Aly Loves Lacquer

I saw a preview of Essie's upcoming Fall 2011 collection and knew I had to pass it on. The collection is called Brand New Bag, and all the polishes have cute names that refer to different purses. I think it is a nice idea, and it makes the polishes feel really luxe.

Before I announce the winner, I just want to say thank you to each and every person who follows this blog and who entered the giveaway. It's crazy to think that I have over 100 more followers than I did when this giveaway opened. I love writing this blog and it means so much that you all like it :)

Here is the stack of entries! I spent a few hours validating them all, and wrote every entry down on index cards. Here is the big stack of cards.


I shuffled all of them super well and picked one out...



I emailed Liz already. She has 48 hours to respond, or I will pick a second winner. Congratulations, Liz! Liz also runs a great blog called Liquid Jelly; go check it out!

Also, that July 4th water marble will be coming up with better pictures soon :) Thanks again for following and showing interest in my blog, everyone.

- Aly

The giveaway closes JUNE 25th, which is tomorrow. Please get your entries in ASAP. I am giving away $OPI nail pads, plus some beautiful polishes. Golden Rose Care + Strong Red Glitter, OPI Simply Smash-ing, MAC Studded Matte, and China Glaze GR8.

Please see the original giveaway page to enter!

Good luck! :)

- Aly

Edit 6/25/11: THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

I received this polish as a gift along with NYX Girls Bella. Forever 1989 is a pretty orange crème with a really nice shine to it. It took only 2 coats to look beautiful. I really enjoyed wearing this color. Not all oranges look good on my skin tone, but NYX Girls Forever 1989 works well with it.

This is 2 coats NYX Girls Forever 1989 and 1 coat Seche Vite.



I also recently purchased OPI Movin' Out, which is a gorgeous multichrome. It looks the best over black, but I wanted to try it over NYX Girls Forever 1989 too.


It looks like a sunrise on my nails! I really liked this pairing. Movin' Out added really nice multichrome shimmer to NYX Girls Forever 1989. You can see the pinky purple color on my pinkie finger, and more golden shimmer on my index. In real life, this was really pretty.

- Aly

 Now here are the pictures I took indoors. It is crazy how holographic He's Going in Circles is even when inside. It was just as stunning in real life.





Sorry that was so picture-heavy! I really couldn't choose just a couple. It seems like a different facet of the polish shows up in every picture I take. This is quickly going straight into my top 20. China Glaze He's Going in Circles is absolutely lovely.

What's your favorite Kaleidoscope polish?

- Aly