A few months back, I met a wee gal from Ireland! She was the new “nail” girl at the Salon I use; Salon Sorella and Day Spa in Lakefield.
Niamh (pronounced Neeve) makes my manicures whiz by because she’s such fun company! It’s important for me to have a “connection” with both my stylist and my esthetician. You can spend a lot of time with them. If you have easy conversation it makes the experience more relaxing and fun! Also you need a strong relationship because you need to be honest and direct about what you like and don’t like without compromising your relationship!
This week I popped in to freshen up my sad nails! The holidays were busy and I was long overdue! They were broken off to little nubs and we’re in need of some fresh new colour.
Niamh was excited to show me a new to the salon product line called “Artistic Colour Gloss”. She said (read in an Irish accent, it has more impact): “This is my favourite. I used it back home. It’s great stoff”.
I said, well if you like it, I will too! I asked her why she likes it so much more. These were here reasons (again reading in an adorable Irish accent makes it even better):
- I prefer this line over other lines as it’s easy to apply with thin coats. It’s easy to work with when designing nail art (which is her speciality:)
- Artistic is also a pure gel which means it only cures under the light, while the shellac cured under natural light leaving the polishes gloopy (is that a Canadian word lol?) and often too thick to work with.
- Artistic also keeps its shine from one appointment to the next and removal will always leave nails healthy!
Watch this quick vlog (33sec) about the process. It’s really very similar to a shellac application:
I've had my manicure for a week and I do love it. Washing dishes and tying up skates as often as I do, usually destroys or chips my polish quickly, sometimes days but usually 10 days max is all I was getting out of my previous shellac manicures. The Artistic Colour Gloss is still hanging on strong after a week!

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Shared the post and tagged Tammy Underwood and Rebecca Jones! Can’t wait to give this a try!
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Looks like an awesome line!
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Shared and tagged Emma Moloney and Cathy Maljevac. Very disappointed in my shellac manicure last Tuesday as by Thurs 2 nails were chipped so need to try somewhere else for sure!
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I’ve wanted to go there for my nails for a while.
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I’d love to give this a try with my girls, Jess & Sydney Topfer! <3
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My job takes its toll on my nails, and I joke all the time that “I’m only girlie on weekends”, haha!
•If you are feeling blue, try painting yourself a different colour.
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shared love the shellac gelled nails I have that change color with hot and cold would love to try this one too! with Lisa Sloan Curry and Sherry Mc Qestion
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I shared and tagged my daughter Hayley and co-workers, Beverley and Becky. So glad you shared how to pronounce Niamh! 🙂
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Shared with my sister Jaimie Downey ( feeling under the weather) and my sis in law Justine Thompson Clarkin who’s celebrating her birthday today! Thanks for the “tips” lol
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Hi Michelle I really need my nails done I’m going to be the big 60 this month and I know this would cheer me up! I tagged Michelle Moore, Michelle Punter and Helen deLuna
Thx for entering Sharon!
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