It's been a little while, but here are some current giveaway that are being generously offered!
*Girly Bits: This wonderful giveaway gives you a chance to win Smurf Dance that everyone raves about!
This is open internationally and closes 11/15.
*Polish Fixation: This awesome giveaway has 8 prizes, including some beautiful indies!
This is open internationally and closes 11/14.
*Glitter Obsession: This one has the a-mazing Color Club Halo Hues up for wins!
This is open internationally and closes 11/21.
*Set In Lacquer: This is a massive 30 prize giveaway that includes the Gilty Trio Zoya polish set!
This is open internationally and closes 11/24.
*Manicure Addict: This big celebration for her 2 year blogaversary has 5 gorgeous prizes!
This is open and closes 11/25.
*Sassy Shelly: There are some cool indie Halloween polishes in this giveaway, but hurry because it ends tonight at midnight!
*Naked Without Polish: This 1200 likes/600 followers giveaway is HUGE and there are a TON of awesome indies up for wins. There are separate US and international giveaways, so make sure that you use the right Rafflecopter!
This is open internationally or in the US and closes 11/30.
*Kansas Nail Grafitti: This generous offer is for a one-of-a-kind polish by Kawaii Nail Lacquer!
This is open to the US and ends on 11/10.
*Oh Three Oh Four: This is a great celebration for 1000 Facebook likes! There are 5 awesome prizes for wins.
This is open internationally and closes 11/16.
*Makeup By Elysa: To get into the holiday spirit, this is a great giveaway for a set of the China Glaze All That Glitters collection!
This closes 11/29.
*Nail of This Week: This little giveaway is for one of two gorgeous bottles of Butter London Bluey!
This is open internationally and closes on 11/30.
*Holly and Polish: This wonderful giveaway has the whole OPI Skyfall collection up for wins!
This is open internationally and ends 11/21.
*Polished Criminals: To celebrate 2000 followers and a year of blogging, there are a ton of awesome indies that Polished criminals is offering!
This is open internationally and closes 12/20.
There are so many amazing prizes in these giveaways, so get on over and show these ladies some love! Thank you all so much for your generosity!
As always, "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Giveaway Round-Up!
I have a bunch of great giveaways that I have been waiting to share, so here they are!
*The Polish Hoochie: first off, how do you not love that name?! This is a well-deserved celebration of 800 followers on her blog! Up for wins is the beautiful Lynderella Snow Angel.
This is open internationally and ends Halloween.
*Two Lacquered Girls: This is the saddest/funniest giveaway to date! To celebrate the flu (you read that right) you can win one of two prizes! You have to love a girl with a twisted sense of humor :)
This is open internationally and closes 11/16.
*Sincerely Stephanie: This is a super-sweet giveaway just because! She has a TON of amazing polishes up for wins just to say thank you to her fans. How awesome is that?
This is open internationally and closes in 26 days (I'm not quite sure that November date. Sorry!)
*Lisa's Nail Obsession: There are some really cool polishes up for wins here from Twenty Seven Polish! Make sure that you also check out her Etsy page to see the beauties she makes!
This closes on the 30th.
*Lace and Lacquers: This huge giveaway is to celebrate the awesome milestone of 1000 Facebook likes! There are 9 generous prizes up for wins!
This is open internationally and closes 10/29.
*Ashley is PolishAddicted: This is another huge giveaway with a ton of prizes, including some beautiful indies! This is all to celebrate her one year blogging anniversary, so head over and give some love!
This is open internationally.
*Oh Three Oh Four: This is a super-generous Lynderella giveaway too! This is a Halloween polish raffle, and they are so pretty!
This is open internationally through 10/29.
*Lydia's Nails: This is a really cool giveaway for 300 Facebook followers! One of the prizes is Cirque Dark Horse, which I have been drooling over!
This is open internationally and closes on 10/20.
*Pixel's Polish: This is a celebration of 200 followers! There are two prizes here, including some Color Clubs that I have had my eye on!
This is open to the US and Canada and closes 10/30.
*The Holographic Hussie: This is the second part of her 1000 follower giveaway. She is offering a $50 gift voucher to Llarowe!
This is open internationally and ends 10/18.
*Love for Lacquer: For her 1 year anniversary, there is a generous $25 Ulta gift card up for wins! I spend too much money there (and justify it with coupons) so this would be so nice!
This is open internationally and closes 10/18.
*Pretty and Polished Pointers: To celebrate 2000 followers (yay!) this is a giveaway of two of the super-cute OPI Skullicious sets!
This is open internationally and closes 10/18.
*Teen Polish Junkie: There are 2 giveaways on her pages for the huge milestone of 500 likes! You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. There are some really awesome polishes that she is offering!
They are open internationally. Part 1 closes 10/20 and Part 2 closes 10/26.
*Sassy Shelly: This is a cool indie giveaway to celebrate her new domain! There are really cool polishes donated and there is a reason these talented makers are supporting her!
This is open internationally and closes 11/6.
Phew! Is that enough for you? I know it took me a while to go through all of these! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of these generous, talented ladies! Take time to enter, and then show some love to them!
As always, "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
*The Polish Hoochie: first off, how do you not love that name?! This is a well-deserved celebration of 800 followers on her blog! Up for wins is the beautiful Lynderella Snow Angel.
This is open internationally and ends Halloween.
*Two Lacquered Girls: This is the saddest/funniest giveaway to date! To celebrate the flu (you read that right) you can win one of two prizes! You have to love a girl with a twisted sense of humor :)
This is open internationally and closes 11/16.
