Micabella Pigments

I've always wanted to play with pigments, but never felt comfortable ordering them online just because pigments can be a fickle thing.  Some are okay for eyeshadow but NOT okay for nail polish, etc etc.  Back in early January, I was at the local mall and stopped at a kiosk that was selling what looked like pigments.  Turns out it was Micabella [official website].  The salesperson, a very fast talking 24 year old named Osi, showed me that these pigments could be used as eyeshadow, eye creme (add water), eye liner (add water), mascara (using clear mascara as a base), nail polish (using clear polish as a base), lip gloss (using petroium jelly as a base), and handed me a paper that also mentioned using it with hair gel for your hair, or just lightly dusting it over your skin for a glow.  Micabella is made of 100% pure mica and minerals, and Osi showed to me that you could even eat the pigment without any consequences (I declined to put it on my tongue).


Their promotion was 1 jar for $20, buy 2 get 1 free, or buy 4 get 4 free.  I'm not the best with confrontation with sales people so I went for the 4 for 4, making each pigment pot about $10 a piece.  Bad part is that each pot is small - 2.5 gms/0.1 ounces for the shimmers, 5 gms for the glitters.  The pots were TINY, so I bought some clear jars from TransDesign [official website] (which did have nice fast shipping, although it was $9 for shipping) and depotted them today.  I haven't had a chance to play with them yet, but I wanted to take a few pictures.

Bottom row - L to R
* White (glitter)
* Effervescence (shimmer) which is a cornsilk blue (also, on the website, this is listed as Effervascence)
* Purple (glitter)
* Silver (glitter)


Second row - L to R
* Evoke (shimmer) which is a rust like dusty rose
* Vibrance (shimmer) which is a turquoise
* Venice (shimmer) which is a dull dusty purple

Top row
* Carnival (shimmer) which is an orange gold

I will probably use the Evoke as lip gloss as well because I love that color for lips.

o_O 150 Followers

So I just saw that I hit 150 followers... wow.


I'm going to have another giveaway BUT I'll wait until my 100 followers is over - then I'll hold the 150 giveaway.  Sounds good?  Alrighty.


HOWEVER, after that I'm waiting until my 300th follower.

Polish Bloggers Network: Lacquer Link Love 1/15/10

* Manicure Mommas is having a GIVEAWAY
* 52 Flavors brings you "The Best Snow Leopard Tutorial" starring "For Audrey."
* The Swatchaholic shows off some gorgeous Zoya Glitters
* Polish Galore swatches Scrangie and Going Grape for comparison.
* Prepare to drool with envy as Polishing the Nails shows off Chanel's Particuliere
* Pretty in Polish dazzles us with OPI's Alice in Wonderland.
* Prim and Polished shows you her mannequin hands color as you prepare to...
* Take a trip "Down Under" with Naive Nails and get a glimpse of Australis Emerald Star.
* Also Known As... brings you some nail polish goodies from Diamond Cosmetics and the network brings you a host of Fabulous giveaways and goodies!

Check out the Network Giveaways...

* PolishFreak is giving away a set of American Apparel's backordered nail polishes.
* Polish Galore is giving away China Glaze's Up & Away Grape Pop, Seche Vite Top Coat, and a bottle of Matte Magic. <- that's me!

* The Swatchaholic is giving away a host of different polishes along with some nail jewel accessories
* Body Soul Beauty is hosting her weekly Friday Freebie giveaway.

I've Moved!

It took a day, some tears, several techs, reading, and some choice words but I'm officially at http://www.polishgalore.com now.  If you're following my through Google Connect, you're automatically redirected.  If you load http://polishgalore.blogspot.com you may have to press a button, but you're redirected too.  My email address has been updated on the right - feel free to email me with any questions!  I am still going strong with my 100 Followers Giveaway, and I've already purchased some items for a 150 Followers Giveaway too!  Thank you all for your support, and once my light box comes in, we're going to have some major swatching going on!


I'm also looking to get on some PR lists for some of the major nail polish companies - not for the products but for the information.  Remember, if you don't hear it from a reliable source, it may not be the truth.  I promise to only post information that I have heard from a company, through their PR or advertising department.  Been there, done that with my job!


YAY!

100 Followers Giveaway!

YAY!  I have 100 followers now!  True to my word, here's a giveaway.
This giveaway is now closed

[1] You must be a follower of my blog.

[2] You must leave a comment on this blog entry and make sure to include your email address!

Simple, huh?  I'll draw one winner Tuesday at midnight:01 GMT.  (That's 6 p.m. on Monday for people in the central time zone like me!)  International users are welcome - I can ship anywhere that the United States Post Office ships to.

1 bottle of China Glaze Grape Pop (from the Up & Away collection - only used once to swatch)

1 brand new bottle of China Glaze Matte Magic (top coat released in 2009)

1 brand new bottle of Seche Vite Top Coat

Bona fortuna!