Monday, September 17, 2012

Hiatus

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As you can see, I have been away and neglecting my blog for far too long and I apologize.

This weekend has been long and tough. It felt like it was never going to end.

For many of you who don't know, my mother-in-law passed away this Saturday from lymphoma and cervical cancer.

I've never had a great relationship with my mother-in-law but I do value her, a lot. She is the mother of my husband after all.

So again, I apologize for my absence. I don't know when but hopefully I will get back to blogging and commenting back on track. In the mean time, I thank you in advance for your thoughts and warm wishes as well as understanding my circumstance.

Thank you so very much,
Anna

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Copycat Mani

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First off, I wanna wish a happy happy birthday to one of the sweet ladies from our Twinsie group: Tara! Happy birthday doll!

This weeks theme has got to me my favorites since I have joined in on the Twinsie Tuesdays. As you know already, this weeks challenge: copy cat mani.

So we were also given names from our Twinsie group and we were suppose to recreate a mani that they did. With that said, my secret copycat mani was: Maribeth!

Now this was her mani:

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And this my copycat:


I honestly feel like my mani wasn't as well executed or as cute as hers but hey, it's the effort that counts right?!

She had so many awesome manis that I wanted to copy but I choose this one because of the color combo. C'mon! Black, white and pink! It doesn't get any cuter than that! I wish I would've done a bright pink so that it would stand out like hers but I think I like the soft muted color.

Sorry Maribeth. I have totally butchered your nail art mani.

What do you think?
Anna 

Check out my Twinsies' copycats!

 

Saturday, September 8, 2012

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Leopard Print

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This is just something simple and easy. It's a busy weekend for me! Got a full day on Saturday and church on Sunday! Then back back to school on Monday, boo. Fortunately, school seems to going well so far, yay for that!


This has got to be one of the easiest nail art techniques that even a nail art noob can do! I'm definitely a noob at nail art, and somehow I managed this!

For the very bright looking blue, I used Orly Skinny Dip. It's such a pretty color! It has a slightly purple shimmer in the bottle but not at all visible on the nail which is unfortunate. For the gold, I used Ulta High Roller and some acrylic black paint.

Well, that's it for now. I hope all of you have a lovely weekend!

Don't forget to check out my 2 giveaways! Click here for the Julep giveaway and here for my 350 followers giveaway!

Have you tried doing the leopard print?
Anna

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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Darling Diva Polish Review

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I have been very fortunate to be given the opportunity to review a few polishes from Carrie over at Darling Diva Polish. She sent me 3 very beautiful polishes. Not 1 but 3 to review!

Not to mention while sending emails back and forth, I found out that she lives in the same state as I do! Not only that but she lives only about 20 minutes from me too. How awesome is that?! I don't know too many polish lovers, so once we found out we agreed to meet and do some polish chit-chatting. I am so excited and looking forward!

With that said, check these lovelies out!

 L-R: Carrie, Tiny Bubbles, Anime Day 




  Carrie is a new iridescent glitter in a pale lavender/pink base.
This is 1 coat of Carrie layered over Julep Morgan with only 1 coat of Out The Door.


 Tiny Bubbles is a water themed polish in a teal jelly crystal glitter filled base filled with lots of different sized and shaped white, smaller sized pink, blue, and holographic glitters.This is 1 layer of Tiny Bubbles over Sation Oh My Oceania! with 1 coat of Out The Door.
You might be able to see a little shrinking, but I am not sure where that came from since none of the other 2 polishes did not appear to have any shrinking.


 
 Anime Day is a polish mixed with different sizes and colors of matte and holographic glitters.
This polish may be a bit tinted slightly pink.
This is 1 coat of Anime Day layered over Sally Hansen CSM Back to the Fushcia with 1 coat of Out The Door. 

Truthfully, I can not begin to explain to you my love for these polishes! They are all gorgeous and were very easy to apply. I had not a single problem with them. I am very impressed with the quality and performance of these polishes and will hopefully soon be placing an order of my own once my "no-buy" until September 10 passes by. 

You can find and purchase Darling Diva Polishes on her Etsy website here. Most of her polishes retail for $8.00 USD. You can also "Like" her Facebook page here to keep up with any updates.

Which of these 3 is your favorite? Are you thinking about placing an order?
Anna

*This product was provided for  for my honest, unbiased review. Please see PR Disclosure for any questions.*

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

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Twinsie Tuesday: Fugly Color

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This weeks challenge was pretty simple: fugly color.