*Sincerely Stephanie: This is a super-sweet giveaway just because! She has a TON of amazing polishes up for wins just to say thank you to her fans. How awesome is that?
This is open internationally and closes in 26 days (I'm not quite sure that November date. Sorry!)
*Lisa's Nail Obsession: There are some really cool polishes up for wins here from Twenty Seven Polish! Make sure that you also check out her Etsy page to see the beauties she makes!
This closes on the 30th.
*Lace and Lacquers: This huge giveaway is to celebrate the awesome milestone of 1000 Facebook likes! There are 9 generous prizes up for wins!
This is open internationally and closes 10/29.
*Ashley is PolishAddicted: This is another huge giveaway with a ton of prizes, including some beautiful indies! This is all to celebrate her one year blogging anniversary, so head over and give some love!
This is open internationally.
*Oh Three Oh Four: This is a super-generous Lynderella giveaway too! This is a Halloween polish raffle, and they are so pretty!
This is open internationally through 10/29.
*Lydia's Nails: This is a really cool giveaway for 300 Facebook followers! One of the prizes is Cirque Dark Horse, which I have been drooling over!
This is open internationally and closes on 10/20.
*Pixel's Polish: This is a celebration of 200 followers! There are two prizes here, including some Color Clubs that I have had my eye on!
This is open to the US and Canada and closes 10/30.
*The Holographic Hussie: This is the second part of her 1000 follower giveaway. She is offering a $50 gift voucher to Llarowe!
This is open internationally and ends 10/18.
*Love for Lacquer: For her 1 year anniversary, there is a generous $25 Ulta gift card up for wins! I spend too much money there (and justify it with coupons) so this would be so nice!
This is open internationally and closes 10/18.
*Pretty and Polished Pointers: To celebrate 2000 followers (yay!) this is a giveaway of two of the super-cute OPI Skullicious sets!
This is open internationally and closes 10/18.
*Teen Polish Junkie: There are 2 giveaways on her pages for the huge milestone of 500 likes! You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. There are some really awesome polishes that she is offering!
They are open internationally. Part 1 closes 10/20 and Part 2 closes 10/26.
*Sassy Shelly: This is a cool indie giveaway to celebrate her new domain! There are really cool polishes donated and there is a reason these talented makers are supporting her!
This is open internationally and closes 11/6.
Phew! Is that enough for you? I know it took me a while to go through all of these! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of these generous, talented ladies! Take time to enter, and then show some love to them!
As always, "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Giveaway round-up! (updated 10/9)
Hello all! I know, I know, I'm over-achieving with these double-post days! I had to get this out there, though, because there are a ton of awesome ladies offering up really generous giveaways that you have to check out!
I also want to inspire you to go ahead and enter because you, too, can win! I am not a lucky girl. I never have been, and I doubt that I ever will be. I am the epitome of Charlie Brown. This weekend, after a long, hard week, I went to my mail box and found the awesome prizes from TWO giveaways I won last month! These ladies made my day and sent me such lovelies! Here's my little brag time:
I won my choice of a polish from Enkelini's Etsy Shop from the sweet Melissa at Pinked Polish! This came super fast, but it was such a hard choice because the polishes in this shop are A-mazing! I changed my mind a dozen times, but I chose Caypbaras Jungle, and am so excited I did!
The polish came in a pretty little drawstring bag with these adorable "congratulations" confetti inside! Too sweet!
Look at those color shifts! I am SO excited to get this one on my nails! THANK YOU, LADIES!
The second raffle I won was the (well-deserved!) 2000 Likes giveaway that the super-talented Kirsten at All That Glitters held! I won her entire Halloween collection! I cannot wait to see these on me (do I sound like a broken record?) and can see some serious swatching in my future!
Thank you so much for your generous giveaway and for the amazing polishes that you have cooked up!!!
So, here are your current chances to win some goodies!:
*Life in Color!: This girl rocks! She is getting ready for a climb of Mr. Everest (yeah, you read that right!) and she's celebrating the countdown with a giveaway! There are two prizes, including some Cult Nails and the ever-popular Floam!
This is open internationally and closes on 10/28.
*Beauty-Shoes-Nails-Fun: This is a really generous giveaway of Cheeky plates! She has some super cute designs to check out and so much fun, girly stuff to read about--we all need that friend!
This open to the US and Canada and closes 10/13.
*Captivating Claws: Jodi is celebrating a whole year of her wonderful blog! Give her some love for this anniversary and take a look at all of the pretty polishes she's got up for wins!
This is open internationally and closes 10/16.
*Fiorella's Closet: This is a really cool giveaway to celebrate 100 Facebook likes! She has a super-cute Halloween-themed giveaway that I would love for you NOT to enter so that my odds are better :)
This is open to the US and closes 10/20.
*The Scholarly Nail: This is another rad Halloween-themed giveaway! She has really cool polishes up for wins, including hard to find ones, and is offering 5 prizes! She's celebrating 400 followers, 100 posts, and a year of awesome posts--give her some love while you're there!
This is open internationally (except Italy) and closes 10/16.
*The Daily Lacquerista: There are 3 really generous prizes for this giveaway! She is offering a bunch of polishes, some Halloween, some not, and I spy some really great glitters!
This is open internationally and closes 10/14.
*I Feel Polished: This is a great celebration for 300 Likes! Each prize is an awesome indie and there are little extras, like striping tape, to go with! And, by the way, how cool is her blog background?!
This is open to the lower 48 and closes on 10/14.
