International Salon and Spa Expo: Famous Names Products Dadi' Oil

Now that Valentine's is over, I can continue showing you some of the products I purchased and received from the International Salon & Spa Expo!!

While walking around with lovely Shannon of Seriously Nails, we ran into Linda Nordstrom of Famous Names Products!  She gave me a sample of their amazing Dadi'Oil and I couldn't wait to use it!

My nails on my non-dominant hand had been looking a little...rough.  They were long and pretty strong, but super dry, and a little flakie :-/  Take a look:

My ringer finger was especially bad.  So I decided to try a three-day experiment using the Dadi'Oil not only on the surrounding skin, but also on the entire nail bed.  I'm pleased to tell you the results were more than favorable!  After a mere 3 days of applying the Dadi'Oil twice a day (once in the morning, once in the evening), My ring finger was no longer peeling, and my cuticles were properly hydrated!  Check it out:

And look how shiny my nails are!!!!  I'm so happy with these results, I'll be using the oil again on my dominant hand in a few months after the next few holidays and accompanying nail art.  They will most certainly be in need of some major TLC :P

During my chat with Linda, she told me about another product they've come out with for professionals called the IBX Repair System.

This product can be used under gel polish to help create a protective shield over the nail and helps to reduce white spots that appear with constant use of gel polish.  More than gel, though, the repair system can also be used as a natural nail growth treatment - which is really appealing to me, since I'm constantly changing polish and my nails have suffered greatly from my hobby.  The system repairs nail damage and toughens the upper layers of the nail plate to allow nail growth.  If you're like me and you have deep grooves in your nails, repeated use of this treatment will fill in those grooves, and will also improve the color of your nails.  Here's a short video on it, if you're interested in more info on how it works:

I dunno about you, but this product sounds *amazing* and right up my alley!!  I'll be hunting down local salons to see who is carrying this new repair system :D

What do you all think of these products?  Have you heard of or tried anything like the IBX repair system before?  If so, how were your results?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well it's Valentine's Day again - another Christian-holiday-turned-Hallmark :P  It's been a fun week creating lots of different mani's for various Nail Art challenges!  I wanted to show you a few I've done that I didn't blog about immediately :)

I've been doing a few designs for @NailPromote on Instagram.  Here is one from February 11th where the theme was "bows:"

Here is a design from the nail art group "Nail Crazies Unite" on FB for this week's prompt of "Love Song:"

I created this one after the love song by Maroon 5 called "Maps" :)  All but the blue polish background is freehanded.

And here is today's prompt from Challenge Your Nail Art & @NailPromote of "Happy Valentine's Day:"

I used a group exclusive by Ellagee for the base color and attached a beautiful charm by Mr. Nail Art.

I've had lots of fun so far, creating designs throughout the month - it's keeping my artistic juices flowing :D  I hope you've enjoyed them, too!  I've attached the inlinkz for both my Facebook challenge groups so you can see the other lovely and talented designs created by some incredible artists!  I'll be back tomorrow with a super awesome Twin Nail Art post with Narmai!!  You won't wanna miss it!!!

Here is the one for the Challenge Your Nail Art group:

An InLinkz Link-up

And here is the one for the Nail Crazies Unite group:

An InLinkz Link-up