Hi everyone! Before I get into this awesome deal, I just wanted to apologize for not being on here very often! The fiance and I just bought a house this month and we had to do some renovations before moving in! So this week we're just moving in and still have to get unpacked! I'll be back as soon as I can!! :)

Ok, so here's the awesome deal!

PlumDistrict.com is offering $50 for Bloom.com for $25, PLUS FREE SHIPPING!

Plus, if you buy the deal on PlumDistrict.com using these links here, you get $5 off.  AND if you enter promo code "fabulous" when you sign up for PlumDistrict.com, you get an additional $2.50 off! So you'll get $50 for Bloom.com for $17.50!!

 I bought the PlumDistrict.com deal today for $17.50, then I loaded up my cart on Bloom.com and got a whole bunch of snazzy polishes! I ended up going $3.50 over my $50, so I had to pay the difference. But I got all of these polishes for $20!!

Hi everyone!!!
I have a winner for the My Memories Suite Software giveaway!!

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Hi everyone!

Some exciting news!  Recently I was contacted by My Memories Suite Software company to review their product and host a giveaway!  


Ok, ok. I know what you're thinking..."Umm..Jess? You do realize this is a nail polish blog, right?" Yes! I haven't gone bonkers...not yet anyways ;) But I thought, anyone could benefit from this software. We all have birthdays, we all celebrate holidays, we all take pictures, and some of us even have blogs. Well, as I gave this software a go, I quickly noticed how easy it was to create whatever it was I had in mind!

Do you like my new blog banner up top? Yep, I created it with the software in, ohhh, about 5 minutes...FROM SCRATCH hehe..


This really is an all-purpose software.  I can't wait to use it to create some fun pages for my nail swatches!

So onto the fun part!  My Memories has been generous enough to provide a My Memories Suite software to one lucky follower for free (normally a $40 value!). All you have to do is fill out the form below to enter for a chance to win. The more entries you complete, the higher your odds!  This giveaway will end Tuesday, December 20, 2011.

But wait, that's not all!  As a special for all of my readers, My Memories also provided me with my own Share the Memories code that provides a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store - $20 value!) AND  if you "like" MyMemories on Facebook, you get an additional $5 coupon code for the MyMemories store. That is a total $25 value!



Enter code STMMMS54099  at checkout



CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY! :)

Hey guys! Sorry I've been M.I.A. Between work, school, and the days getting darker quicker, I just haven't been able to get good lighting for swatches!

Buttttttt, in the meantime, I was able to finally get pics up of my blog sale! So without further ado...

Check out my blog sale..it's finally live!!!

You can check it out HERE or you can visit the BLOG SALE tab up above!

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!

Exciting news today! My friend Sarah at Chalkboard Nails has featured 2 frankens on her blog for a dupe of the new Butter London The Black Knight polish...and guess who one of those frankens belong tooooooooooo =) Me!!

Go check out her post where she recreates the 2 frankens and gives you instructions on how to make your own!  Sarah is a super sweet girl and she features some amazing nail art on her blog (this one HERE is one of my fav's!)

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!
It's the night before Halloween, a.k.a., Mischief Night.  Tonight's the night I make sure to move my car from the street to the driveway because kids like to go around egging and toilet paper'ing peoples cars...good grief!  Oh well, on to the polish, shall we?

Today I have 2 China Glaze polishes from their 2011 Haunting collection.  Near Dark is a deep green jelly that was very difficult for me to capture in pictures. It was showing black, but I managed to get a few pictures that show its true color.  Over it, I layered It's Alive, a mixture of different sized swampy green glitter.







Each polish was 2 coats each. By now, you guys know I love China Glaze, and these 2 polishes just add to my love for them.  Near dark is such a lovely jelly that is gorgeous in the sunlight because it shows it's green hues. And It's Alive is a swampy green goodness of glitter that looks gorgeous layered over ND.  I have to say though, that It's Alive is a topcoat eater! I had to put a big glob of SV over each nail then smooth it over.

Soooo..thoughts?? Do you own either of these polishes?

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!
I'm sure you have seen these cute little tombstones all over the place! These come from Fantasy Makers, from the makers of Wet n Wild.  You can find these at Ulta, CVS, Walgreens, just about anywhere.  This polish is Purple Potion, a purple glitter in a black base.

Hi everyone!
I've got 2 polishes for you today. For my base, I used an unnamed pumpkin-shaped polish from Rite-Aid and for the glitter top coat I used 1 coat of WnW Correction Tape. Surprisingly for an unnamed, unbranded polish that costs $1.99, the formula of the pumpkin polish was actually pretty easy to work with and I liked the tint it gave my nails.

Hi everyone!
Here it is. Week 2 of the Challenge which is a mani inspired by an upcoming holiday. To go along with my Halloween polish posts, I decided to do a Halloween manicure.  I'm not very creative when it comes to thinking of nail art, so I took to Google and went to work!

Instantly I found this page HERE and I decided that it was possible for me to attempt to recreate it. Her nail art is crazy cool and I'm so glad I came across it!



I hope I did it some kind of justice! LOL. I've always stayed away from nail art because I just kept it in my head that I couldn't do it, therefore, never attempted it. But as I was doing this mani, I really had fun! So hopefully I will do the occasional nail art attempt here and there.

Thumb: Candy corn - Barielle Soul-er Powered (yellow), China Glaze Code Orange (orange), Orly Pointe Blanche (white)

Index: Stripes/Ghosts - O.P.I. Meep-Meep-Meep (magenta), Color Club Art Club nail striper in black, Orly Pointe Blanche

Middle: Jack-o-Lantern - ChG Code Orange, CC Art Club nail striper in black

Ring: Spider and Web - Color Club Electronica (purple), CC Art Club nail striper in white (web), Barielle Soul-er Powered (eyes), O.P.I. Meep-Meep-Meep (eyes)

Pinky: diagonal stripes - Orly Pointe Blanche, CC Art Club nail striper in black, unnamed Pumpkin crescent moon and hex glitter polish

Soooooo....thoughts??

