Minty Cool Color Block Nails with Sally Hansen

Now that it's Spring I've been feeling the itch to start up my Mani Monday shares again.

I'm so inspired with all the great bright colors for Spring.

I love perusing the nail polish colors and thinking of all the great

color combos that can be paired for great color block designs.

I love the look of color block nails - they're so clean and fresh.

I saw this great mint and orange outfit via Polyvore

and so when I headed to Walgreens on Saturday with Isabella to shop for some 

Sally Hansen manicure supplies, I knew just which colors I was looking for.

I was super excited to to find that Walgreens had the Sally Hansen Extreme Wear polish and Salon Effects on sale for two for $5 with 1,000 points using my Balance Rewards card.

I love a good deal!!!!

When I saw the Mint Sorbet from the Sally Hansen Sweet Stripes -
I knew I found the perfect match.
Since the Extreme Wear nail polish was on such a great deal, I had to stock up.
Plus, I let Isabella choose a few colors. Can you tell which colors she picked?

First I started with a base coat.
When I first started doing my nails I never bothered with a base or a top coat.
However, over the months of doing my own manicures I found out
that a base and top coat make a big different in the longevity and uniformity of a manicure.

Next I grabbed my Mint Sorbet and Sun Kissed Extreme Wear polish.
I put down a coat of Mint Sorbet and let it dry for about 20 minutes.
The first mistake I made when trying the taped method for achieving stripes was
applying the tape too soon and it just melted to my polish.

I used washi tape to create my color block sections.
It worked great. It's not too sticky, but still makes a nice seal.


Place the tape across your nail at an angle.
I like to do a different angle for each nail.

Then paint the nail in the same manner as the bottom color.
I wait 30-60 seconds and then remove the tape.
Be careful not to get too much polish on the first swipe.
If there is too much it will run/bleed when you remove the tape.

Woohoo! Then I have a beautifully color blocked nail courtesy of Sally Hansen.

I added an accent stripe with the white Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen.

I really love how the entire look turned out!

You can keep up with Sally Hansen and Walgreens on Twitter!

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Making Moments with NIVEA

I'm a busy lady.

I like being busy.

It makes me happy.

However, recently with all of my busyness I've gotten a little overwhelmed.

Does that ever happen to you?

You're doing all these things you like to do,

and then you're in the midst of all that fun stuff and you think, 

"Whoa. How did I get here? Where did the month go? 

Did I pay attention to the things that really matter?"

If so, what do you do to get back on track?

One thing I like to do is let Isabella put lotion on my feet.

It's totally a win-win situation.

 I get some pampering time and actually sit and relax instead of multi-tasking

and trying to answer emails, pick up the living room, and text while

barking orders at the kids.

And Isabella gets to do something she loves doing.

We have a few moments together, just talking, and being silly,

and I let things just wait.

I love having Isabella use NIVEA Essentially Enriched Daily Lotion.

It's so creamy and goes on really nicely and is easy for Isabella to rub in.

I buy it at Sam's Club because it's priced so great!

You get a two pack for the same price as one bottle at other retailers.

It's just fantastic.

I found this hand lettered poster by Kelly Cummings via Pinterest.

And it's so true!!!!

So, I encourage you to slow down, make connections, 

choose the best from amongst the good and the better, breathe.

Grab your favorite four-year-old, a bottle of NIVEA, and enjoy a great

conversation about ponies and Candyland.

I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and Beiersdorf for NIVEA.  #NIVEAMoments #CBias #SocialFabric