Frosty the Snowman Nails

Hi everyone! This is a design inspired by a post by thatleanne  I saw her design and just had to try it myself. I used China Glaze's Sea Spray for the base and China Glaze's Snow Globe for the glitter, and then for the white I used China Glaze's Snow, for the black I used Color Secret's Little Black Book, for the green I used Essie's Pretty Edgy and the orange I used Sally Hansen's Sun Kissed. I am slowly but surely getting better at this  nail art thing.

Hope you enjoy!!! Head over to thaleanne's blog to see how to do this, step by step. If I can do it, so can you! 

As always, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my blog (and to comment, I love comments). It means a lot to me! I hope you have a fantastic holiday, whatever holiday you celebrate! 

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Rudolph Nails!

I am so excited to share these festive nails with you! I saw a bunch of similar designs online and on Instagram and I just had to try them! I don't do a lot of nail art but I am really happy with how these came out! 

I used the following colors: China Glaze Ruby Deer, a White Striper, China Glaze Snow, Zoya Chantel, Nuber Toasted Marshmallow, China Glaze Dance Baby, Color Secrets Little Black Book, and Essie Little Brown Dress. 

  

So what do you think? I am really excited about them! Please let me know if you've done any cool holiday nails.

Disclosure: Some of the products were  provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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Easy and Festive Holiday Nail Art

Hi Everyone! Today I have some fun and festive holiday nails to share with you. Excuse my dry skin in the photos, that's what happens when it is freezing! Last week I painted my nails white, which is something I rarely do. I actually really liked the look of just the stark white but after a day and 1/2 I got tried of it and decided to jazz it up a bit. Here's what I came up with, and it couldn't be easier. 

The white for the base is OPI's Alpine Snow, I used three coats for the opacity shown. I used these dotting tools from Born Pretty to go in and create the dots.  I went with the following festive colors all by China Glaze, Phat Santa, Jolly Holly, Ruby Dear and Mistletoe Kisses. All I did was go in with a few different sized dotting tools and randomly placed the dots on the top and middle of my nails. It could not be simpler. I just take a thick piece of paper and place a tiny dab of the color I want to dot onto the nail. I do this one at a time to avoid the nail polish drying. Then I dot away. 

I think the end result is pretty cool, if I do say so myself. This takes no real nail art skills just some time, and honestly not much of it. 

What do you think of these nails for the season? 

Take a look at a similar design by Heather (Kira) at Peace, Love and Polish. Great minds think a like!!! How funny !! Thanks for sharing in the comments Heather! 

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy. 

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China Glaze Summer Neons

Heat Up Your Summer with China Glaze® Summer Collection

Los Angeles, CA – (March 2012):  The sun has nothing on you this summer!  Rival its brightness and heat with China Glaze® Summer 2012 collection, Summer Neons.  Featuring 12 new sizzling shades perfect for surf, sand and nightlife, the all new hot hues in ChinaGlaze® Summer Neons include:

·         Pink Plumeria: Light pink with gold shimmer

·         Under the Boardwalk: Fluorescent raspberry

·         Splish Splash: Bright sky blue shimmer

·         Love’s A Beach: Sizzling hot pink

·         Hang-Ten Toes: Bubblegum neon with iridescent purple shimmer

·         Beach Cruise-r: Glimmering fuchsia grape

·         Orange You Hot?: Bright orange with attention-grabbing gold glimmer

·         Surfin’ For Boys: Glistening bright coral

·         Flirty Tankini: Shimmery strawberry smoothie pink

·         Ride the Waves: Dark ocean blue

·         I’m With the Lifeguard: Glimmering lime green

·         Sun-Kissed: Hot highlighter yellow

Also available 8-piece box collection featuring Under The Boardwalk, Ride The Waves, I’m With The Lifeguard, Sun-Kissed, Orange You Hot?, Surfin’ For Boys, Flirty Tankini and Pink Plumeria.

China Glaze® Summer Neons will be available as open stock colors and 12-piece counter display.  Individual polishes retail for $7 MSRP and the 8-piece box set retails for $56.  ChinaGlaze® Summer Neons will be available at fine salons and beauty supply stores nationwide in June 2012.

China Glaze is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde. China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, visit: www.chinaglaze.com.

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Info from PR rep directly. Collage made by me.

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Birthday Giveaway!

It's giveaway time again! My birthday is next Friday, the 27th, and I am going to give one lucky reader a present! You read that right, I'm giving a present out on my birthday! I did this last year and it was so much fun so I decided to bring it back.  

