Monday Blues? Turn it around with a Giveaway!!

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Icing Haul and Dusty Round-up

Happy Friday all!!  Did you hear Taps playing in the wind last night?  If so, it just may have been in memorial to all the lemmings who jumped to their deaths to bring you this amazing haul!!

After scoping out a few blogs, I decided I better not wait any longer on checking out Icing for their "Charlie Sheen" polishes.  I had to go to two different Icing stores to get all the ones I wanted, but I'm so glad I did!!  The 2nd Icing I went to was at the mall in Portland that I don't make it to as much (Lloyd Center....the first was at Washington Square) and I got to check out a salon for dusties while I was there....SCORE!!!  I was beaming with joy when I lugged my 2 sacks out of the mall.

First Icing:

They have a collection called NY Graffiti that appear to mimic OPI's Katy Perry collection.  Definitely not close enough to be a dupe.  I would say if you like the Katy Perry collection, you will like this one too.

The first two colors in the pack are Silver Spray Paint and Tag Me Pink

Midnight in Times Square & 4am Dance Party

Have I ever mentioned my extreme love of glitter?  Wow these are sooo pretty!!

Lastly we have NY Graffiti, a black shatter, crackle, or whatever you want to call it

A doppelganger of a previously vanquished lemming and a pretty glitter nail art polish (am I the only one who hates the super skinny brush?)  I couldn't find a name on the nail art glitter.

This duo has Magnetic Attraction and Force of Love (I will dedicate a post to this later, but trust me for now, Force of Love is merely a doppelganger for Across the Universe.  It looks close in the bottle, but not close enough to get ATU out of the picture!!)

Gimme Some Glitter and Glamorous

Born This Way and Frost Yourself

Starlight!!!  Soooo gorgeous.  In another post, I will compare Starlight to Nicole by OPI's Me + Blue

Bird of Paradise and Tiger's Blood (TB appears to be quite popular there were only 2 total bottles at the Icing stores I visited.)

Rock Star From Mars and Epic Winning.  I cannot tell you how beautiful Epic Winning is!  Soooo amazingly glittery and holo-filled goodness!  *drool*  Definitely a unicorn pee!!

After Icing, I was just looking for the restroom when I found a salon with dusties galore!

Kaleidoscope collection you will be mine!!  Sadly It's My Turn looks a little odd.  Some of the holo particles have congregated on the bottle and it doesn't apply super holo-y....at least not on my nail wheel swatch, but I know that silver cap and bottle design when I see it!  Let's Do It in 3D is to die for!!  Gorgeous charcoal holo.

China Glaze Sugar Plums and OPI DS Diamond

China Glaze Specialty Collection??  Don't mind if I do.  Bad Kitty and Dynasty.

China Glaze Meteor Shower and Electric Lilac

OPI Who Are You Wearing?, Have You Seen My Limo, My Private Jet, and Brand New Skates

Which one is your favorite from this haul?  What is the best dusty you have ever found?

Happy Hunting!!

Nubar Giveaway ending Monday!

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Check out this amazing Giveaway!!  The winner gets to choose their own Nubar polishes!!

Glittery Giveaway!!

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Hurry, it's almost over!

Fantabulous Giveaway!!

I could not think of a better fake adjective to describe how giddy this giveaway makes me!!

OMG!!  All of the OMGs!!!

I almost literally stumbled on 2 from the Kaleidoscope collection, but must have been in a coma when the OMG collection was out....but, it's not too late!!  Carina at Gilded Nails has 1500 followers (WOOT!).  To celebrate and humble us with her generosity, check out this doozy...

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I'll be dreaming in prismatic rainbows until this one is over *swoon*

Brand Spotlight - Preview

As I mentioned in my last post, I've been in a bit of a funk in regards to blogging....part of my problem at this point is not knowing where to start. 

Awhile back I sat down and attempted to organize my nail polish collection.  About 4 hours later, I had come up with a nice little Excel spreadsheet.  I like Excel as it enables me to search and sort by any number of things; including, Brand, Collection, Color, Mfr #, and Type (this one wasn't as easy to research and plug in what I found, so I am still developing this column --  what kind of categories do you divide your polishes into (i.e glitter, creme, scented, shimmer, neon, etc.)? 

I've always felt more comfortable when things are in some kind of an order....so we'll start with "A" on the brand column and go down the alphabet. 

First things first, I need to work on a few pictures this weekend, so I'll start briefly with a teaser of the brands I will be talking about in these upcoming posts.

• "?" aka mystery polish - I have been unable to determine the brand
• Afterthoughts (store brand)
• Avon
• Bonne Bell
• Borghese
• CHI
• China Glaze
• Cosmetique
• Cover Girl
• Crayola
• Deborah Lippmann
• Diamond Cosmetics
• Essence
• Essie
• Femme Couture
• Finger Paints
• Forever 21 (store brand)
• Hello Kitty (Not sure what brand....bought it at the Hello Kitty store in the downtown Universal Studios area)
• Hot Topic (store brand)
• Icing (store brand)
• Jane
• Jordana
• L.A. Colors
• L.A. Girl
• LeChat Dare to Wear
• L'Oreal
• Mary Kay
• Maybelline
• Milani
• Nicole by OPI
• Nina Ultra Pro
• NYC
• NYX
• OPI
• Orly
• Piggy Polish
• Pop
• Revlon
• Rimmel
• Sally Girl (store brand)
• Sally Hansen
• Scherer
• Sinful Colors
• Ulta
• Wet N Wild
• Yves Rocher
• Zoya

(Whew!  I feel pumped just getting all those down...I am excited!!)

On a side note...I definitely need more racks!! 

Right now I have 3 of the above pictured racks on the wall of my bathroom...I think I need 1 or 2 more at this point.  I am seriously contemplating getting at least one of this kind...

I have to go back and doublecheck, but I believe Fingerpaints have slightly taller bottles, which would be great!!  The only complaint I have about the "Polish Centers" I have is that not all the racks are of equal height and sometimes the row height messes up the continuity of my polish order.

My apologies

Sorry guys....I have been in a little bit of a funk lately.  First, I was really busy getting ready to go on my "honeymoon" then when we got back, I was having serious Disneyland withdrawals on top of nasty allergy/sinus issues that have been hanging around since we got to Anaheim. 

I have had a lot of fun, watched some great movies, checked out some cool books, and picked up some sweet polish and just haven't shared....and that's not nice!!  ;)

I am trying to get on top of it friends, please hang in there.