Additional Giveaway Information

First of all I am SO sorry that I forgot to include this in the initial giveaway post and have to create another post to clarify.  I don't like that )= And I apologize.  I forgot to mention the semi important factor that this contest is open to the Continental United States Only; excluding Hawaii and all other countries.

This being my first giveaway and honestly having no clue as to what I am doing and figuring it out day by day, I feel it would be easier, this time around, to ship somewhere within the States that would be affordable and easy.  I will edit the information on the original post as well.

If possible, let me know via a comment on this post if you have entered and are out of the country so I can unfortunately remove your submission. In the event that I am not notified, and someone who is out of the country wins, a new winner will be immediately chosen.

Again, truly sorry!

essence underwater and no more drama

I found out there is an Ulta in driving distance on one of my many commutes home from school and stopped there this Thursday to take a look around.  I found these cute little mini bottles of Essence Colour & Go polishes and picked up 3 for 99. each!  I loved them so much I went back today and got 3 more :D  Here are two that I have already worn as a full mani and I really adore them both!  They are actually .16 FL OZ which is a little bigger than most mini polishes which was an extra bonus factor.

"Underwater"

Navy blue creme with tiny blue shimmers!

3 thin coats = beautiful!

"No More Drama"

Lovely lavendar creme; 3 thin coats

Beautiful, aren't they?
Don't forget about my 50 Follower Giveaway!

50 FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY!

It's finally here; my first giveaway!  I am so excited.  But I also haven't a clue as to what I am doing so, lets cross our fingers and hope for the best here.  I feel a little like Oprah in the sense that I have been able to find a few of my favorite colors to date and I get to share them with you.. MY FAVORITE THINGS!! Ok, the goods to be given away:

 8 polishes and their descriptions;


-Funky Fingers "Cheshire" - This is my favorite purple ever.  A purple creme, seen HERE

-Funky Fingers "Voodoo" - Black jelly base with teeny tiny little copper shimmers, seen HERE

-Funky Fingers "Elephunk" - Grey creme base with with the tiniest hints of a silvery shimmer, seen HERE

-Funky Fingers "Sand and Stilettos" - A DENSE silver glitter with holo glitters, too.

-Funky Fingers "Tribal" - A bright turquoise creme that is to die for, seen as the base HERE 

-Funky Fingers "Icicle Lights" - A glitter packed mix of purple, green and red tiny hexagonal glitters.

-China Glaze "Naughty and Nice" - A deep dark plum jelly.

-Cover Girl Nail Slicks "Sun Kissed" - A shimmery yellow with yellow and gold looking shimmers.

Here are some closer shots (sorry about the horrific photography here) of the polishes.

Chesire - Elephunk - Tribal

Sand and Stilettos - Icicle Lights - Voodoo

Naughty and Nice - Sun Kissed

RULES:
1. MUST be a follower.
2. MUST provide GFC name & contact email.
3. Giveaway closes at 11:59 PM on Monday, March 7th EST.

EDIT: This contest is open to the Continental United States Only; excluding Hawaii and all other countries.

Submissions are now closed; winner will be announced shortly!

Goodluck to everyone :D !!!

i was sick & qipao looking mani

For the sake of all things sweet and juicy (wtf?), it is a damn miracle that I am here to type this to you today, at 4:45am.  Technically it’s Thursday at this point, but my internal clock couldn’t tell you that, I had to check a calendar just now.

Saturday evening around 4pm my friend called me to go to the store with her because she had to pick a few things up before her baby arrived (which it has - between now and then, it’s a boy! Congrats mama!)  Anyways, the second I walked in the door upon coming home I felt a kind of slight scratchy feeling in my throat like I needed a drink of water.  So I had a bottle of water and within in the next few hours it was all downhill. 

I’ve never, ever had such a fast onset of an illness before in my life.  It literally developed within 2 hours.  By 7pm I had a 102.0 fever, the chills, an intensified sore throat, dizziness and body aches that came from the left field beyond my wildest dreams.  I managed to take my sick ass to the doctor on Sunday morning and they said it was a virus that had to run its course. OK, thanks here’s your co-pay!

