Weekly Giveaway Round Up!

Busy week...

Piece of Pie is having a Bundle Monster Image Plate Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• set of Bundle Monster Image Plates (BM3)
• 2 x50 Nail Art Fimo Canes

There will be one lucky winner!This giveaway is open internationally and ends 9th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Shelly's Sassy Nails is having a 500 Follower Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Rainbow Honey ~ 20% Cooler
• Rainbow Honey ~ Mare of the Moon

There will be one lucky winner!This giveaway is open internationally and ends 6th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Polish Hideout is having a OPI Outrageous Neons Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• An OPI Outrageous Neons Mini Set, which includes 4 colors, a white base coat, and a top coat

There will be one lucky winner!This giveaway is open internationally and ends 6th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

XO, Noelle is having a My Favourite Things giveaway!

The prizes are a SURPRISE!!

There will be one lucky winner!This giveaway is open internationally and ends 7th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Amandalandish is having a Ready For Fall Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• 3 Mattese Elite polishes: Certainly Fabulous, Consigliere, Purple Irony

 There will be one lucky winner!This giveaway is open internationally and ends 21st September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Polished Criminails is having a 1600 Follower Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Girly Bits - Canadian Eh?
• Girly Bits - Shift Happens
• Girly Bits - Cosmic Ocean
• Girly Bits - Vive la Revolution
• Girly Bits - Jelly Shoes

 There will be FIVE lucky winners !This giveaway is open internationally and ends 16th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Ashley Is Polish Addicted is having a Summer Mish-Mash giveaway!

 The prizes are:

• China Glaze Pink Voltage (Neon)
• Barry M Indigo
• Finger Paints Hypnotic (Magnetic)
• Megan Miller Lemon Ice

There will be one lucky winner!This giveaway is open internationally and ends 1st September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Parisian Blue Sky is having her First Ever Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Revlon mini polishes set

 There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 7th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Oooh, Shines is having a Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Catrice Million Styles: Million Dollar Baby, ¿Holo Qué Tal?!, Shake It! Flake It!, Have An Ice Day, Miss Money Penny, Return Of Space Cowboys
•  Essence Fast Cuticle Remover, Essence Peel Off Base Coat, Essence Mrs And Mr Glitter, Essence Glowing In The Dark (edit, just found out it's actually not a glow in the dark topper but glow under black light, meh), Catrice Steel My Heart, Catrice Steel My Soul

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 4th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Sally Hansen Pedal To The Medal and More Crackle Love

Well I still love crackles so for today's manicure I used two coats on Sally Hansen Pedal To The Medal and then China Glaze Cracked Medallion on my index, middle and pinkie fingers. Then I used China Glaze Tarnished Gold on my thumb and ring finger. I finished this manicure off with a top coat of Seche Vite.

I used thin coats of the crackles because I wanted the base colour to show through and find that thinner coats allow the cracks to form better. I had to really shake up my bottles to mix my polish but after that I had no problems with the formula. It was smooth to apply and the crackles formed quickly and readily.

Just a few photos today and I was trying to really capture the contrast between the silver base and the metallic crackle.

Sally Hansen Pedal to The Medal with Crackles in Artificial Light

Sally Hansen Pedal to The Medal with Crackles in Artificial Light

 The only natural light available to me for these photos :(

Sally Hansen Pedal to The Medal with Crackles in Natural Light

Sally Hansen Pedal to The Medal with Crackles in Natural Light

I was really happy with how this turned out because I was in the mood for a kind of molten metallics manicure and I think these polishes and shades came together really well. I have to remember to post Pedal To The Metal on its ownand see how the 'Complete Salon Manicure' works since it's supposed to have a top and base coat incorporated!

Find Me At Karinea0e

No post from me here today!

You can find me over at Karinea0e where I'm guest posting while Karine while she is away on vacation :) I had plenty of warning but I still forgot when my post was going up *oops*!!

Max Factor Red Carpet Glam

Get your glasses because we have a bright on today! Today I have Max Factor Red Carpet Glam from their MaxEffect mini polishes collection. I swatched this collection previous here and even then I was wowed by how bright this is!

I used one coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strong base coat and two coats Red Carpet Glam. This was very opaque with one coat but I'm a habitual two coater :) There was the smallest bit of VNL in real life but you can hardly see it in the pictures or from a distance. I finished it off with Revlon Colorstay top coat.


It's good that I chose such a bright polish because there was no sunshine for these photos :(

Max Factor Red Carpet Glam in Artificial Light

Max Factor Red Carpet Glam in the Shade

OMG!!! The entire time this was on my nails I was constantly looking at them because it was just so BRIGHT!! I actually put this on because I thought I haven't worn a red for ages and I wanted something that really shouted - I think I chose well :) What do you think?

