Zoya: Three Free Promo!

Hi everyone! Beginning on January 7, 2013 and ending on January 13, 2013, Zoya is offering three FREE nail polishes of your choice.  A shipping fee of $10 does apply, but still that's three polishes for just $10, so you're saving quite a bit with this promo. If you plan to purchase more than just the three freebies you can get free shipping on $25 or more.

So I want to know, which Zoya polishes will you be picking up in this promo?  

STARTS MONDAY, JANUARY 7th 2013

A New Year Calls For New Color! 

Zoya Nail Polish wants you to SHINE in 2013 by rocking your unique style - on your nails! Pick any 3* Zoya Professional Lacquer shades to instantly update your nail polish wardrobe for the New Year!


Offer Valid Monday, January 7th (10AM EST) through 11:59 PM EST January 13th ONLY Pick 3 bottles ofZoya Nail Polish for FREE* ** just pay shipping & processing charges of $10. 

Use Code: ZOYA2013 
Want more?... 
Receive FREE Shipping*** with any Zoya or Qtica purchase of $25 or more (same code)!
Here's How...

1. Create an account on Zoya.com if you do not already have one.. Add at least (3) Zoya Nail Polish shades to your shopping cart, along with any additional items you wish to purchase.
2. Enter Code ZOYA2013 into the coupon code field in cart and press "Apply Code".
3. Complete Check-Out, Review & Submit Order.

* Promotion Excludes Zoya Nail Treatments, Gilty Pleasures and Spring 2013 Lovely & PixieDust Collection colors  

** Terms and Conditions 
Shipping & Processing Fee of $10 applies. Valid online at www.zoya.com 10 AM EST, 01/07/13 through 11:59pm EST, 01/13/2013. Continental US only. Not valid in conjunction with other coupons, codes or promotions. Returns or exchanges of promotional items not permitted. Art of Beauty is not responsible for incorrect addresses, credit card entry errors or errors associated with declined credit cards . Code must be entered at the time of purchase. Please allow up to 4 weeks for shipping if volume warrants it. Limit 1 promotional order per account.

*** Free shipping available on orders of $25 or more only.

Info and photo provided by Zoya PR rep.

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Butter London Sale (July 25, 2012)

Hi everyone! Butter London is having a 24 hour sale beginning tomorrow. Check it out! 

Information provided directly from PR.

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$15 for $30 Worth of Beauty and MORE!

Savemore.com is having another good beauty deal right now.  For $15 you get a $30 voucher at aveyou.com which sells all types of beauty products including OPI and Essie! And just like last time, if you are not a SaveMore user and sign up you get a $10 credit which would make this deal $5 for $30 worth of stuff. Nice!!! You can also buy $50 worth of products for $24 or $75 worth of products for $35. 

Note: This voucher does not include shipping so you'd have to pay whatever shipping you had, but orders over $50 ship for $1. 

I think I will buy one voucher. I have never ordered from aveyou but they have some cool products. Let me know if you get a voucher!!!

Remember, you will get the voucher after the deal is over.

Affiliate link. If you buy through my link I get a credit. 

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Free Nail Polish (with Save More)

UPDATE: The power is back on today! So I can finally go home after work! Thank goodness!!!! Thank you all for the concern! We're a-ok now!

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I saw this great deal on another blog and thought I would share it all with you.  

Fabulous Nails is offering a deal on their nail polish through SaveMore You can purchase one bottle [retail: $15] for $7.50 or three for $15 -- plus FREE shipping. 

If you don't have a SaveMore account you will get $10 for signing up here so that makes the deal for one polish FREE.  


I just got mine and I cannot wait to pick a free polish.  You can only purchase this today and it expires September 6, 2012 so head on over now!! My voucher is not usable until September 6 at noon.

Enjoy! Let me know if you get a voucher and what polish you plan to buy!

Affiliate link. If you chose to sign up though my link I will get a credit. 

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Zoya Promo Offer

ZOYA PROMO OFFER

Limited time only
Get Zoya Dove and Zoya Caitlin FREE with ANY** purchase on Zoya.com! 

Special Promotional Offer*!

Try the Zoya "French Twist" manicure created by Haven Spa for the Joy Cioci presentation at NYFW! For a limited time with any** purchase (excluding Zoya Color Spoons) on Zoya.com you get Zoya Nail Polish in Caitlin and Zoya Nail Polish in Dove for free!! Just enter the code ZB52 when you check out! These trend setting spring colors are MUST have in any collection! This offer is only good until Monday May 23 (11:59PM EST)! Act now and try the "twist" everyone is talking about!