*Princess Polish: This is a really sweet giveaway in honro of Breast Cancer Awareness month. There are 4 pink polishes, including a Butter London AND a custom pink that she is making for the giveaway, up for wins! You know I can't resist pink...
This closes 10/14.
*Boombastic Nails: This awesome indie giveaway is to celebrate another girl who has blown past the 100 follower mark! She is offering up the pretties from the Lov-A-Bully line and a couple of mystery add-ons. This is really generous and the polishes benefit a really special cause!
This is open to the US and closes 10/23.
*Things I Love At the Moment: This is a huge giveaway! She is offering 5 winners 3 polishes from the new Maya Cosmetics shop. These look amazing and they are brand new to the polish world--I'd love to try them out! This is a really sweet way to help support a new creator and get word out about the line.
This is open to North America and closes 10/16.
Well, there you go! These ladies are so generous, so talented, and so fun to follow! Enter (or not, you know, if you want to better my chances) and admire their work while you're there!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
I also want to inspire you to go ahead and enter because you, too, can win! I am not a lucky girl. I never have been, and I doubt that I ever will be. I am the epitome of Charlie Brown. This weekend, after a long, hard week, I went to my mail box and found the awesome prizes from TWO giveaways I won last month! These ladies made my day and sent me such lovelies! Here's my little brag time:
I won my choice of a polish from Enkelini's Etsy Shop from the sweet Melissa at Pinked Polish! This came super fast, but it was such a hard choice because the polishes in this shop are A-mazing! I changed my mind a dozen times, but I chose Caypbaras Jungle, and am so excited I did!
The polish came in a pretty little drawstring bag with these adorable "congratulations" confetti inside! Too sweet!
Look at those color shifts! I am SO excited to get this one on my nails! THANK YOU, LADIES!
The second raffle I won was the (well-deserved!) 2000 Likes giveaway that the super-talented Kirsten at All That Glitters held! I won her entire Halloween collection! I cannot wait to see these on me (do I sound like a broken record?) and can see some serious swatching in my future!
Thank you so much for your generous giveaway and for the amazing polishes that you have cooked up!!!
So, here are your current chances to win some goodies!:
*Life in Color!: This girl rocks! She is getting ready for a climb of Mr. Everest (yeah, you read that right!) and she's celebrating the countdown with a giveaway! There are two prizes, including some Cult Nails and the ever-popular Floam!
This is open internationally and closes on 10/28.
*Beauty-Shoes-Nails-Fun: This is a really generous giveaway of Cheeky plates! She has some super cute designs to check out and so much fun, girly stuff to read about--we all need that friend!
This open to the US and Canada and closes 10/13.
*Captivating Claws: Jodi is celebrating a whole year of her wonderful blog! Give her some love for this anniversary and take a look at all of the pretty polishes she's got up for wins!
This is open internationally and closes 10/16.
*Fiorella's Closet: This is a really cool giveaway to celebrate 100 Facebook likes! She has a super-cute Halloween-themed giveaway that I would love for you NOT to enter so that my odds are better :)
This is open to the US and closes 10/20.
*The Scholarly Nail: This is another rad Halloween-themed giveaway! She has really cool polishes up for wins, including hard to find ones, and is offering 5 prizes! She's celebrating 400 followers, 100 posts, and a year of awesome posts--give her some love while you're there!
This is open internationally (except Italy) and closes 10/16.
*The Daily Lacquerista: There are 3 really generous prizes for this giveaway! She is offering a bunch of polishes, some Halloween, some not, and I spy some really great glitters!
This is open internationally and closes 10/14.
*I Feel Polished: This is a great celebration for 300 Likes! Each prize is an awesome indie and there are little extras, like striping tape, to go with! And, by the way, how cool is her blog background?!
This is open to the lower 48 and closes on 10/14.
*Princess Polish: This is a really sweet giveaway in honro of Breast Cancer Awareness month. There are 4 pink polishes, including a Butter London AND a custom pink that she is making for the giveaway, up for wins! You know I can't resist pink...
This closes 10/14.
*Boombastic Nails: This awesome indie giveaway is to celebrate another girl who has blown past the 100 follower mark! She is offering up the pretties from the Lov-A-Bully line and a couple of mystery add-ons. This is really generous and the polishes benefit a really special cause!
This is open to the US and closes 10/23.
*Things I Love At the Moment: This is a huge giveaway! She is offering 5 winners 3 polishes from the new Maya Cosmetics shop. These look amazing and they are brand new to the polish world--I'd love to try them out! This is a really sweet way to help support a new creator and get word out about the line.
This is open to North America and closes 10/16.
Well, there you go! These ladies are so generous, so talented, and so fun to follow! Enter (or not, you know, if you want to better my chances) and admire their work while you're there!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Monday, September 24, 2012
A few more giveaways...
As if there weren't enough in the last post, here are three more super generous giveaways!
*The Polish Monster: This is a really cool giveaway for breast cancer awareness month! There are 3 prizes (with the cutest font ever!) that celebrate surviving and fighting this awful disease. The polishes are awesome and they give to awareness/cure causes.
This is open internationally and closes on the 29th.
*Pinked Polish: This sweetie is celebrating 500 well-deserved followers with TWO giveaways! Between the two, there will be 16 winners of gorgeous indie polishes! You can enter part one here and part two here. While you're there, give her some love and congrats on all the people who dig her work!
*Spellbinding Nails: This is a killer giveaway! There are a ton of really generous, amazing gifts up for wins, including some great stamping plates and the ever-elusive Fantasy Fire! Head over and give some big congrats for reaching 2000 followers when you enter!
