Neon Orange Funk

Hello Sassies! :-D

How are you all doing? Can you believe it's Thursday already? The weeks are just FLYING by. It's unbelievable!

Today's mani started off as something completely different, and ended up (in my opinion) better than the original idea! :-D Yay!!! I love it when that happens. Let's get right to it, then. :-)

I started off with Hean Diamond HD Base Coat from Glamore Cosmetics. I then proceeded to paint two coats of Orange "Neon I Love Hean" on all but the ring fingers, as we wanted some negative space on the ring fingers. It's perfectly opaque in two coats. The consistency is beautiful, and it stays right where you put it down. It dries to a semi-matt finish, which I've come to expect from Neon polishes.. Why is that? Does anyone know? Enlighten me in the comments section, please! :-)

Glamore Cosmetics is the only stockist of Hean products in South Africa, and you can find the "Neon I love Hean" Nail Polish collection over here. Their customer service is AMAZING, and every single product I've used has been stunning. A definite favourite online shop for me when I want to spoil myself or my clients!

Anyway, back to the mani! ;-) While the Orange was busy drying, I covered the cuticle areas of the two ring and middle fingers with liquid palisade from Nail Candi, to prepare the nails for stamping. :-) I love the liquid palisade. It makes clean up so much quicker and easier. I then proceeded to stamp, using Revlon "Sure Thing" from their ColorStay Gel Envy range. :-) It's a dream to stamp with! It's a brilliant white nail polish in general, but I'll do a review on it later, coz that's how much I have to say about it! ;-) I stamped with Pueen20 on the middle fingers, and Pueen16 on her ring fingers. 

I sealed it with Essence Quick Dry Top Coat, which is absolutely perfect over most nail art techniques, as it doesn't really drag the nail polish underneath it. I then added a few rhinestones I got from BornPrettyStore (remember to use my discount code when you shop there for 10% off non-sale items - SAMAW10). Yay!! :-D

Do you own any of the Neon Hean polishes? Oh my gosh, I can remember the wave it made when they first hit South-Africa. Girls were going cray-cray over them! Lol. I reviewed, swatched and did some art with them over here (swatches) and over here (art). :-)

Anyway, that's all from me for now. :-) I'd love to hear from you!! Is there anything you'd like to say or ask about any of the products or techniques used in this manicure? Please chat with me in the comments section below.

Stay Sassy! Toodles.

5K blog view WINNERS

Hey babes! :-D

How are you all doing on this beautiful day? I know you're all as excited as I am, so let's get right to it!

Firstly I just want to once again thank all the awesome sponsors for this EPIC giveaway. I was blown away not only by all the sponsor interest, but also the interest from the readers entering for these stunning prizes. So thank you all so so much from the bottom of my heart. I promised it would be epic, and that's EXACTLY what it was - Thanks to all YOU awesome people!! I really wish I could make every single one of you a winner. But keep your eyes on this blog, babes - MORE fun coming! ;-)

Soooo.. Here we go! :-D Remember lucky ladies, you only have 2 weeks to claim your prize. After that, we sadly have to draw a new winner.

The lucky winner of the R250 Because I Shop voucher, out of 241 entries is....... *Drumroll please!!*

Whoop whoop!! Congratulations Juanita! :-D


The second lucky winner, who walks away with the Make Up Hamper from Ralo Cosmetics... From an insane 610 entries!!!!! is....

Yay!!! Congrats Carolyn. I just know you'll enjoy your awesome spoils!

The next TWO winners are the lucky ladies from 456 entries for the gorgeous BYS Nail Polish Hampers.

The glitz n glam collection goes to.....

And the lucky Rockstar winner is....

Nice one!! :-D Well done ladies. I know you'll have loads of fun with these babies.

Next up, we had 569 entries for the *international* DCL Nail hampers. The two lucky winners are...

and

Whoop whoop!!! Wow. You're going to LOVE these! :-D Congratulations!!

Then, the lucky lady who's life will become so much more colorful... The lucky winner, out of an INSANE 913 entries for the Punked Neon Hair dye kit is......

Wow!! Congratulations Christina! Please share your awesome new look with us. We'd LOVE to see! :-D 

Next up is a very very lucky lady, who's going to be the envy of everyone in all her nail groups.. The lucky winner from a crazy 782 entries for the ENTIRE Hean Jungle Pop collection... is..... 