*Online only, cannot be combined with any other offer , promotion or coupon. US ONLY. Promotion ends Monday May 23 at 11:59 PM EST. Offer good for 1(one) open stock .5 oz bottle of Zoya Caitlin  and 1(one) .5oz bottle Zoya Dove with the purchase of any NON-SPOON item on Zoya.com. Art of Beauty Inc. will not honor promotions that are submitted after promotion has ended - No exceptions. No exchanges. No returns. Worst case scenario please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Comments, videos and pictures posted about this Zoya Nail Polish Exchange outside of Zoya.com or zoyanailpolish.blogger.com are not representative of the opinions of Zoya Nail Polish, Art of Beauty, Inc., Qtica and Qtica Smart Spa and we do not confirm the accuracy of any postings. Customers are responsible for maintaining active accounts. If username or password have been lost we (Art of Beauty, Inc.) are not responsible for restoring accounts or giving out any account information. S/H not included. 

**offer excludes Zoya Color Spoons. 

© 2011 Art of Beauty Inc. All rights reserved

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I love these two colors. Here are some of my swatches of them:

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Zoya: Carmen and Nidhi

Hi everyone! Since Zoya's 3 Free Facebook promotion is running for the rest of the week I thought I would show you two of the Zoya reds I have photographed.  See Zoya's facebook page for more info on this offer. The three freebies I picked are Shawn, Adina and Zara. 

 Zoya's Carmen seems to be touted as their classic red color. It's  basically just that, a classic red creme. To my eye it's actually in between yellow and blue based which is interesting and I imagine that would mean it is universally flattering.  When I think of "classic" or "pinup" red I personally picture a more blue based red but that's really just me. I like this color a lot, it's hard to go wrong with red for me, it's just not my all time favorite holy grail red.

Formula wise I found it to be easy to work with. I had no streaking or balding and it was opaque in 2 coats. I have been hearing that some people have issues with Zoya polishes reacting with other brands base and top coats but I did not have that issue at all using Seche Clear and Seche Vite. But be warned sometimes there might be an interaction, I just have not experienced it myself.

Next I have the color Nidhi to share with you. I went to law school with a girl named Nidhi and always loved that name! This is a yellow toned red color with gold micro glitter throughout.   I found this insanely difficult to photograph and I am sorry for the sun's glare in the photos. The sun just grabbed it and reflected like crazy.

The gold glitter is a fun touch however it is a lot more noticeable in the bottle than it is on the nail. You can see it the photos it looks packed with gold but it's really more subtle than that once applied. It's still there but not in abundance.

Formula, again fine. Nothing to complain about. Zoya seems to perform consistently well for me so far.  I like it.

So what do you think? Either of these in your collection? Do you plan on picking them up or skipping them? 

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Don't Forget About Zoya's 3 Free Polish Promotion!

Happy New Year everyone! Sorry I have been busy and not posting, regular posting will resume this week now that the holidays are over. I just wanted to remind you all to check Zoya's Facebook page tomorrow for the 3 free polishes code. All you have to do is pay shipping. Zoya polish is awesome so don't forget to take advantage of this promo. Click here to see my Zoya swatches, I don't have many but my Zoya swatch is growing so there will be tons more coming. 

I think I will get Zara, Adina and Shawn this sale. What will you get?

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Deborah Lippmann Special Offer

Just in time for your holiday shopping here's a special offer from Deborah Lippmann. From December 6 - December 8 orders over $100 will receive The Princess Bride Set for free. Sweet! And all orders over $35 ship free. 

Info and images are directly from PR.

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Beautyticket.com China Glaze Giveaway. CLOSED!

Happy Monday readers. Hope you all had a fun filled Halloween. Today I have a giveaway for you!!!

The lovely people at Beautyticket.com have offered to send one of my lucky readers 6 China Glaze nail polishes in the following colors: Sacred Heart, Street Racing, Drive In, Bad Landing, Blue Island and Laced up.

CLOSED! WINNER TO BE ANNOUNCED! 

Entering is easy. All you need to do is the following:

1. Required: Follow this blog via Google Friend Connect and leave your Google Friend Connect name on the form.
2. Required: Leave your email address so I can contact you if you win.
3. Optional: Blog about the giveaway and leave a link.
4. Optional: Tweet about the giveaway and leave a link.
5. Optional: Add www.primandpolished.blogspot.com to your blogroll and leave a link.