*Nails for the Sake of Sanity: There are still a couple more days to enter this really fun giveaway! To celebrate 100 awesome followers, Kelly is giving away some Indies. The best part of this is that each winner gets to choose the color that they win! Show her some love and get in on this really generous offer!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
*The Polish Monster: This is a really cool giveaway for breast cancer awareness month! There are 3 prizes (with the cutest font ever!) that celebrate surviving and fighting this awful disease. The polishes are awesome and they give to awareness/cure causes.
This is open internationally and closes on the 29th.
*Pinked Polish: This sweetie is celebrating 500 well-deserved followers with TWO giveaways! Between the two, there will be 16 winners of gorgeous indie polishes! You can enter part one here and part two here. While you're there, give her some love and congrats on all the people who dig her work!
*Spellbinding Nails: This is a killer giveaway! There are a ton of really generous, amazing gifts up for wins, including some great stamping plates and the ever-elusive Fantasy Fire! Head over and give some big congrats for reaching 2000 followers when you enter!
*Nails for the Sake of Sanity: There are still a couple more days to enter this really fun giveaway! To celebrate 100 awesome followers, Kelly is giving away some Indies. The best part of this is that each winner gets to choose the color that they win! Show her some love and get in on this really generous offer!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Saturday, September 22, 2012
LOTS of updates!
It has been one hell of a week!
This week was stressful, to say the least. It was busy with both of my jobs and emotional. I just hit a wall and lost it a bit on Wednesday. God knew I was done, couldn't take anything more breaking me down. Thursday things began to look up and the week has gotten so much better!
*I tried two new polishes with interesting results. I used two coats of Essence Colour to Go in Grey-t To Be Here. I probably should have done 3 coats for coverage, but I didn't plan to wear this long. The pale gray is filled with super-fine pink shimmer. It is really pretty in the sun, looking almost lavender from all of the pink. I wanted a simple accent, so I used a coat of Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter. This one is in the colored iridescent family. It the pink tinted clear base is packed with different sized light pink iridescent glitter. This matches Grey-t perfectly and was a sparkly little compliment. However, I decided to go loud. So, I layered a coat of OPI You Glitter Be Good To Me on top of that. I got this in a breast cancer awareness duo. It is a clear base with lots of micro square light pink, almost coral, glitter and scattered larger magenta hex glitter. I actually think it's quite pretty, and it looked just fine with the gray. I wasn't in love with this, and can't pinpoint why. Without OPI, it would be a nice, subtle mani to do again on all nails. The gray did look a little funky with my skin and chipped like mad! I only wore this for two full days and ever nail had sizable chunks missing. For $1.99, I can accept that--I just need to remember it!
*This should be the last post about polish without photos! My poor little camera never turned up and I am still really sad to have lost the pictures on it. But, Best Buy had some cameras on sale, so I looked through the little point and shoots. There it was! The same camera I bought, about $20 cheaper, and in PINK! So, I bit the bullet and ordered her and she came in this week! That means I can post my (best attempt at) mani photos again.
*I won my first giveaway! After a long day, drained from work and emotion, I came home to find an email from Kirsten at All That Glitters saying I won her Halloween collection in a giveaway! The polishes are A-mazing and I am so excited to see the in real life. I love how hard ladies like her work on their polish and wish I had the ability to buy more indies, so this is a real treat for me. It was a boost to my spirit that I really needed and now I am so excited to own these pretties!
*A new Ulta opened in my neighborhood! I love Ulta--there is so much to drool over there! I popped in on Friday to see the new store and it is awesome. They sent out a $5 off $15 coupon for the weekend, so I had to take advantage--maybe a couple of times... I found Wet n' Wild Fantasy Makers Tombstone polishes for $1.99 and nabbed 3 colors. They had such full displays that it was hard not to want EVERYTHING. Then, as I looked through the China Glaze, a flash of silver caught my eye. At the bottom of the OPI display to my right were a few rows of DS polish! Needless to say, expect some holo goodness in my first pictures...
Here are some awesome giveaways that I have been meaning to get the word out on. I have been exhausted and dropped the ball, but most of my list to share is still open, so here they are:
*Holographic Hussy: The amazing Claudia has some indies up for wins because she has been awesome for four months now! Her followers keep adding up and she has a lot to be proud of. Go admire her perfect swatches and dream about owning her polish collection...
This is open internationally and closes in one week.
*Lydia's Nails: Go give this girl some love because that's what she's doing for us! No birthday or follower milestone--just a generous give away. The girl has talent--scroll through her most recent series for the 31 day challenge (you will NOT be disappointed).
This is open internationally and you have 11 more days to enter.
*Pointless Cafe: She is offering up the amazing Butter London Fishwife! I have jumped on the Butter bandwagon and her swatches of it are fantastic! She's another talented one who is doing the 31 day challenge, so drool through her swatches and enjoy the art she has been up to!
This ends on Friday the 28th.
*Ashley Is PolishAddicted: I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but you have to go look through her 31 day challenge art! I have nothing against long nails, but I keep mine short lately and love that she does too. Her personality shines through her nail art and I know you'll instantly want to be her friend--I do! I really love her style and work; I feel like we're polish sisters separated at birth! I know, I know, I'm a creeper! She has a BB Couture Dragon's Breath offered and it's a beauty, so head over.
This is open internationally and closes Saturday the 29th.