Weekly Giveaway Round Up!

So for today we have...

Captivating Claws is having a 1400 Follower Giveaway!

The prize is:

• 1 Full Sized Bottle of Treasure Chest
  1 Full Sized Bottle of Strawberries N' Cream
  1 Full Sized Bottle of Violet Sky
  1 Full Sized Bottle of Sea Glass

There will be one very lucky winner!! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 21st August 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Polished Perfectionist is having a Giveaway 2!

The prizes are:

• Choose 4 Cirque Nail Polishes

 There will be one very lucky winner!! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 21st August 2012. To enter click HERE.

I'm Still Thinking is having a 800 Follower Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Pomegranate Lacquers

 There will be one very lucky winner!! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 7th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Nail Network is having a Sephora by OPI Giveaway!

 The prize is:

• Sephora by OPI Indian Summer mini set

  There will be one very lucky winner!! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 23rd August 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Polished Perfectionist is having a Giveaway 4!

The prize is:

• 25pc Bundle Monster Stamping Plates 2012
• Stamping Plates Organizer

 There will be one very lucky winner!! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 23rd August 2012. To enter click HERE.

 Nailed To The T is having a Blog Anniversary Giveaway!

The prize is:

• Really Awesome Polish Set
• Nail Art Stickers

  There will be one very lucky winner!! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 1st September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Nail Mail from Priceline

I won a giveaway that Priceline was having, celebrating beauty with a give-away each day for the month of July! I was one of the lucky winners of the Press and Go prize packs!!

These were my prizes!!! I received 4 of the KISS Nail Dress nail strips and 4 of the Press-On Manicures!!!

The Nail Dress strips I received!

One of the Nail Dress strips and one of the Press on manicure prizes are missing from my pictures because I gave them to my sister-in-law to try :)

Press & Go Manicure prizes!

I've never tried either of these types of products but I'm excited at the idea of a quick manicure :) I really hope these products are as good as advertised! Have you tried any of these products before?

Weekly Giveaway Round Up

More!!

The Trace Face Philes is having a LE Candy Lacquer Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• 2 Candy Lacquer Summer Sweets
• 2 Candy Lacquer Cherry Berry
• 2 Candy Lacquer Fruit Salad

There will be 6 winners! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 31st August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Polished Cousins is having a  700 Facebook Likes Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Lynnderella Connect The Dots
• Aphrodite Lacquers Auction

There will be one very lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends  20th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Nail Junkie is having a New Animal Polish Line Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• polish of your choice from the new ANIMALS line

 There will be one very lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends  31st August 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Polished Perfectionist is having a Giveaway!

The prize is:

• Born Pretty Store $25 Gift Card

  There will be one very lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 20th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Colores de Carol is having a Cult Nail Giveaway

The prizes are:

• 4 Cult Nails polishes (Happy Ending, Enticing, Evil Queen and Cruisin' Nude) 
• one glass file

There will be one very lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 20th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Nail Mail from Casandra

I was one of the winners from Casandra's at The Mani-Logues One Year Blogaversary and I thought it was time I posted my lovelies :) i have to start by saying THESE ARE MY FIRST INDIE POLISHES!! Can you imagine just how much I was bouncing off the walls when my package arrived!

I forgot to take a picture of them wrapped which was hilarious because they came safely packed in a diaper and my brother was watching me open my package and became extremely curious as to what the hell I got when the diaper came out :) Hilarity ensued!

Since I was super excited I took a photo immediately before I remembered to shake them :) I got Alter Ego Desert Storm Trigger Puller, Alter Ego Penny Pincher and a sample of FEVERshadow Beach night loose eye powder :)

My pretties just seconds after I unwrapped them :)

I love how these are packaged! The label on the front and back are really professionally done and I love that there are instructions and ingredients listed. Casandra was sweet enough to send my a surprise sample of one of her loose eye powders!

After I had calmed down and mixed them up

Love this note! It's embarrassing just how happy this note made me! And for some reason the cute of the note really made my day, it looks like a flower to me :)

How cute is this note! I love the shape!!!

I'm so crazy happy and unbelievably appreciative to Casandra for her amazing generosity and to Cynthia, the creator of Alter Ego, for providing these polishes in the giveaway :) I almost don't want to use these polishes because I'm still so in awe of them! I finally understand what nail bloggers mean when they talk about their indie polishes arriving and how amazing they are in person XD

Nails Inc House Of Parliament with Matte Top Coat

Just a quick post today. I wanted an easy way to change up my mani so I added a layer of Essie Matte About You.