WOW Ragini!!! I absolutely cannot wait to see the awesome manicures you'll be doing with these stunning nail polishes. As many of my readers and friends know, this was my favourite nail polish collection of all time. Ragini, I'm super thrilled for you, and I have absolutely no doubt that you will fall as in love with them as I did.

This brings us to the Big Mama. The Looking Good LCN Make Up and Nail Polish hamper worth a whopping R1,270.00... From 580 entries.... There's only ONE winner..... Ladies and gentlemen, a slow clap please.... for..........

Oh GLORIA!!! You and I both know that there's zero doubt whatsoever that you will LOVE LOVE LOVE these amazing spoils. It really is the creme of the crop. STUNNING! Congratulations!!!

Then, the two ladies I'll have the honor of meeting for a manicure and pedicure. Yay!!!!! :-D From 398 entries, the two lucky winners of the Sassy In The City Mobile Beauty Bar vouchers.. Is.....

The Sassy In The City Gel Pedicure worth R200 goes to....

Whoooo!!!! Congrats Samantha. I can't wait to meet and pamper you!

The Sassy In The City full manicure including tips and gel or acrylic worth R250 goes to......

Yay!!!!!! Congratulations Emizer. I absolutely cannot wait to sassify your nails.

Wow ladies. Thank you all so much for all the entries and fun we had together. You motivate me to keep giving back, and keep spoiling my awesome readers even more!

Thank you once again for the crazy interest shown in this competition. You rock my world!!!

Keep an eye on the blog later this week and next week, for two reviews of brands who were sponsors in my epic giveaway.

Lots of love my sassies. Till next time - Stay Sassy!

Important giveaway announcement

Hello sassies! :-D

How are you all doing on this absolutely stunning Saturday morning? I hope it's as beautiful where you are, as it is in sun Johannesburg!

I'm going to keep this post short and sweet, as it's rather link heavy. So the competition has ended, and the amount of entries are through the roof!!

Sadly, it has come to our attention that not all the steps were followed by all the participants. I've drawn so many winners who hasn't liked or followed the sponsors' accounts yet. So we've decided to give you all ONE more week to like all the sponsor pages, and follow them on InstaGram and Twitter. :-) The winners will then be announced next Saturday 12 November. Fair enough. :-) Please understand that no further entries can be done, and this is purely for everyone who has already entered, in order for the entries to be valid. :-)

When drawing winners again, and they've still not liked the sponsor page, all their entries will be discarded. Cool? :-) Yay, So let's get to it.

1. Looking Good LCN sponsored a stunning "Copacobana" Make Up Set worth R1,270! If you entered for this prize:
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2. Glamore Cosmetics sponsored an entire collection of Hean Jungle Pop nail polish, worth R900!! If you entered to win this awesome prize:
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* Follow them on InstaGram - Click Here
* Follow them on Twitter - Click Here

3. Punked Neon Hair Dye and Contact Lenses sponsored a full funky dye kit, color of your choice!! Worth R600. If you'd like to win this awesome dye hamper:
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4. DCL Nails sponsored TWO nail hampers worth R380 each! :-D If you want your entries to be valid, follow the following:
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5. BYS Cosmetics sponsored TWO gorgeous nail polish hampers, worth R300 each!! If you entered for that prize, please do the following:
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6. Because I Shop sponsored an awesome gift voucher for the value of R250!! :-D If you want to be the lucky winner:
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7. Ralo Cosmetics sponsored a gorgeous Make Up hamper worth R300! If you would like to win this beautiful hamper, please:
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* Follow them on Twitter - Click Here

8. Sassy In The City sponsored a full manicure and pedicure, worth R450! If you'd like to be pampered by Sassy Sam herself, follow these:
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So, let's see how this week goes. ;-) Remember, this is your LAST shot at it. Next weekend, if your name is drawn and you haven't followed all the steps, you have no one to blame but yourself. ;-)

That's it for now. Keep an eye on the blog for an awesome nail polish review this week. ;-) Hint: It's two beauts by one of the sponsors. ;-)

Till next time, babes.. Stay Sassy!