*The Crumpet: She is offering up Zoya Diva & Designer polishes! I adore reading her blog. Not only are her swatches and art amazing, but she is so much fun! I love some good nail art, but I think that personality and spunk are really what hooks me on blogs, and she has both in spades!
This is open internationally and closes October 2nd.
*Oh Three Oh Four: This is a really cool giveaway. In addition to swatching and promoting indies, she is offering up some. For the giveaway, she is offering 4 Jindie polishes and lets the winner choose! If you are unsure of which you would pick, just lose yourself in her swatches--it's not hard to do!
This is not open internationally and ends on Friday the 28th.
*The Nail Junkie: First off, this lady makes just about the cutest labels for her polishes! I know that they are simple, but I totally love them. She is offering up her new Halloween collection (and I think it rocks that she give away her own creations). I love Pumpkin and Candy Corn--which one would you rock?
This is open internationally and end on October 6th.
*The TraceFace Philes: Speaking of The Nail Junkie, she is giving away some! Traci is so good at giving love to Indie brands and her swatches are flawless. She is also really great at describing the colors and polishes, which sometimes is even more helpful than photos when you are deciding to buy.
This is open internationally and closes in one week.
*Set In Lacquer: I love when bloggers make it possible for multiple people to win, and Kelly has 6 prizes up for wins! She is offering some great Essie polishes and dotting tools, which I don't think you can ever have too many of! While you enter, take some time to look through her work--she has a great mix of lovely swatches and really creative nail art.
This is open internationally and closes in one week.
Phew! Well, that's a lot to get caught up on, but it feels good because now I can just work on using and showing my hoard off (let's just be honest about what it is...). So, thanks for listening while there was nothing to see and, as always, "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
This week was stressful, to say the least. It was busy with both of my jobs and emotional. I just hit a wall and lost it a bit on Wednesday. God knew I was done, couldn't take anything more breaking me down. Thursday things began to look up and the week has gotten so much better!
*I tried two new polishes with interesting results. I used two coats of Essence Colour to Go in Grey-t To Be Here. I probably should have done 3 coats for coverage, but I didn't plan to wear this long. The pale gray is filled with super-fine pink shimmer. It is really pretty in the sun, looking almost lavender from all of the pink. I wanted a simple accent, so I used a coat of Sinful Colors Pinky Glitter. This one is in the colored iridescent family. It the pink tinted clear base is packed with different sized light pink iridescent glitter. This matches Grey-t perfectly and was a sparkly little compliment. However, I decided to go loud. So, I layered a coat of OPI You Glitter Be Good To Me on top of that. I got this in a breast cancer awareness duo. It is a clear base with lots of micro square light pink, almost coral, glitter and scattered larger magenta hex glitter. I actually think it's quite pretty, and it looked just fine with the gray. I wasn't in love with this, and can't pinpoint why. Without OPI, it would be a nice, subtle mani to do again on all nails. The gray did look a little funky with my skin and chipped like mad! I only wore this for two full days and ever nail had sizable chunks missing. For $1.99, I can accept that--I just need to remember it!
*This should be the last post about polish without photos! My poor little camera never turned up and I am still really sad to have lost the pictures on it. But, Best Buy had some cameras on sale, so I looked through the little point and shoots. There it was! The same camera I bought, about $20 cheaper, and in PINK! So, I bit the bullet and ordered her and she came in this week! That means I can post my (best attempt at) mani photos again.
*I won my first giveaway! After a long day, drained from work and emotion, I came home to find an email from Kirsten at All That Glitters saying I won her Halloween collection in a giveaway! The polishes are A-mazing and I am so excited to see the in real life. I love how hard ladies like her work on their polish and wish I had the ability to buy more indies, so this is a real treat for me. It was a boost to my spirit that I really needed and now I am so excited to own these pretties!
*A new Ulta opened in my neighborhood! I love Ulta--there is so much to drool over there! I popped in on Friday to see the new store and it is awesome. They sent out a $5 off $15 coupon for the weekend, so I had to take advantage--maybe a couple of times... I found Wet n' Wild Fantasy Makers Tombstone polishes for $1.99 and nabbed 3 colors. They had such full displays that it was hard not to want EVERYTHING. Then, as I looked through the China Glaze, a flash of silver caught my eye. At the bottom of the OPI display to my right were a few rows of DS polish! Needless to say, expect some holo goodness in my first pictures...
Here are some awesome giveaways that I have been meaning to get the word out on. I have been exhausted and dropped the ball, but most of my list to share is still open, so here they are:
*Holographic Hussy: The amazing Claudia has some indies up for wins because she has been awesome for four months now! Her followers keep adding up and she has a lot to be proud of. Go admire her perfect swatches and dream about owning her polish collection...
This is open internationally and closes in one week.
*Lydia's Nails: Go give this girl some love because that's what she's doing for us! No birthday or follower milestone--just a generous give away. The girl has talent--scroll through her most recent series for the 31 day challenge (you will NOT be disappointed).
This is open internationally and you have 11 more days to enter.
*Pointless Cafe: She is offering up the amazing Butter London Fishwife! I have jumped on the Butter bandwagon and her swatches of it are fantastic! She's another talented one who is doing the 31 day challenge, so drool through her swatches and enjoy the art she has been up to!
This ends on Friday the 28th.
*Ashley Is PolishAddicted: I'm going to sound like a broken record here, but you have to go look through her 31 day challenge art! I have nothing against long nails, but I keep mine short lately and love that she does too. Her personality shines through her nail art and I know you'll instantly want to be her friend--I do! I really love her style and work; I feel like we're polish sisters separated at birth! I know, I know, I'm a creeper! She has a BB Couture Dragon's Breath offered and it's a beauty, so head over.
