ALL women have a little SUPERHERO inside of them

Hello babes! :-D

How are you all doing on this gorgeous Monday morning? It's REALLY starting to get cold in Johburg! As you all know, I believe #WinterMustFall! Especially because people expect you to only wear grey, nudes and maroon on your nails in winter. Pfffft. Puh-LEASE! Aint nobody got time for that!

So, today I have another bright, happy manicure, that (to be quite honest) made me SUPER happy!!! My beautiful friend and client, Riette, had a super heroes party on Saturday.. Only kids were expected to dress up, so she decided to go for something a bit more subtle... Super hero NAILS, obviously. Only - They're not subtle. At ALL!

We did a gelish overlay on her natural nails. I then used vinyls from Because I Shop to do the Superman and Batman nails, vinyls from Nail Candi for the Spiderman nail, and a Pueen stamping plate for the stars. I used Born Pretty's silver stamping polish, it works like a dream! For the wonder woman nail, I just use a plain old chevron guide for the "W", and a pueen stamping plate for the stars.

The vinyls were a bit of a challenge to get to work with the gelish. But in the end, we got it to work out quite perfectly. Here, let me show you. :-)

What do you think? I'd LOVE to hear from you!

That's all from me for now. Have a HAPPY MANI MONDAY, and a super blessed week, my lovelies.


Lots of Love, and remember - Stay Sassy!!

xoxo
Sassy Sam

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.

Butterfly Kisses

Hello beauties :-)

How are you all doing today? Can you even BELIEVE it's the 6th of December already?? INSANITY, I tell you!!

Today's mani was done for such a sweet client. She was a bride's maid at her sister's wedding, and I had the honor of doing her, the bride's and the bride's moms nails last week. What a stunning family!

Anyway.. We started off with a gorgeous mint gel polish from Planet Nails. I love their gel polishes. The colors are beautiful, and they apply like a charm. For this mint, we did 3 layers to build into a beautiful opaque mint.

Then, using a Born Pretty stamping plate, and Revlon Gel Envy "Sure Thing" (510) to stamp this beautiful delicate little butterfly.

Okay so I might have gone a bit overboard with the cuticle oil. Haha. So you really have to look to see the butterflies through all the shine.

Overall, I absolutely LOVE how this mani turned out. At first she wanted a hand painted flower on each accent finger, but when she saw the stamping plates. Well, everyone knows what I mean. LOL. Stamping for the win - ALWAYS!

Are YOUR nails and tootsies summer ready yet? What are you waiting for? Book your mani NOW, spots are filling up quite fast, especially after the 15th. :-)

Have a STUNNING Tuesday, babes. Lots of love.


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,

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.

Sassy Sam is back with HEAN CITY FASHION

Heeeey babes! *Insert crazy two hand wave and squeels*

Wow, I'm SO excited to be back. As some of you know, I used to be the author and owner of "NPA Anony-Miss" AKA "Nail Polish Addict Anony-Miss" blog. I took a little break and went MIA while I sorted my personal life out. You know, the "what am I doing, where am I going, WHO AM I EVEN??????" moment that hit you just before you turn 30. Hahaha. Fun times! Well, for me it actually started just before I turned 29. So I took some time to reflect on my life, where I am, where I'm going, and what I want, and made much needed changes and adjustments. YAAAAY ME! But... After my "transformation" was complete, I still felt like I'm missing something, a little piece of me that I never got back as I rebuilt the puzzle pieces. Then it hit me.... I miss blogging!

So.. Here I am. :-) Once I realised I wanted to blog again, I felt a bit overwhelmed because I didn't know where to start... At this point I should probably tell you that I might have forgotten to mention, I didn't just stop blogging - I stopped doing nails altogether. Eeeeeek!!! SAM!!!!! So, out of practice (but inspired as can be), I started setting up my nail station in my new home. YASS! I've found my happy place again, and couldn't wait to start.

As always, I felt most inspired by my stash of "unused" polishes. I decided to pack them all neatly in a row, and see who calls my name first. The winner..... City Fashion #189, a delicious bright strawberry red beauty, all the way from Poland. Pictured below, is two easy coats, with no top coat.

As we can always expect of Hean - Gloss GALORE! I sometimes stare at my nails, wondering if I've done top coat or not, because they have such a stunning glossy finish. Yum! I just love that every Hean collection entering South Africa is more mesmerising and mind blowing than the last.

You can buy Hean in South Africa from Glamore Cosmetics' Online Shop for only R70 (and all orders over R250 gets free shipping - Whooo), or you can contact them on Facebook, InstaGram or Twitter, for all your nail polish and make up needs.

I decided to do an Aztec design with nail vinyls I got from Nail Candi's Online Shop for R39. You can also find Nail Candi on Facebook, InstaGram or Twitter, for a wide variety of top quality nail products, art, tools and polishes (Including China Glaze).

 

After swatching two coats of Hean City Fashion #189, I cleaned my ring finger, and painted two coats of China Glaze "White on White", which you can purchase here for only R89. As you can see, it's perfectly opaque in just two thin coats. If you prefer thicker coats, you might only need one coat for full opacity. Yay. I LOVE that in a white! After the second coat dried, I applied the Aztec vinyl, and added one coat my trusted Hean Diamond Top Coat.

I really like how the red, white and black compliment each other, but I dislike the fact that I want to lick my nails when wearing this polish. I imagine they would taste like strawberries - but sadly, they don't. ;-)

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking time to read my ramblings. Please don't be a weirdo and leave without dropping me a comment, okay? ;-)


Stay Sassy.


xoxo
Samantha