500 Likes Giveaway - Part 2!

Hello everyone! I'd like to start off by welcoming my new followers and likes to my polish crazed world. As promised, it is time for the second giveaway of 4 for my 500 likes celebration. I don't wanna waste much time talking (more like typing), because I know you guys are anxious to see what these prizes are!

 One winner will receive:

-Two Rainbow Honey polishes in the colors "The Worst Possible Thing" and "Mare of the Moon"
-Two Candy Lacquer polishes in the colors "Frozen Treats" and "City Girl" 
-Kleancolor nail stickers
-GLITTER from You Mix!!!!!!!!

This giveaway is also open internationally and will be open until Friday October 26th, 2012. Once again, please no cheating because I will verify ALL the entries. So what are you waiting for? Run and tell your momma, poppa, sister, brother, uncle, aunty, Grandpa, and grandma to enter this giveaway and good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway *Special thanks to the women at each of these companies (except kleancolor) for sponsoring these prizes for the giveaway*

500 Likes GIVEAWAY! - Part 1

Sweet baby Jesus, I can't believe it! Just 5 short months ago I started blogging, and already I have made 500 wonderful "likers" or "fellow junkies" as I like to call them ;). I would like to thank you guys for all of the love and support you have shown me within this time & a special thank you to all of the bloggers that have helped me along the way. Another special thank you to all that have contributed to this giveaway! Since beginning, I would like to believe I improved DRASTICALLY but I still have far to go.

There will be 3-4 giveaways for my 500 likes bash, all containing AMAZING prizes which I am completely jealous of. I will try to post them a week apart (maybe less) and they will all be open for one month. The best thing about this giveaway is that it is INTERNATIONAL!!!!

Enough jibber-jabber-- I bet your anxious to see what you could possibly win!

Yesterday I posted the entire Cult Nails Deceptive top coat collection which was sent to me to review by the lovely Maria to review. But because she is super freakin' amazing, she sent a complete second collection & bottle of Nevermore for one of my junkies to fall in love with too! You can check out the review HERE to see which one is your favorite.

And what's a manicure without GLITTER!!!!! Thanks to You Mix, the winner will also receive a few sample size baggies of glitter to spice up your manicures, or even create your own polish!

Lastly, I picked up these super cute KleanColor nail art stickers. These cheetah tips are sure to spice up any bland manicure!

This giveaway will end on October 20th, 2012. I will say this now, but I know SOMEONE will not listen. Please do not cheat, it will not be tolerated. Giveaways are for fun & I would like to keep it that way okay? :p

Sound easy peasy lemon squeezy? Have Fun and good luck!

a Rafflecopter giveaway Peace & Love,
--TPJ<3

Cult Nails Deceptive Top Coat Collection - Part One

If you like my facebook page then you would know that a little while ago I received some "burritos". For those of you who are obsessed with nail polish just as much as I do, then you know that burritos= Cult Nail Polish! Today I have the entire Deceptive Top Coat collection to show you which was released on September 1st. All swatches shown below are over Cult Nail's Nevermore which is a one coat black creme polish.

*** Warning, swatches below may give you the urge to grab your credit card & make a purchase! But be quick, these are Limited Edition!***

L-R: Doppelganger, Two Timer, Deception, Charlatan, Nevermore

First up is Alter Ego. Alter Ego is a golden shimmer with teeny tiny bits of green in certain lighting. This may be placed over neutral colors for a subtle shimmery look, or over darker polishes to add a little bit of drama to your manicure.

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 Next is Deception. Deception is a pink to purple shimmer. I really liked the shade of purple it turned to when layered over black, this will be my go to dark purple from now on!

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This here is Two Timer. Two Timer is like the opposite of Alter Ego; it is a green shimmer with a teeny tiny bit of gold. Indoors Two Timer looks like a beautiful emerald green metallic color, but outside in the sunlight it comes off as an evergreen color.

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Next up is what is probably the most anticipated top coat of the collection. Charlatan is a pink to purple to blue shimmer, and the intensity of the color that shows the most depends on the color it is layered over.

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Last, but certainly not least is Doppelganger. Doppelganger is a milky like shimmer containing a rainbow of colors! When layered over black it gives off as a slightly blue color. In my opinion, this is the most original top coat I have ever seen.

