After two days of wearing Skyscraper, which is truly spectacular in sunlight, I figured I'd go for something a little more basic and upbeat and chose Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Himalayan Blue, one of the Fall 2011 Tracy Reese shades.
Himalayan Blue is a really lovely intense sky blue creme, and in applying it I was impressed with its quality. The polish is very well pigmented, with two coats being plenty, easy to control, and dried very quickly to an unusually high shine. I used a base coat, two coats of Himalayan Blue, and a coat of Poshe. After it dried, I took a picture of it in sunlight, and you can see in the picture just how shiny it is, especially since Poshe doesn't add much in the way of shine.
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| Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Himalayan Blue Nail Polish, Two Coats |
Although not a traditional color for fall, Himalayan Blue feels right for an autumn day like today in the Midwest - the sun is out after a couple grey days of rain, and it's a cloudless perfectly blue sky. These are my favorite beautiful days before the cold begins to set in, so I really like a polish that feel just right for them. Of course, the temptation was to Konad this, being a plain creme, but a plain particularly happy color is sometimes best left alone. I might add to it after wearing it for a day, but today I'm just going to savor the pretty simplicity.
This was sent to me by Sally Hansen's PR for review, and the press materials indicated that the Tracy Reese shades would be available in fall with nothing more specific regarding a date. Sally Hansen limited editions normally tend to show up in my area within the first week or two of release, and I can tell you that they're not here yet. I've been to the two stores where collections usually show up first locally for other stuff in recent days and took a detour to cosmetics to see if they were around, but they weren't, so just keep an eye out for them because they should be available very soon now.
That's Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Himalayan Blue, so until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!
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