Pretty & Polished Preview & Review

Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long since posts but I've been extremely busy with school this semester on top of not having internet still.  Once I have some time, I have a few posts I need to write up over a few hauls and the new Fall Beauty Voxbox from Influenster.  As well as my FIRST Glam Bag from Ipsy (formerly MyGlam).  That one will more than likely be on a post with the next Glam bag coming in.

Today I bring you 3 polish previews coming soon from Pretty & Polished.

First off, we have "Pretty as a Peacock".  It's a dark green glitter polish with green shimmer like base as well as purple and teal/blue hex glitters in varying sizes.  It truly resembles the colors of a peacock feather.

This one is my favorite, especially over black.  Here you see on with 3 coats alone (index and ring) and 1 coat over black (middle and pinky). Please excuse the side of my thumb.. didn't even notice until I went to watermark the photos :(

Second, we have "S'no Mans Land", which is another glitter polish in a milky white base.  It has shimmery/holo micro glitter as well white hex glitters and different sizes.

In both pictures you see 3 coats of the polish alone and applying the large hex glitters was really tough for me.  I don't know how other people manage it but for me, personally, it irritates me.  If you have any tips on applying large hex glitters, feel free to leave a comment :)

Last but certainly not least, we have "It Get's Better".  It is another glitter polish with a light green base.  It has small hex glitters in an assortment of colors.  What's so special about this polish is that 50% of the profit from sales of this polish will be donated to the It Gets Better Project.

3 coats of It Get's Better alone.

Below is an insert from the It Gets Better Project's website about what they are about:

The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.

Growing up isn’t easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, leading them to feel like they have nowhere to turn. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. Without other openly gay adults and mentors in their lives, they can't imagine what their future may hold. In many instances, gay and lesbian adolescents are taunted — even tortured — simply for being themselves.

While many of these teens couldn’t see a positive future for themselves, we can. The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.

 You can go to http://www.itgetsbetter.org to learn more about this movement and to find their contact information.

Contact Info for Pretty & Polished:

Pretty & Polished LLC Offices

3111 W. Jackson St.

Lower Level

Muncie, IN 47304

(317) 246-9322

www.prettynpolish.com

www.etsy.com/shop/prettyandpolished

*This polish was sent to me for review and I am not being paid to write this review.*

2012 Summer Beauty Voxbox: UPDATED

It's here!!! My Summer Beauty Voxbox from Influenster came Friday and I'm excited to try these products.  This is my first Voxbox and I never heard of the company before until someone mentioned them in a group I'm in, so I decided to give them a try. The following products were in the box:

Shampoo/Conditioner from Clear - I've never heard of this company before.

Sally Hansen Cuticle and hand cream - I love love love this! I have never really liked a Sally Hansen product before but this cream made my hands so smooth.  The smell wasn't something I liked but that's ok.  I'm sure I'll be buying a full bottle of this when I can.

Quaker Banana Nut Bread - MUST go and get a box of these! You have no idea how good this is and how much I love these.  I'm not a breakfast person because I have such a sensitive stomach that most things I eat in the mornings make my stomach upset. BUT these didn't! That's one of the reasons I like it.  It was delicious and I love the crunch of the nuts on it.  It tasted very much like Banana and had a few pieces of real banana in it.

Hawaiian Tropic Sun Tan Lotion - I used this on my niece this summer because I rarely go out but she loves to go out and swim.  The application was great and the smell was also very nice. 

Sally Hansen Magnetic Polish - I'll have a full review of these once I get around to actually putting this on again.  I'm not a huge fan let's just say that.

An assortment of feminine products from Always - Always is my go to brand for feminine products but the things that came in the box are things I can't use.  Not a thin pad or tampon girl.

I've tried the magnetic polish and I'll be getting a review up of that in a few weeks. Everything in the box ranges from $3.30 to $10.00.

Disclaimer: I  received this Voxbox complimentary for testing purposes from Influenster

New Polish Buys

Went into Sally's today on my way back and picked up Orly Sterling Silver Rose on clearance for $2.69. I also FINALLY picked up a bottle of Seche Vite top coat. It was about time. My Sally Hansen top coat is getting thick, gloopy and causing a lot of bubbles.
I bought the Black Shatter and the Orly mini from a girl in a nail group I'm in. There aren't many opportunities where I can find OPI here.