This is open internationally and closes Saturday the 29th.
*The Crumpet: She is offering up Zoya Diva & Designer polishes! I adore reading her blog. Not only are her swatches and art amazing, but she is so much fun! I love some good nail art, but I think that personality and spunk are really what hooks me on blogs, and she has both in spades!
This is open internationally and closes October 2nd.
*Oh Three Oh Four: This is a really cool giveaway. In addition to swatching and promoting indies, she is offering up some. For the giveaway, she is offering 4 Jindie polishes and lets the winner choose! If you are unsure of which you would pick, just lose yourself in her swatches--it's not hard to do!
This is not open internationally and ends on Friday the 28th.
*The Nail Junkie: First off, this lady makes just about the cutest labels for her polishes! I know that they are simple, but I totally love them. She is offering up her new Halloween collection (and I think it rocks that she give away her own creations). I love Pumpkin and Candy Corn--which one would you rock?
This is open internationally and end on October 6th.
*The TraceFace Philes: Speaking of The Nail Junkie, she is giving away some! Traci is so good at giving love to Indie brands and her swatches are flawless. She is also really great at describing the colors and polishes, which sometimes is even more helpful than photos when you are deciding to buy.
This is open internationally and closes in one week.
*Set In Lacquer: I love when bloggers make it possible for multiple people to win, and Kelly has 6 prizes up for wins! She is offering some great Essie polishes and dotting tools, which I don't think you can ever have too many of! While you enter, take some time to look through her work--she has a great mix of lovely swatches and really creative nail art.
This is open internationally and closes in one week.
Phew! Well, that's a lot to get caught up on, but it feels good because now I can just work on using and showing my hoard off (let's just be honest about what it is...). So, thanks for listening while there was nothing to see and, as always, "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Giveaway Alerts!
Here are a few new giveaways to check out and thank these ladies for!
*OhThreeOhFour: Don't you just love it when people give us presents for their birthday? It is totally not necessary and un-selfish and awesome! I would love to add to my Finger Paints collection or get some adorable glitter, wouldn't you? So head over and wish her a Happy Happy and enter while you're there!
This is open internationally and ends TOMORROW!
*A Polish Addict: There are three VERY generous prizes offered here. For a chance to win some Shimmer polishes, and I dare you not to get lost in her swatches afterward! Enjoy and leave some love while you're there.
This ends on September 12th and is open internationally.
*The Crumpet: Yet another generous birthday giveaway! You have to check out all the amazing polishes that she is offering (I would LOVE the Model's Own collection). I am new to her blog, but can't get enough! I love her writing and am sure you will too. Give her some birthday love and enter while you're there.
This ends on September 4th and is open internationally.
Thank you ladies, for all of your generosity and talent! You have put some amazing polishes up in these giveaways and now just need to pick me :)
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
*OhThreeOhFour: Don't you just love it when people give us presents for their birthday? It is totally not necessary and un-selfish and awesome! I would love to add to my Finger Paints collection or get some adorable glitter, wouldn't you? So head over and wish her a Happy Happy and enter while you're there!
This is open internationally and ends TOMORROW!
*A Polish Addict: There are three VERY generous prizes offered here. For a chance to win some Shimmer polishes, and I dare you not to get lost in her swatches afterward! Enjoy and leave some love while you're there.
This ends on September 12th and is open internationally.
*The Crumpet: Yet another generous birthday giveaway! You have to check out all the amazing polishes that she is offering (I would LOVE the Model's Own collection). I am new to her blog, but can't get enough! I love her writing and am sure you will too. Give her some birthday love and enter while you're there.
This ends on September 4th and is open internationally.
Thank you ladies, for all of your generosity and talent! You have put some amazing polishes up in these giveaways and now just need to pick me :)
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Friday, August 17, 2012
Giveaway Alerts!
I've been meaning to give some love to these lovelies who are being so generous! Take a minute to enter these generous giveaways, and then make sure that you have plenty of time to look through their amazing work!
*The Nail Network is offering a gorgeous collection of OPI for Sephora polishes. She has such awesome pictures and polish work, and has had some issues lately with uncredited use of her wonderful work, so leave a little love while you're there!
This is open internationally and you still have 4 more days to enter.
*Shelly's Sassy Nails has a great giveaway because Shelly has hit more than 500 followers! Congratulations! She's got a couple of really cool Rainbow Honey polishes to give and perhaps the most awesome question to prompt your blog comment :)
This is open internationally and you have 18 more days to enter and show her some love!
*Set In Lacquer is VERY generously offering up the China Glaze Bohemian to TWO lucky winners! This collection is amazing and I am dying to get it on my hands. Have you tried them out? Do you love them? She has awesome swatches to drool over while you wait to win!
This is open to the US and Canada and ends in just 4 days.
*Enchanting Cosmetics has teamed up with a ton of others to give a huge giveaway! I can't even do this generosity justice--just go look at all of the awesome stuff offered!
This is open to the continental US and closes in 20 days.
*The Do It Yourself Lady has a huge giveaway going because she has reached more than 1000 followers! That is definitely something to celebrate, and she's going big! There are a ton of stamping plates, nail decor and stones that she is offering--just what I am dying to add to my collection!
This is open internationally and ends on the 30th.
*Captivating Claws has hit a huge milestone: 1400 followers! It's so nice to see that there are so many people recognizing the talent, passion and joy that these ladies have. To celebrate, she has 4 amazing polishes from The Polish Bar to give--I'd love to call these my own!
