Illamasqua Phallic (Finally)

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I actually received this the end of last week (or the week before- can't remember). Anyway here are my swatches of the beautiful Phallic! (2 coats)
It was very hard to capture the sparkley glitterness. And I didn't realize how dark the color is in normal lighting. A lot of people asked if I was wearing black.
direct light

thumb macro shot
It's so shiny that it's hard to capture the true glitteriness of it. I think that attributes to the SH Mega Shine topcoat I used. Below is the line up of what I used.
This is a first for me to use these two together. I had heard that SH Nail Quencher Basecoat was awesome and SH Mega Shine said that it would make my nail polish lasy up to 10 days and that it dried quickly so I gave it a shot too.
On the second day I applied an additional coat of Phallic because there was a lot of shrinkage. Unfortunately this was the 3rd day.

a chip?

tipwear/shrinkage?!!

I couldn't believe it! Has anyone tried this combo (SH NQ + SH MS)?

Glamour is Giving Away 100 Bottles of SH HD Opulent Cloud!

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WooHooo! Finally another np sweepstakes! Enter to win one of the 100 bottles of SH HD Opulent Cloud that Glamour is giving away!

Sweepstakes ends September 8, 2009. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Win Sally Hansen HD Nail Color Collection @ temptalia!

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temptalia and Sally Hansen are giving away a full set of HD Hi-Definition Nail Color Collections to five (5) lucky winners!

Contest ends August 10th, 2009 at 11:59 PM PST. This contest is open to U.S. readers as pursuant to your local state’s laws. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Another Way to Win Sally Hansen HD Nail Polish Collection

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Karen @ Makeup and Beauty Blog is giving everyone 5 lucky ladies to win the entrire Sally Hansen HD Collection!

Contest ends 11:59 PM PST on Saturday, July 25. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Win Sally Hansen HD Nail Polish Line @ All Lacquered Up

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Here's another 5 chances to win Sally Hansen's HD Nail Polish line! All Lacquered Up is giving 5 lucky ladies chances to win the entire Sally Hansen HD Nail Polish line.

Contest ends August 7th, 2009 at 11:55pm. US Residents only. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Sally Hansen HD Nail Polish Sweepstakes!

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This might be old news to all of you, but I just wanted to make sure that I got this on here.

Enter Sally Hansen's High Definition Nail Color Sweepstakes!

July 8, 2009 - September 15, 2009
Sweepstakes Prizes
* One Grand Prize winner will receive a 32inch HD TV
* Three 1st Prize winners will receive an iPod Nano(in high definition colors)
* Ten weekly winners receive a Sally Hansen gift bag

Got the info from Clumps of Mascara.


Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Happy 4th NOTD!!

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Hello all! I had some time to kill today between my mom finally coming over to see the house and my best friend coming over (we have lived here for 2 weeks and neither of them had come to see it!). So I decided to do a 4th mani. I was thinking Konad and I was going to use plate m14:


but after I saw Colette @ My Simple Pleaseure firework mani, it got me thinking of the flowing stripes I used to do on my nails way back when before I heard about Konad. I thought the stripes really resembled fireworks the most, so I copied a teeny tiny bit :)











2 coats of SH Insta Dri in Whirlwind White
Art Club Blue Glitter (since this wasn't as dark as Red Glitter I also dipped the brush in ChG Frostbite)
Art Club Red Glitter
Tips: OPI Paris Couture for Sure topcoat
Right now I am waiting for the bf to get home from his 1st 12-hour shift at the Fire Department. Then tomorrow we are going to relax during the day (hopefully) and head to his friend's parent's house to watch the fireworks. I got that new Off Fan, so we are going to test that out to see how good it is. Has anyone tried it yet? It's been sold out here, so it must be good, right?
What are your plans?
HAPPY 4th Of July!!!!

Win Sally Hansen Emerald City and Amour Rain Glitter @ Polish Mayhem

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Polish Mayhem is giving away Sally Hansen Emerald City and Amour Rain Glitter!

Contest ends Monday night. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Win 2 Sally Hansen Hi-Def Nail Polishes @ Lacquer Laine

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Elaine from Lacquer Laine is giving away Sally Hansen Hi-Definition Nail Polishes in BLU and Hi-Res!

Contest ends midnight June 9th. Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

Spring-y/Easter Nails: SH Spring Salon Collection

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Hoppy Easter, everyone! (I swear that's the only time I will say that!) Here is my Spring-y/Easter nails.
I went to my Walgreens to pick up a water on Friday, and I found these two beauties! I have been looking for these since April 1st, since I HEARD that that was their release date and it wasn't. So here I give you SH Salon in Night Hydrangea and Honeydew. I use Honeydew as a base (2 coats) and Night Hydrangea as the Koni.
I decided to do my ring finger a different Koni since I have seen so many ladies do their ring finger a different color.
Anyways...here's the photos!


