Bliss Manicure’s Best Friend

If you are like me and have a hard time sneaking away for a manicure or pedicure you know once you get one you want to make it last. I have always tried to keep refreshing the topcoat layer but sometimes I don’t have enough time to let it dry. This product looks great, it protects your nails and you don’t need to find drying time. 

Waking up on the wrong side of the nail bed? This high-performance polish partner can keep cuticles in check and give you tips tough enough to type home about.

$18.00 Buy it here.

Try something fun for summer!

 

I’m mostly giving myself advice here… I have a really hard time trying bright summer colors.  I’m a dark red – kinda girl.  None of this bright frilly stuff.  So I’m trying, I’m really really trying to brighten up my toes for the summer.  Erin and I got a pedicure on Thursday – and I did, in fact try a bright fun color this time.  Here it is Tuesday, and the color is STILL on, so it’s not killing me!

ULTA has some 60 colors to choose from in their inexpensive ULTA nail laquer line!

$4.50 – BUY IT HERE!  (OR buy many!)

My nails are calling out for help.

My nails are usually very strong and healthy. Lately my nails have been giving me a hard time and have been breaking and refusing to be beautiful if you can believe it. I am going to go get this China Glaze strengthener to see if it will help me.

China Glaze Nail Strengthener & Growth Formula

This professional quality treatment is made with vitamins and proteins that nourish and strengthen nail fibers for mails that are resilient and resistant to chipping and cracking.

Apply two coats to clean, bare nails every other day for 4 weeks. Do not apply laquer over this coating.

 

$9.00  Buy it here.

 

Manicure in a jar?

New from Carols Daughter a manicure in a jar! Hand exfoliant that smoothes and soothes rough, dry, calloused hands, elbows, and feet, resulting in a fragrant, refreshing, cooling effect.

-Sea Salt: Aids in cleansing pores and detoxifying the body. Possesses restorative qualities that promotes pain relief, assists in rejuvenation of cells, and encourages a healthy exchange of minerals and toxins between the blood and the water.

-Essential Oils of Ginger & Peppermint: Promote blood flow and impart a soothing, cooling fragrance.

-Shea: Renowned for its moisturizing properties; rich in fatty acids.

-Cocoa Butter: Rich in vitamin E to protect and nourish the skin with natural oils.

$11.00  Buy it here. 

Instant Nail Gloss!

This is the perfect MUST HAVE for the summer!

Revlon’s Instant Nail Gloss gives bare nails an instant high-gloss finish with a few quick strokes of the convenient pen. Easy-to-use, portable applicator delivers a fast-drying, high-shine formula for a perfect manicure anytime, anywhere. Arctic berry oils, vitamins C, E and panthenol nourish and condition nails. Beautifully scented with green tea & lily.

$7.99 – BUY IT HERE! (Or at your local drugstore!)

Philosophy Empowermint Hand Cream

I am in love and I do mean love with any product that has peppermint. I don’t know what it is maybe I was a peppermint leaf in another life but I am a junkie and I can’t quit. This hand cream looks really good and it has peppermint so they have my vote.

A deliciously minty hand cream. Invigorate your senses and deeply hydrate your hands with this gentle, shea butter-enriched hand cream formula that softens your hands and gives you an immediate pick-me-up with its refreshing mint scent. $15

Buy it here.

J.R. Watkins Lemon Hand & Cuticle Salve

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m always fussing with my nails and cuticles.  I’m always on the hunt for a good hand product, and this definitely looks great!

J.R. Watkins Apothecary Lemon Hand & Cuticle Salve 

This salve is perfect for the gardener or anyone who experiences rough, dry hands. Scented with natural lemon oil.

$6.00 – BUY IT HERE!

Healthy Hoof Intensive Protein Treatment

Okay so it sounds bad…but I’ve heard about this product for years.  It’s kind of an beauty secret.

Healthy Hoof Intensive Protein Treatment! 

Nourish and moisturize your nails with this unique formula.

The original equestrian formula used by horse trainers, now packaged in a convenient size for personal nail care.

Directions:

Massage daily into nails and cuticles to nourish and moisturize.

$6.95 – BUY IT HERE!

Genius!!!!

As I’m sitting here typing I am thinking about the fact I need to change the polish on my toes. But in order to do that I will need to go get my remover and then hunt for my little cosmetic pads which my daughter hides. So I think this is great that this product is complete and one pack does all your nails and smells good!

Lippmann Collection ‘The Stripper to Go’ Nail Lacquer Remover Finger Mitts

Our award-winning lavender nail lacquer remover is better than ever and easy to use with new handy-dandy mitts for the easiest, cleanest removal yet!

• One mitt cleans all 10 nails.
• 6 mitts per box.
• By Lippmann Collection.

All this for only $8.

 

Buy it here.

 

Sugar Blossom Hand Treatment

The name alone sounds good enough to eat. I love scented lotions especially when they actually repair my skin and nails.  Sugar Blossom Hand Treatment is a restorative and preventative formula that renews suppleness with floral acids and real sugar. Hydrating oils and toning citrus extracts restore clarity, hydrate, and nourish dry hands.

$38 Buy it here.