Happy Hippie Hean Mani

Hey Sassies. :-)


I hope you're all having a fabulous week so far. I love October! Partly (okay, mostly) because it's my birthday month, and partly because of the weather, new life, chirpy birds, happy people, and I could carry on for days... Something else that is definitely also a big pick-me-upper, is the bright and cheerful mani requests I'm getting. :-)

Today's manicure was for my beautiful friend, Christine. She was the very first person to book a manicure when I broke the news that I was going mobile, and have since then just been such a positive and beautiful piece of my life. She is such a bright and cheerful soul, which is always reflected in her nails. :-) This time we went for a full on bright, in your face, hippie look. :-D

I started off with Essence Gel Base Coat (Lately I love this base coat, even when not using the essence gel polishes). When that dried, I applied two coats of Hean Nail Polishes. From Thumb to Pinky: Hean City Fashion (currently on sale over here), Neon I love Hean, Original I love Hean (a few years old, still works like an absolute dream!), Another Neon I love Hean, and then another City Fashion on the pinky. :-) They're all two coats, except for the yellow pinky, which I decided to give a third coat to get 100% opacity. I don't think I've ever found a yellow nail polish that requires less than two coats. If you have, I'd love to hear from you in the comments section below. :-)

I then started stamping with a BornPretty Store stamping Plate and Essence black stampy polish. Lastly I sealed it all in with Hean Diamon HD Top Coat, and added a rhinestone on each nail.

I just love how this mani came out. It's so happy and bright, and exactly who Christine is.

I hope you love this manicure as much as I do. Thank you so much for stopping by. Till next time.


Stay Sassy

Owl you need is Hean and BornPretty stamping

Hello Lovelies. :-)


How are you all doing on this stunning October day?


Today I have a very bright and happy manicure to show you. I did this for my awesome graphic designer, Ceri. :-) Her best friend was going through my nail art when she saw the super cute owl stamping plate from BornPretty Store. She immediately knew Ceri would loooove owl nail art, and together they found a gorgeous turquoise (my favourite colour) manicure, by Sisina Beauty. :-)


I started off with two coats of Hean City Fashion (which, by the way, is currently on sale at Glamore Cosmetics, over here. You're welcome.) While that was drying completely, I used dotting tools and essence black stampy polish to do the dots on the thumb, index and pinky nails. I then used BornPretty store stamping plate BP-54 to stamp the cutest owls. We used the bigger owls to fit her ring finger nails, and the full nail design to cover her middle finger nails.

When that was dry, I sealed it with my all time favourite top coat - Hean Diamond HD, which sadly, is out of stock at the moment. This top coat is brilliant! It's a hardening top coat, with real diamond powder *swoon*, which makes the manicure last longer, protecting against chipping, peeling and tip wear. What I love most, though, is the super glossy diamond shine.


Now that the image is blown up on my laptop screen, I can see ssssoooo many imperfections. Gosh. But - Like the stunning Marilyn Monroe said,

Thanks for stopping by and reading. Lots of love, till next time!


Stay Sassy,

CELEBRATE with Sassy In The City 11 lucky winners, R5000 in prizes!!!!

Hey babes! :-D

I've teamed up with 7 INCREDIBLE brands and companies to put together the most EPIC blog giveaway seen on Sassy In The City to date.

7 brands, over R5,000.00 in prizes, and ELEVEN LUCKY WINNERS!

Yes!! This month we're celebrating my birthday AND 5,000 awesome blog views!! To enter this awesome giveaway (different prizes, different sponsors), click on the links below. You can enter just one or ALL of them! :-D

Please make sure you like the sponsor's Facebook page, and follow them on InstaGram and Twitter.

To enter for the Make Up Hamper from Ralo Cosmetics worth R300, click here.

To stand a chance to win a voucher from Because I Shop .co.za worth R250, click here.

To stand a chance to win one of two Nail Polish collections from BYS Cosmetics South Africa worth R300 each, click here.

To stand a chance to win one of two Nail Hampers from DCL Nail Fortifier worth R380 each, click here.

To stand a chance to win an entire Punked Neon Hair Dye Kit worth R600, click here.

To stand a chance to win an entire Hean Jungle Pop Nail Polish collection from Glamore Cosmetics worth R900, click here.

To stand a chance to win a "Copacobana" Make Up Set from Looking Good LCN worth R1,270!!!!, click here.

To stand a chance to win a Full Manicure including tips and gel and/or acrylic from Sassy In The City worth R250.00, follow the rafflecopter steps below:







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To stand a chance to win a gel pedicure from Sassy In The City worth R200.00, follow the rafflecopter steps below:

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Terms and Conditions are on each individual post. :-) Good luck to everyone!