Firstly, it was hard since I already posted a polish that I truly did not like a while ago and I haven't really encountered one since. So, for this challenge I choose a polish that I really didn't like but it worked and it looks ok as a polish. I do think that it's a nice polish but I have to say that it's not a polish I would reach for again.


Ok, so it's not the pink but the glitter top coat. For this mani, I used Wet n Wild Fergie Tonight's Gonna Be A Night. It was a thick formula but polish thinner did the trick! I really loved it in the bottle but not so much on my nails. I wish I would've looked up some swatches before purchasing. But it's almost the same as, you know? When you go shopping and you see something that looks totally awesome but once you try it on, you're thinking like "what?!". Well yeah, that was definitely me when I tried this one on.

For the base, I used 1coat of Sally Hansen CSM Back to the Fushcia. I absolutely love this color. The formula and especially the wide brush. It's just lovely!

So what do you think? Do you own this bottle?
Anna

Check out my Twinsies' fugly color mani!

Monday, September 3, 2012

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Julep Giveaway

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Please forgive me as I accidentally did not schedule the post for today though I had prepared.

So I have lucky enough to be apart of an awesome growing business, Julep!

If you do not know, Julep is a $19.99 monthly onlie subscription. You get a box of nail related products worth of $40 for only $19.99. They send you a preview of the box that you will be getting for the month and you get to decide whether you want to purchase it or not. If you are not interested in that month's box you can either choose to skip the month's box or change the box if you're interested in another Maven box. In the Maven boxes, you receive items such a nail polish, nail filers, cuticle oil, hand scrub, lotion, and pedicure stuff and items such as. And fortunately I have been gifted a Maven box to review and a Maven box will be given to one of my lucky readers!

The box I choose to review was the It Box:

L-R: Claire, Blake, Morgan




The formula on all three of these were quite good. I really do enjoy Julep polishes though the prices are a bit steep for the amount of the polish, I do recommend these since you receive the polishes at a discounted price for being a Maven.

If you are interested in trying out the Julep Maven subscription, with my referral link "http://www.julep.com/?r=6517477258". You are able to receive your very first Introductory Maven Box for a penny! Yes, your very first box for only a penny with my refferal link and the promo code "MAVENINTRO". 

Now with that said, onto the giveaway!

This giveaway is only open to the United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, and Canada. I apologize international readers, but you are more than welcome to enter in my 350 Followers Giveaway here. 
 
a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck!
Anna

*This giveaway has been kindly sponsored by Julep. 
All opinions are my own and unbiased. 
For further questions please see PR Disclosure for any questions.*

Saturday, September 1, 2012

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Makeup readers and/or giveaways (Suggestions)

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So I currently have a 350 Followers Giveaway running right now and I have gotten a few comments stating that they would like to see some makeup giveaways.

As I first started out this blog, I intended it to be a personal-just-blog-whatever type of blog, but I ran into this polish blogging community and totally fell in love. With that said, as you may see, my blog is mainly devoted to nail polish. But I am wondering, how many makeup-junkie-lovers do I have reading this blog of mine?

How many of you would like to start seeing makeup reviews and/or my thoughts on certain products? That being said, this would be the only reason why I would consider giving away makeup products in the future. As it would be sort of awkward to giveaway makeup when my blog is not related to that area.

So readers, let me know what you think in the comment section below!

Thanks,
Anna
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Friday Nite Parti

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I hope all you lovelies are having a great weekend!

So originally, I am suppose to be posting my PCOS awareness post but somewhere, somehow my pictures are missing. And that really sucks because I spent a good amount of time working on it. However, if you are interested in learning about what PCOS, my Twinsie Nory, she blogged about, and you can check it out here. There are also other Twinsies' that are participating in this awareness, so please be sure to check it out!

This is my very first Barielle swatched and I have to admit that I am not too impressed.


This was 2 weird, smooth and creme-y coats. It was sort of goopy which made it a bit hard to apply. It was somewhat manageable but the outcome, meh. Not quite worth it.

Barielle Friday Nite Parti is a vampy muted berry wine color. I personally think it's a great transition between summer and fall. But who am I say since I don't follow the trends. 

I do admit that the color is very pretty but one that is unique.

What do you think of this?
Anna

Also, I apologize for my lack of posts this past month as I have only posted 13x's. That is totally not normal but I am catching up! So thanks for patience and loyalty!