This is open internationally and closes in 3 days.
So now you've got a bunch of giveaways to stalk! No, actually, I think that you should definitely NOT enter these and add more competition. Instead, go look at these blogs and enjoy the work that these ladies do and drop a big THANK YOU their way!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
*The Nail Network is offering a gorgeous collection of OPI for Sephora polishes. She has such awesome pictures and polish work, and has had some issues lately with uncredited use of her wonderful work, so leave a little love while you're there!
This is open internationally and you still have 4 more days to enter.
*Shelly's Sassy Nails has a great giveaway because Shelly has hit more than 500 followers! Congratulations! She's got a couple of really cool Rainbow Honey polishes to give and perhaps the most awesome question to prompt your blog comment :)
This is open internationally and you have 18 more days to enter and show her some love!
*Set In Lacquer is VERY generously offering up the China Glaze Bohemian to TWO lucky winners! This collection is amazing and I am dying to get it on my hands. Have you tried them out? Do you love them? She has awesome swatches to drool over while you wait to win!
This is open to the US and Canada and ends in just 4 days.
*Enchanting Cosmetics has teamed up with a ton of others to give a huge giveaway! I can't even do this generosity justice--just go look at all of the awesome stuff offered!
This is open to the continental US and closes in 20 days.
*The Do It Yourself Lady has a huge giveaway going because she has reached more than 1000 followers! That is definitely something to celebrate, and she's going big! There are a ton of stamping plates, nail decor and stones that she is offering--just what I am dying to add to my collection!
This is open internationally and ends on the 30th.
*Captivating Claws has hit a huge milestone: 1400 followers! It's so nice to see that there are so many people recognizing the talent, passion and joy that these ladies have. To celebrate, she has 4 amazing polishes from The Polish Bar to give--I'd love to call these my own!
This is open internationally and closes in 3 days.
So now you've got a bunch of giveaways to stalk! No, actually, I think that you should definitely NOT enter these and add more competition. Instead, go look at these blogs and enjoy the work that these ladies do and drop a big THANK YOU their way!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sweet on Strawberry Fields
This past weekend I attended my dear friend's wedding. The ceremony was beautiful, full of joy and life, goofy and accessible--just like her. I am so excited and happy for her and her new husband, who's is a wonderful guy, and all that their future holds!
I could not go celebrate with naked nails, especially because there is still some yellow staining that I am working to clean off. So, with a million things to do before I left, I had to find something simple to cover up with. I was wearing a green dress, but did not want to match my nails, so I looked for something that would go well with a few outfits. I settled on my Strawberry Fields, which I had not tried yet, and figured I'd splash on a little Luxe & Lush for an easy accent. Man o man!
*1 coat Sally Hansen Hard as nails base
*3 thin coats China Glaze Strawberry Fields
*1 thick coat China Glaze Luxe & Lush
*2 coats Health Hoof Lacquer
I am in love with Strawberry Fields! This is a richer pink than I usually wear, darker and more sedated. The berry shade seemed like one that would be appropriate with a few different outfits. I could see the golden shimmer in the bottle, but was not prepared for how clear and gorgeous it would translate on the nail. In the sun, I cannot take my eyes off of this one! I was going to stop at 2 thin coats, but there was a bit of nail line visible in the light, so I used a third. Then, I put a coat of Luxe & Lush on my ring finger. This flakey shard glitter is so pretty and unique. I have only used it a couple of times, and always forget how much easier this is to apply than I expect. There is a little work to get the flakes to fill in like I want, but it's not nearly enough work to turn me off. I use Healthy Hoof to help even out the flakes and to amp up the shine.
I am so sad that it has taken me so long to try out this polish! Strawberry Fields is just amazing and will soon become a go-to for me. The Luxe & Lush has enough of its own golden tones and reflects the pink well, letting the polish still show through. I loved this mani and, while I have some extra time and am itching to try something new, I hate to think about taking this one off!
Before I go, I want to tell you about a very generous giveaway that Kaki is offering at Glitter Obsession! There is a set of 5 China Glaze OMG polishes up for win! They are amazing and she is being incredibly generous for her 1500 follower giveaway--CONGRATULATIONS! The giveaway ends 8/15. "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
I could not go celebrate with naked nails, especially because there is still some yellow staining that I am working to clean off. So, with a million things to do before I left, I had to find something simple to cover up with. I was wearing a green dress, but did not want to match my nails, so I looked for something that would go well with a few outfits. I settled on my Strawberry Fields, which I had not tried yet, and figured I'd splash on a little Luxe & Lush for an easy accent. Man o man!
*1 coat Sally Hansen Hard as nails base
*3 thin coats China Glaze Strawberry Fields
*1 thick coat China Glaze Luxe & Lush
*2 coats Health Hoof Lacquer
I am in love with Strawberry Fields! This is a richer pink than I usually wear, darker and more sedated. The berry shade seemed like one that would be appropriate with a few different outfits. I could see the golden shimmer in the bottle, but was not prepared for how clear and gorgeous it would translate on the nail. In the sun, I cannot take my eyes off of this one! I was going to stop at 2 thin coats, but there was a bit of nail line visible in the light, so I used a third. Then, I put a coat of Luxe & Lush on my ring finger. This flakey shard glitter is so pretty and unique. I have only used it a couple of times, and always forget how much easier this is to apply than I expect. There is a little work to get the flakes to fill in like I want, but it's not nearly enough work to turn me off. I use Healthy Hoof to help even out the flakes and to amp up the shine.