Want to see some pictures...

Nails Inc House Of Parliament Matte in Artificial Light

Nails Inc House Of Parliament Matte in the Shade

Nails Inc House Of Parliament Matte in Natural Light

How freaking awesome is this! Gorgeous, right!?! I couldn't believe how much I loved this and how awesomely it changed up my mani!

Weekly Giveaway Round up!

More pretties up for grabs ahead...

The Polish Hideout is having a Viva La Diva Giveaway!

 

The prizes are:

•  Viva La Diva #48
• Viva La Diva #112

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 15th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Polished Infatuated is having a Second blog Anniversary Giveaway One!

The prize is:

• an $18 Born Pretty Store Giftcard

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 15th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

The Cat's Claws is having a 50 Follower Giveaway!

The prizes are:

•  Max Factor Fantasy Fire
• Revlon Royal

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 8th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Pretty and Polished is having a Because I Love You Giveaway!

The prize is:

• Zoya Lara and Zoya Hot Lips Brody (US)
• $10 Gift Certificate to Llarowe (International)

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 10th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Polished Infatuated is having a Second blog Anniversary Giveaway Two!

 The prize is

• two nail polish rings of your choice

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 15th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Spilled Polish is having a Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Shattered Pink Glitter Nail Polish Ring
• Revlon Top Speed - Black Star
• MAC Eyelashes

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 12th August 2012. To enter click HERE.

Polish Infatuated is having a Second blog Anniversary Giveaway Three!

 The prize is:

•  A MYSTERY BOX!!

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 16th September 2012. To enter click HERE.

Crystaliciousss is having a Summer Giveaway!

The prizes are:

• Lots of summer goodies
• a Supertrash thousand way dress
• pupa neon nailpolishes
• WIC Amazing australia collection 

There will be one lucky winner! This giveaway is open internationally and ends 19th August 2012. To enter click  HERE.

Nails Inc House of Parliament

I love magnetic polishes and decided to refresh my memory on how gorgeous they are. So I grabbed House of Parliament from their Magnetic polishes. I love this purple and black magnetic polish!

One coat of my usual Sally Hansen Triple Strong base coat. I then applied one coat of House of Parliament and waited for it to dry. I then applied another coat and used the diagonal magnet from China Glaze which I held to the nail for 15 seconds. Afterwards I added a layer of Revlon Colorstay top coat.

Actual photos today - except my natural light photo was taken when the sun was going down

Nails Inc House of Parliament in Artificial Light

Nails Inc House of Parliament in Artificial Light

Nails Inc House of Parliament in Natural Light

Nails Inc House of Parliament in the Shade

Nails Inc House of Parliament in the Shade

Do I really have to tell you how much I love this!! I think this is beautiful and since my nails are short I actually managed to get almost the entire design to show up on my index finger! I really like how the design showed up on my short nails and am so happy with this mani :)

China Glaze Pelican Grey

More neutral non glittery polish today :) I chose China Glaze Pelican Grey also from the Anchors Away collection. Pelican Grey is a medium grey (shock!) with a subtle shimmer.

I used one coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strong bofr my base and then two coats of Pelican Grey. No problems with application. I topped it off with a coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat. I have to point out that this polish dries darker than the bottle and when you first apply. Also once it's dry the gorgeous silver shimmer mostly disappears.

Picures, pictures, pictures! None in direct light unfortunately :( I swear my timing is terrible!

China Glaze Pelican Grey in Artificial Light

China Glaze Pelican Grey in Artificial Light

China Glaze Pelican Grey in Shade

I really wish I had some daylight shots because I want to show the gorgeous silver shimmer in this. You can faintly see the shimmer at my tips in the photos above. I don't usually wear grey shades but I really like this colour. Overall I prefer the grey/blue shades like Sea Spray which I was wearing previously.


Blargh

China Glaze Sea Spray

I was in the mood for some more demure shades so I searched through my stash and came up with China Glaze Sea Spray! Sea Spray is from the China Glaze Anchor's Away collection and is a gorgeous blue grey polish.

One coat of Sally Hansen Triple Strength base coat and two coats of Sea Spray. Application was flawless and very smooth. I finished with one coat of Revlon Colorstay top coat.

Some pictures!

China Glaze Sea Spray in Artificial Light

China Glaze Sea Spray in Shade

China Glaze Sea Spray in Natural Light

Love, love, love this! Oh so much! I actually didn't want to take this off! I've shortened my nails a bit more and I think it looks gorgeous on this shorter length. My only complaint is that when the polish is wet there is this gorgeous blue silver shimmer all throughout it but once dried it almost completely disappears :( Definitely can't wait to try this one again!


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