So from Saturday evening til about Wednesday afternoon I had taken roughly 18 showers to try and keep warm, taken well over the recommended dosage of Advil and Exedrin to keep the fever at bay (which by the way, was at a steady 103.3 for THREE DAYS, I’m sure my liver will be thanking me later), and had not slept more than 1 consecutive hour.  I kept blacking out from delirium from my fever.  I’d wake up and not remember falling asleep, but the same episode of a show would still be on, so I was literally just going in and out of consciousness.

Didn’t do my substitute hours at work on Monday and haven’t been to class yet this week.  The only things I have eaten are popsicles and chicken rice soup and water.  I feel about 75% as of now, which feels amazing compared to how I was earlier this week.  But I am pissed, me and the boy had plans for Sunday and Monday that had to be canceled. He was very understanding and just wanted me to feel better, but I wasn’t understanding of the laws of crap and still remain bitter. 

Anyways, I am feeling a lot better and finally have the energy to sit at the computer long enough to do anything semi-productive.  Since this is a nail polish blog and not a “Cathryn what are you going to bitch about next blog” I will show you a mani I had done before the damned bubonic plague hit me.

I used a coat of China Glaze Matte Magic over my previous post's manicure and jazzed it up with some nail art.  I cannot even tell you what I used aside from white and gold nail art polish and one of the BM plates; that's about as detailed as I can get, lol.  The fever erased my short term memory.

Reminds me of one of these numbers.  A qipao it's called.  I didn't do it on purpose but I couldn't see anything else when I finished!  Image is from here, it is not my picture.

And here it is again!

Ok lovies I certainly did not forget my giveaway that I will be doing soon.  It may be a day or two behind because of how backed up I am on all other aspects of life right now but it will be up and posted by Sunday.

hidden treasure & 50 readers!! :D

So I mentioned previously about a long time lemming that a total dollface, Anne from MUA, sent me out of sheer kindness.  I would always check drugstores for it even though I was well aware it was a LE and I most likely wasn't going to find it.

TA-DA! Sally Hansen "Hidden Treasure" :D :D :D!!

Look at it, sitting there so coyly. Oh yes, I am fancy.
"Hidden Treasure" is a to-die-for iridescent flakey polish that lives up to its hype (to me at least!).  I typically don't catch onto the fuss of popular polishes aside from "For Audrey" and now this one :D Guilty!

This is 2 delicious coats of "Hidden Treasure" over two coats of Funky Fingers "Off with Their Heads!".  Which is a pink, SO deeply pink, that it appears red.  But it isn't, promise.

Anyone else seeing Chinese New Year's all over my nails.  I am, and not on purpose.  It reflects mostly gold and hints-o-green. Love (=

HOLY CRAP! 


As of right now, I have 51 readers! Well, 50 if I don't count myself, lolol.  When I started blogging again in December I had 13 (or 17?) readers and from then I have accumulated quite a few, and that is just really exciting to me.  I do this because I enjoy it, I enjoy what others post and it really is nice to be part of a community where others take an interest in something you also love.

I see a lot of people who totally link-whore up other blogger's comment sections with their own blogs.  I've never been one to do that so I really feel that people follow because they either like what they saw or take a general interest in what I am posting - and that is a great feeling.

Thank you all for helping me achieve this milestone, even though it may be a simple one.  I enjoy reading your blogs everyday, as well as your comments and I hope you enjoy mine, as well.  Ok, enough using the word "enjoy".  That was like 50 times rapid fire.

As promised, a giveaway will be held in celebration of my growing blog.  Look for a follow up later this week, I'm thinking late Thursday or Friday. xoxo!

cheshire & purple diamonds

Puuuuuuuuuuuuurple, YAY!

This is 4 coats of Funky Fingers "Cheshire" (One of my all time favorites!)  Its a pretty purple creme and I love it all over the place.

Its a pretty purple creme and I love it all over the place.

Then I added 2 coats of Sinful Colors "Purple Diamond" over it and wheeee sparkly (=  I think this is glass flecks, but I could be wrong.

Look at the curves on her!
ONE MORE FOLLOWER TO 50!!
Ok, bedtime, goodnight!