This giveaway is for US readers only! Sorry international girls, but when I do another giveaway directly from me you'll all be invited to join in on the fun! Beautyticket.com can ship only in the US. Sorry for any inconvience.


The giveaway will end on November 14, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST. This allows 2 weeks for entries.


See, it's simple. GOOD LUCK!

The six polishes will be sent to one lucky winner directly from Beautyticket.com.

Beautyticket.com is a website that offers high end/ name brand cosmetics at discount prices. They also offer private sales to their members. All it takes to be a member is to sign up for free with your email address. Then you'll have access to their private sales.


On November 3, 2010 they will have a private sale featuring China Glaze! So be sure to sign up with them to see what they're offering from the brand. I love China Glaze so anytime I can snag a deal on their polish is a happy day for me.

I have not personally ordered from Beautyticket but before accepting the contest I did some research and they have very favorable reviews on many beauty blogs.

This giveaway is sponsered by Beautyticket.com. I have not been paid or compensated in any way for hosting this giveaway. I just want to give back to my readers and this company offered to give 6 great polishes. The winner will be selected by me via random.org and the prizes will be shipped directly from Beautyticket.com

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Zoya: Vampy Kiss Promotion

Hello readers. I wanted to share an exciting promotion from Zoya with you. From now until October 17th, using the code VKISS will get you three free polishes (retail value $21) on orders over $10. What a fantastic deal!

I've never tried Zoya before and this seemed like a great time to do it. Those three polishes look great and why not take them up on a great deal. I ordered Crystal and Demi both of wish look gorgeous. Check out my order total: $20.95 shipping included for 5 Zoya polishes. Since Zoya polishes retail for $7 a piece I think I got a great deal.


Crystal:
Demi:


I am so excited to try them! Let me know if you order anything during this promotion.

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Piggy Paint Review & Coupon Code

Hi everyone! Thanks for checking in with me today! I have an exciting company to share with you that I think mom's will especially like but we can all appreciate.

I recently had the opportunity to try a nail polish from a great company called Piggy Paint. The company was started by a stay at home mom concerned with the toxic chemicals found in our beloved traditional polishes. Tired of being light headed after painting her girls nails she made it her mission to create a kid friendly, odorless, non toxic nail polish and she succeeded!

Piggy Paint polishes contain the following ingredients:

Water, water-miscible acrylic resins and thickeners (well below 100 parts per million), glycol ethers. May contain mica, D&C red lake, ultramarine blue, iron and titanium oxide pigments.

I tried the color Girls Rule which is described on their website as "a bright shimmery purple polish". To me it's a purple-ish pink. It is purple, my camera made it a touch pinker than it is in reality but I'd call it a light purple-ish pink with tons of shimmer. It's not really frosty, I'd call it a duochrome. It's purplish pink with tons of pink duochrome that makes it sparkle in the sun. It's really eye catching. I wore this as a pedi for about 2 weeks and I really loved the finish.

The formula is fantastic. I have to say I didn't know what to expect out of a water based polished aimed at kids but this baby delivered! First thing I noticed was it truly is as close to odorless as a nail polish can be. It does have a mild scent to it, which I cannot quite pinpoint (maybe kids paints or something?) but you have to really hold the brush up to your nose to detect it. I like this about the polish. It's nice when a company makes a claim and really means it. I think that this is a huge plus for you mom's out there worried about the scent of our normal polishes. You can trust that your kids will not get light headed from these polishes, that's for sure. I know many of us have said our hubby's complain about the smell of polishes when we do our nails and with this one they'd never even realize you were busy painting.

The application was simple. I found the polish easy to work with and it glided smoothly over my finger and toe nails. I did my toes first and was really impressed with the ease of application. I HATE doing my toes!! The polish is highly pigmented and took just two coats for maximum opacity - again impressive considering it's a water based product.

The company suggests drying nails with a hair dryer in order to dry faster and create a hard finish. I did not do this. I sort of defeated the whole purpose of non-toxic by putting on a coat of Seche Vite because I simply cannot live without it. I will try their method and report back to you though so that you can get a complete picture of how that would work, especially if you are drawn to the product for your kids, you don't want to use Seche on top if your concern is toxicity.

Like I said, I wore the polish on my toes for about 2 weeks and I wore the polish as a mani for about 5 days. I noticed that the polish lasted quite a long time with minimal tip wear or chipping. One thing I noticed was that it was quite difficult to remove. I am not sure why that would be but I did seem to struggle a bit removal, it took some extra cotton rounds and elbow grease! No big deal though. Their remover did work well with the product though, and it's low odor too!

