is immaculate, and the glossy finish just blows my mind every time I use them.

After the two coats dried, I stamped using China Glaze "White on White" and BornPretty stamping plate BP-22.

After the stamped image dried, I applied my trusted Hean Diamond Top Coat. :-)

Love this look? Purchase the products I used over here:
Hean Summer 2015 Collection - Ordinary Misfit
Hean Diamond Top Coat
Born Pretty Stamping Plate BP-22 Remember to check the right side of my blog for a 10% discount code you can use on any non-discounted or non-sale products at Born Pretty Store, just for my awesome readers. :-)

Thank you so much for stopping by and reading. :-)
Stay Sassy



xoxo
Samantha