China Glaze Crackle Giveaway @ Deuce Beauties

Carla is giving away China Glaze Cracked Concrete and Broken Hearted to two winners!

Contest ends April 3, 2011 11:59PST. Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Giveaway @ Scandalously Polished

Ange is giving away:
No Way Jose
and
Drinkin My Blues Away

Contest ends April 13 at 11:59 pm. Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

China Glaze White Cap

The only polish I picked up from ChG Anchors Away collex was White Cap. I read that it's very sheer so I did 2 coats over 2 coats SH Insta-Dri Whirlwind White.
Can't really see the subtle sparkle it had, but I took a few pics anyway.

 

I added some water decals from Viva La Nails, too.

Thanks for looking!

ChG Crackle Giveaway @ Deuce Beauties

Carla is giving away Crushed Candy or Black Mesh to Two (2) winners!

Contest ends MARCH 19TH, 2011 11:59PST. Open to US readers only. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Belated Valentine's Day Mani: Drag Marble

This is my first attempted drag marble attempt that I copied from Colette. She is so talented!

I used OPI Make Love as the base and I painted one coat on all fingers (after my basecoat) then did each nail one at a time. I used China Glaze White on White, Maybelline Berry Charming, and the dotting tools I received from the Born Pretty Store. It was very simple to do and probably took me 15 minutes for both hands. Some of these turned out really cool and I think I will be doing these again.

Have you tried a drag marble mani yet?

Don't forget to use the code CONTESTS23 to get 10% off at  the Born Pretty Store!

Thanks for looking!

Win China Glaze Martini Pedicure Set @ Addicted to Polish

Savvy is giving away the China Glaze Martini Pedicure set which includes: Straight Up, Martini Lunch, Tarnished & Varnished, Shaken Not Stirred, Martini Pedicure, and Sass in a Glass.

Contest ends January 3, 2011 at 11:59pm Pacific Standard time. Open to US followers only. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

ChG Ingrid and Classic Camel: Harry Potter Mani

The only 2 polishes I picked up from ChG Vintage Vixen collex were Ingrid and Classic Camel. Nothing else really appealed to me. I really wanted Classic Camel after I saw swatches and Ingrid was my second choice.

After applying this I was really disappointed on how this made my skin look, it just wasn't for me. So a day later, I jazzed it up a bit by 'frenching' Ingrid on all my fingers except for the accent nail, then I 'frenched' Classic Camel over Ingrid on the accent nail.

Then a day later my fiance was going to take me to see the new Harry Potter movie! So I added some Konad stars randomly and a coat of NYC 105A Silver Glitter. This is a really pretty glitter with small silver glitter and larger blue and glitter pieces. I was loving this!

Loved the new HP movie and can't wait for the next one! And I LOVE the mani!!

Thanks for looking!

China Glaze Tis the Season Giveaway @ Nail Talez & More

Nikki is giving away:

Grand Prize Winner: Snow, Party Hearty, Jolly Holly, Midnight Kiss, Mrs. Claus, Phat Santa, Sugar Plums, Cheers to You.

Second Prize: Little Drummer Boy, Frosty, Jingle Bells, Mommy Kissing Santa, Peace on Earth, Mistletoe Kisses, Ruby Deer, Naughty & Nice

Contest ends 11/26/2010 at 11:59 pm PST. Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Win the ChG Vintage Vixen Collex @ Nail Talez & More

Nikki is giving away the ChG Vintage Vixen collex, 12 polishes total!

Contest ends Friday, Sept 24th at 11:59 PM., 2010. Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Win a ChG Nail Polish of Your Choice @ You nailed it!

You nailed it! is giving away one ChG polish of your choice to one lucky follower!

Contest ends September 1, 2010. Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Win Vintage Vixen Collection @ AllYouDesire

AllYouDesire is giving away the ChG Vintage Vixen set!

Contest ends August 31, 2010. Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!
Good Luck!

Some Recent NOTDs

I wanted to do some glitter a little while back so I finally decided to bust out ChG Luna that I received from Tuli and her glitter giveaway.

This is 3 coats I believe...

Removal was a PITA of course, but worth it I think for this one. Next time I wear this I might try layering it with a sheer color on top like I have seen some ladies do lately.

And here is a horribly blurry pic of ChG Strawberry Fields with a couple of hearts that survived the first night of this mani. I picked the hearts up at a Dollar Store for $1.49, go figure.

Win Pink Nail Polish @ The Nail Nerd

Anna is giving away China Glaze No Way Jose and China Glaze 100 Proof Pink for Valentine's Day.

Contest ends 14th at midnight GMT+1 (6pm EST). Open to all. Click the pic for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

100 Followers Giveaway @ Polish Galore

Polish Galore is giving away:
1 bottle of China Glaze Grape Pop (from the Up & Away collection - only used once to swatch)
1 brand new bottle of China Glaze Matte Magic (top coat released in 2009)
1 brand new bottle of Seche Vite Top Coat

Contest ends Tuesday at midnight:01 GMT. Open to all. Click HERE for more deets and to win!

Good Luck!

Win China Glaze Polishes @ Polish Galore

Krystal is giving away:
1 brand new bottle of China Glaze Matte Magic (top coat released in 2009)
1 brand new bottle of China Glaze Coconut Kiss (from What's Your Color? collection)
1 brand new bottle of China Glaze Atlantis (from the Glitters and Cremes collection)
1 brand new bottle of China Glaze Nova (from the Glitters and Cremes collection)

Contest ends at midnight:01 GMT (that's 6 p.m. on Wednesday for people in the central time zone). Open to all. Click the pic above for more deets and to win.

Good Luck!

My REAL Christmas mani

I got this idea from Nora @ Nail of the week's Christmas tree konad. I really love what she did, but unfortunately I did not have that plate. I really thought I did, so I ended up using one the biggest star from the half-circle of stars on m3.

Here's some pic spam:

I will upload some better pics tomorrow morning. EDIT: Here are the pics from this morning:

I started with a base color of ChG Emerald Sparkle and let's see if I can get all of these colors right for the stars:
Zoya Trixie
ChG Solar Power
a Massini Fall purple holo w/no name
OPI Blue Moon Lagoon (for stars and big snowflake on thumb)
Revlon Lily Chrome
ChG Ruby Pumps
SH Radiant
ChG Frostbite
and I think that's it!

Then I topped it off with a shaken Northern Lights holo topcoat.

Hope you like it!

Have a Merry Christmas!!