I am so sad that it has taken me so long to try out this polish! Strawberry Fields is just amazing and will soon become a go-to for me. The Luxe & Lush has enough of its own golden tones and reflects the pink well, letting the polish still show through. I loved this mani and, while I have some extra time and am itching to try something new, I hate to think about taking this one off!
Before I go, I want to tell you about a very generous giveaway that Kaki is offering at Glitter Obsession! There is a set of 5 China Glaze OMG polishes up for win! They are amazing and she is being incredibly generous for her 1500 follower giveaway--CONGRATULATIONS! The giveaway ends 8/15. "May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Giveaway love!
Here's another installment of love for ladies being very generous!
*This one ends in just a couple of hours, so speed over to facebook and get your entry in for an exciting, limited edition original! http://www.facebook.com/KBShimmerBathandBody?sk=app_228910107186452
*OhThreeOhFour has a really exciting giveaway going with some gorgeous indies up for win! Her blog is new but wonderful, with awesome pictures and really cool indies to see! She is also the best that I have ever seen at linking all of the polishes that she uses, which makes tracking them down so much easier!
*The Do It Yourself Lady has a huge giveaway going! She is being incredibly generous and there are so many sparkles and pretties offered! I, personally, would love to get all of those rhinestones for my collection!
Thank you, ladies, for all of your generosity! In addition to sharing your talents daily, you are offering up some really spectacular polishes and extras for all of us. Head to these pages, get your entries in, and enjoy all of the awesome polish that they swatch and create with.
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
*This one ends in just a couple of hours, so speed over to facebook and get your entry in for an exciting, limited edition original! http://www.facebook.com/KBShimmerBathandBody?sk=app_228910107186452
*OhThreeOhFour has a really exciting giveaway going with some gorgeous indies up for win! Her blog is new but wonderful, with awesome pictures and really cool indies to see! She is also the best that I have ever seen at linking all of the polishes that she uses, which makes tracking them down so much easier!
*The Do It Yourself Lady has a huge giveaway going! She is being incredibly generous and there are so many sparkles and pretties offered! I, personally, would love to get all of those rhinestones for my collection!
Thank you, ladies, for all of your generosity! In addition to sharing your talents daily, you are offering up some really spectacular polishes and extras for all of us. Head to these pages, get your entries in, and enjoy all of the awesome polish that they swatch and create with.
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Some very generous offers!
This is one of the things that really pushed me toward starting a blog: the women who polish and post are so generous and supportive!
There are so many exciting giveaways and prizes that they offer their readers and friends, and there is so much appreciation and credit shared between sites. As artists, they are all very careful and happy to give credit to what inspires them. As women, they are excited to give generously to others who share their passion. I'm excited to start giving back a little bit of love!
Here are three amazing giveaways that are being hosted--drool away over these prizes!
*The Nail Junkie has a giveaway for one of her very own polishes! Her new summer line looks amazing and the little bottle labels are way too cute! I haven't ventured into the indie world yet, but her free shipping and gorgeous shimmers are VERY tempting...
The giveaway is open internationally and closes on June 29th!
*Fingers Polish Mania has an unbelievable giveaway open! She is offering a new collection from Elevation, a brand that is new to me. This is something that I have loved about reading blogs--finding new and exciting brands to try. The colors are gorgeous and her blog is so fun to explore! She has a knack for using stamps in really cool ways and I'm loving looking through her designs!
This runs through July 24th!
*The Nail Network has a really cool 1st birthday giveaway! She not only has some amazing polishes that she has generously put up, but also some custom jewelry she made! While I am pretty new to this blog, it appears that we share a deep love of glitter! I don't need to know any more than that to know that I like this site a lot.
This runs through July 3rd!
So this is a HUGE thanks to these ladies for being so generous with the beauty! I've got my fingers crossed (fingers that will hopefully have some new polish to try out) and hope that you stop by their pages. Get in on the giveaway generosity but, more importantly, look at what these ladies do so well!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
There are so many exciting giveaways and prizes that they offer their readers and friends, and there is so much appreciation and credit shared between sites. As artists, they are all very careful and happy to give credit to what inspires them. As women, they are excited to give generously to others who share their passion. I'm excited to start giving back a little bit of love!
Here are three amazing giveaways that are being hosted--drool away over these prizes!
*The Nail Junkie has a giveaway for one of her very own polishes! Her new summer line looks amazing and the little bottle labels are way too cute! I haven't ventured into the indie world yet, but her free shipping and gorgeous shimmers are VERY tempting...
The giveaway is open internationally and closes on June 29th!
*Fingers Polish Mania has an unbelievable giveaway open! She is offering a new collection from Elevation, a brand that is new to me. This is something that I have loved about reading blogs--finding new and exciting brands to try. The colors are gorgeous and her blog is so fun to explore! She has a knack for using stamps in really cool ways and I'm loving looking through her designs!
This runs through July 24th!
*The Nail Network has a really cool 1st birthday giveaway! She not only has some amazing polishes that she has generously put up, but also some custom jewelry she made! While I am pretty new to this blog, it appears that we share a deep love of glitter! I don't need to know any more than that to know that I like this site a lot.
This runs through July 3rd!
So this is a HUGE thanks to these ladies for being so generous with the beauty! I've got my fingers crossed (fingers that will hopefully have some new polish to try out) and hope that you stop by their pages. Get in on the giveaway generosity but, more importantly, look at what these ladies do so well!
"May the odds be ever in your favor!"
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