Sally Hansen Mandarin Garnet

Sally Hansen Mandarin Garnet from the Nail Prisms line
Base: Essie Ole Caliente from the Spring 2012 Navigate Her collection

I acquire this little gem not too long ago, and the lovely Ole Caliente seemed like an ideal fit for a base that would let it say true to the bottle color without requiring an excessive number of coats.
Sally Hansen Mandarin Garnet is a lovely pinkish orange color with micro fine gold and holo glitter. The holo glitter is not so dense as to create a linear holo effect, but you do get a pretty scattered holo that dances on your nails in the light. The formula is a bit thin though easy to apply.
This was perfect for taking a lovely creme to the next level, making it much more interesting and almost mesmerizing in the sun.

Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Ruby Sapphire

Base: OPI Pepe's Purple Passion
Topped with: Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Ruby Sapphire

To get over the let down that Pepe's Purple Passion was, I decided to pull out something very special! This is an oldie- about 10 years old!- but a goodie! Ruby Sapphire was a gift from a friend- I found it in her polish basket, and when she saw how excited I was about it, it got to come home with me.
The Nail Prisms line was released in 2002 and offered an exciting line of colors such as duochromes like Amber Ruby, and linear holographic polishes like Blush Diamond. Ruby Sapphire is a beautiful color that often looks purple, but flashes blue and red depending on the lighting. These polishes are quite sheer, so I recommend layering them over a color that would compliment them or black.
Application of this polish was a breeze- not one bit of clean up required. It only took one coat to take a manicure I almost immediately wiped off, Pepe's Purple Passion, and turn it into something stunning!
If you find any of the Nail Prism polishes, I recommend picking them up! They have shown up in 5 packs recently as Ross and Grocery Outlet stores.
Enjoy!

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Thinking of Blue

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Thinking of Blue

I was searching for a nice dark blue to serve as a base for a manicure I had in mind. I was hoping for something that would be an easy one coat and I thought Thinking of Blue may work pretty well.
The color of the polish is nice- it's a rich, slightly dark blue, no where near black. The formula of the polish was pretty darn good too!What you're seeing is one slightly thick coat- you'll notice there are no bald patches or areas where nail line is visible.
What you did not see was the near fit I had applying it because of the terrible, terrible brush! I don't often take pictures of brushes but this brush... oh this brush! Do you see how it got trimmed on one side but not on the other? That made it really hard to polish because one side would get all over the skin around my nails, and the other did not cover nearly enough of the mail.

While I understand that this is a defect, as I compared it to a few other Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes I have, it does not change how annoyed I was. Anyways, as you can tell, eventually I got all my digits painted, and overall, I would recommend the polish, but please check your brushes before you buy!