In today’s post I am going to review  a product that I really love (<3) and has changed the look of my nails! For many years I have been searching for a top coat that actually dries quickly and now I have found it!What is this miravle top coat? The Sally Hansen Insta Dri Top Coat.

According to the Sally Hansen website, this product is described as:

• quick dry
• chip resistant
• a nail varnish that can be applied on any nail varnish and dries in a few seconds.It also has a UV filter which protects the nail polish colour.

                                                                                  (www.sallyhansen.com)

My Opinion

Why is top coat so important for you?

I wear compressive (orthopedic stockings) which means that when I paint my nails I need something that dries quickly otherwise when I have to move my compressive stockings slightly, the nail varnish gets messed up. I have had my nails done professionally and have tried all different types of quick drying nail varnishes, but I haven’t been happy until now! Seriously I can’t stress how happy I am with this top coat! This is heavy-duty top coat!!

So, how fast does this dry?

Very quickly. I wouldn’t say a few seconds, but definitely after 5-7 minutes you can do anything!! I have been saved. No matter what nail varnish I use underneath when I use the Insta dri top coat, it dries.

Does it shine?

Yes, but not shine in your face. Just a bit.

Does it chip?

After two days of mild water usage, yes it chips. I reapply though and all is good.

Does it wreck my main nail varnish when I apply it?

Nope. It actually makes my colour nail polishes look more smooth.

Does it protect my nails?

It makes your nails stronger,yes, but that may also be because you have already applied base coat, nail varnish and top coat.

Would I repurchase?

Definitely yes. I have already stocked up.

Where can I find this product?

Everywhere. I got one from Boots  and a second one in TK Maxx (UK). I know there are Sally Hansen products in Sephora as well (at least in Greece).

*You can also buy it on Amazon by pressing here. Amazon sells it for $5.27 (at the moment of this post).

                                                                         Stocking up

Just so you know…….

I am a teacher, not a beautician or nail artist. I am talking to you about this product like I would talk to my friends. I am only reviewing products I have used, tried and loved. Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below.

Follow this blog if you liked this post. Happy shopping    ❤

Talk soon

xx

*This is an affiliate link. The opinion is my own. I have not been sponsored or received any money for this review. I purchased the product myself. If you choose to buy this product from amazon, I will receive a little bit of money. If you do not, that is fine. I highly do recommend the product. Thanks for reading my review.

So, for this week’s spread I used the free printables I got from Vintage Glam Studio.I used the Planner Quote stickers.Her stickers are so pretty and i suggest you check them out! I don’t have an ECLP yet, so I use these stickers and adjust the size to fit the dimensions of my Teneues planner.

What’s on each page?

I wrote everything I want to get done on the weekly day page. On the notes page I wrote down longer sentences and mostly things I have to get done for work (teacher) and my blog post ideas.

I always check what I wrote down in my previous week’s spread and if I didn’t do something, I move it to the next week spread.

My Goals

This week’s main goal is to ride my stationary bike as much as possible and catch up on my reading. I also have a lot of research to do cause I am going to a conference in November and need to find articles to support the points I will be making during my presentation.

DIY stickers

DIY stickers are a great affordable solution and the Vintage Glam studio has loads of spreads to download. Cutting the stickers is a bit hard but luckily I am not a perfectionist so if something is a bit crooked that ois OK.

I also used 3D stickers and happy faces.

If you are looking to buy an Eric Condren planner, I have a $10 off offer for you guys if you purchase the planner by pressing the words $10 off my ELCP below (this is a referral link).

$10 off my ECLP

How do you plan? Do you want to write a guest blog post and share your planner habits? Let me know in the comments section below.

Talk soon

xx

I have been an educational blogger for about 3 years now, and I love it. I decided to make a second blog because I also like talking about beauty, fashion and planning, so my pink rambles were born. Two week after launching my blog, I read Ann from Mani on the move ‘s comment.  I had been nominated for a Liebster award! Yay! A few days later I got a second nomination!! Double yay! 🙂 .This is really exciting, so here is my Liester nomination acceptance post. But first,  what is a Liebster award? Well, as Ann says, ” It’s a shout out from bloggers to bloggers”.

If you want to accept the award, you have to:

• Say thank you to the person who nominated and link their blog
• Copy paste the Liebster badge on your post
• Nominate 10 other bloggers with less than 200 followers
• Answer the ten questions the person who nominated you asked, and then make ten more for the bloggers you nominate.
• Nominate the 10 bloggers by leaving a comment on their blog.

So, here are Ann’s questions and my answers

1) What made you decided to start blogging?

I started edu-blogging as part of a way to reflect on my teaching and share my teaching ideas with colleagues. I started a more beauty and lifestyle oriented blog because I love pretty things and I want to write about them as well. I couldn’t do that in my educational blog.

Now, here are the ten questions for the bloggers I nominated:

I thought that the Greek salad was an internationally recognised ‘dish’ but then when I went to the UK and saw a Greek salad in M& S I thought to myself, “huh?”.  I went home and started talking to my  flat mates about what goes in a Greek salad and the talk was quite ‘informative’. So, from a Greek person, here is my Greek salad ‘recipe’ as an extra bonus, I am adding the Cretan version cause I live in Crete!

Typical Greek salad

2 or 3 large tomatoes

2 or 3 cucumbers

a green pepper

some feta cheese

an onion

olives

olive oil/ salt and oregano

Depending on how big or small you want your salad to be, you can add or use less of the ingredients mentioned earlier. Just cut everything up a few minutes before you want to eat it. Suggestion: Cut the tomatoes up in the bowl you will be serving so all the juices stay in the bowl when you add all the other ingredients. Sea salt is tastier than normal salt. Make sure you have some bread as well to dip in the salad’s jouices!

Cretan salad

Same ingredients but instead of feta cheese use goat’s cheese.

Now, some things you may want to add to make your salad more yummy.

Boiled potatoes (which you slice up into smaller (cubes)

Caper

Paximadi (dried bread)

Some people add egg. I also add grated carrot.

Random fact: Cucumbers and tomatoes are considered fruits because they have seeds, so the Greek salad is actually a… fruit salad    🙂

So, hope you like this post. Feel free to share and follow my blog if you like this post. You can leave a comment in the comments section below.

Talk soon

xx

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