Stay Sassy!

WIN an ENTIRE Hean Jungle Pop Nail Polish collection from Glamore Cosmetics worth R900.00

Hey hunnies :-)

Remember the awesome Jungle Pop collection from Hean that hit South Africa about a year ago, and had every single nail girl in complete hysterics? Yes?! The one with the insane holos, shimmers and metallic shades?! Uh. Obviously!! That stuff sold out like hot cake!

Well, what if I told you Gael from Glamore Cosmetics (the *only* Hean stockist in South Africa) has donated the ENTIRE Jungle Pop collection of 12 polishes. *feints* I'm ready to cut a deal with the winner - please contact me. Tehehe. Just Kidding. But WOW! I'm so jealous right now.

If you're a regular reader on my blog, you don't need any introduction to who Glamore Cosmetics and Hean are, but if you're new to my blog or just not sure about who they are, you can read a little more about the team of power women over here. :-)

I bet you can't wait to see the prize, right?! Hahaha. Well, if you've read up till here without over excitedly scrolling down to feast your eyes and heart, I have #respect for you. ;-)

(Pic source)

So.. What exactly are you waiting for? Get ENTERING!!!
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Before I go, the nitty, gritty & blah blah blah. ;-)

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1. This prize is sponsored by Glamore Cosmetics South Africa, and the promoter is Sassy In The City Blog.
2. Employees of Glamore Cosmetics South Africa and Sassy In The City Blog or their family members or anyone else connected in any way with the competition or helping to set up the competition shall not be permitted to enter the competition.
3. There is no entry fee and no purchase necessary to enter this competition.
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5. Closing date for entries will be October 31st at midnight. After this date no further entries to the competition will be permitted.
6. No responsibility can be accepted for entries not received for whatever reason.
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8. The promoter (Sassy In The City) reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice in the event of a catastrophe, war, civil or military disturbance, act of God or any actual or anticipated breach of any applicable law or regulation or any other entrants as soon as possible by the promoter.
9. The promoter is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
10. No cash alternative to the prizes will be offered. The prizes are not transferrable, unless otherwise statd. Prizes are subject to availability and we reserve the right to substitute any prize with another of equivalent value without giving notice.
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12. The winners will be notified on Sassy In The City Blog’s Facebook page within 28 days of the closing date. If the winner do not claim the prize within 14 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize from the winner and pick a replacement winner.
13. The promoter will notify the winner when and where the prize can be collected.
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15. By entering this competition, an entrant is indicating his/her agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions.
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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:
Facebook
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You can find Glamore Cosmetics (who is the only stockist of Hean products in South Africa!!) on:
Facebook
InstaGram
Twitter
Online Shop


And lastly, you can find BornPretty Store on:
Facebook
InstaGram
Twitter
Online Shop




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

Life Is Peachy with Hean City Fashion #178

Hello babes :-D


Wow, I can't believe it's Friday already! What a crazy busy week. But GOOD busy! :-D Yay!


Today I want to show you a stunning polish that is currently on special at Glamore Cosmetics. It's a stunning coral-like peachy orange from Hean's City Fashion range, #178.


Pictured below is a set of natural tips, with an acrylic overlay. We then added two coats of Hean's City Fashion #178, with topcoat.

I love the formula of this polish. It applies very smoothly, and is beautifully opaque in just two coats. The consistency is absolutely perfect, and it has a stunning gloss finish when dry.


Like I've mentioned, the entire Hean City Fashion collection is on sale at the moment, for only R60 per 12ml bottle. Why? Well... I'm terribly sorry to break your hearts, but this collection is being discontinued by Hean HQ in Poland. *Insert hysterical sobs* So you better hurry over there and get your hands on some of these babies. Whether it being your first, or buying backups, you NEED to do it - NOW!


I'm sure Hean will continue to impress us with the new collection. I'm VERY excited to see what they come up with. Whatever it is, I know it will be nothing but awesomeness.


Glamore Cosmetics have a wide variety of high quality, affordable cosmetics ranging from skincare, to nailcare to makeup. Everything a girl's heart desires.


You can find them on:


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InstaGram
Twitter
Online Shop
Blog


Whoop. That's all from me for now. :-) Thank you so much for stopping by. You totally rock my world!!






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.