Zoya Spam Promotion Celebration

In light of Zoya's amazing annual New Year Promotion I decided to share all my manis that included Zoya colors that I have photographed .


If you don't know what's going on, right now until Sunday Zoya is giving away 3 free polishes and all you have to pay is shipping! Such a GREAT deal!! I actually got hooked on Zoya 3 years ago during the same promotion. The link to the promo information is HERE. Zoya is an amazing company all their products are vegan and one of the least toxic nail polish brands on the market. Which is great for me since my 3 year old daughter loves to have her nails painted. I love that I don't have to worry about putting something toxic and harmful on her.

Well let's get on with the show!

 Zoya  Kimmy

 Zoya Nova

Zoya Nova w/ Flash on

Zoya Mimi

Zoya Yara

Zoya Perrie w/ NOPI Step to the Beat of My Heart

Zoya Cheryl W/ OPI DS Treasure

Zoya Charla Accent nail w/ China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy (Charla is the polish that got me hooked on Zoya)

Zoya Kelly w/ Finger paints Twisted

Zoya Dove w/ Icing Epic Winning

Zoya Robyn (Blue) w/ China Glaze Fuchsia Topped with Cover Girl Disco Dazzle 

Here are the color I ordered! I'm so excited I can't wait to get them!

Aurora

Blaze

Kristen

What colors are you getting?

Julep Madison Swatch & Grace Giveaway

So after the holidays with all the glitter and crazy nail art I had going on, I was in desperate need of a pallet cleanser. For many people pallet cleansers are nudes but for me its really anything without glitter or shimmer. Since I had just received my Julep Maven box for January I decided I'd try one the colors I got. January's box was Escape & Unwind themed and contained one nude and one neon polish and a freaking awesome hand and cuticle stick. So of course I went for the "neon" color out of the two which was Madison.

Julep described Madison as an Electric Hot Pink Neon Creme. Though I would describe it as a Bright Coral Jelly. This color was a PAIN to photograph since it kept turning out red in all the photos. The bottle in the first photo is most color accurate. Madison doesn't have the classic matte finish that most neons have and it is most definitely a squishy jelly. I must say I did LOVE the color and it applied like a dream! I have problems with both jellys and neons being streaky and hard to apply. So I was a bit worried about how it would apply but it went on so smooth and evenly with a beautiful jelly finish. 

When I saw this color in the bottle I thought it was a bright red color but to my surprise it was not. The best part about it is that for the past year I have been searching for a coral that matched my kindle case perfectly. I've purchased more corals than I'd like to admit trying to find the "perfect" one. Then while applying Madison, thinking it was going to be a simple red and having it turn out to be the coral I've been searching for over a  year!!! I was ecstatic!!

Here are all the items that came in this month's box.

Hand & Cuticle Stick, Madison, Grace, Swatch Me Stickers, and 3 Neon hair ties.

If you don't know what the Julep Maven Boxes are I HIGHLY recommend you Check Them Out! To sweeten the deal you can use Promo Code MAVENINTRO to get your intro box for only a Penny! Oh and the cuticle oil that comes in the intro box is fabulous!

I have A LOT of nudes in my nail polish collection and I don't need hair ties with my short hair so great news for all of you! I will be giving Grace (A sheer pink nude) and the hair ties away! Enter below to win!

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Sunday Best- All Glammed Up... for PROM!!

First I just want thank you all for your patience during the last month. I have been so busy with my family that I took a break from the business. I only did my daily shipping and answered emails. As I have said before my family always comes first. Now that things have calmed down I'm ready to start working again!

Now on to today's Sunday Best... Okay I must point out I did not wear this to church today. This is actually what I wore to a PROM themed party some of my friends threw a couple weeks ago. I highly recommend that if you have never thrown an adult Prom... Do It!! We had a blast and having a built in date that's the love of your life is a major plus.

My hot hubby and I

I wore a long black sequence dress that I picked up from Forever 21 for only $35!!! I personally think this dress looks a lot more expensive! Then because I wanted to make it a bit more modest on top I added a nice black faux velvet bolero that I picked up from Stage on clearance for $12. Stage is like a TINY Khols that is found in small towns (I live in a VERY small town).

The Shoes I wore are and old staple in my closet that I COMPLETELY LOVE! They are perfect for formal events that I know I'll be dancing all night at. I love these cute strapy kitten heels with black rhinestones. Elegant, comfortable and you can boogie all night in them... does it get any better? I picked these shoes up a few years ago at Ross... I don't remember how much they cost.

Anytime I get to go all out with my makeup, I get super excited!! I love dramatic makeup and tons of glitter! So for my eyes I did a smoky eye with silver on the lids. I used my Elf Eyeshadow Pallet and Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer to create this look. Then for the eyeliner I did a thick cat eye with Maybelline Gel Eyeliner (Which is one of my all time favorite products!). Then I did a thin line of glitter eyeliner over the black and as my husband said It really made my eyes sparkle. You can get this glitter liner and other colored glitter liners HERE in my Store. I kept my lips very natural since my eyes were so dramatic. All I wore on my lips was some concealer topped with chap stick. It was nice having simple lips, that way I didn't have to stress about them and I could eat all the snacks I wanted knowing they wouldn't smudge.

