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Gone in 60-seconds? Dry in 60 seconds!
Anytime I need to fly out the door or do my mani without having to wait 10 to 30-minutes for it to dry, I go to my all-time favorite brand: Sally Hansen. The Insta-Dri Fast Dry Nail Color Collection ($4.99) is one I can count on. There are a wide variety of colors that will certainly fit your personality, wardrobe, nail obsession, etc.
It’s a fast-drying nail color in just one coat! I like the way it applies, too. Sally Hansen’s team specifically created and designed a NEW …

NEW YORK, NEW YORK May 17, 2013 — Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) celebrated this year’s breakthrough beauty products today at the 19th Annual CEW Beauty Insiders’ Choice Awards. This year, CEW awarded 36 products across 30 product categories, plus Best Seller Awards, the Indie Beauty Award, Eco Beauty Award, and QVC Beauty Quest Award. The award-winning products included bath and body care, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and the newly-added skincare tools and lip treatment categories. The full list of the winning products is included below.
The CEW Beauty Awards is …

Let me tell you what happened as I was perusing the aisles in my local drugstore… I happened upon these New Limited Edition Sugar Coat and Fuzzy Coat Nail Colors by Sally Hansen ($5.99 each). I stopped dead in my tracks. That’s what happened!

You know me, I’ve been loving their Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips for the last two years, but, I was so attracted to these new textures that I bought one immediately and tested it on my walk home!
Left; Top to Bottom: Wool Knot, Peach Fuzz and Fuzzy …

We love getting our nails done! But, are you aware of some skin health risks that can do more harm than good? Whether you get your manicures/pedicures professionally done, or do it yourself at home, having beautiful nails is less a matter of luck and more a matter of caring for them correctly. Read on to learn some dermatologists’ top manicure and pedicure tips, including how to prevent nails from yellowing, how to avoid infection at spas and more!
1. Apply a cream to moisturize your nails, especially after removing nail …

OMG, how I love these colors! I fell immediately for the metallics and especially admired the color options, as there are so darn many! Sally Hansen 7-in-1 Complete Salon Manicure ($7.99) offers so much in one little bottle.

It’s all you need for a DIY salon manicure! As the ultimate color authority, Sally Hansen has always been at the cutting edge of nail innovation (this we know). As a client for nearly two years of wearing their Salon Effects Real Nail Polish Strips, I swear by them.

First, Sally Hansen introduced the …

Innovative, high-performing tools from the leader in problem-solving beauty, Sally Hansen, comes all-new beauty tools. So many thoughts ran through my mind while sampling these products… ‘Now I have the right-shaped tweezer,’  ‘Now I have a new eyelash curler to try,’ ‘Now I have a new nail board,’  ‘Oh and a pedi foot file, too?’ I am in beauty tool heaven!
This is a launch of evolutionary tools in categories such as tweezers, eyelash curlers, nippers and clippers, nail scissors, hair scissors, nail boards, pedicure brushes/files, specialty kits targeted for brows/nail solutions …

Last night, I was on cloud nine. As you know, I have been mainly wearing Sally Hansen Salon Effects strips for nearly two years now, so it was an exciting night for me as nail art is just growing larger and larger within the nail community.
Shout out to Valley, as I see them as still remaining one of the best salons to go to for nail art. Sally Hansen just makes it so darn easy to DIY!

Nicole’s swag from the event

I saw my own design created with black and gold, and …

It was inevitable that Essie would come out with their own nail appliques/stickers (shown in So Haute! above). Nail art is bigger than ever, and I truly wondered why Essie had not done these when Sally Hansen introduced their Salon Effects (yes, my obsession!) — I do believe Essie waited to find the right time to launch.

Once, a fellow BeautyStat writer e-mailed me a pic from her local drugstore showcasing the new Essie’s Sleek Stick Collection. I felt my adrenaline pumping faster and faster! I knew I had to get my hands …

The year 2013 is here! It’s an exciting time full of fresh fashions, healthy resolutions and… fabulous new ways to style your nails! Many nail trends of 2012 will fade and soon disappear from the hands of lovely ladies everywhere, such as our once beloved crackle polishes. This may make you and other fashionistas wonder… What will be the hottest nail trends of 2013?
There is no need to fret over how you will style your nails for the New Year! Nail expert and Custom Nail Solutions President Katie Saxton has …

Meeting Essie Weingarten, founder of Essie, back in September was a real treat for me — we got along beautifully. There was a time that I remember only seeing Essie‘s polishes in most salons and spas, and have always admired her clean ad campaigns and the catchy names of her polishes.

Essie & Nicole
Since being bought by L’Oréal a few years back, I had hoped the company would keep Essie polishes as they were… and, sure enough, they did! The brand Essie is still everywhere I go and her campaigns are as witty …