The Weekly Nail Report — Part Deux

My hot pink and yellow half-marathon nails from two weeks ago? Those pointy pinkie nails sure did direct me to the finish line — I completed the race with a personal best time of 1:54:43, yo! I don’t think I can beat that time this Sunday (I simply can’t imagine going any faster or harder than I did on the 15th) but I still feel a lot is riding on this manicure for the Toronto Women’s Only Half-Marathon…

Nail-job craving: Some killer, eye-catching nails. I told Leeanne at Tips Nail Bar that she could do whatever she wanted with my nails for my Toronto Women’s Only Half-Marathon manicure — she’s so amazing and knows what styles and colours I tend to gravitate towards so I totally trust her.

How Leeanne satisified that craving: Check out the colour-block masterpiece on my nails. She used Axxium in Alpine Snow and then China Glaze neon colours (much more fluorescent in real life than in this pic, I swear!) in Celtic Sun, Orange Knockout and In the Lime Light. Finished with a top coat of INM Out the Door (how appropriate!).

How this nail job makes me feel: O.M.G. I’m so in awe of my nails that I’m afraid they may distract me from running fast as I can. In fact, I’m a bit at a loss for words to even describe how awesome this mani is. Juicy, citrus-y, sunshine-y shades = pure joy! These nails will give me energy on race day.

Love it or hate it: I think you know the answer.

9 Comments May 27, 2011

Hot hybrid

My former obsession with lip gloss has, as of late, been replaced with nail polish.

I was able to try out the new Shellac Hybrid Nail Colour (from the peeps at Creative Nail Design) over at Ritual yesterday and so far I am loving the results — I opted for Wildfire (a bright sassy red). (Ask for Erin btw if you go to Ritual, she’s super sweet and very thorough).

Shellac is like a combination of gel nails and regular nail polish. Shellac goes on like a regular polish (so you get a base coat, two coats of colour and a top coat) but between each coat, you cure it under a UV light. The results are said to last 14 days. Best of all the product is free of formaldehyde, toluene and DBP.

A Shellac mani will set you back more than a regular mani ($45 for a full Shallac Mani at Ritual, compared to $27 for a regular manicure) but I personally think it’s well worth the investment. Don’t know about you ladies but a regular mani lasts all of one, maybe two, days before showing wear and tear, and I’m on day 2 of the Shellac mani and it looks like it’s just been applied.

On the downside: you have to go into a spa to have Shellac removed (special remover wraps target only the nail bed with remover), costing you time (10 minutes) and money ($10). Plus, the current Shellac colours leave a lot to be desired with only 12 shades in somewhat run-of-the-mill shades.

Will keep you up to date on how well the mani holds up!

3 Comments June 17, 2010