Just had the Sally Hansen Nail Care Nail Art Workshop event yesterday, 15th September. This event was jointly organised by Vanity Trove and Sally Hansen. For those of you who aren't sure what Vanity Trove is about, just click on the link! Haha. You have to pay to go for the event, but since I am considered a nail noob, I thought I should give it a shot. So I managed to drag my friend, Min Fei, along with me. Heehee. =)

The event was held at Fullhouse Theme Cafe Level 2, Rendezvous Hotel. =) Anyhow, the event started a bit later than 10am, and cause I reached early, I had time to go around the Cafe to take a few shots. Well, since Fullhouse is a themed cafe, of course it looks nice and classy~

So ya, we started the Workshop with a talk about the types of fingers and nail shapes that we have. This would then allow us to know what type of nails should we keep (keep them long or trim them short) so that our fingers look presentable. =) So, the presenter called a few people up to show the type of fingers they have, and how they should keep their nails.

Haha. Minfei got called up. Her fingers are short and slender. =)

Another girl, whose fingers are long and slender.

Next, we were introduced to the items we have on our table. Haha. There are so many, I don't know where to start from. There's the Emery Board (Nail File), Orangewood manicure stick, some fake nails for us to do nail art on, Manicure Finger Soak Bowl (which is almost impossible to find, unless you buy in large stock) and a Towel.

From left to right: Dotter (Allows us to make dots on nails for nail art), Emery Board, Orangewood manicure stick, some fake nails and the Manicure Finger Soak Bowl.

The proper way of holding an Emery Board. I'm a right-hander, so ya. Pinky underneath and the next 3 fingers on top. Thumb at the side to position it. =)

The Orangewood manicure stick has 2 ends, one pointy and the other is slightly cut slanted. The slanted side allows us to wipe any accidental polish that ends up on our flesh while painting our nails. =X

From left to right: Complete Care Extra Moisturising 4-in-1 Treatment (which also acts as a base coat), Diamond Flash Fast Dry Top Coat, Vitamin E Nail and Cuticle Oil and a Gel Cuticle Remover (which cannot be left on the nail for more than 10 minutes!).

Group talk session on how to gently massage and put on leg lotion. Ya ya, the way I put on lotion on my leg is always done so quickly, I never do it the right away. Haha. Here, the presenter taught us to use the lotion to gently massage our toes and in-between the toes. Also, she reminded us that we should moisturise (especially) at the top of our feet, because when we do wear covered toe flats, we tend to get rough calluses at the edge of the shoes. =)

Precisely at 11.15pm, we were presented with some food~ HAHA! =D

Eggs benedict! OMG!

My plate of food!

Minfei's plate!

After that, we were taught how to properly apply nail polish- stir the nail polish before use, and flick some polish at the sides of the bottle before applying on the nail. =) Also, to prevent hardening of the nail polish at the sides of the bottle, nail polish remover can be used to remove the dried polish, else it will become too hard to open. Lol. Sigh. I seem to be making all these mistakes. Damn, I feel mediocre. LOL! =X HAHAHA! Oh well, this nail workshop really did open my eyes to proper nail care. =P

And finally, the last 30 minutes were for us to come up with a design for nail art. Here we have some fake nails to beautify them, so to speak. LOL!

Nail polish colours for us to pick and choose to design our "nails", and also, our real nails. LOL!

After the 30 minutes, everyone's artwork was done and were being judged! =) Haha. So pretty, but ya. Carn do it to my nails, cause they ain't that long and slender. LOL! =P

Anyhow, that was the end of the workshop. After that, there were some products at the back of the room. We could buy them back after trying them out during the workshop. So I bought the Vitamin E Nail and Cuticle Oil and Diamond Strength Instant Nail Hardener, both for prices way way below the market price that you can get from Watsons or Guardian. =P

Goodie bag we got from the workshop! So many free stuffs~ =D P.S. I forgot to take this with the Manicure Finger Soak Bowl. OOPS =X

Picture with Minfei before we left =)

And yupp, after the event, I had to rush to my friend's house for our Cell Biology Project. =) Carn wait for it to be over though I'm not presenting. Lol. But anyway, jiayou to my friends who are presenting this coming Tuesday~~ Will be in school tomorrow to hear you guys! Cheers everyone~ Hope you like my version of the Sally Hansen Nail Care Nail Art Workshop!! Do keep your eyes peeled for any future events by Sally Hansen and Vanity Trove! It really has been a good haul for me!! =D

P.S. I may conduct a give-away cause I don't really need so much stuff from the goodie bag! Keep a look-out for it! =P