Claire's Glitz and Glam Franken

Remember this "gem"?

Yeah.


Well I poured some out, added a few ballz, put in 10 drops of CND Blackjack, poured a bit of Cover Girl City Lights and went to town shaking that bad boy.


End result?

Sorry y'all, it's still a hot mess.

The CND Blackjack helped tone down the neon pink and shaking the polish definitely made the polish more opaque.  However, all the silver hexagon glitter got kinda mucked up.

This is going in my "2011 Zoya Polish Exchange" pile, providing they have one again.  :)

400 Followers Giveaway [US & Canada]

As you may or may not have known, the past 3 weeks, I've been pretty insanely swamped with my house remodel.  We've been working on lighting, plumbing, wall repair, window repair, repainting... you name it.  I just recently broke a nail right before starting to stain 50' worth of cabinets, so I'm currently back to nubbins although my next few blog posts are with my long nails (pre-written, you know).


I've been given a unique opportunity from CSN Stores [official website] to host a giveaway to all my USA and Canadian readers, so what better time than during my 400 Followers Giveaway!  One winner will receive a $40 Gift Certificate that may be redeemed in any of CSN's 250 online stores.  They don't sell nail polish (boo!) but they literally have millions of products to which you can enjoy - just check out their website (above) and enter your desired product in the search box.  You do have to pay for your own shipping, the gift certificate is only for your actual product.  This giveaway runs from today, 1 July until 12 July at midnight:01 GMT (or 8 p.m. CST on 11 July for me).

1: You must be a follower through Google Connect.

2: You must fill out the form at the bottom of this post.  (For your convenience, I have turned off comments)

3: You must live in the USA or in Canada.


Let the form begin!  Please feel free to tell your friends, Tweet or Facebook this post.  I greatly appreciate it!

[This giveaway is closed]

400 Followers Giveaway! [Everyone]

You didn't think I forgot, did you?  This giveaway runs from today, 1 July until 12 July at midnight:01 GMT (or 8 p.m. CST on 11 July for me).


Thank you to all who follow my blog - it really makes me feel special and like what I'm doing is enjoyed by others.


While I love buying and sending out giveaway prizes, this last giveaway took the wind out of my sails.  One winner never contacted me, FedEx wanted to charge me $101 to send a package that didn't even weigh a pound... so this time I'm doing something a little different.

1: You must be a follower through Google Connect.
2: You must fill out the form at the bottom of this post.  (For your convenience, I have turned off comments)
3: You must have a PayPal account.


Yes, I said you must have a PayPal account.  So my first thought was to give out Gift Certificates to the winners from Amazon.  I LOVE Amazon.  However, not everyone (international!) can use Amazon.  So I decided I'd use eBay.  However, that means the winner has to use eBay.  Blah.  That didn't really work either.  So I'm giving out "PolishGalore Gift Certificates" to four lucky winners for $10 each.  You will receive the $10 in your PayPal account that you can do whatever you want with it - buy online (some polish companies like ManGlaze accept PayPal!).  Please note that you are responsible for any fees or taxes that PayPal charges you to withdraw your $10.


Of course, you don't HAVE to buy nail polish with your $10 - go nuts. ^_^


Let the form begin!  Please feel free to tell your friends, Tweet or Facebook this post.  I greatly appreciate it!

[This giveaway is closed]

Zoya "Wicked and Wonderful" Fall 2010

It's fall time!  Well, it's mid summer time, but in the polish world, all the fall collections are on their way out.  Zoya is bringing out six new metallics and creams (cremes) starting today.  Following in China Glaze's footsteps, Zoya has been previewing their Fall Collection via their personal blog as well as on their Facebook Fan Page. (China Glaze was using their Facebook Fan Page)


From looking at them, I must say, they look pretty awesome.  I'm still iffy on cremes, but Zoya has made some good ones (Flash collection anyone?).  Edyta looks AWESOME, as does Kym.  I was wondering why some of the names are so unique (Kym instead of Kim?), and why they don't have a Krystal (or even a Crystal) yet.  One day, Zoya... one day.



Zoya Wicked Collection
Edyta (ZP525) - fern green sparkling metallic
Julieanne (ZP526) - byzantium purple sparkling metallic
Cheryl (ZP527) - chocolate bronze sparkling metallic
Karina (ZP528) - garnet red sparkling metallic
Carrie Ann (ZP529) - venetian red sparkling metallic
Kym (ZP530) - cardinal mauve sparkling metallic


Zoya Wonderful Collection
Kelly (ZP519) - paynes grey cream
Stacy (ZP520) - mahogany red cream
Burke (ZP521) - sienna red cream
Kristi (ZP522) - crimson red cream
Cola (ZP523) - desert sand red cream
Shawn (ZP524) - myrtyl green cream


Zoya [official website] can be purchased on their website for $7/bottle.

China Glaze Hey Doll

When I first read the release of Vintage Vixen, China Glaze's 2010 Fall Collection, I was most excited about Hey Doll, which was listed as a rose frost with shimmer.  I adore rose colored nail polishes since that's what my Mom wore when I was a little girl.  Actually it may have been more of a rose gold, but it was just very classic, elegant, and hey, it was Mom.


I used Seche Natural for my base, 2 coats of Hey Doll and topped with Seche Vite.  Unfortunately, I did not fall in love with this polish.

Oddly enough, the shimmer is pretty muted and the rose was almost too brown for me.  I have a hard time calling this a "red" until I put it against the browns of the collection - then you can tell it's red.  But if I just picked this bottle up on its own, I'd be slightly confused.

More oddly still, in the indirect sun, there was almost a raisin purple brown showing.  This color just didn't win my heart, and that makes me a sad panda.

China Glaze [official website] can be found online through several etailers, including my favorite Head2Toe Beauty [official website], Sally's Beauty Supply [official website] as well asTransDesign [official website].

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.