Now on to the swatches:

Pretty right? I think any young girl would love this polish.

Overall I am impressed with the brand. I like their company philosophy and I think they deliver on all of the promises they make. It's really heartwarming to see companies like this entering the market because we should be concerned with toxicity and the environment. I think if you have kids and they are into polish like we all are then check these polishes out! I can really get behind companies like this and I am grateful to have been able to try their products!

The company was kind enough to offer my readers a coupon code, good until September 7, 2010 for 10% off anything in their store including sale items! Good deal!

Coupon Code: PRIM10L

Piggy Paint retails for $8.99 and is shipped worldwide! Free shipping on orders $35 and over.

You can also keep up with Piggy Paint on twitter for more product information and fun sales. They just tweeted that on Wed. July 28th and Thurs. July 29 they will have FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING and 1/2 shipping to Canada. Plus on those days use the coupon sparkle15l for an additional 15% off your entire order!

I hope you found this review helpful! I really enjoyed this product and think it's a great concept for kids. Let me know what you think in the comments! Have you tried this product? Are you interested in trying it? What colors do you like best? Do you think your daughters would love this product?

Have a wonderful day and thank you for reading!

Disclosure: This product was furnished to me by the company for consideration. All reviews published on this blog are at my own discretion. Please refer to my Disclosure Policy. I do not work for the company and I was not paid for this review. I also will not receive any compensation for use of the coupon code, I just wanted to share a good deal with my wonderful readers.

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Clearance at Target and Rimmel "Celebrity Bash"

Get your booty to Target and check out all of the cosmetics they have on clearance. I am not sure if they are revamping their beauty section or what but they have tons of things marked down, way down. I didn't find much I really really wanted but I did find these four things and I am sure glad I did. Here's what I snagged:

Revlon Gentle Cuticle Remover: This stuff rocks. I love it. It has a slight tea tree/menthol/peppermint scent to it which I enjoy. It works well and for $3.44 you can't go wrong.

Rimmel "Deliciously Dark" is a really pretty blackened purple for the 60 Second line. I believe these are discontinued due to their new nail polish formula but I am not sure. I haven't worn it yet but I will swatch it when I do.

Rimmel "Hypnotise" is a really pretty plummy purple. I haven't worn it yet.

Rimmel "Celebrity Bash" is what I am currently wearing right now *for three days now which is INSANELY long for me, it's a gorgeous vampy maroon:

This is the first Rimmel polish I have used and I have to say, I love it. The formula is exceptional. I am wondering why I always overlooked Rimmel before. This color was opaque in just 2 coats. It was the perfect consistency, thin but not runny. I had no streaks whatsoever.

Like I mentioned I have been wearing this for three days now. I have no chips and very minimal tip wear (really just the edges and not even all of them). My manicure still looks fresh and I am really impressed with this.

I am going to have to purchase some of the newer Rimmels and see how they compare because this is a great polish. I can't wait to wear the others.

Isn't this color seriously so pretty? Dark but not too dark and shiny!

Love it!!

Are you a Rimmel fan? What are your favorite Rimmel polishes?

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Sale Alert!

I hope everyone is ready to have a rockin' holiday. In the meantime I thought you might enjoy some sales I have come across.

Nonpareil Boutique: 20% off with code DS20 and as always free shipping on orders $40 or more. Expires Christmas Day at 10pm PST.

So what would I get? Can't go wrong with anything by NYX.

Cherry Culture: 20% off with code CS20 and as always free shipping on orders $40 or more. Expires December 27th at 11:59pm CST.

So what would I get? Can't go wrong with anything by NYX.

Paula's Choice
free shipping on all orders and 5 free samples. No minimum order. No known expiration date.

So what would I get?
The Skin Balancing Moisture Gel, this stuff ROCKS! It has a fantastic texture, probably due to the Dimethicone, and the Exfoliating 8% Alpha Hydroxy Acid Gel.

Sephora: 20% more off of sale items with code EXTRA,ends December 31.

So what would I get?
The Philosophy Winter Escape Kit, the Urban Decay Hi-Fi 24/7 Set, The Urban Decay Get Backed Eye Kit (which was already super discounted), and the On10 Disney Smack! Cherry Kiss balm because I love all things Disney.

Happy holidays and happy shopping everyone!!!! Pin It Now!

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