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My favorites of this collection are Doppelganger & Charlatan because I think they are the most original, but they are all beautiful none the less. I was amazed by how easy the application was for each of these and how quickly they dried. The combinations are endless with these top coats, it's like having 6 polishes when in actuality your just spicing up one you already have! The collection can be purchased at http://www.cultnails.com/. For more information about upcoming collections & the company, check out their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CultNailsLacquer?ref=ts.

I most certainly will be doing a second part to this review over white & a variety of colors selected by me. If you would like to see any of these layered over a specific color, let me know & I will include it in part 2.

Which one is your favorite?

Peace & Love,
--TPJ<3

**This polish was sent to me for my honest review & does not affect my opinion in any way**

Try It On Tuesday: Finger Paints - It Baroque

It's that time of the week again, Try It On Tuesday! Lately I've been getting into nudes and fall colors and today's polish is just that. This here is It Baroque by Finger Paints; I picked it up at Sally Beauty Supply a couple of weeks ago during the sale they were having on their clearance items so it was very affordable.

It Baroque is a beautiful milk chocolate creme polish that applies slightly darker than it appears in the bottle. Shown below is two very thin coats that applies smoothly and evens itself out. It is capable of being opaque in one coat if applied properly.

Have you participated in Try It On Tuesday yet?! If you haven't, I'd strongly encourage it so I can see some more beautiful manicures & it is also a great way to get through some of your unused polishes!

Peace & Love,
--TPJ<3

Try It On Tuesday: Orly's Fowl Play & Mysterious Curse & Milani Hot Pink

Time for my second ever Try It On Tuesday! (Yes I know, I've been slacking hardcore). As mentioned on my Facebook, I am trying to let September be dedicated to using my MANY unused polishes and I happily used  2 unused polishes for this manicure. This beautiful combo was discovered by accident but I'm so glad I did it. After basecoat, I started off with one coat of Orly's Mysterious Curse which is a purple to blue duochrome from the Dark Shadows collection (also a dupe for Orly's Royal Velvet). I then added 1 coat of Fowl Play which is... well it's so amazing I can't even describe it! To kick this manicure up another notch I added 1 coat of Milani's Hot Pink which is the teeny tiny orange glitter you will see. I noticed that when it was really sunny outside, it was still possible to see the duochrome action at work which was really cool! Enough chit chattin', to the pictures!
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A few hours later I got bored and decided to put a matte topcoat over it, and let me just say it really makes the flakies in Fowl Play pop!

Do you have any unused polishes you're just itching to use? Did you participate in TIOT? Let me know!

Peace & Love,
--TPJ <3

Surprise 450 Likes Giveaway *closed*

*******UPDATE - Congrats to Sherri Hanisco! You are the winner of this giveaway!*********

Okay guys, I know what you're thinking.... TECHNICALLY I'm not at 450 likes yet but I was WAY to excited to wait. This giveaway is kind of like a "kick off" for the big 500 likes giveaway coming soon, & I thought I might as well do it first since these prizes are the only ones that were US only unfortunately.

I would love to start off by thanking the lovely woman at Starry Earth and Lacquistry for graciously donating these polishes! There will be ONE winner only. The winner will receive any 2 full sized bottles of their choice from Starry Earth, and will also receive a mystery prize from Lacquistry! It's such a mystery, that I don't even know what it is!

This giveaway will be finishing in a week, so hurry and get those entries in and goodluck to all!

a Rafflecopter giveaway Peace & Love,
--TPJ <3

Milani Mint Candy & China Glaze Optical Illusion

Just got home from my second day of school and have a load of math homework to do, so when it came to deciding if I should blog first or do my work... blogging won hands down. I have been wearing this manicure for about 4-5 days with no topcoat and there is visible tip wear and chips. But I thought this was too cute to not show you guys! This is Milani's Mint Candy with China Glaze's Optical Illusion for a little bling. Surprisingly, I only used 1 coat to achieve this opaqueness! I personally think it's only possible because my nails are still semi-short, but I'll test that out once my nails grow back. Anyways enough blabbing, on to the pics!

Peace & Love,
--TPJ<3