Remember this post? Well I didn't forget about y'all! There was some email miscommunication, but now that's done and over with, and I have a winner! Thank you so much to the 38 people who signed up, especially those who added a secret! It was so much fun to read.
The winner of a $40 certificate to any of the 200 CSN stores is #29 - Deanna! Now Deanna has her own blog located here: http://lorrainenails.blogspot.com so you might want to check it out sometime ^_^
Deanna, I've emailed you - you have 7 days to email me back so I can send you the certificate code.
For anyone that's wondering, I have placed an order with CSN before, actually using a certificate that I won from another blog! I was able to get a beautiful canvas wrapped painting that I gave to my Mom - she absolutely loved it. Because I found something with free shipping, I literally paid $0. The CSN certificates do not include shipping, so please just note that.
Have a fantastic day!
Readers Poll!
Currently, PolishGalore is ad-free. This was more of a lazy decision, because I didn't want to worry about coding of Ad-Sense or having to bill customers, but as any blogger knows - it costs money to run a blog. I do buy a lot of product myself, and then there's my hosting domain and package, the supplies I buy that help with blogging (storage racks, not like - computer software), not to mention just the time I take to blog.
However, today, I got an email from an interested company (not beauty related, but nothing pornographic, which is an absolute no for me) that would like to have a text link from their company on my blog. Because I know I'd be nothing without my readers, I'd like to ask your opinion! I'll run this poll for a week.
However, today, I got an email from an interested company (not beauty related, but nothing pornographic, which is an absolute no for me) that would like to have a text link from their company on my blog. Because I know I'd be nothing without my readers, I'd like to ask your opinion! I'll run this poll for a week.
Blogs of Note
I'm officially making Sundays my Blogs Of Note day, highlighting blogs that I follow. Most of these blogs I found just by searching the Internet, or heard from via Twitter or Facebook. I'll highlight 3 blogs each Sunday for now - I hope you enjoy and can find some new reads too!
First blog is A Stroke of Color. Michelle, the blog owner, has been a little busy but she was one of my first blogs to read. She does feature a lot of Konad which I really love, but never have had the patience to master. Her nails are normally short, so it's fun to see the designs on short nails (not quite nubbins, but close) as well as just a great paint job.
Second blog of note today is Addicted To All Things Pretty. Krissy blogs about more than just nails, although that's her most blogged about topic. She keeps what I would call extra long nails, definitely a length I have never been able to achieve or keep, although she calls them "smedium". Krissy has a lot of cremes in her blog, but also features glitters and shimmers as well.
My last blog of note is Beauty Debutante. Now I'm obviously biased to this one since I'm also one of the blog contributors, but I actually found it through Twitter originally and was just a reader. Beauty Debutante features all things beauty from nails to skin care, shapewear, men's beauty care, and my favorite - beauty sales. They do update every single day, so that's a lot of information but it's something different every day.
I hope you enjoy this little section of Polish Galore - I really feel that the blogging has exploded in the past 5 years, and we're all apart of a unique community. Have a great day!
Second blog of note today is Addicted To All Things Pretty. Krissy blogs about more than just nails, although that's her most blogged about topic. She keeps what I would call extra long nails, definitely a length I have never been able to achieve or keep, although she calls them "smedium". Krissy has a lot of cremes in her blog, but also features glitters and shimmers as well.
My last blog of note is Beauty Debutante. Now I'm obviously biased to this one since I'm also one of the blog contributors, but I actually found it through Twitter originally and was just a reader. Beauty Debutante features all things beauty from nails to skin care, shapewear, men's beauty care, and my favorite - beauty sales. They do update every single day, so that's a lot of information but it's something different every day.
I hope you enjoy this little section of Polish Galore - I really feel that the blogging has exploded in the past 5 years, and we're all apart of a unique community. Have a great day!
I'm back!
9.18.2010
Miss me? I missed me. Anyway, I have big things coming soon - the winner of my CSN Giveaway, my 500 Followers Giveaway, Zoya Wicked/Wonderful, Barielle Style in Argyle, more deborah lippmann, more Color Club... It's a field day!
Bad news though, it's the start of Dove Season which is HUGE for my parents bed and breakfast and since my mom tore her rotator cup, I'm having to clean all the condos. So bye long nails (sigh) and back to super nubbins. I also broke a nail on my STUPID closet doors which I am totally ripping out of the house ASAP. I'm so mad about nubbins but whatever. At least the next several posts will be my long nails. Oy.
Starting this Sunday, I'm going to be featuring blogs that I follow. They don't even know that I'm featuring them, so SURPRISE! This is just people that I enjoy reading, no paid advertisements here. ;] It's my new series called Blogs of Note - I hope you enjoy!
I also have some reader requests coming up - feel free to email me any time with requests. You can look at my spreadsheet for my polishes and my email address is in the side bar as well. Love you all!
Bad news though, it's the start of Dove Season which is HUGE for my parents bed and breakfast and since my mom tore her rotator cup, I'm having to clean all the condos. So bye long nails (sigh) and back to super nubbins. I also broke a nail on my STUPID closet doors which I am totally ripping out of the house ASAP. I'm so mad about nubbins but whatever. At least the next several posts will be my long nails. Oy.
Starting this Sunday, I'm going to be featuring blogs that I follow. They don't even know that I'm featuring them, so SURPRISE! This is just people that I enjoy reading, no paid advertisements here. ;] It's my new series called Blogs of Note - I hope you enjoy!
I also have some reader requests coming up - feel free to email me any time with requests. You can look at my spreadsheet for my polishes and my email address is in the side bar as well. Love you all!
China Glaze Mummy May I
9.09.2010
The last of the China Glaze Halloween set "Awakening" is Mummy May I. It's listed as a vampy wine colored, purple base with flecks of hot pink glitter. In the bottle, it looks more like black with purple glitter, but once you get it on your nail and in the light, you see it correctly. Unfortunately, I did not get a bottle picture due to taking pictures too late in my day.
In the sun, you can really see the pink glitter - I'm still having issues with my index finger... it's like all colors are a little spotty. I'm going to try buffing my nails and making sure I wipe with Zoya Remove+ on that nail specifically. You can have issues with polish sticking when you have too much oil on your nails, so I've heard.
You can see what I mean on my index best in this picture. This picture was indirect sun and it's almost a jelly like polish here. It's actually really pretty and it could be really used all year round - not just for Halloween.
Here in the shade, the glitter really pops out to me. The formula on this was nice for me. I used a base coat of Seche Natural, 2 coats of Mummy May I, and a top of Seche Vite. Even though it's a glitter, it wasn't too hard to remove - especially since I just wore Across the Universe the day before.
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.
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