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Stylish Blogger Award

Sunday, 23 January, 2011

I have been tagged for the Stylish Blogger Award by a fellow Bay Area girl – Jessica from Playing with Polish – thank you! :-)

The Stylish Blogger Award Rules

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this award.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3. Award 15 recently discovered great bloggers.

4. Contact these bloggers and tell them about the award!

Seven Things About Myself

  1. When I am not thinking about nail polish, I am thinking about gemstones and jewelry. I am thinking of ways to get a new design out there, even if it is through sketching.
  2. I love the Real Housewives franchise. I hate Jersey Shore. It makes me sad because I realize that it’s people within my age range that have raised these trash skank grotesque freaks on my tv. That is my hell. Jersey Shore playing on my tv 24/7 on every channel.
  3. I bake every Sunday. I need to bake on a Sunday because it prepares me for the week ahead. If I don’t bake, I feel totally disoriented until I do.
  4. I wish I had longer fingers and a bigger nail bed.
  5. I have more power tools than a girl really should…all so I can make my jewelry come to life.
  6. I have a cat that I am massively allergic to. I have a dog that makes me giggle because he’s so comical.
  7. My husband is pretty darn awesome – he is an avid amateur photographer who has a keen eye for capturing things I always miss. You can find him in my blog roll to the right if you’re interested. 🙂 He’s also been immortalized in a video game (Command and Conquer’s Tiberian Sun) as the voice of the engineer…all because he’s Scottish.

15 Awesome, Stylish bloggers in no particular order…

  1. My cousin Lia (even if she hasn’t updated in a while), because she really is awesome. Come see Brown Eyed Lia’s Blog.
  2. Janice of the Smith’s Project – she made her goal for 2010 and is now being rewarded in 2011. Way to go, Janice! 🙂
  3. Casa de Berry – not only a college friend, but a fellow beauty addict as well.
  4. Toes That Twinkle
  5. Lacquered Mom – because she has way prettier hands than I do
  6. Nail York City – the name alone gets me! 🙂
  7. Mariana Maya – a stylish photographer here in the Bay Area.
  8. Jessica v Polish
  9. Fashion Polish
  10. Magic Maid
  11. Candy Coated Tips – absolutely fabulous girl with gorgeous nail beds.
  12. Vex In The City – I love this London girl!
  13. Gilded Nails
  14. Escape Road – I love reading the musings between this stylish girl and her geeky husband. Many LOL-worthy moments.
  15. Clothes, Cosmetics and Chat
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China Glaze – Below Deck vs Channelesque

Tuesday, 18 January, 2011

Below Deck is from China Glaze’s new Spring 2011 collection, Anchors Away. When China Glaze discontinued Channelesque, it was a sad day for nail polish lovers. I happened to find a bottle of it in the clearance bin of the nail polish guy I frequent in Arizona. I got it for a $1.50. Had I known it was discontinued, I’d have picked up the other bottle!

However, Below Deck is a good substitute.

Come on in and see why I think it’s a good thing!

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Get 3 Free Zoya Polishes For Free!

Monday, 3 January, 2011

For all you nail polish birdies who haven’t heard or anyone who’s been curious about Zoya but stayed away due to price…here is your chance to see why Zoya is a brand I do love.

Their polishes are normaly $7 a bottle, but this promo lets you get 3 (yes, THREE) free bottles of their polish for the price of their standard shipping – $6.95.

In case you don’t know what colors to get, here are some – but not all – of their colors I’ve swatched.

Taken from Zoya’s FB page.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

We have the best fans in the world! As promised, the code is listed on the image above. The code is good for 3 Free* bottles of polish. The code is now active. (Because we love you guys and didn’t want to make you wait until the 4th!) The code will be active until January 7, 2011 at 11:59PM EST.

*Restrictions apply. See Facebook page for complete details. Online offer only. Valid Credit Card or Debit Card with sufficient funds needed to process orders. Offer valid in continental US only. Offer not valid in conjunction with other offers, discounts or specials. Code to be released January 3, 2011 on www.facebook.com/zoyanailpolish. Code valid January 4 – 7 2011 only. The offer is void if 20,000 “Likes” is not reached by January 3, 2011 at 11:59PM. Offer good for 3 free bottles of nail polish per customer. Valid email, contact and address information required to process orders. S/H charges apply.

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Dior – Purple Revolution

Tuesday, 28 December, 2010

I’ve been eyeballing Dior polishes for some time now. I just never really had the urge to buy them because the colors don’t really appeal to me. This one reached out enough for me to be tempted into buying.

The formula was lush and just all around luxurious. It’s what I expect in a bottle of nail polish I’m forking out some serious money for. It dried fairly fast and was opaque in two coats.

It’s almost vampy…

…and it remains totally dark and gorgeous in the sun. While not a traditional purple I was expecting, it was a yummy plummy color.

If other Diors are like this, I’ll gladly keep buying this brand.

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Dr Bombay, the greedy cat

Saturday, 4 December, 2010

We did a pit stop on the way home from running errands. Before we ran out again, we decided to put the cat’s food in the container we use for housing his kibble. Hubby had turned away for a moment to reprimand the dog for even trying to come close, but in reality, he should’ve kept his eye on heifer kitty.

Dr B knows good and well that the container holds his kibble…so he pretended to sniff, then proceeded to eat as fast as he could. Of course, I had to take a picture!

Greedy guilty cat is greedy guilty!

(But he is so darn kyoot…I heart my cross eyed kitty so)

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More Dog Days of Rex

Thursday, 2 December, 2010

I wish the video were better quality, but here is one I snagged a few days ago from my iPhone. Pity it’s not as good as it looks on my phone, but the loudness is just as good, if not better, than the one I have.

I had taken him for a walk and he was so happy. He frolicked (and did doggy business #1 and #2) and made new friends.

When we got back to my parents house, I thought he’d be ready for a cookie. I hunted around and finally found one I thought was proportionate to the amount of walking we had done. I heard an odd noise coming from the pillow on which he sleeps…

…and this is where the handy iPhone came in.

Now if I can only get some videos of him when he’s scratching himself so hard he whimpers because he’s hurting himself. He is the world’s sweetest dog. Sometimes he’s not the brightest…but he’s all mine and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

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