L-R: Orly Sterling Silver Rose, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat, OPI Black Shatter, Orly mini Pure Porcelain

Sorry for the long hiatus.  I haven't had money to buy any polish that I've been wanting and had no internet to blog.  I recently made an order to e.l.f. for some of their nail polishes so look forward to a post when I receive those and more posts after of swatches.

Joint Giveaway Alert!

Jodi (captivating claws) and Destany (Confessions of a sarcastic mom) are hosting a joint giveaway for their followers and there will be 6 winners.  Prizes range from a mini set of the OPI Spiderman collection to a bottle of one of the most wanted indie polishes, FLOAM! So definitely go check it out. Link is below

Link to Giveaway... Click Click Click!

Julep Contest Alert!

Everyone go enter the new Julep contest! You can win an iPad and also all 80+ Julep nail colors.  You know I'm definitely entering, who can resist a chance at free polish AND an iPad.

To enter you can follow my link, which will also give me extra entries.  So once you reach step 3 don't forget to share the link they give you so you can get more entries.

Julep Contest - CLICK to Enter!

Giveaway alert!

Glam Polish is having an awesome giveaway at the moment! She's giving away a full set of the China Glaze Summer Neon Collections! Awesome right?! You should definitely give it a try if you've had your eye on some of these.  Never hurts to try :D  It ends tomorrow so you better hurry!

http://glam-polish.blogspot.com/2012/04/1300-follower-giveaway-china-glaze.html

Today's Walmart Haul

Today I had to run to Wal-mart for a few groceries and to look for a good gold polish.  I've been lemming for one for a while now.  I saw no golds from Sally Hansen and the Nicole by OPI gold (CEO) from the Kardashian line looked nice but it was $7.00.  Being a student I'm on a budget so I won't spend alot on polish right now. Then I ran across a Revlon gold but it was dull and looked bland.  Then I happened to come across these.  Saw the gold and knew I had to have it.  I saw they had some effect polishes out so I grabbed two of those, all the while not knowing the prices of these since there were no prices out on the display.  These were only $2.97 a piece.  Next time I go I'll try to take a picture of the display since I can't remember how many colors they had out but there weren't many.

Below are swatches of the 3 I bought.

Maybelline Silver Stunner, Bold Gold and Carbon Frost

Swatches of today's haul L-R: Maybelline Silver Stunner over Old Navy Jet and CG White on White, Maybelline  Carbon Frost over CG White on White and Heli-yum, Maybelline Bold Gold

First Water Marble Experience

So yesterday I decided to try my hand at water marbling since a bunch of girls in the nail polish group I am in were making a day of it and I said "hey why not". I've been interested in doing a mani like this for a very long time. I tried it twice. The first time I didn't like it but my second attempt was much better.

First Attempt

Second attempt.

Finally! My Haul post from back in September

Finally I post my Haul from back in September! I do believe I bought this the week before my Cousin's wedding. I bought all of the OPI the Friday before the wedding at the mall while I was there. I have used all of these and the only one I don't like is Pros & Bronze that came with Love is a Racket.

This Haul includes:

• OPI Skull and Glossbones, White Shatter, Serena Glam Slam Duo (Love is a Racket & Pros & Bronze
• Orly Dazzly (love love love this one. I somehow have included it everytime I have done my nails)
• Essie All-in-one base
• China Glaze Re-Freshmint (my biggest lemming)

NP: Wovon Sollen Wir Traumen - Frida Gold

UPDATE!

School is really starting to get to me and also not having ready access to the internet as well. I took a few pictures back in September of my one and only big haul but I keep forgetting to put the picture on my laptop so I can upload while at school. I'm hoping to get that up within this week.

:D later

Sorry for being away

Sorry for being away so long. After coming back to Mississippi school started and then I don't have access to the internet all the time and being busy with homework and such I haven't had time to really do my nails. I had Zoya Tess on my tips but for some reason that night my nails weren't cooperating with me and smudging all over the place so I didn't take pictures. This week I know for sure I won't be on. My cousin comes in Tuesday night and I'll be with her until Sunday. Her wedding is Saturday and me being the Maid of Honor, I will be with her getting last minute things done before the big day. Hopefully I can get back to posting at least once or twice a week once this week is over.