All my bling I got at Walmart for $5. I picked the Headband up a while ago on clearance at DownEast Basics for $1.60.

Here are my glitterlicious nails! I did the same thing on my toes too. They were so sparkly and blingy that the pictures don't even do them justice. For this look I did glitter nails using Wet N Wild Fantasy Makers Confetti in Glitz and YES it is available in my Store! To create this look I applied a coat of clear polish then I dipped my finger in the glitter and let is sit for about 5 mins then I topped them with one coat of Gleous and on coat of SV. It only took me about 10 mins and they turned out Ah-Mazing!!

This is my Beautiful Sister In Law! I also LOVED her dress! She wore it with some gray tights and amazing blue suede high heels. She took the heels off for this picture since she is already SO much taller then me. Lol don't mind our silly pose and my duck lips we were just having a little too much fun. 

Well I hope you enjoyed my glammed up Sunday Best! What would you where if you got to go to Prom as an adult?

Check out these links for some more beautiful outfits.

  

China Glaze Emerald Sparkle & Orly Glitz & Glamour Holiday Mani

Today's mani Monday was very loosely inspired by this look I saw on Pinterest. I love how the second color runs down the side of the nail. Isn't it beautiful and so well done... *Sigh* Someday I hope to have skills this good. 

So I thought I would try a look like this in Christmas colors. I used China Glaze Emerald Sparkle as the main color. I am crazy about China Glaze Emerald Sparkle which is the green equivalent of China Glaze Ruby Pumps. It's completely amazing and beautiful! I used Orly Glitz & Glamour (which I am also crazy about) as the stripe down the side. I defiantly made the stripes to thick so it really looks nothing like the picture that inspired me. 

I wore my nails like this for a day and kept feeling like they weren't complete and needed something else. So added the black stripe to separate the two colors and I  really think it finished the look. I liked this mani but for some reason it kept feeling more like Green Bay Packers nail and not so much Christmas nails. 

What do you think are they Football nails or Christmas nails?

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you stop by and check out some other manis over at these fun link ups.

Holiday Snow Polish & OPI Giveaway!

With December starting tomorrow I decided to get into the holiday spirit and did a nice snow topped Christmas mani. I have a dear friend who is also in love with nail polish and she rocks the snow topped manis most of December. So I decided I would give it a try.

For today's mani first I did three coats of my all time favorite red China Glaze Ruby Pumps. This color is stunning on its own! Ruby Pumps is a gorgeous red jelly that is dense with red glitter. It's absolutely stunning.... Ok I think you get the picture I LOVE this color.

After Ruby Pumps I added the white snow tips. For the tips I used a Styli-Style Xtreme Nail Art Dual Polish & Pen. This can be found in my Shop but has a VERY limited quantity. I really like the polish/pen combos because the polish is thick and opaque which make them perfect for nail art. To create this look I used the polish end of the lid.


Then I topped the whole look off with some SV. I really like how it turned out! What do you think?

Before we get to today's giveaway let us all please take a moment to morn the loss of my once beautifully long nails. This happened to me on Black Friday and it was a black day indeed.

Maybelline Downtown Brown (Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic.)

I'm not opposed to nubs it's just heart breaking when you're nails are at their ideal length and SNAP... Anyway onto happy and brighter things.
Today's Giveaway!!

I am giving away 2 OPI Nail polishes that are perfect for the holidays and year round! A $17 value!1 winner will receive a bottle of OPI Number One Nemesis from the discontinued Spiderman Collection and a bottle of OPI Bagota Blackberry. (Click on the nail polish names to see swatches of each color)

Enter here to win:

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Mani Monday- Racing Stripes

I've seen a few racing stripe styled manis on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a try. I wanted it to create a look that was perfect for fall with a touch of elegance. This was my first attempt at this look and even though it wasn't perfect I still really like it. Next time I try it I am going to go with thinner stripes.

For the base color I used OPI Road House Blues which is a deep purple/blue creme. This color is so in between purple and blue there is no way to describe it other than Blurple.

For the stripes I taped off both sides of the nail and painted down the middle of the nail with Pure Ice- Get Low. Get Low is one of Pure Ice's new colors, though I do think it looks almost exactly like the gold they released for Chinese new year last year. It is a beautiful orange gold foil and it covers very well. All the racing stripes are one coat of Get Low and you can't even see the base color through it at all.

What do you think? Do you like the racing stripes?  Comment below and let me know. I absolutely LOVE hearing your feedback and great news... I took off the pesky word verification so no more ouchy eyes when trying to leave a comment.

I would love to see your mani Mondays too! So make sure you stop by Glitter and Gloss to link up and while you're there make sure you enter my GIVEAWAY!!