So that's that! And I have to say for myself, that my Koni's have really improved since reading Brooke's post.
Thanks again, Brooke!
Have a great Easter again, everyone!

Sally Hansen Tracey Reese Spring 2009 collection giveaway @ Clumps of Mascara

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For you nail polish lovers out there (AKA ME!) B is on her 4th giveaway for Reader Appreciation Week. Today she is giving away Sally Hansen Tracey Reese Spring 2009 collection!! I have wanted this sooo bad! And they are soo HTF where I'm at!

Here's the rules:

For U.S. residents only
Only subscribed readers are eligible (this includes readers who are subscribed via Feed burners such as Google Reader)
Her little sis, Imani, will select a winner at random
Contest ends on Friday, April 10, 2009 at 3 a.m.
No comments necessary (if you have any questions, feel free to email her @ Brittany@ClumpsOfMascara.com)

B also has a great post HERE about how she organzies her stash.

Click the pic above for more details and to WIN!!

Good Luck!

SH Nail Prisms w/French Tips

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Last night I did my best friend's nails with the Konad sp and they came out fantastic!! She knew that I recently started hauling np like crazy and she asked me to bring out all my stuff so she could choose something to wear. I asked her if she knew what she was getting herself into and she replied 'Bring it ON!' (lol) She was soo shocked when I brought it all out, but proceeded to go through almost all of it. She chose one color for the base of her fingernails and we skittled her toenails with ten different colors.

She had never heard of Konad before (and neither had I before I started with the beauty blogging world) and she was soo impressed that we skittled her fingernails with images! I didn't take any pics (sorry) but just rest assured that there will be MANY more Koni attempts in the future.

Anyways, after we did her nails we used Shine Happy on my hair for 10 minutes and John Frieda Luminous Glaze on her hair for 20 minutes.


Shine Happy comes with gloves and it's a clear dye that makes your hair supershiny and lighten it a bit. She did my hair and then I did hers. The glaze you can use is either a daily thing or once a week on dry hair for 20 minutes. The glaze did not come with gloves. My nails got all messed up! Which I didn't think would happen, but it gave me an excuse to do them again!

So today I give you this:
'This' is 2 coats wet n wild Heavy metal, 2 coats SH Nail Prisms Garnet Lapis, tips SH Nail Prisms Lapis Amethyst, 1 coat SH Diamond Strength Diamonds! I couldn't stop so I had to do the tips! This was very hard to photograph to get all of the different colors that GL has in it. Greens, Purples, Blacks, Oh my!

pics taken in direct sunlight

pics taken in indirect sunlight





What do y'all think?
Oh and my best friend has curly hair -I'm trying to get her in the blog world- so do any of you know a good curly hair blog that I can forward to her?
TIA
Have a great afternoon! I will probably be on here almost all night (got a LATE meeting).

BIG PRIZE EXTRAVAGANZA CONTEST @ GETCHA NAILS DID

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Brooke @ GETCHA NAILS DID is also having a Nail Art contest!

Here's what you'll win:

(1) COMPLETE China Glaze Summer Collection (all 6 colors)
(1) Maybelline Mirror Image set
(3) Colorama Top Coats in Rock Me, Frosty Pink & Sonic Sunset
(1) Sinful Colors #220 Green Ocean
(1) Sally Hansen Star Opal #01 Pure White Opal
(1) Sally Hansen Nail Prisms #11 Fire Opal
(1) Carolyn New York Mugged On the Six Train
(1) Pumice & Nail Brush Duo
(1) Total Nail RX - Fill Me In surface smoothing base coat
(1) Nailtiques Formula 3 Nail Protein
(more prizes could be added at a later date)

WOAH that's a lot 'o stuff!!!

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

Good Luck!

NOTD: Maybelline Cutie Pink w/ SH Black Diamond Star Konad

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So idk why I can do one hand really well with Konad:

And one just plain sucky:


I know that this np for Konading was not the best to use for it, but I was hoping it would work :(
And, of course, it didn't. I like the idea of black np Konad on top of a pink base, I know I should probably use a Konad special np to get the look I want. Maybe next time I order plates I will get some special np's.

Whaddya think? Any advice? Encouragement?

Thanks for looking!

eBay cassiecosmetics Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Haul!

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I just got my haul from cassiecosmetics from eBay! Here they are:
They all came in this cute bag with Sally Hansen La Cross Purse Pack Disposable Emery Boards. How sweet!
These are all taken in different kinds of lamp light

(l-r): Coral Amber, Pink Rose Diamond, Garnet Lapis, Lapis Amethyst

Coral Amber

Pink Rose Diamond

Garnet Lapis

Lapis Amethyst

Here's a close-up of the cute rose on the bag
Whaddya think? Did I do good?
Thanks for looking!
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