Zoya Order came in!

My best friend's Zoya order came in! Her polish, Celine, is not pictured because I went ahead and wrapped it up so I could send it off in 2 weeks. Didn't think to take a picture of all 3 before I wrapped it.

Since I couldn't use my Zoya promo code last week before it expired I let my best friend Chanel use it. She ordered Celine and she let me pick 2 for the freebies! Since I didn't know what to pick I just let her pick 2 from my wishlist. She picked Tess and Valerie. I've already used Valerie but because I have had to deal with my dog's flea problems that she aquired while I was away it has come off a bit. Whatever I was using starting to make the polish come off. Other than that I looovvee the way Valerie looks on me!

I still have to reswatch the Teal Toes polish from Diamond Cosmetics. I used it on my feet BUT it wasn't completely dry like I thought when I put my flats on and my left big toe is messed up. Been a little lazy with doing it over.

Right now I'm leeching off of someone's internet around here until I can convince my dad to let me get it here. Til next time ^_^

Teal Toes!

Today I finally picked up my Teal Toes order thanks to George Stamas from NP & G for ordering these for me. He's such a sweetheart for doing this for us.

Teal Toes is to raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer.

Go to these two links to find out more to help raise awareness for Ovarian Cancer.

http://www.tealtoes.org/

http://www.facebook.com/tealtoes?sk=info

I received 6 bottles to distribute among my friends. Four have homes as of now except for 1 and I kept one. If possible I will have a giveaway for it when I can. I'm hoping to have a swatch up soon for it.

NP: Lonely Day - J-Symphony

Country Flag Mani

So here is the mani that I mentioned in the previous post that I was thinking about. My right hand looks a mess but hey I tried! I used a pen top to get the middle of the South Korean flag to blend over each other, if you understand that lol Oh! Quick Question, when you girls do nail art, do you do both hands or just the hand you're taking a picture of? I ask because when I did my right hand, I thought it was dry enough to fold my clothes and the next thing I know I look down and the yellow part of the German flag had dragged down and was coming off.

I decided to pick 3 countries that I hold dear to my heart other than the US. My index is of Germany, the place where I was born and where half of my family resides. Seeing as I'm half German from my mother's side, this flag was a given. Middle finger is Japan. Japan was my first exposure to foreign culture/music. Being raised in the South, I was never exposed to anything other than rap and hip hop most of the time, which to this I do not like. It exposed me to things I would never have seen had I stayed in this little urban bubble.

It all started with Adult Swim when I was 13 years old. Staying up Saturday nights watching anime and paying attention more to the music than the actual show lol I tried learning the language but learning the characters were so flipping hard for me. Anything I have learned I've already lost. When I learned of the Earthquake that struck Japan I was heading home for Spring Break and I shed tears in the car. It's still very much a place that I want to visit in the future.

[CHG Lemon Fizz, White on White, Bermuda Breakaway, Essie Too Too Hot, Black Polish from Old Navy]

Ring finger is of South Korea. Another place I would love to live and/or visit. It is such a beautiful country despite my old teacher telling me it's not. I start Korean class in a week from the date of this post and I can't be more happier than I am. I already know how to read it but I just don't know what I'm reading means. I can say a little bit. It's going to be hard work balancing this class and German at the same time but I can do it. I'm far enough in German to not get anything mixed up grammar wise.

As I'm typing this, it's Friday afternoon and I'm done packing for the trip home tomorrow (Saturday). I won't have the internet for who knows how long since my Dad thinks it's evil... >.> but w.e I can't waste gas when I have no job by going to other people's houses to use the internet. I have an online class and I only have a 1 hour break in between classes and there is no way I will be able to do the homework for that in a timely manner. But we'll see if I get a job or even if I don't, I'll have enough refund money to get internet from our cable company. I'll be working on convincing him once school starts up.

I'll try to get a few posts in while at school or when I'm over my old teacher's house. Zoya's should be coming soon and I have to pick up my Teal Toes polishes and distribute them. So at LEAST 2 more posts will be coming.