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!
I've got a real treat for you today!  This one's a beauty! Cougar Attack is a variety of burnt orange hex glitter in a black jelly base.  It's just like Behind Closed Doors in the application and jelly finish.  2 coats of pure magic.  I love this polish so much. It's definitely a very unique color and is PERFECT for Halloween time!




Look at the coverage of this baby! So packed with glitter with 2 coats!

Sooooo...thoughts? What do you think of Cougar Attack?

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!
I'm really excited about this glitter from the On the Prowl collection. Tangled In My Web is a black hex glitter in a clear jelly base. I love it! I've tried it over light colors, dark colors, other glitters...I just love its versatility! I layerd TIMB over N.Y.C. Pumpkin which is such a great orange! 1 coat was pretty opaque, but I used 2 to even it out over the whole nail.

Hi everyone!
I better get cracking on getting to these Halloween polishes because pretty soon Halloween will be over!  So here we go, today's color is Wet n Wild's Behind Closed Doors.  Out of the entire On the Prowl collection, I think this is the polish that most people wanted because it seemed to be a dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Ruby Red Slippers.  As I don't own the DL polish, I can't really say for sure, but from what I've seen in picture comparisons online, they look pretty close.

2 coats worn alone

Index and Middle: 2 coats over Fresh Paint Delicious Ring and Pinky: 2 coats over China Glaze Liquid Leather

Hi everyone!

I'll keep this short and sweet.

First, I want to thank all of you who have supported me on my blog adventures here!

Second, I want to thank all of my new followers for stopping by and taking the time to comment!

Third, Here are the winners of my very first blog giveaway!

Hi everyone!

So here we are! My Week 1 post of the Challenge.

This week's challenge is a mani inspired by your favorite cause/charity. I couldn't decide which charity or cause is my favorite because there is just no way to pick one. So I picked one of the charities that I actually contribute to - the ASPCA- The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

I have a special credit card that donates a certain percentage a year to the ASPCA depending on how much I use it. You know who the ASPCA are; they have those super sad commercials on t.v. that show these poor, defenseless animals who have been abused.  I am a huge animal lover and I find it so heartbreaking that so many of them need us to protect them :/

So here is my ASPCA mani.



Thumb: Leopard print: 2 coats of Sinful Colors Nirvana for the base. Dots of Sinful Colors Flirting Nails. Then with my dotting tool, I drew black lines around the dots using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out.

Index: Tiger print: 2 coats of NYC Pumpkin and with the same black SH polish I drew lines with my nail striping brush

Middle: Zebra print: 1 coat of Konad Special Nail Polish in white and the using stamping plate m69, I stamped the zebra stripes with the same black SH polish

Ring: Giraffe print: 2 coats of Sinful Colors Flirting Nails and with my striping brush I striped lines with Orly Pure Porcelain

Pinky: Pig: 1 base color of Orly Pure Porcelain, the same black SH polish for the eyes and ears using my dotting tool, and China Glaze Mom's Chiffon for the ears and the snout.

Soooooo...what do you think? What's your favorite cause/charity?

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!
Part 3 of the WnW On the Prowl Collection is here!

Today I have Jungle Fever, a rich metallic green with green micro shimmer.  I'm not too big on green polishes. This one really doesn't sway me here nor there, but it's really not bad! It's just not my color preference, so I was biased going into it. Such a shame though, because I really do like this shade...just not for my nails.





This was 2 coats with one top coat of SV. I'm fighting to love this polish, I really am! But this is just not my kind of green...for nails anyway. I'm sure I'd rock it if it were a winter scarf...or a pair of earrings lol.

Soooo...thoughts? How do you feel about Jungle Fever? (the polish, people! Jungle Fever the nail polish! LOL)

XoXo,
jess

Hi everyone!

It's here! It's finally here! My first Blog Giveaway!!  This is so exciting for me! Not only have I reached and surpassed 50 followers, but I've also met so many great gals along the way. You all inspire me everyday and I thank you all for that!

So here we go!  This will be a short giveaway. 3 days from 10/20/11 to Sunday 10/23/11. I know, I know. I wasn't kidding about it being short, but there are halloween polishes in each prize that I want delivered to you before Halloween! And yes, I said prizes! There will be 3 prizes :)

L-R: Nail Art, Iridescent flakies, Revlon Starry Pink, Pumpkin Glow in the Dark Glitter polish

L-R: Pumpkin orange glitter polish, L'oreal Owl's Night, Fantasy Makers Confetti holo glitter powder

Close up of L'oreal Owl's Night

L-R: Orange glitter polish (black light activated), Revlon Blue Mosaic, Pumpkin bar glitter polish

Closeup of Blue Mosaic

Now onto the rules. As I mentioned, this giveaway will be open from now until Sunday til 11:59 pm ET.  Sorry, as of right now, this giveaway is only open to US residents. You can get a maximum of 6 entries. Once the giveaway closes, you will be emailed and have 24 hours to respond. If no response, I will then select another winner.  There will be 3 winners.

Good luck to all of you!!

Hi everyone!
Welcome to part 2 of my Wet n Wild On the Prowl collection.

Today's polish is Buy Me a Drink, a rich magenta with pink/magenta micro-shimmer.



Once again, another polish from this collection that I love! The color itself isn't the most unique, but it delivers! This was 2 coats with one top coat of SV.

Soooo...thoughts?? Is this color up your alley?

XoXo,
jess