Sally Hansen's Nail Workshop Tea Party

I have an eventful day spent with the girls at Sally Hansen's Nail Workshop Tea Party where we learnt about the techniques on how to maintain the shape of our nails and the steps for manicure. The event was held at Little House of Dreams @ Dempsey Hill.

Sally Hansen is an American beauty brand founded in 1946. It is the number one nail brand in the U.S.A. amongst other countries and they are known for the affordable beauty products.

What's tea party without the mouth-watering desserts?

The desserts were in matching floral theme with the bistro which is located in the lush greenery and natural surroundings of Dempsey Hill.

Every piece of the cakes and desserts in the dessert table looked so photo worthy. The lively colours lifted our mood and we can't wait to try the food.

Little House of Dreams is a homegrown bakery bistro, the interior of the bistro makes us feel relaxed, as though we were dining in the garden. The place was decorated with floral.

Enjoying the ambience of the bakery bistro.

Dig in to the food, we began our high tea session before we start our workshop. The food was really delicious.

I have Citrus Tea to go along with the food. 

It has been quite awhile since the girls have such a session together where we enjoyed the food while having our girl talks.

After the tea session, it's time to begin our Sally Hansen's Nail Workshop. Here were the tools and products that we will be using.

We first started off with creating our ideal nail shape by filing our nails, mine is round shape. We used the Nail Shaper (grey stick) to shape, smooth and file our nails. This was a tedious process where we have to constantly file our nails from end to centre.

Next, we used Moisture Rehab (in blue) to moisturize our nails. It is a lightweight serum for intense hydration leaving nails replenished and healthier-looking. The serum has a nice scent where we just brushed on our nails and massage the serum into our nail till it was absorbed. It leaves our nails and cuticle feeling conditioned and stronger.

I preferred a darker colour for my nail colours.

We used Double Duty Strengthening Base & Top Coat to moisturize and hydrate nails with Panthenol.

Choose your favourite colour to paint on your nails.

I'm not really good at painting nails. Therefore, I was the slowest among all.

Take a look at the Miracle Gel. With the Miracle Gel, there is no need for UV lamp and the chip-resistant nail polish can last longer.

There are 2 types of strengtheners we can choose from, Miracle Nail Thickener or Miracle Cure.

Miracle Nail Thickener is suitable for people with thin nails, it helps strengthen and protect nails. It will make our nails look smooth, healthy, shiny and stronger. 

Miracle Cure is suitable for people with severe dryness and require intensive moisture. It helps strengthen the nails and stops peeling, seals the nail plate and bonds layers together.

Thanks Tracy for the group photo and also bringing me to the event. I enjoyed the workshop with the girls where we learned on the skill to maintain and polish our nails.

Thanks Sally Hansen for organizing the workshop and the generous gifts. I can't wait to use all these products for my in-house manicure session using the techniques I learnt.

It was a well spent Sunday with the girls.

For more information, please visit https://www.sallyhansen.com/sg/

Gel Nails at CL'athena Nails Salotto

Finally my exam was over, time for me to let my hair down and relax.
Exam period is always a stressful period for me. For the past 2 weeks, I spent all my free time at home studying and rejected all meetup with friends. It's really a terrible and no life period for me. Now that exam was over, it's time to reward myself with a pampering treatment.

Doing gel nails has always been in one of my 'to do' lists. Ever since I was being introduced to gel nails (last year), I enjoyed doing it because the gel nails are long lasting and does not chip off easily. The pretty nails can last for more than a month for me. Everyday, I will admire my pretty nails. The only downside is that it cannot be remove by the normal nail polish removal, one has to go back to the salon for soak off.

It has been awhile since I last have my gel manicure done, it's time to get my nails coloured again.

This time round, I have my pretty gel nails done at CL'athena Nails Salotto. Thanks Jasmine for introducing the nail salon to me.

CL'athena Nails Salotto is situated at The Bencoolen, a mere 5 minutes walk away from Bugis MRT station, right beside OG. The salon is located near the exit door of The Bencoolen.  Before entering, remember to take off your shoes and place it outside the salon.

Finally I was at the salon, so excited for my session. 

Can't wait to see the end result.

CL'athena has a classic interior that made me feel at ease upon entering. The floral wall paper matched with the red and white furniture.

CL'athena Nails Salotto has many creative nail art designs. Whether you want cute or mature designs, CL'athena has designs that cater to all. There are so many designs that I wanted to try but I already have a design in mind before I came down, shall stick to that.

If you like to have 3D nail arts, you can add on these bling bling crystals to your nails.

Took a seat at the red sofa while waiting for my manicurist, Min, to get the materials ready for the delightful treats for the overworked hands. I did lots of writing for the past four days practicing the exercise questions.