Here's what one lucky winner will receive: 

These 14 Nail Polishes:

1. China Glaze: Grape Pop (label fell off but bottle is brand new).
2. China Glaze: Swing Baby
3. China Glaze: Sugar High
4. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Black
5. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: White
6. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Red
7. OPI: Ink
8. OPI: Pink Shatter
9. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Silver
10. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Turquoise
11. Nicole by OPI Texture Coat: Gold
12. Dr.'s Remedy: Revive (Ruby Red)
13. Zoya: Demi
14. NYX Girls: Between Mauve and Purple

Requirements: You must be a follower, new followers are welcome to enter too. I will check and make sure you follow. This is for my readers, and new readers, it's not fair to them if you don't follow. The first question asks you how you follow if you don't answer it you are disqualified from winning. You must leave your name and email. All other options for entry are optional and some can be done daily so make sure to maximize your chances of winning.  Check out the terms of the giveaway in the Rafflecopter widget so I don't have to reenter them here.

Good luck! Thanks for following my blog and if you're new here, welcome! I appreciate all of my readers and LOVE getting comments from you all. I love giving back and hope you all like the prize package.  

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Zoya: Bevin & Opal and China Glaze: Gaga For Green

Good morning everyone.   Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day so of course I have to post some green polish for your pleasure; it just wouldn't be right if I didn't.  I have two to show you, I guess technically three but you know what I mean.

First up is Zoya's Bevin topped with Zoya's Opal. Bevin is from the True collection and you can see my full review of it here. Opal  is from the Fleck Effect Collection which was released around the same time as the True collection.  Opal is mostly for use as a top coat as the base is a really sheer green color.  You could wear it alone but it's more of a glaze than anything else.  The polish is packed with tons of reflective flakies that flash green, pink and blue to my eye.  Zoya's description never mentions it flashing pink but I think you can see in the photos below that it does for sure. I think it pairs well over Bevin if you want to keep it green, but I think it'd look best over something more dark.

I used two coats of Opal over Bevin for the look shown below. 

 

 

The next green I want to show you is China Glaze's Gaga for Green. This is a bright green creme from the Electro Pop collection.

This has that wonderful jelly creme hybrid finish that I was showing you in the newer Nubar polishes. I just love this finish, the opacity of a creme with the high shine finish of a jelly. What could be better?

I did use three coats for the opacity shown, so don't get me wrong it's not incredibly opaque but I'll slap on that extra coats for the shine any day than take a one coater! It applied well, no streaking or balding and it has lasted through this entire week. (I have been to lazy to lacquer LOL).  

 

So of these, which do you like best?  Will you be rocking green on St. Patrick's Day? Which one will you sport?


Happy St. Patrick's Day tomorrow to you all. Even if you're not Irish and just want to drink some green beer and enjoy a green bagel have fun and be safe.  I don't plan to do anything special for the day but I did decorate my home a little with St. Patrick's Day things. I am such a dork! 

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy.

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China Glaze: Fast Track

Hi everyone! Today's post is a bit late but better late than never.  Today was a beautiful day here in Connecticut, I am so happy it's finally starting to feel like spring. I hope it stays this nice!

Today I want to show you a color from China Glaze's  Capitol Colors collection which was inspired by the upcoming Hunger Games movie.  I am so excited to see the Hunger Games because I adored the books, so when I saw the polish collection I was really excited.

I went  to several Sally Beauty supply stores in search of this particular color because when I saw swatches on other blogs I love I knew I had to have it in my life. I am so happy I finally found it, and what do you know, it was in the Sally Beauty right in my city. Here I was going all over the place and it was right there, close to home. Go figure!

So this is Fast Track. I love this color. China Glaze calls it a "soft sandy brown with gold metallic shimmer" and that's accurate to me. It's like shimmering sands. The gold shimmer in this is absolutely incredible looking. I love this because it's sort of a nude/neutral color but the gold makes it so interesting and unique.

The formula in this is a bit on the thin side and I needed three coats to achieve full opacity. On two coats I had some bald areas, three seemed to work just right for me.

Gorgeous right? I just love it!

Have you noticed that we're seeing quite a lot of these sorts of shimmers lately? I am loving this season's take on shimmer with the metallic microshimmer finishes. What do you think of this trend? 

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China Glaze: ElectroPop (Press Release)

Los Angeles, CA - (January 2012): Where heavy metal meets rocker chic, China Glaze® introduces the Spring 2012 collection, ElectroPop. Inspired by all things girly, edgy and fun, the 12 shades of ElectroPop bring out the inner rock star in all. For flash and glam this spring, China Glaze® hits the stage in style!

