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In blue, China Glaze

China Glaze Blue Year's Eve

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! Can you believe a whole year has flown by so quickly? I know I had a pretty good year, all things considered, and I hope yours was just as great! To celebrate the New Year, I'm wearing a perfectly named polish: China Glaze Blue Year's Eve. China Glaze does a glass fleck like nobody's business, and this is...

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In China Glaze, frost

China Glaze Champagne Bubbles

After a great Green Bay Packer win yesterday, I decided to show you another of my favorite Packer colors: GOLD! I don't own much yellow or gold nail polish, so I was hesitant about Champagne Bubbles. The lovely people at China Glaze sent it for review though, and I am glad they did. It's a beautiful color I might not have tried on...

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In Glitter Pots, gold

Julep Glitter Pots and a Packer Mani!

First off, Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! I hope everyone has been having an absolutely lovely holiday season. In my last Julep Maven box, the same one that had Helena, I also received a gold glitter pot. The idea behind a glitter pot is that it's an easy way to add lots of bling to any mani. You just apply polish normally,...

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In chevrons, China Glaze

Christmas Chevrons

Hi there, and a special hello to all my new followers! The lovely Traci linked to my blog and I am soooo happy to say that I've reached 400 followers with her help! Thanks so much, girls :) Today for you I have some sparkly Christmas chevrons. The red is Color Club Santa's Cinnamon, which is your classic jelly red with red glitter -- but...

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In China Glaze, glitter

China Glaze Tinsel Town

Happy Monday everyone! I am happy to report that I only have one more thing to turn in before my finals are officially over! In celebration, I thought it seemed like a good day for glitter :) Tinsel Town was recently released as part of the China Glaze Holiday 2011 Let It Snow collection. I know a lot of us went crazy about...

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In EOTD, eye makeup

Christmas Eyes

Today's post is a little something different. I wanted to show you all an eye look I did for the holiday season. I tried to make this look festive but not crazy or tacky. For this look, I used shadows from the Tarte Holiday 2009 Treasure Chest Palette, which sadly don't have names. In the corner of my eye I have a silver...

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In China Glaze, Christmas

China Glaze Christmas Mani!

The other night there was an ugly Christmas sweater party at SLU. Along with my very tacky sweater, I decided to do a Christmas-themed manicure. I used Holly-Day for the green, Poinsettia for the red, and Twinkle Lights for the glitter. The design was freehanded with a nail art brush, and I used a dotting tool to add Twinkle Lights. I was loosely inspired...

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In Julep, Julep Maven

Julep Maven for a Penny!

Hi everyone! This morning I received a very exciting piece of information from Julep Nail Parlor. They are starting a new form of referral program, called Share On! The best part? The first 1,000 new Mavens referred will get their first box for a penny! I think that is an amazing deal. I've said it before -- I am obsessed with the Julep...

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In giveaways, Julep

Huge Julep Giveaway!

Currently Julep is hosting a giveaway of ALL 60 of their nail lacquers! Click THIS LINK to enter! Good luck :) ...

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In China Glaze, Colours from the Capitol

China Glaze Colours from the Capitol Promo

I am a HUGE fan of The Hunger Games trilogy, so when I heard that China Glaze had a Hunger Games-themed collection in the works, I got very excited! Today I received the official promo picture with the names of the upcoming polishes. They look so beautiful, and I think I want every single one :) Click to enlarge! The ones that really...

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In blue, Dollar Nail Art

Dollar Nail Art Transfer Foils: Aegean Tides

A while ago a purchased a TON of different nail transfer foils from Dollar Nail Art. Their selection is gigantic, and you get a full 5 feet of nail foil for just $1.00, but you have to spend at least $25 to place an order. Well...on their site, that isn't hard to do! Needless to say, I bought lots of gorgeous nail foils to...

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In Dollish Polish, flakies

Dollish Polish Expecto Patronum

Hey, everyone! Today I have a polish I am really excited about. I bought it from Dollish Polish on Etsy. She makes all sorts of beautiful movie and book inspired franken polishes. I purchased a couple from her, and today I wanted to show you the first. This is called Expecto Patronum, and it's named after the Patronus spell in Harry Potter. I think she...

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In Dr.'s Remedy, glitter

Dr.'s REMEDY Jolly & Joy Holiday 2011

Today we have a full review of the Jolly & Joy Holiday 2011 Collection released by Dr.'s REMEDY. This collection consists of 5 lacquers, each one very appropriate for the season. This was my first experience with Dr.'s REMEDY and I have to say I am wholly impressed!! First, let's take a look at the swatches. Then I can rave about the formula :) All...

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In 30 Day Challenge, crème

Day 21: Inspired by a Color -- Julep Helena

Happy Wednesday everyone! Now that I think of it, I haven't done Pink Wednesday in quite some time. I will have to get back on track once I finish with the 30 Day Challenge. Today was called "Inspired by a Color," which I found a little confusing. So, I decided to just go with a color that is absolutely gorgeous! That's inspirational enough...

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In 30 Day Challenge, blue

Day 20: Water Marble

Hey everyone! Now I'm officially 2/3 of the way through the 30 Day Challenge. Feels good :) This challenge is more difficult and time consuming than I had expected, but I am still glad to have taken it on. I know a lot of bloggers were dreading the Water Marble challenge, but I LOVE doing water marbles. Sure, they aren't the quickest or...

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In 30 Day Challenge, freehand nail art

Day 19: Galaxies

Today's challenge is the galaxy manicure. I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to make a nice looking manicure, because this look comes off as incredibly challenging. Still, in the spirit of the 30 Day Challenge, I was encouraged to give it a try. To those who are going to try this out: be warned! It is beautiful but it is rather...

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In 30 Day Challenge, duochrome

Day 18: Half Moons

Today's challenge is Half Moons. I've always thought this was an elegant look, but I hadn't tried it out for myself until today. To be completely honest, this was harder than I expected! I tried using paper reinforcement stickers as little guides, but it just wasn't working. Since I am right-handed, I always do my left hand first as practice. Trust me, you...

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In 30 Day Challenge, China Glaze

Day 17: Glitter -- China Glaze Snow Globe

It's Glitter day! Luckily, the polish companies have been inundating the market with tons of glitter this holiday season. I am a big glitter lover, so that's a welcome development as far as I am concerned :) China Glaze Snow Globe was a re-release that was recently promoted with their newest holiday collection, Let It Snow. Snow Globe is a clear base filled...

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