So many nail colours to choose from.

I decided to go with my all-time favourite black.

Min was working on filing my nails and removed the dead skins.

While doing my nails, I watched Hurry Up, Brother - 奔跑吧兄弟 that was played on the TV. So relaxing.

Leave my hands to the friendly and professional manicurist while enjoying the service.

Only 2 nails need to be painted with black base while the other 3 fingers will be based on nail art.

So happy, Min said that I have long nail plate. Perfect to be a nail model.

Min was patiently working on my nails.

Are you ready to see the end result after 1h 45 min of hard work?

Tadah..........

Wow, look at the beautiful nails Min has done for me. Every fingernail was delicately drawn by her. I was really impressed and satisfied with the nail art done.

Instead of the usual dull black design that I always do, I go for a chic nail art design this time round. I love it so much that I can't take my eyes off my hands.

Placing my fingers under the UV light to dry up the top coat.

The last step was applying hand cream after completion of nails.

All done. 

You can get for the same design as mine for $99. Gelish nail at $40 and nail art at $55. The cost of nail art will depend on the complexity of the design . 

Check out the price of services offered at CL'athena Nails Salotto.

They are specialize in: Gel Nail Extension, manicure & pedicure, 2D & 3D Nail-art, Warm Waxing Hair Removal and etc. 

Thanks CL'athena Nails Salotto for inviting me to try out the service, I love my gel nails very much and I definitely will be back again for visit.

For more information and to see their other nail art designs, pls visit their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CLathena-Nails-Salotto-224556167589249/

CL'athena Nails Salotto

180 Bencoolen Street, The Bencoolen, 

#01-27, Singapore 189646

Opening time: 

Mon-Sat: 10:30 am - 7:30 pm 

Sun: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

Contact number: 6884 5403

Express Gelish Manciure at Soteria Face & Nail

I always want to try gelish manicure because I want a long lasting manicure. Therefore, when I received invitation to try out the services at Soteria Face & Nail, I immediately went for express gelish manicure. Going to enjoy my pampering session before the start of jubilee weekend.

Soteria Face & Nail  is located at Blk 203 Hougang street, walking distance from Kovan MRT station.

They provides a variety of services that includes facial, nail & waxing services. They also established Soteria Hair Studio that provides hair services which is just 2 units besides each other.

If you are living near the area and want to look for a good manicurist, you can give Soteria Face & Nail a try. Soteria is an award winning company who won Singapore Brand Award, Asia Pacific Brand Award, SME Asia Award, Queen Of Substance Award.

The Chandeliers enhanced the overall feel of a Victorian look of the place. Soteria looked really classy, never thought I will find such classy place in a neighbourhood estate.

Waiting for my turn.

Soteria also thoughtfully prepared  dessert for us. I particularly like the cake in a jar from Stay Home Mum Cafe. 

There have a menu of different designs that you can choose from or you can suggest your own design by showing the manicurist a sample from your phone.

It took me quite awhile to decide the design I want because every design seems beautiful and there are so many designs that I want to try. I decided to go for floral design.

The manicurist started off by filing my nails to achieve the round shaping.

Gelish is a fantastic new soak-off product offering colour in a gel. Nails are maintenance free for approximately 2-3 weeks and they stay incredibly glossy. There is no damage to your nails during application. A base coat, 2 layers of colour and a top shiny coat are applied to give you a perfect finish.

Soteria offers a wide range of colour for us to choose. They carry various brand of nail products,like Harmony,Artistic,OPI, Nfu-Oh,Jacqueline Burchell,I Gel (From Korea). I opt for the classic black.

The manicurist was really patient and meticulous. She ensured that my nails were well painted and the floral design were nicely drawn.

After painting each nail, I was supposed to put my hand into the ultraviolet nail lamps to dry the nails fast.

Thanks CK for helping me to take photo and waiting for me to finish my manicure.

For lady wearing dress, skirt or short, you will be given a towel to cover.

The end product. Simple and classic. I like it very much.

Pretty nails for the next 2 weeks.

Soteria also prepared a candle making session for all of us. So after my manicure, CK and I went to customize our candle. 

I created a seaside concept candle with sea shells in it.

Thanks Engel for the invitation to this pampering session. I really enjoyed the services and warm hospitality. I will love to come back again.

Do check out their website on the array of services they provide - http://www.soteria.com.sg/

Soteria Face & Nail 

Blk 203 Hougang Street 21 

#01-47 Singapore 530203

Operating time:

Tue-Fri: 10:30 am - 8:30 pm

Sat: 10:30 am - 7:30 pm

Sun: 10:30 am - 7:00 pm

Contact no: 62840887

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoteriaSingapore/