Monday, July 9, 2012

MY FIRST GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello ladies!!!  I'm so excited to announce my first ever giveaway!  Recently my blog reached over 10,000 views.  I'm amazed.  I've been saving back things for months for swaps and this giveaway.  Since this is my first one I'm sure I am going to miss things that need to be said.  I guess we should start off with some basic rules.


-This giveaway is open to U.S. only
-Any duplicate entries will be deleted.
-There is a section for reddit lacqeristas where you are asked to give your reddit username.  If one of those entries wins and the participant is not part of that subreddit another winner will be chosen. 
-The giveaway begins July 10th and runs until the the 31st.
-The winner will be notified as promptly as possible.  




Now on to the fun stuff!  PRIZES!  There will be only 1 winner so all the prizes go to one lucky individual. In this prize package I have Revlon Top Speed in Cloud and Guava, a leopard printed Kiss Nail Dress, Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Groove, and a pack of caviar/fish egg beads in 8 assorted mini bottles.  There will also be a mystery prize. 




Just enter using the rafflecopter widget below (if you don't see one, just wait a moment) When it asks for your GFC name that you follow with use the name that appears when you comment.  Once again THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!! especially the gals (and guys) at www.reddit.com/r/RedditLaqueristas.  You guys are AMAZING!


UPDATE!!! The identity of the mystery prize is........ (drumroll).....


The Lust in Lace mini set from Ulta!!! This package includes Let Your Garter Down, Underneath It All, Let it Slip, Of Corset Is!, and a bottle of topcoat. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Friday, June 29, 2012

My 1st Floral Mani

Good afternoon!  I did something outside my comfort zone!  I am not much for floral.  I don't really even care if my beau gets me flowers (I'd rather have nail polish instead!).  But I thought I'd give it a whirl. 



I used Decades of Dysfunction (Orly) as the background.  I used my dotting tools to do all the art with Greenwich Village (NYC), Beautiful Girl (Sinful Colors), Art Nouv-Yellow (Finger Paints), and Four Leaf Clover (China Glaze).

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

My First Try it on Tuesday!

Inspired by all the ladies who are doing the whole "Try it on Tuesday" thing.  As I'm sure many of my fellow polish addicts do, I have a ton of nail polish I have never used, but love all the same.  So why not... Yesterday I decided to try out Ingenue (Orly).  Originally from a holiday line I believe it is now part of the core display in most stores that carry the brand.  It's really a lovely color and so damn sparkly.  I did decide to take it a bit further and did some taping with a black crackle on the tips.  Check it out...






The black crackle I used was Black Mesh (China Glaze) and I did some striping by hand in Gold Rush (Revlon).


As far as the upcoming giveaway, I still haven't gotten much feedback as far as what sorts of prizes would be best.  Do you think one large prize or a bunch of smaller prizes would be better? 

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Neon on Neon Action!

Hello, hello good people.  I have been slacking on my posts, and I apologize for that.  I broke a nail last week, but was able to fix it with Orly Nail Rescue, which is great but it is kind of a pain, so my nails haven't been seeing the usual amount of change.  I wanted something bright and fun, and for me that means one thing.  Neons.  I love neons.  I love the pop of fluorescent color.  I love the drying time.  Neons make me smile. 




I used pretty much every neon in my arsenal.  The remind me of clowns or a ball pit.  I wish I had waited to clean up the edges before snapping the picture, but you can handle a little polish on my fingers right?  I thought so.  You guys are great.  For this mani I used (in no particular order) China Glaze in Flying Dragon, Purple Panic, Rose Among Thorns, and Celtic Sun, Sinful Colors in Summer Peach, Studio M in Neon Greenlight, and Nina Pro in Blu Blaze.  Oh yeah I also used Pure Ice in Super Star to make the colors really pop. 


In other news I did finally set up a facebook page for my blog.  I'm still figuring this all out as I go, which is why I consider it an adventure.  I'm sure when I do my first giveaway here before too long it will be a requirement to "like" the facebook page.  So go ahead and get a jump on that HERE!

Speaking of giveaway, we are getting pretty close to the 10,000 views milestone, and I have a few things saved back for the prize but I kind of want to get something kind of special.  Hit me up with your suggestions/ideas for this or really anything.  I can always use some inspiration!