Geez, my cuticles look ROUGH. The photos from Manicure Monday are a good reminder to moisturize! I carry a cuticle balm in my makeup bag – I’ve just got to remember to use it.
This is three coats of Color Club Disco Dress, part of last month’s Skyline Beauty haul. It’s a vibrant electric purple, unless you only use a camera phone like I do, in which case it’s kind of a blue-ish purple.
I wasn’t too terribly impressed when I put it on – the first two coats were streaky, and it wasn’t very shiny without a top coat. BUT it didn’t chip for three full days so I was ultimately pleased with the result. I used Orly Bonder as a base coat and Orly Won’t Chip as a top coat.
I could also use a really nice hand lotion. Any recommendations?
I need a cuticle balm. I just looked down at mines and -oh boy! I don’t have a particular hand lotion. Usually just used my regular body lotion or oil. Pretty color!
My hands are so dry that I need a cuticle balm too!
I am loving that color!!! I need a cuticle balm, what kind do you use?
Right now I have one from Avon but when it’s used up, I’ll go back to the one from Burt’s Bees.
Rad color! You know more that hand lotion, I like nail oil. When I used to have my nails done all the time, I was obsessed with keeping the cuticles moisturized. I had nail oil pens (non leaky) in my car and everything.
Hmm, I saw some nail oil pens at Sephora. Thanks for the suggestion!
The color club line really has the brightest colors don’t they? I personally love the Aveda hand cream. I seem to always get a free coupon for the travel size in the mail all the time 🙂
Ooh, I like free! I’ll stop by the Aveda store – thanks for the suggestion!
I really like Vaseline Intensive Care Healthy Hand & Nail Conditioning Hand Lotion, but it’s hard to find at drugstores and don’t buy the CVS brand – it’s not the same (too thin).
Love the vibrant purple nail polish .. great color!
Monica.
Hmm, I do have a CVS knock-off that’s not doing the job. I’ll go for the brand next time and skip the generic.
Aquafor is the best! I also put it on my feet at night then put on socks and by morning they are a lot softer.
Oh boy, my feet are another blog post entirely! All that running and hiking does me no favors.
It’s a pretty color. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on it.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
You call that rough cuticles? Yikes, then mine are disastrous! My favorite two moisturizers are Palmer’s Cocoa Butter (smells like chocolate- soo good), and then plain old virgin coconut oil – yes, a bit greasy, but great for the whole body/hair/everything.
~Kelly
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I should try coconut oil for my hair.
I love Skyline Beauty! That reminds me I need to go visit. I want to get some OPI Sheer Tints. I tend to moisturize my hand several times a day. While moisturizing my hands, I massage my cuticle. That really helps a lot or at least for me.
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I’ve seen Skyline Beauty on Groupon a couple of more times, so keep an eye out for it
I love this color – it’s electrifying! And I feel that it coordinates well with many other colors – great choice!
I love it too!