ElectroPop Shades include:

• Kinetic Candy – Touch the sky in light blue crème 
• Electric Beat – Periwinkle nails for a wink worthy performance
• Aquadelic – Pool blue for nighttime gigs and daytime fun in the sun
• Gaga For Green – Green lacquer for the girl craving the limelight
• Sunshine Pop – Shine in the spotlight in bold yellow 
• Make Some Noise – Rock the mic in tangerine
• Wicked Style – Party cocktail tropical punch
• Fuchsia Fanatic – Fuchsia pink for the rocker diva in us all
• Gothic Lolita – Steal the show on girls night out in seductive purple
• Dance Baby – Hit center stage in cotton candy pink
• Sweet Hook – Blow a kiss in dreay lilac
• Techno – Glitter confetti polish for a dazzling topcoat finish or all over finger tip bling

ElectroPop is also available in:

• 6 Piece Collection of “Brights”: Techno, Aquadelic, Sunshine Pop, Gaga for Green, Make Some Noise and Wicked Style

• 6 Piece Collection of “Lights”: Fuchsia Fanatic, Dance Baby, Electric Beat, Kinetic Candy, Sweet Hook and Gothic Lolita

• 12 Piece 3D Counter Display
• 36 Piece Rack 

ElectroPop will be available February 2012. Individual shades retail for $7; 6 piece collections retail for $42.

China Glaze is free of DBP, toluene, and added formaldehyde. China Glaze nail lacquers are available through salons and professional beauty supply stores nationwide. For more information, visit: www.chinaglaze.com or follow China Glaze on Facebook and Twitter:http://twitter.com/ChinaGlaze

China Glaze is a division of American International Industries.

About American International Industries

For nearly 40 years, AII has been the leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of innovative, quality beauty and skin care products for men and women.  Our product lines include Ardell, Andrea, Body Drench, Bye Bye Blemish, Checi, China Glaze, Clean + Easy, Clubman/Pinaud, Duo, European Secrets, EzFlow, Fright Night, Gena, GiGi, Gypsy Lash, IBD, Jeris-Lustray, No Tweeze/Micro Tweeze, 'N Rage, Prolinc, RAW, Seche, SuperNail, Surgi-Care, Waterworks, Winning Nails, Woltra, Woody’s, and Youthair. For more information, visit our website: www.aiibeauty.com.

All information and photos provided by PR. I arranged the photos myself. 

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China Glaze: Colours From the Capitol (Hunger Games)

I don't typically like to bombard you with press releases since so many bloggers also receive them but this is a collection I am very excited for so I had to share. Here's what China Glaze has to say about the collection:

This collection of 12 new nail polish shades is inspired exclusively by one distinct setting in The Hunger Games- the Capitol of the nation of Panem.  Awash in lavish fashion, food, and entertainment, Capitol citizens enjoy extreme cosmetics and body modifications, bold wigs, and outlandish costumes.

I cannot tell you how excited I am for this collection. I am a HUGE Hunger Games fan and if you haven't read the books then GO GET THEM NOW! LOL but seriously they are so wonderful! 

Which are you the most excited for? I can't wait to see Fast Track and Luxe and Lush. 

Information and photos received directly from the company's PR. 

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China Glaze: Tinsel Town (Let it Snow Collection)

Another Monday! I hope you all had a nice weekend! Let me say, at the risk of sounding like everyone else out there, where has this year gone? Can it really be December already! I am shocked at how fast this year went for me!!! 

Today I have a color from China Glaze's Let it Snow collection. This is Tinsel Town which China Glaze describes as: – "Bold silver, metallic glitter and the perfect match for sparkling night on the town." The bases is not so much silver as it is charcoal if that's not a nit-picky distinction. It's jam packed with silver metallic glitter and then larger pieces of silver glitter as well.  This color is very similar to the Kardashian Colors by Nicole By OPI: Follow Me On Glitter except the Nicole by OPI version's larger particles are rainbow colored instead of just silver. They're incredibly close though.  The smaller particles of glitter in this one make it really sparkly and fun to wear.  It's a little darker than what'd I'd expect to see around the holidays but it's festive enough. 

I am surprised that I like how this one applied. Sometimes glitters are too gritty for me. This one is fine and I only needed two coats for the opacity shown.  Don't get me wrong it still has the glitter texture but it's nothing a good coat of Seche Vite can't tame! 

Overall I like this one and I think it works for any time of year. What say you? 

Disclosure: This product was provided by PR for review purposes. All reviews are 100% honest and done at my discretion. For more information please see my Disclosure Policy.

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