contests and such.

painted Lady fingers is at 50 followers! To celebrate she teamed up with Kathleen from OC Nail Art to offer you a chance to win your own Coraline Kit A!

Contest ends September 4th, 2009. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

I was going for a sheer look today because my nails were behaving very well lately so I thought I would reward them a bit by showing off with a sheer. Well, Misa No Shrinking Violetta didn't turn out that sheer.
Then I decided to do a 'nad with this little Konad special nail polish that I bought with my first 'nad order. I really don't think this is a real Konad polish and I had no idea when I got it because I never knew what the bottles looked like. I don't even remember where I got it from.



I wanted to use ChG Frostbite on my toes, badly, b/c it is soo beautiful! I just can't keep it from chipping on my fingers, so toes is the next option. Then I wanted to 'nad it too. I used SH Insta-Dri Whirlwind White because I heard it was pretty good for 'nadding and I like how it turned out. I used m25 and threw a couple rhinestones on there and it was all goood :)

Would you rock either of these to work or for fun?

KonADDICT is teaming up with Kathleen & ocnailart.com to give away Konad "B" Kit, which includes:
* 4 Image Plates
* 3 Special Polishes (11 mL / 0.35 Fl.Oz)
* 1 Stamp
* 1 Scraper
Image Plates: M4, M8, M15, M21

Contest ends August 5th. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

So at Sally's Beauty Supply they were having buy 2 Orly treatments and get a polish for free. So I bought Sec 'n Dry and Magnifique.

Sec 'n Dry penetrates and dries all layers of nail polish quickly. I think it was dry within 2 minutes and touchable dry in about 8 more minutes.
Magnifique contains optical brighteners and UV protection for a quick-drying, luminous French with a durable finish. I thought maybe this would illuminate regular nail polish too. I think it did.

For my free nail polish I wanted a nice orangey, summery polish. So I bought Cherry Bomb. I think they were a little off on the name. I would have thought that it should be called something more like Sunkissed or Taillight. Because of it's orangey glow and gold shimmer.

Sasse's ‘nad Stamping Stampede has turned 1 month old and in celebration she is giving her lucky readers 2 chances to win! At Sasse's she features tons of awesome Konad looks and techniques.

Here's her prizes:

Prize 1: Newbie ‘Nad Set
Konad Stamper/Scraper
A Fauxnad Plate (it’s a low-budget production here… sorry)
Color Club Art Club Polish in Silver
Unlimited e-mails to me for when you get stuck during your 1st ‘nad attempt (again, low-budget production)
Prize 2 (sponsored by OCNailArt.com)

(photo courtesy of KonadUsa.com)

Two winners will be randomly chosen exactly 8 days from today (June 21st): Summer Solstice (aka first day of Summer). Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

I know, I know I am a bit behind on this...but I'm going to get hers out here anyway (even though there are only a few days left to enter--so sorry).

My girl, Brooke, at GETCHA NAILS DID is having 2 konad contests!

This first one is for all you girls out there that DO NOT own a konad kit. I know that you are crazy if you don't yet, so here's your way to get on it! Brooke and OC NAIL ART are teaming up for this one! There are so many items to win with this contest, it would take me too long to post them all! This contest ends May 25th. Enter to win your very first Konad kit HERE.

The second contest is actually an OC Nail Art contest, but Brooke does a great job of explaining it all. This contest ends May 31st. So check out how to win $437.99 Professional Salon Case HERE!

Good Luck!

Senggigi Enterprises is going out of business :(

I got these e-mail from them:

"We have decided to focus our resources on our other business venture and in
doing so, discontinue operation of our Online Konad Store. This can be great
news for you as we are discounting all of our in stock products by 40%. Please
be aware that our free shipping policy is now free shipping on purchases of $30
or more.
Orders will be filled in a first come, first served manner until
all inventory is gone. Items have been going fast since we updated the web site.
We are still going to be in the Health and Beauty business and we will send
you more details in a separate email."

So, I just picked up these image plates all for $4.19!

From all of these and the ones that I ordered last week, I better become the best Konader out there!!

They are going fast so head on over there! HERE is a good place to check out the IP without clicking and opening a new page.

OK, Ladies! Ready to add some more Konad supplies to your stash?!

The lovely, Kathleen from OC Nail Art contacted me to let me know that one of my items (M69) was out and that she would ship my items that day and when M69 was back in she would ship it with no cost to myself! I e-mailed her back thanking her for letting me know, then she told me she like my blog and asked if I wanted her to set up a coupon code for my readers! So here you go, Ladies!

Go to OC Nail Art's online store and enter the code "contestsandsuch" and you will receive 20% off any order, free shipping on orders of $20 or more (after the discount is applied) - even International shipping!!! (something international just for you, Vanessa!)

THIS COUPON DOES NOT EXPIRE!!!

Let me know what you ladies get! And Kathleen is great, she gets back to you very quickly with any questions and concerns.

From Pixie Polish's code I got:

And I finally got the white and black Konad special nail polish.

Just for you, Ladies! Have a great Konading Day!

Sing along with me, Ladies!

What would you think if I sang out of tune,

Would you stand up and walk out on me ?

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

And I'll try not to sing out of key.

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Mm, I get high with a little help from my friends

Mm, gonna try with a little help from my friends

I love this movie! If you haven't seen it yet- you NEED to! I love the Beatles and this movie just makes the music sooo much better!

Brooke, you really helped me out!

But first...
Let's start with the mani that I did last week: Finger Paints Artist's Sapphire. Mary @ Body and Soul did a post on this np brand and I agree with her, I love it!
This is 2 coats with Nailtek II basecoat and Seche topcoat. It went on smoooooooth! All pics are artificial light.

Here it is with Nfu-Oh #65 and Konad plate m36. From reading Brooke's post I really learned a lot. I learned to not SCRAPE too hard. This was something that I always did. All you need is a light scrape. I also learned to work quickly, especially when using the holo Nfu-Oh's. This helped prevent my polish applying stringy. I only got 2 that were a little stringy on the ends, which is a great improvement. I also learned that I need to buy some Konad special polishes! I might be able to get away with it for a little while longer :)

These pics are taken pre-cleanup. I had to apply another coat of Artist's Sapphire b/c it was chipping (I had worn it for about 5 days).

Idk about this! I keep having so much trouble with Koni's! I used WnW over top of Nfu-Oh #63 pink holo. I started with using Creative VooDoo, but it came out too sheer, which you can kinda see on this next pic. There's a light, faded black underneath this dark black.

I got a little bored of my Sephora Blue Sapphire topped with Nfu-Oh #52?! You might be saying 'how could you with all of that flakie, sparkely goodness?' Well I did. So I added some holo koni. # 65 that is! With Konad IP # (will fill this in when I have a look)

Brooke @ GETCHA NAILS DID is giving away:

(1) Basic Konad Kit
(5) Fauxnad Plates
(1) Maybelline Mirror Image set
(more prizes could be added at a later date)

This giveaway is going to be for those who DO NOT already have a konad system. She really wants someone who has wanted one or hasn't gotten one to get this.


Contest starts March 3rd - March 13th. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

I am sooo excited, gals! I picked up my *new* camera from Sears today!! Yay!! Now no more yucky, horrid, disgusting, blurry as he[[ pics!