Til then ^_^

NP: Remember by Bang Yong Gook feat. Yoseob of B2ST

My Stash

By the time this is published I will most likely be in Mississippi getting ready for school and with no private internet. If I am on it will be during my breaks when school starts on the 22nd and when I'm over someone's house to do my Statistics, Accounting, Korean, and German homework. I will be in the process of convincing my dad to let me get the internet at the apartment because it is a waste of gas having to drive other places in order to do my school work when I'm home. During the last few days here at my sister's I will be trying to set up a few posts to post sporadically over 2 weeks. Already have something in mind for when I finish packing up ^_^ I don't know when I'll be able to post about it though so stay tuned!

On to my stash! So far I have more China Glazes than anything else. I will have gotten some Zoya's in the mail by the time this is out and after mailing my best friend Chanel's hers, and the other things I'm supposed to be sending her (soon as my refund arrives!!), I will try to post them up when I can.

If you want to take a look at what I have here it is. Still a work in progress until I figure out what categories will work for me.

https://spreadsheets1.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArXcU-xvHRexdGdXVDNNX0FYemlnVWZwRkJwTlB6amc&hl=en_US#gid=0

NP: Beautiful World by Utada Hikaru

The TraceFace Philes 1200 Follower giveaway!

Traci over at The TraceFace Philes has continued her tradition of giving away some amazing goodies at every 100 milestone. This time for her 1200 giveaway she's giving away Essence's Nail Art Twins Edward & Bella! I've been eyeing these twins for quite a while. I love the color blue and if you took a look at my stash you would see most of it is some range of blue ^_^

Enter here!
http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/08/trace-face-philes-1200-followers.html

Amazing giveaway at Gone2rehabBRB

2 amazing looking lipsticks from Essence are up for grabs in a giveaway over at Gone2RehabBRB. The colors look amazing!! Go enter here

http://gone2rehabbrb.blogspot.com/2011/08/50s-girl-reloaded-giveaway.html?spref=tw

Haul from this past weekend.

This past Friday I had to take my oldest nephew back to his dad's up state but we had his grandmother meet me halfway since I never went up that way alone. I'd rather be safe than sorry. Well she decided to meet us in Gulfport and lucky me we were there an hour and so before her. My nephew and I went to eat something quick at McDonald's and then headed across the street to the Outlet Mall.

I was unaware that the entire Outlet was having some sort of sale and I do believe that weekend was tax-free shopping in Mississippi. The only stores I was interested in was the Cosmetic Company and Bath & Body Works. All the above were bought from B&BW since I didn't have the money for Cosmetic Company. They didn't look like they were having any kind of sale and right now I'm not interested in foundation and all that jazz just because I want to do the research on how to choose what I need and how to keep it on since it gets PRETTYYY HOT down here.

So onto the Haul, I walked into B&BW and saw that they had a 50-75% off sale going on. I was in heaven!! I only had 20 dollars on me since that was supposed to be my gas money for taking this boy back to Mississippi. But anyway I digress! I bought a Berry Vanilla body mist for $3.12 with the original price being $12.50 and a body cream from C.O. Bigelow in lemon for .99 cents and this little jar is usually $7.50!! I couldn't resist a bargain and they smelled nice. I had my sister go back and get 3 more jars the next day since she and her husband were going to Biloxi for their 3 year Wedding Anniversary and I didn't know how long the sale would last and I was loving the cream. All together for the 2 things I bought that Friday, I spent about $4.44. I couldn't believe I FINALLY caught a sale. I rarely ever catch sales!

No polish this week :( I'm waiting until my refund comes to buy just a few things when the OPI Pink Shatter comes out. Then it's saving time = no buy until I find a job or Christmas when I can give out my wishlist to my sister again :D

Another new giveaway

I hope you all have a chance to enter this giveaway tonight. It ends at 11:29pm est!! The prizes are all things I would love to have!!

http://inthelifeofamilf.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-first-giveaway.html

Polish Fixation Giveaway

Erika over at Polish Fixation is having a giveaway to celebrate reaching 25 followers. I'm looking at those purples like 'omg I want' lol I only have 2 purples in my collection and they are a darker type. Go check out her blog!

http://polishfixation.blogspot.com/2011/07/25-follower-mini-give-away.html