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Lydia's Nails: Giveaway!

Lydia's Nails: Giveaway!: Well there isn't any special reason for this giveaway other than that I love you all so much! I have three prizes to giveaway. All items wer...

Another Giveaway ladies.....

This one is from Holly and Polish ..... She is giving away the whole Germany Collection of OPI....

Head over to her site and check it out.

Good luck

anyone down for a giveaway .......

Pretty & Polished Sand Art Mini, Full Size Nail-Venturous Floam, and Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker Mini.

go to The Polish Hoochie and try to win

good luck

China Glaze - Deviantly Daring

I, like others where so excited about the New Bohemian collection from China Glaze.  Then I saw the swatches on Scrangie's blog and I got so sad.  There where nothing like I was expecting. I wasnt going to get any of them but when I got to my local Sally's store I had to get at least one.  I liked Rare and Radiant (the Channel dupe) but the day before I picked up OPI's Just Spotted a Lizard.  I also liked No Plain Jane but again, the day before I picked up Iris my Case by Nicole by OPI.  Turns out that is an exact dupe for No Plain Jane.  So I decided to go for Defiantly Darling.

It is really a beautiful color but wasn't the dual chrome I was expecting.

When I first opened my bottle this is what I found:

Now that is just sad isn't? .... It was so hard and frustrating to paint with.

Here it is on my nails.  You can see it is teal with a slight green hint.  It is a pretty color but there is something about it that I am not happy with.  Maybe it was the application... with that wonky brush and all.

Maybe I will swap it someday.  

Did you know there is an awesome OPI sale going on?

If you happen to be at Wal-Mart you should stop into their beauty store.  There OPIs are buy 1 and get 2 free.  It is not include the new Fall polishes but the polishes that are for sale are ones that where released this year and older.

Here is what I got:

This is Austin-Tatious Turquoise.
I have not swatched this yet but it seems sheer with turquoise sparkle with a hint of purple.  I have read on other sites that on the nail it comes off with a slight grey undertone.
But overall it looks beautiful.  I will have to add it to my mani "to-do list".

This is My Private Jet.  It is a bit of an odd color.  It is defiantly brown but it has different color sparkles in there.  It looks like it could have some burgundy in there.   It looks like could be a scattered holo.

Ok, so this picture is very deceiving.  I find teals very hard to photograph.  This is called Yodel me on My Cell.  It is a dark teal.  I believe you can never go wrong with a dark teal.













That was all I got.  My store was pretty much picked over already.  It leads me to believe that there are some fellow nail polish forum members that live around me.

Indie Polish Review - Pound of Glitter

Today's review is on another Indie Polish.

This is my second review on one of Pound of Glitter's Polishes.  This one is a sheer mint base with silver and purple glitter and a bit of holographic glow.  It kind of reminds me of an Easter morning.

Ok, so here is the picture from her Etsy shop:

(this is a mini bottle at 5ml.)











and now for some swatches:

(both pictures are 3 coats with no undies)

(this picture is more color accurate)


















Pros:
- Great combo of colors.  The purple glitter pops.
- Sheer so you can build it up or add one of your favorite undies.
- Love the touch of Holographic glitter.
- Is available in full size 

Cons:
- I wish there was a bit more purple glitter in the polish.  But that is just my opinion.

Erin Does Nails: Erin Does Nail's 1st Fan Appreciation Giveaway! (DONT YOU JUST LOVE GIVEAWAYS)

Erin Does Nails: Erin Does Nail's 1st Fan Appreciation Giveaway!: Yes, ladies and gents-the time has come to have my very first Fan Appreciation Giveaway! To thank all of you that have become Fans/Reader...

Gray Matter

I have to hand it to Pound of Glitter.  This was her first frankin that she had me try.  It is a beautiful light grey with a bunch of hidden gems inside with a holo touch.  In fact she sold out almost immediately after opening her shop.

I rarely wear my polishes for more then 2 days because I like them to always look fresh.  I wore this polish for nearly a week.  For holos, on me, they seem to chip on the first or second day.  With Gray Matter I had no chips, barely any tip wear and the shine was awesome.  

Here is a picture of the bottle from her Etsy Store:

Isn't it pretty?  Her pictures are far more accurate then my swatches.  In my pictures I just couldn't get the colors to stand out. 

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed this polish.  

My dream polish

After a year I have taken the plunge and bought me a Indie Polish.

I loved Max Factor Fantasy Fire but for some reason they do not sell that brand in the U.S. anymore.

After looking for something close to it I have finally found it.  Girly Bits has made a beautiful dupe.
I seriously could wear this everyday with any color.  By far my favorite is topping it over Royal from Revlon.

Just look at this..... I'm in love

I could not be happier

My nail dream

A year ago last month I did something that I thought I would never be able to accomplish.  I officially stopped biting my nails.  I spend my whole life biting them down to the quick and making them bleed.  I dont know what came over me last year, I guess I was just tired of my finger tips hurting all the time. 

"Your gonna get a virus", "that is disgusting", "your stomach is going to be full of nails"..... etc etc.
Even putting hot sauce or nasty nail biting stuff on my nails.  I either chewed it off or got past the taste.

But those days are over and now I am completely obsessed with painting my nails.  I mean who wouldn't?  I have years to make up for..... right?

And this my friends is what this nail blog is going to be for.... showing off the wonderful colors that I have found.  I seriously have been missing out.

Polish Ninja: 1 year Blog-aversary Give-away

Polish Ninja Giveway... what could be better